Installing the Antenna:
ok if you have sirius your only option for antenna placement is at '1' if you have xm you can use '1' or '2'... ONLY use 2 if the windshield dose not have a steep angle on it otherwise you might as well put it under the seat. run the wire under the rubber seal toward the drivers side and down the windsheild. (red line)
NOTE: '2' is inside the car up agenst the windshield
this is the path i usually take at work, the red section should be the only part of the wire thats visible
this is the tough part and this is where everyone breaks thier wire, if you have xm you dont have to worry as much, thier cores are alot more forgiving as far as being able to bend it. the green line is where the seal slides into. The red '1' is where your antenna wire should be and the red 2 is where it should end up before you put the seal back on, this prevents putting such a massive bend in the wire, plus you have to get down there anyway to continue the run.
after that is gravy just run it to where you placed you sat radio.
Hardwireing for power:
score the smeg out of the 2 contacts and solder a wire to the ends. the reason why you dont just cut off the plug and wire it is because sat radios now use 5 or 6 volts as a power source and the plug reduces the 12v input to the proper voltage, if you cut it and wire it directly to a 12v source.... the radio starts smoking.
if you baught an internal unit like i did (this is the older pioneer unit SIR-PNR1) yellow is constant 12v not switched, black is ground. i usually place these behind the actual cars radio, mine is under the seat because my avic-n2 brain is under the other seat and i thaught itll be nice to have them each under a seat
