Well, fed up with the FM transmitter, I stopped at Radio Shaq last night and picked up a tape adapter - allowing me to feed the satellite audio directly into the Infiniti head unit.
Reception problem solved. Further reading showed that the FCC had required Sirius to lower the broadcast power of their in-car add-on units. Thus rendering them quite useless in a metro area.
Of course, now I have a wiring nightmare of antenna lead, power lead, and audio lead to route somewhere and conceal to make it neat but at least I was able to listen to the Beeb in the evening and morning commutes.
If life wasn't so busy, I would actually enjoy the challenge of ripping into the car stereo to integrate this properly. As it is, I'll just have to find the time and/or have a professional installer help once I come up with a nice solution.
Posted by artandscience at November 14, 2006 06:44 AM