12volt adapter blown fuses & sirius radio

harrison · Post by **harrison** » 19 Sep 2005, 09:08

I just got a 2006 xc90 and have an external sirius starmate radio which i plug into the front cig 12volt adapter to power the radio. it then transmits thru the fm radio so i can hear it. the thing is, i've blown 3 fuses in three days. the starmate worked well for about a week, but now this. any thoughts on it being the volvo or the sirius ? thnaks.

jrwoody · Post by **jrwoody** » 14 Nov 2007, 16:57

I just purchased a 2007 XC70 that is prepped for sirius radio. That cost $95. I wanted to get sirius radio. I found out that I must first purchase the harness that plugs into left corner of radio where it is prepped at and then other end plugs into sirius adapter. This Volvo harness is $740.00 installed. I called Car Toys in Beaverton, Oregon (closest) to find out if I could use a portable adapter or anything other than the Volvo harness. He told me that due to the fiber optics involved I would be better off buying the harness, that other problems could happen. I can't believe it costs that much. Maybe that is why your fuses are blowing. Don't put a bigger fuse or hard wire it, it could be costly. Can anyone advise me about a way to use sirius. A harness for $740.00!!!

Woody in Oregon

Post by **MadeInJapan** » 14 Nov 2007, 19:17

Others are using this to add other devices including the Sirius radio: http://www.imiv.ca/details/details.html .

tripleb · Post by **tripleb** » 14 Nov 2007, 20:15

It's a common problem for phone chargers and such to blow the fuse for the cig lighter (power socket). I believe it's only a 10 amp fuse, what is the rating on the unit?