LiquidFX

what all comes in the xm kit for the xb?

LiquidFX

why is it so expensive? what all comes with the kit?

blubox04

just and antenna, the brain and nothing else, its so much money the fact the you are buying it from the dealer

LiquidFX

what exactly is the brain?

Andrewmham

xm blows, and is pretty much tanking, get Sirius.

Jenna

I second the suggestion of getting Sirius. Seriously, get Sirius.

And the kit, I don't know. I know when we got our Sirius from the dealership, it's just a box under the seat and an antenna and some wires.

Whether you get XM or Sirius, I would suggest not getting it from the dealer and getting a stand alone type from somehwere else. It's much easier to browse stations with several lines of text, rather than one half line that the stock Scion radio gives you. Even if you had a different radio that scrolled... it's just not the same.

LiquidFX

my g/f wants satillite radio, no prefrence though. i dont want to get it from a dealership so thats why i was asking what all comes in this kit so that I know what I need to buy somewhere else.

pictures of what comes in the kit would help

is this the "brain"


http://www.crutchfield.com/S-QnKCBK9...0&I=209XMDRDS1

boogi_man

listened to both and have xm it's really a matter of preference.

koalaty2

Dealers are not all the same. Check around Purchased mine through sparkstoyota.com, at a sale price of around $280, and that included a year of free XM. Love the XM. Have also heard that aftermarket XM tuners do not work completely with the stock stereo, if you are still operating off the OEM radio.

losmorob

If you have more than one car, go witha a portable unit that you can wire direct into an aftermarket stereo. Even the FM modulater is ok.

I have 3 cars, all with their own XM antennas and mounts. You can move one radio from car to car. 3 cars = one unit and ONE Monthly fee.

Here's the XB setup;

jay_man2

That unit won't work with the stock head unit, which isn't RDS capable. The installation instructions for the Toyota kit will show you what's in it. They're posted at http://trdsparks.com/displayparts.ph...5&parts_id=328

I have the XM kit installed, and think the Audiovox xPress that I had sitting on the dash before the dealer installed the kit is a better way to go. Nice audio, even with FM modulation, and the 5 line display is much better than having to cycle through the 1-line display on the head unit.

onionescion

I have a factory m unit that i took out of my car and Im not using anymore.