Radio Swap

[formula1man]

I also have a kenwood dnx and love it. I found that wiring it myself and not relying on an adapter worked the best (though perhaps there is a good one by now).

[bobbyrs6]

I also have a kenwood dnx and love it. I found that wiring it myself and not relying on an adapter worked the best (though perhaps there is a good one by now).

formula1man,
Were you able to use the "shark fin" to connect to your satellites? For some reason, the Stereo place
that installed my radio (as good as they are) couldn't get it to work and ended just installing the little magnetic "hockey puck".
I would much rather use the "shark fin" to connect to my satellite radio if at all possible.

[bmlee007]

formula1man,
Were you able to use the "shark fin" to connect to your satellites? For some reason, the Stereo place
that installed my radio (as good as they are) couldn't get it to work and ended just installing the little magnetic "hockey puck".
I would much rather use the "shark fin" to connect to my satellite radio if at all possible.

If you didn't already have satellite radio, you may want to check if you actually have the module installed. This is fresh in my mind because I added Sirius last weekend, but I'm still using the factory head unit. I won't guarantee that the factory cable will connect to an aftermerket head unit, but if you don't have the module in the trunk, the shark fin for sure won't work for sat reception.

Here is the writeup I followed...

http://www.vaglinks.com/Docs/Audi/C5...IY_Install.pdf

I removed the whole trunk liner to get more access, but still was done in about an hour.

[bobbyrs6]

If you didn't already have satellite radio, you may want to check if you actually have the module installed. This is fresh in my mind because I added Sirius last weekend, but I'm still using the factory head unit. I won't guarantee that the factory cable will connect to an aftermerket head unit, but if you don't have the module in the trunk, the shark fin for sure won't work for sat reception.

Here is the writeup I followed...

http://www.vaglinks.com/Docs/Audi/C5...IY_Install.pdf

I removed the whole trunk liner to get more access, but still was done in about an hour.

bmlee007,

Hey thanks man. Yes my factory radio did have satellite radio but when the Car Stereo
place was installing my Kenwood radio, they said that they kept trying to use the 'Shark fin" but for
some reason it wouldn't connect so they went with the usual magnetic "hockey puck" satellite antenna. Thanks for the "install" pdf. I will see if they can make it work using this as a guideline.