Picked up an Ai-Net compatible Sirius tuner this weekend and installed it. Chose the glove box location because I put my antenna inside the cab in the center speaker location, and it also works well with the placement of my Kca-420i Ipod adapter which is mounted on the drivers side inside the dash. The glove box is two piece, making it possible to remove the top cover from the face and use all 6 mounting screws and run the wires through the back of the glove box.

I haven't been at all interested in Satellite radio until now, because I mostly listen to AM radio and my Ipod; but I'm an old school BTLS fan from years past. I had a little signal fade today, which I don't think is related to antenna placement, more so from trees and obstructions. I was worried about the pass-through from the kca-420i, but it works flawlessly. It was good insight by Sirius to make an Ai-Net input on the tuner box.

 

Awesome. I usually put them under the carpet up on the passenger side or zip tie them up underneath the dash.

 

looks good

 

clean work, but why the glove box?

 

Well, I spent about an hour going through the truck to decide on a good spot. It was a bit too thick to put in the drivers kick panel, didn't want to ziptie it anywhere and have it rattle. Could have put it under the seat, but seems like a waste of time and effort to mount it there because its small and could go somewhere else. One day when I pick up a couple amps I'll probably put them under the seat because that will be the only place they'll fit. I chose the glove box, because I already have a really slick install of a kca-420i adapter mounted to the plate that covers my steering column. Knee panel? Don't know what you call it. Placing it in the glove box allowed me to keep the existing location of the KCA-420i, where putting it under the seat probably would have made me relocate wires.

I will add though, if I were to route the antenna to the top of the truck, I probably would have placed it in the back somewhere.

 

Well for the future, the center console has a lot of space for brains n such. 3M adhesive will hold up to 400 degrees f if you don tlike screwing holes too.

If you are want to leave the antenna inside the cab, place it on a solid steel/aluminum panel - check behind the radio for a metal bracket or something of that nature. Some antennas have the aluminum backing already though.

Thumbs up, rep pointz.

 

Thanks. Yeah, I haven't decided what I'm going to do with the center console, and anything that was within the dash works better for me. I did fabricate a metal bracket to mount the antenna to, and ran it across the center channel speaker opening utilizing the factory holes. I wish I had taken pictures, it was midnight on a Sunday and I was just trying to get it done for the monday morning drive to work.

 

That's actually not required on any of the newer satellite radio antennas that I know of. Just some velcro or double side tape, mounted on the dash with no obstructions does the trick.

 

The new ones have an aluminum back on top of the adhesive layering.

 

I'm enjoying some of the programming, but I'm not at all impressed with the sound quality. Its compressed to hell for sure.