How can I get the XM Radio to work in a 2007 Honda Civic?

Question

My husband has a 2007 Honda Civic that says it's XM Ready but he's never used the radio. As a surprise for his birthday, I want to get this setup and working. Can anyone tell me if this is affordable and/or easy? What do I need to do? Thanks!

Answer 1

XM ready just means your existing dash radio/cd has the connections for an xm reciever, sold seperately of course, for around $300 to $400 plus installation. Normally not something you want to do yourself unless you've already done some amount of stereo install type work before. I've attached a link regarding an 06 Civic, but it's essentially the same.



EDIT TO ADD:

I should note that I have been an XM customer since December 2001 and even recieved a letter from them congratulating me on being in the first 30,000 subscribers. I have all three of my cars equiped with XM and a module for my home. Unlike the comment by Pimp, I have never had any problems with billings and have never felt cheated.



I also want to note that there is a more inexpensive way to get XM in your car than a factory reciever, although it is not as desirable. How undesirable it is to you depends on where you live and how crowded your FM stations are. There are FM modulated XM receivers that sends a radio signal "broadcast" to your FM radio. You set your FM radio to one of a few choices of stations and you will pick up the XM signal from the XM reciever module There is also a dock for your iPhone that can receive XM across the internet and also transmits it to your FM radio but will lose the signal when you lose cell service. So there are other ways to go about this and lets you at least try it our for a lot less money. Good luck.



http://shop.xmradio.com/edealinv/servlet/ExecMacro?ctl_nbr=10600&nurl=control/snapOffer.vm&cid=DRTVHPXM



http://shop.xmradio.com/xm/ctl10600/cp49759/si4346819/cl1/xm_onyx_with_powerconnect_vehicle_kit

Answer 2

Why not spend the money on something useful that he will enjoy? Like a good set of subs, perhaps?



If you really have to have XM radio, you need a subscription in additional to the appropriate equipment. Good luck with that!



I'd recommend that you first consider ANY possible alternatives. If you have an iPhone (or similar) and a "free" Pandora account, you can get streaming music directly from the internet. If you have an AUX connection on your radio (most new vehicles now include one), you can connect most MP3 players as well as iPods. If you have an aftermarket receiver with a USB input, you can connect flash drives or even hard drives with space for literally hundreds of hours of music. Finally, there are now many FM stations that transmit HD with much better sound than what you get from satellite.



Consumer complaints about Sirius (Sirius and XM are now one and the same) top the list for rip-off companies. Some have described their customer service and billing practices as the worst they have ever encountered.



Why would you want to deal with someone like that?



These links outline some problems that other consumers have encountered.



http://www.consumeraffairs.com/home_elec…

http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?i…

http://www.roaddrivers.org/xm_radio_scam…

http://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/f12/x…

http://www.elementownersclub.com/forums/…

http://www.pissedconsumer.com/latest-art…

http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaint…

Answer 3

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