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Navigation & Audio sirius stratus sat radio install with custom bracket

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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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sirius stratus sat radio install with custom bracket

Here's my Sirius Stratus satellite radio install. I used a pliable mounting bracket I had for another toy and just bent it into a L shape and double-sided taped it just above the key-slot trim and below the dash trim piece. I tucked away the cables behind the steering column/knee dash-trim. Easy to see, but a little difficult to use the buttons on the left. I connected it to the aux port and for now am using the external antenna mounted on the dash. I'm waiting for the cable to connect it to the car's built-in roof antenna as accessed under the passenger seat. The audio line output from the Stratus is weak, though. At max, it is only about 60% of the radio/CD. I'm probably going to upgrade to a fancy Sportster unit anyway since I'm definitely getting hooked on satellite radio.



 
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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Looks great!

Is it easy to use located there?
 
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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wow clutter
 
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by schatzy62
Looks great!

Is it easy to use located there?
When driving, easy to operate the buttons on the right (like the channel up/down ones), but not so easy to hit the ones on the left hand side (like preset buttons 1-4).
 
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Hellion
wow clutter
yeah, you should see the rest of my car.
 
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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Here's a pic of the sat cable connection under the passenger seat.

 
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