Sirius not working
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Topic: Sirius not working
Posted By: twisted logic
Subject: Sirius not working
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 8:46 AM
I have a KDC-MPV5025 receiver,KDC-719 CD Changer and a KTC SR901 Sirius tuner. The changer and deck work fine but when you select Sirius all that comes up is SR CH- on the display, no sound at all. It has been activated but in all the manuals all I can find is something about an O-N switch that does not exsist on the changer. is this the problem or do you have any ideas? I also cannot figure out how to bring up the ESN number on the deck, but I think it is all related.
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Posted By: iruleyou05
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 12:28 PM
one thing you should try, is to move the antenna to get better recption. With those sirius-direct is that they need to get fairly good reception to connect properly. try moving the antenna to the rear portion of your roof our somewhere where it gets fairly good veiw of the sky
Posted By: twisted logic
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 12:41 PM
I tried that also, usually you get an error message ANT ERR. if that is the problem. I saw on a small footnote in one of the manuals a different cable or control box may be needed if the changer does not have that switch but I want to be sure before going out and buying more stuff.
Posted By: iruleyou05
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 2:01 PM
that seperate control box is called a unversal tuner, that is also the same type of system that xm uses
Posted By: iruleyou05
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 2:02 PM
if im not mistaken, with that control box you have on that radio, you also have to get a unversal turner to go with it
Posted By: twisted logic
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 2:16 PM
I guess I am confused because the deck is Sirius ready. This kind of stuff kills me
Posted By: rknj01
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 4:05 PM
what order is the changer and sirius in?
try deck->sirius->changer
or vice versa
Posted By: twisted logic
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 4:10 PM
well the deck has just that one plug and the sirius has two, one for changer and one for the deck. I tried switching them but I get no sirius or changer.
Posted By: stavy customs1
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 4:56 PM
See if the pins in the din cable are all there. I had this happen to me at work once. If that doesnt work you most likely have a bad unit.
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Posted By: ophidia31
Date Posted: November 16, 2004 at 5:46 PM
stavy customs1 wrote:
See if the pins in the din cable are all there. I had this happen to me at work once. If that doesnt work you most likely have a bad unit.
^^^ what he said. ive seen 2 different din cables for the kenwood sirius units. one is missing a pin. are you trying to use the existing changer cable instead of running the sirius din cable that it came with? if so, run the din cable for the sirius tuner and then the changer cable from the sirius tuner to the changer itself.
Posted By: dedlyjedly
Date Posted: November 17, 2004 at 2:12 PM
-the ktc-sr901satellite tuner doesnt recieve power and ground through the databus. make sure that you ran the 12 volt and ground necessarty to power tuner. -the esn can be accessed in the menu. im not certain on the 5025, but a lot of the kenwoods have to be in "standby" to access all the menu functions. Of course youre going to have the tuner functioning properly first. good luck ------------- MECP certified, 5yrs experience, you probably otta listen bitch!!
Posted By: dudek38
Date Posted: November 22, 2004 at 8:36 PM
if you are running a changer and a sirius tuner, you need the kca-s210a.
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