sirius install problem (B5 S4) need help ASAP

[NOVAS4]

ok so i got a sirius sportster 5 for my birthday... so i go out yesterday to a reputable local car audio shop (cause best buy said they 'cant' do it) and car electronics and myself dont mix well... anyway i go to pick it up and the guy explains how he cant get signal from car antenna not the sirius one?... i know nothing about car audio esp. this car... as he was trying to explain to me why the signal was horrible he said he could get my signal better but i would need a part that no one makes?!?! he says i need antenna adapters.. i need one from factory antenna to aftermarket radio and from factory antenna to aftermarket antenna??... searched and found none of these parts

he also tried to explain it to me how like fm transmitters from like ipod dont work in our car either?

searched AZ and found basically nothing on this topic for our cars???

can anyone eduate me on how to make this work or find the parts?

the shop said if i found a way to make it work he would do it for free but he couldnt find anything??



anyone care to help??


im so frustrated ahhh this is why i took it somewhere!!

[as4driver]

I just did this in my a4 and Mercedes ml. The three things you need to make your sirius sound great is:

Antena to be mounted on the roof

Power, hardwired or from the cig lighter

FM adapter from your factory radio to your sirius unit.

The antena and power cable should come in the sirius kit. The FM adapter can be purchased at Best Buy for like $30. You also will need the proper antena adapter. They will know at Best Buy if you tell them which car you have.

If you have any other questions PM

Evan

[Austincobra]

I bypassed all of that by just running a cassette tape adapter to the sirius headphone out. It works way better than the FM transmitter. You will just need to tuck in the wires somewhere to make it clean.