Satellite radio voiding warranty

I also would rather have Sirius because I already have it in another vehicle, and I would get a multi-unit subscription discount. However, my understanding is that the Sirius units are crippled when used with the Prius in that they will only display 10 digits on the screen. Assuming that this does not fixed... and assuming that I get some confirmation that the Toyota XM receiver displays full text... then it looks like I will be switching to XM

I believe it will be introduced as an option in a couple of months.

/Jim

 

Well, according to the law, adding Sirius to your Prius will NOT void the warranty, on the radio or any other parts. Now if something goes wrong with the radio, your dealer may be a PITA and say it's not covered. Someplaces do that, and some are relly cool about it. You could get a lawyer and win against the dealership, but that would likely cost more than just the part. If you were really worried about it, just remove the part if something goes wrong and then take it in. It should just plug into the back of the radio. If it craps out, unplug and remove the box, and they wont know.

 

efusco beat me to it.
For example, if the Sat Radio had a short circuit and fried the OE radio as well, then your warranty is voided. If anything bad happened to the OE and the dealer cannot pin point the cause to the Sat radio, your warranty is intact.

 

The XM units also only display 10 "digits". I don't think there is any way around this limitation.

 

Remember, if the sun and moon are visible at the same time and you drive your Prius, the warranty will be voided. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I picked up my silver '06 package 8 last friday night in Orange County Ca. Toyota of Rancho Santa Margarita, a Roger Penske company, installed Sirius as an aftermarket option (for free, with 9 months of service for free). It was offered over the phone when the manager called me to let me know my car was in, and only took 45 min after they completed the PDI (it took some time for the antennae glue to set up..)

The install is perfect, and the only thing you see is the triangular antennae, which is on the inside of the windsheild, above and to the right of the rearview mirror. The fleet manager assured me that installation of Sirius did not, in any way, effect the warranty of the car and/or stereo equipment.

The screen limitation of # of characters is only truly evident when you go to the text screen, to display the song/artist. Otherwise, you can see the channels and their names perfectly. I get 3 pages with 6 presets each, for a total of 18.

I definitely recommend the service, especially at the dealership I went to!

 

Go ahead and install it yourself. I ordered one from Metro TPN and installed it about two weeks ago. It really wasn't that hard. It might take you two hours or so, but only because you'll be very careful about rereading all the instructions step by step about 5 times.

The dash board parts just snap off. After having done it once already, I was able to remove all the dash board parts of my wife's Prius, install a Dension ice>Link, and then put everything back together in about 30 minutes.

However, when I installed the XM radio in my Pruis, it was my first time taking everything apart, and that along with the extra effort of running the wires to the trunk and mounting the radio and antenna back there, took me about two hours. I bet I could do it in under an hour now.

Here's a really, really good set of instructions on how to take the dash apart:

http://www.chrisdragon.com/downloads/Stere...us,%20v1.03.pdf

And here's the link to Metro TPN's instructions for installing the XM radio: (you have to right click on this one and choose "Save Target As...")

https://www.metrotpn.com/documents/PDF%20Fi...sXMradio3.2.pdf

 

Evan,

Do you know for sure that the XM option offered by Toyota will overcome the 10 charachter limit? It is worth the wait if the "official" solution is done right. I think the owners manual claims 32 bit if I remember right.

I have only had my Prius for less than a day now... and commercial radio is driving me nuts. Once you have moved to satellite radio... there is no going back.

I think that I will burn a few MP3 CDs to use in the meantime... I need to find some use for the "useless" 6 CD changer. Once I get the satellite radio hooked up, I will probably never use the CD again... except when in area of very poor satellite coverage such as deep mountain canyons with little sky visibility.

Or maybe I'll just connect my iPod as an interim solution... although I really dislike the clutter of wires.

/Jim