V70 XC 2001 XM radio

czeben · Post by **czeben** » 23 Feb 2009, 17:50

I just recently purchased my very first Volvo, no issues yet...aside from a minor seat belt issue, (knock on wood). Pretty pleased so far but I have become so use to listening to XM (satellite radio), I would like to have it installed in this car. What are my options?

Thanks in advance!

Ben

Mike-Halewai · Post by **Mike-Halewai** » 23 Feb 2009, 19:50

IMHO, your best bet is to get a new deck that is satellite radio ready or equipped, there are some sweet Alpine, Pioneer and Kenwood options for this.

And of course you could get a parallel unit mounted with a seperate XM antenna etc.

Post by **matthew1** » 23 Feb 2009, 22:54

You might want to wait a few months to see what happens to Sirius XM. They're facing bankruptcy.

instarx · Post by **instarx** » 24 Feb 2009, 12:53

matthew1 wrote:You might want to wait a few months to see what happens to Sirius XM. They're facing bankruptcy.

I think that issue has mostly gone away over the past week, but you never can tell. In any event, Chapter 11 would probably not have ended the service - just restructured Sirius/XM company debt.

As an aside, I'm abandoning XM after years of subscribing. After the merger they took away my electronica station, gutted Air America radio, and changed the jazz stations' formats to elevator jazz. I can barely stand to listen to it anymore.

czeben · Post by **czeben** » 24 Feb 2009, 18:38

Thank you for the information.