Sirius/XM "Roady" with original GM truck radio

[PeteJr]

Wondering if adding the Sirius/XM "Roady" to an original GM squarebody 2700 truck radio is possible?
I had one in one of my S-10s years ago. Worked great.

Anyone have experience with the connection and difficulty of doing this?
I understand the subscription part.

 

[Doppleganger]

This has nothing to do with what you want to do, but I know an electronics nerd that has free Sirius in all 3 of his cars. He buys the radio, subscribes, pulls the radio, cancels the subscription and waits a year. Apparently Sirius pings the unit-specific shut off signal for a year then moves on.

Sounded like fun, but I probably have more music than Sirius. Have a thumb drive with 5 different folders / genres, each with about 300-400 songs. Am willing to share. lol

Dont need no stinkin' Sirius.

 

[Midnightmoon]

Assuming that your radio is AM/FM, you can simply use the Roady's broadcast function to transmit to your radio. I usually use 88.300 with mine since that frequency normally doesn't have any interference in my local area. You can set transmit frequency in the Roady's menu. So, just find a an empty FM station and adjust accordingly.

If it is an AM only radio (sorry for not being fully familiar with the GM 2700 offering), then you can use a classic FM converter to interface with your factory radio and simply follow the above procedure.

 

[AuroraGirl]

Assuming that your radio is AM/FM, you can simply use the Roady's broadcast function to transmit to your radio. I usually use 88.300 with mine since that frequency normally doesn't have any interference in my local area. You can set transmit frequency in the Roady's menu. So, just find a an empty FM station and adjust accordingly.

If it is an AM only radio (sorry for not being fully familiar with the GM 2700 offering), then you can use a classic FM converter to interface with your factory radio and simply follow the above procedure.

if he wanted to hardline to the thing, i think the best way to do that is with a tape variant of the radio, and essentially the Sirius would be utilizing that function

no idea in the slightest how to do it tho

 

[WebMonkey]

Wondering if adding the Sirius/XM "Roady" to an original GM squarebody 2700 truck radio is possible?
I had one in one of my S-10s years ago. Worked great.

Anyone have experience with the connection and difficulty of doing this?
I understand the subscription part.

the user manual says it'll play 'through' the fm receiver.
(inline with antenna)

i ran a 12 disc changer that had an inline antenna 'box' and i never had any trouble out of it.

the inline 'box' type of gadgets have far less issue with interference than gadgets that emit a signal relying on the vehicle antenna to 'pick up' out of the air.

good luck
'monkey

 

[bucket]

This has nothing to do with what you want to do, but I know an electronics nerd that has free Sirius in all 3 of his cars. He buys the radio, subscribes, pulls the radio, cancels the subscription and waits a year. Apparently Sirius pings the unit-specific shut off signal for a year then moves on.

Sounded like fun, but I probably have more music than Sirius. Have a thumb drive with 5 different folders / genres, each with about 300-400 songs. Am willing to share. lol

Dont need no stinkin' Sirius.

My dad found out that trick after he bought his Corvette. He got the first year free I believe and didn't renew it. But the car spent all the cold months in the steel barn, along with much of the time in the warmer months too. It never had signal to shut off the service and I believe it still works to this day.

 

[idahovette]

Every body just shush!!!!!!! loose lips sink ships

 

[DoubleDingo]

This has nothing to do with what you want to do, but I know an electronics nerd that has free Sirius in all 3 of his cars. He buys the radio, subscribes, pulls the radio, cancels the subscription and waits a year. Apparently Sirius pings the unit-specific shut off signal for a year then moves on.

Sounded like fun, but I probably have more music than Sirius. Have a thumb drive with 5 different folders / genres, each with about 300-400 songs. Am willing to share. lol

Dont need no stinkin' Sirius.

I approve this message.

I have 1423 tracks on my SD card, all from my cd collection, and I still have about 25-30 cd's to transfer songs from.

Don't need no stinking sirius is right!...lol...

 

[Poodlehead]

I installed an FM modulator from Crutchfield for under $30 in another car and it works well. It was easy to install and use. When you want to listen to XM, you just tune the radio to a specific station.

The only difference would be is if it would work as well with an old analog radio as compared to a newer digital radio as I have. Crutchfield support could answer that question...