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Car stereo question (Explain Sirius -> FM to me)
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Here's the story:
I just bought a used car (2004 Jetta) through a dealership and whoever the prior owner was had a Sirius radio mount installed. The mount has three leads: one going to the trunk for the Sirius antenna, one going under the dash for the power, and one going under the dash that says "FM OUT." (It's still the factory VW stereo, not an aftermarket stereo. There is no line-in port or CD changer control.)
Can somebody explain this to me? I assume that what's going on is the Sirius involves an FM transmitter and that's how you listen to Sirius on an older car... but why the outgoing wire? Is it an antenna? Does it lead to an antenna under the dash? Would it connect up with the stock stereo somewhere?
Here's why I'm asking. I don't care about Sirius, but I'm thinking about using the FM OUT wire for an iPod FM transmitter instead, if that's feasible.
I just bought a used car (2004 Jetta) through a dealership and whoever the prior owner was had a Sirius radio mount installed. The mount has three leads: one going to the trunk for the Sirius antenna, one going under the dash for the power, and one going under the dash that says "FM OUT." (It's still the factory VW stereo, not an aftermarket stereo. There is no line-in port or CD changer control.)
Can somebody explain this to me? I assume that what's going on is the Sirius involves an FM transmitter and that's how you listen to Sirius on an older car... but why the outgoing wire? Is it an antenna? Does it lead to an antenna under the dash? Would it connect up with the stock stereo somewhere?
Here's why I'm asking. I don't care about Sirius, but I'm thinking about using the FM OUT wire for an iPod FM transmitter instead, if that's feasible.
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the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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The FM transmitter is actually built inside the reciever so nothing like an antenna is needed there.
The only reason I'm considering doing it this way at all is because the Jetta "Monsoon" stereo is apparently pretty heavily integrated with the engine computer and replacing it with an aftermarket stereo is difficult and requires extra hardware to make sure everything still works properly. So I'm not going to be adding head unit with iPod support anytime soon.
So, yeah, with that information I might be able to hack something together.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.