SIRIUS Radio Help
06-28-2006, 07:24 PM
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SIRIUS Radio Help
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I have 2003 e500 and just bought Sirius STARMATE REPLAY ST2C.... Radio. There is lot's of feedback noise using the fm tranmitter and I tried all the station it's bad. So I decided to get SIRIUS FM Modulator Relay and plug it directly into the back of my stereo. To my shock in the back of my stereo there isnt an input for the antena. As many cars as I dealt with there always been one. It's my first MB obiusly. Does anyone know what is the blue input with a small metal circle in it and inside the little circle is a thin metal rod or whatever? This is in the back of a stock '03 e500 stereo. I need to know how I can plug in the FM modulator to my car or perhaps use the blue plug. PLEASE HELP>
I have 2003 e500 and just bought Sirius STARMATE REPLAY ST2C.... Radio. There is lot's of feedback noise using the fm tranmitter and I tried all the station it's bad. So I decided to get SIRIUS FM Modulator Relay and plug it directly into the back of my stereo. To my shock in the back of my stereo there isnt an input for the antena. As many cars as I dealt with there always been one. It's my first MB obiusly. Does anyone know what is the blue input with a small metal circle in it and inside the little circle is a thin metal rod or whatever? This is in the back of a stock '03 e500 stereo. I need to know how I can plug in the FM modulator to my car or perhaps use the blue plug. PLEASE HELP>
06-28-2006, 08:01 PM
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Hope you get an answer to your question (I don't have one) but in case you don't find a way to plug in your FM modulator ... I get pretty good results with inputting an XM MyFi portable into the otherwise-useless cassette player on the '03. The MyFi came with the cassette adapter in the box but they are obtainable separately. Yes, it's more wire clutter, but if you can't input directly into the M-B head unit, it's a fallback.
06-28-2006, 10:36 PM
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The cassette solution is usually a step up in sound quality over FM modulation anyway.
Just a thought, is there a gain adjustment for the FM transmitter hidden somewhere in the Replay's menu settings? You could also test by slowly moving the Replay closer to and then away from the car and check to see if sound quality improves. Try it in another car or with one of your home radios to see if the unit itself is okay?
Just a thought, is there a gain adjustment for the FM transmitter hidden somewhere in the Replay's menu settings? You could also test by slowly moving the Replay closer to and then away from the car and check to see if sound quality improves. Try it in another car or with one of your home radios to see if the unit itself is okay?
06-29-2006, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by DWP
Hope you get an answer to your question (I don't have one) but in case you don't find a way to plug in your FM modulator ... I get pretty good results with inputting an XM MyFi portable into the otherwise-useless cassette player on the '03. The MyFi came with the cassette adapter in the box but they are obtainable separately. Yes, it's more wire clutter, but if you can't input directly into the M-B head unit, it's a fallback.
You right it's the wire clutter that I hate. I hope someone knows what this input is.... or maybe I can use some kind of adapter with it....
We will see....
06-29-2006, 01:11 AM
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There is only signal strength meter that's all... I wish there was a gain adjustment...I will try moving it or another car, but have a good feeling the feedback noise wont improve... Can they have a CLEAN radio freqency for people like me....Damn
