New Head Unit can I reuse the factory Sirius antenna..

[explorer21230]

I recently installed a new head unit ( Pioneer AVH-x3600BHS ) in my 2008 explorer which had the standard audio system and I want add a Sirius unit also. Does anyone know if I can reuse the existing Sirius antenna that my stock radio used? I was expecting to see a Sirius antenna lead connected to the back of my old head unit.. but did not. I am assuming that it is wired into the smaller of the two wiring harness plugs that were connect to the old unit. Do I have to remove the old antenna and use the new one that came with the Sirius unit?

 

[Scorpion8]

I looked into the same issue with my new radio/head unit, because mine had a Pioneer unit installed with a Pioneer SiriusXM tuner. Most of those are not pin-compatible with the newer units, and when I looked into the changes I could not use the Pioneer antenna with anything other than the Pioneer tuner.

So, my guess would be no. If you got a Pioneer unit then you should look for the Pioneer SXM tuner and antenna also.

 

[explorer21230]

Thanks for the info. That sucks, I haven't taken the old one off yet but I'm guessing that there is a hole drilled in the roof since there isn't a wire coming off of the antenna. I'm guessing the cable is routed through the headliner which should be make it fun trying to run the new antenna cable.

 

[Scorpion8]

Yea, 10 days ago I would have had a Pioneer SiriusXM system to give you, but a yard sale to support my son's soccer team cured that.