“Check xm antenna” after sharkfin swap

[RACERX7775]

14 minutes ago, tsdrumm said:

Then I screwed the second circuit board onto the adapter plate.

 

 

Put the wires back into the connector, XM in pin 2, other thing in pin 1. Then re wrap the wires with fabric tape. Reinstall the painted cover.

The other thing is onstar/gps/compass.

I just lined up 1 screw to install the GPS antenna.

 

Oh, by the way, perfect writeup... It will help alot of people out.

Edited November 4, 2019 by RACERX7775

[flashran]

FYI for anybody that want to take a different approach to solve this. I’ve bought a Fakra K female to Fakra K female extension cord and guided it from the new antenna xm connection to the radio xm connection.
 

If you replaced/upgrade your radio module before you will know what you need to do to access it. Otherwise you can have a look at the HMI/radio upgrade sub forum

 

It worked perfectly and now I have the new type of antenna with xm and and no reception issues

 

This is the cable i've bought:

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/13FT-Fakra-K-Female-to-Fakra-K-Key-Jack-Cable-GPS-Radio-Neutral-Coding-Car-4M-/264864203606?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286

 

Depend on your vehicle you can probably get a shorter cable but I played it safe with a few extra feet just to be sure  

Edited May 16, 2021 by flashran