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Hello all! great Forum here! Glad I found a great source of info on new body style trucks! Anyway's, I am upgrading my factory stereo to the 6 disc changer radio and want to add the XM satellte tuner as well. My queston is this: I know the factory location the tuner box goes in behind the glove box and passenger side air bag, what I dont know is, where and if the harness that plugs into the tuner is there, or if I must purchase an additional harness to use with my factory head unit. any help would greatly be appreciated! I bought the tuner and antenna off ebay and I will have to buy a bracket but no problems there. I know I have to get my VIN# programmed nto the radio, figured I'd wait untill i get the xm tuner before hand just to make sure they can be cleared at the dealer at the same time (Vin # for the same truck) the radio and xm tuners are from dfferent trucks.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

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Hello all! great Forum here! Glad I found a great source of info on new body style trucks! Anyway's, I am upgrading my factory stereo to the 6 disc changer radio and want to add the XM satellte tuner as well. My queston is this: I know the factory location the tuner box goes in behind the glove box and passenger side air bag, what I dont know is, where and if the harness that plugs into the tuner is there, or if I must purchase an additional harness to use with my factory head unit. any help would greatly be appreciated! I bought the tuner and antenna off ebay and I will have to buy a bracket but no problems there. I know I have to get my VIN# programmed nto the radio, figured I'd wait untill i get the xm tuner before hand just to make sure they can be cleared at the dealer at the same time (Vin # for the same truck) the radio and xm tuners are from dfferent trucks.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

 

The harness is not there. From what I learned when I installed the XM kit in my truck, about a year ago, the harness was only available by buying the kit. That may have changed since then. You'll need to check with your dealer. If you bought the factory parts off eBay, the antenna replaces the existing one. You have to partially pull the headliner to gain access. The XM tuner will not require the dealer to program with the Tech II. You will, however, have to contact XM to activate.

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Hello all! great Forum here! Glad I found a great source of info on new body style trucks! Anyway's, I am upgrading my factory stereo to the 6 disc changer radio and want to add the XM satellte tuner as well. My queston is this: I know the factory location the tuner box goes in behind the glove box and passenger side air bag, what I dont know is, where and if the harness that plugs into the tuner is there, or if I must purchase an additional harness to use with my factory head unit. any help would greatly be appreciated! I bought the tuner and antenna off ebay and I will have to buy a bracket but no problems there. I know I have to get my VIN# programmed nto the radio, figured I'd wait untill i get the xm tuner before hand just to make sure they can be cleared at the dealer at the same time (Vin # for the same truck) the radio and xm tuners are from dfferent trucks.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

 

The harness is not there. From what I learned when I installed the XM kit in my truck, about a year ago, the harness was only available by buying the kit. That may have changed since then. You'll need to check with your dealer. If you bought the factory parts off eBay, the antenna replaces the existing one. You have to partially pull the headliner to gain access. The XM tuner will not require the dealer to program with the Tech II. You will, however, have to contact XM to activate.

 

 

Thanks for the reply. where does the harness plug in then? I found a plug that is unused on the right sde of the dash behind a cover, is this the plug the harness attaches to? I couldn't find any other plugs in the area. By chance, you wouldn't happen to have the part number of that harness would you? thanks again for the help!

Ben

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There were actually two harnesses that came with my factory XM kit. One went from the XM tuner box and plugged into the second harness, which was an X-harness. The twin end of the X-harness accepted the harness that normally plugged into the back of the head unit, and the other two ends then plugged into the radio. Like I stated before, when I put the kit in, the harnesses were not available by themselves, that's why I did not buy off eBay as you did, but paid the extra bucks at the dealer for the full kit.

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There were actually two harnesses that came with my factory XM kit. One went from the XM tuner box and plugged into the second harness, which was an X-harness. The twin end of the X-harness accepted the harness that normally plugged into the back of the head unit, and the other two ends then plugged into the radio. Like I stated before, when I put the kit in, the harnesses were not available by themselves, that's why I did not buy off eBay as you did, but paid the extra bucks at the dealer for the full kit.

Mazz,

Thanks for the info, I'll look for a harness in the salvage yards, if not, I'll just buy a portable unit and shuttle between cars....

Thanks!

Ben

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