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There are also kits which go in-line, between the antenna wire, and the jack on the headunit, which work very well. You can even find them in the satellite radio section of most electronic stores, and Wal-Mart-type discount stores. XM makes a kit specifically for this type application, and was available at my local Wal-Mart last time I was there... It is basically an FM modulator, that does not require the signal to be sent "over the airways", similar to the way a kids nintendo works on the cable input of a TV...
Good luck. I love my XM Roady on long trips... I use the tape adaptor, and often move my unit from car to car... The tape unit works very well, but the wire hanging from the unit is kinda ugly (as is the antenna wire, lying on the dash). This is the price I am willing to accept to have portability. Incidently, I have excellent reception even though it is recommended NOT to lay the antenna on the dash (no ground-plane)... I do suffer drop-outs as I pass underneath large bridges... but only for a brief second or less.
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RM Smith
1988 560SL
"Where is it again that we are going, and why are we in this handbasket"?
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