What do I need for Sirius Install in 2009 Yaris Sedan

[jdreichenbach]

I have a 2009 Yaris Sedan that has a factory radio that is satellite ready. I need to know what I can buy to hook up Sirius so I can use my radio controls to listen to sirius? If you go through toyota it's over $500, but I noticed the scc1 and sc1 parts don't say they are compatible with Yaris at all.

[weslowski]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1188560395256

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by weslowski

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1188560395256

As far as I can tell, this is just the portable receiver. Extra stuff is needed to attempt to use radio controls. I used to have XM awhile ago. But there was no compatibility with the OEM radio headunit to be able to control the satelite radio.

What I have found, and what I'm wondering will work or not, is this:

http://www.toyotapartsoutlet.com/scr...product=297561


Can anyone tell me if this would work? And what I would need in addition to (if any) to what comes with this. Unfortunately the page doesn't give much information about it. Of course, there is also the concern about voiding a warranty as well....

[Brian]

I bought the Sirius car kit for $30 + subscription and use the FM transmitter built into the
Sirius receiver with my OEM head unit and everything works perfect and was cheap.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by Brian

I bought the Sirius car kit for $30 + subscription and use the FM transmitter built into the
Sirius receiver with my OEM head unit and everything works perfect and was cheap.

What specific car kit do you have? What Sirius receiver?

Are you able to change stations via the headunit? That's the biggest thing. I'm looking to have satellite without having to have an extra receiver laying around in the car.

When I had my XM, I had a separate receiver for the XM, for which I had to stick that ugly antennae to the roof, loose my power outlet (due to it needing power), and control stations and other settings via the XM receiver, so I had to have it stuck somewhere near/on the dash.

I'd like to avoid that. I suppose I could have just had the dealer activate it for me right there. But I didn't think about it.

[hpvampiress]

I'm so confused.

I went to Best Buy last week, and impulsively became interested in having Sirius (or XM) radio in my 2009 Yaris.

I asked the folks working there, and they said that I had to go to my dealer to have it installed. So today I called my dealer, and EEEK $450(!!!) for the receiver and installation. My parade has officially been rained on.

There's gotta be a better way. I've been looking through all the posts on Sirius, but now I'm just very, very confused.

I found this on Bestbuy.com : http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1181831772411

But I'm confused as to whether this is just the installation or what...and I'm not sure why Bestbuy told me that my dealership would have to do my installation.

And then I found this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1188560395256

So I'm guessing that I would buy this, and the first link is just the installation, so it'd be about $250 all together? Or am I totally wrong?

Haaaallllppp?

[47_MasoN_47]

I was wondering this same thing, but after seeing how much it cost to get it so you could use the factory equipment to change stations and whatnot I don't think I'm going to bother. I'll just use my Zune.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by DevilGirl

What specific car kit do you have? What Sirius receiver?

Are you able to change stations via the headunit? That's the biggest thing. I'm looking to have satellite without having to have an extra receiver laying around in the car.

When I had my XM, I had a separate receiver for the XM, for which I had to stick that ugly antennae to the roof, loose my power outlet (due to it needing power), and control stations and other settings via the XM receiver, so I had to have it stuck somewhere near/on the dash.

I'd like to avoid that. I suppose I could have just had the dealer activate it for me right there. But I didn't think about it.

Don't know the model # but its on older one and has been discontiued,
probably why I got it so cheap. I can only change stations via the sirius receiver.
If you wanna change it through the head unit you will probably have to get
an after market one. I can plug my receiver into the aux jack but didn't
feel like buying the cable so I'm still using the FM transmitter which works fine.

[DevilGirl]

Originally Posted by Brian

If you wanna change it through the head unit you will probably have to get an after market one.

Ah, yes, the typical aftermarket factor. I've done that on almost all of my prior cars. But that's because it either was stereo only (no cassette or cd deck), stereo with only cassette, or stereo with cd but no aux input.

I like the stereo that came with the Yaris. It has the radio, cd, and aux input. Only thing I'm missing is the satellite....

[weslowski]

DO IT YOUR SELF never pay to get something that simple installed in your yaris. easy as plug and play. buy from best buy but dont ask them anything, their all stupid!