Hard wiring a Sirius radio????

[Kevin Palmer]

I installed a Sportster Sirius Radio toady that came with a Mobile Kit.



I ran all the wires in hidden locations and what not.



However, it came with a cigarette lighter type power supply. I would rather hard wire it.



The catch.... this model has an internal voltage input of 4.9 to 5.6 volts. The part that plugs into the light must have a reducer in it. I could wire a hidden female plug for the lighter, but I would like to run it to the fuse box to a fused link.



My question is, does Sirius or another supply have a hardwire system that has a voltage reducer as part of the line???



Thanks...

 

[Kevin Palmer]

It seems the answer is no...



The older radios were 12v, but.... the newer radio are 4.9 to 5.6 volts.



Sirius says they do NOT make a hardwire for the radio.



I will wire in a female jack in a hidden location and be done...

 

[Jacob Dryer]

Glad I could help

 

[P M]

Yea, you're welcome!!



Do make sure you run a hardwire from the output into the radio's antenna input. The splitter for this is available at Circuit City and is not expensive.

 

[Greg Zeleniak]

Coastie



There is a kit that includes a voltage reducer to hard wire your unit. It also includes a direct connect antenna adadptor for much better reception. The part number is SIRPVK1 and will work with all the new plug and play radios. It make for a very clean installation.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

Zeke, thanks for the info, I will look into it.



Presently, I have the external antenna fro the FM transmitter type connection. I ran it all the way back to the power antenna and ran it vertically less than a foot from the factory antenna.



Right now, it is working perfectly.

 

[Bill Geiger 2]

Or you could buy a replacement cigarette lighter and wire it into you current lighter but leave it behind the stereo and plug you sportster into that. Part is like $5 at wally world. I would agree on wiring the antenna directly to the radio. Costs about $20-30 at best buy or circuit city. Much better reception with ZERO STATIC



Good luck

 

[Kevin Palmer]

tranutz



That is what I said in my second post:

I will wire in a female jack in a hidden location and be done...

However, they do make a hardwire kit, so I will be going that route as it will be a more clean professional install...



Thanks though...