[BC] Failing XM Radio

[Gary Glaenzer]

Tom, gotta disagree here

If you go to car-part.com, you can check out available radios for vehicles

it lists all available options

in my experience, the connectors are the same, to do otherwise would be to 
needlessly complicate vehicle construction
there may be an extra antenna connector for the satellite antenna, but other 
than that, I can't see where its a huge problem

for example 2008 Dodge Caravan (partial listing, with spaces to show the 
'pairs')

AM/FM/6 disc CD/MP3, w/o SAT radio
AM/FM/6 disc CD/MP3, SAT radio

AM/FM/6 disc CD/DVD changer (REQ), w/o SAT radio
AM/FM/6 disc CD/DVD changer (REQ), SAT radio

AM/FM/CD/MP3 (RES), w/o SAT radio
AM/FM/CD/MP3 (RES), SAT radio

AM/FM/DVD/20 GB HDD/MP3/factory Rr camera compatible (REN), w/o SAT radio
AM/FM/DVD/20 GB HDD/MP3/factory Rr camera compatible (REN), SAT radio

one can fairly easily find a compatible non-satellite radio to replace the 
current one

I took the AM-FM-CD out of my Grand Caravan and replaced with a straight 
AM-FM with no problem

However, YMMV

Gary

From: "Thomas G. Osenkowsky" <tosenkowsky at prodigy.net>

> Car radios are not what they used to be. They are now
> an integral part of most dashboards. You can't just take
> out a "radio" and replace it with another brand/model.
> Many have remote controls on the steering wheel, etc.
> It's not just a power/speaker connector and antenna
> cable anymore.
ure