Finally got around to installing my Sirius Starmate5 this morning. Ultimately, I'm going for some great GPS-providing head unit that'll integrate Sirius directly, but for now I'll use this Starmate with the factory radio on my Sport.
I used some Ram mounts on my Miata for my Starmate4 in there, however I found ProClip mounts that looked pretty slick, and used one here for my 5.
Here goes:
The ProClip goes on by wedging its "clips" between dash panels, in this case the HVAC control surround and the vent surround. Their website has photo instructions, worked perfectly. Once it's on, you need to put on the adapter plate for your specific device; the "male" half of it gets screwed onto the clip.
Then you attach the "female" half to your device, in this case my Sirius cradle.
So here it is mounted...the cradle slides on, is friction-secured by the interference fit of those two device adapter halves. Pretty slick. I'm happy with the angle and position, they make a tilt/swivel adapter if you want something different.
Sorry about the reflection, just showing that I mounted the antenna in the upper right corner of the dash. Folks on the forum here said they'd run theirs inside with good results, I put mine in temporarily and drove around some...everything worked without issues.
Focus here sux, too little light for my shaky grip on the camera, but anyhow you get the idea how inviting and easy it was to route the antenna cable down that channel between the A-pillar and the dash, then behind the door weatherstripping and ultimately through the glovebox. I stuffed the excess out of sight behind the passenger kick panel.
Still finalizing the power routing...I want to put a 12v source inside the glovebox and put the Sirius plug/transformer in there out of sight. Works swell though, at the moment, very satisfied, even with the imperfect cord management.
I used some Ram mounts on my Miata for my Starmate4 in there, however I found ProClip mounts that looked pretty slick, and used one here for my 5.
Here goes:
The ProClip goes on by wedging its "clips" between dash panels, in this case the HVAC control surround and the vent surround. Their website has photo instructions, worked perfectly. Once it's on, you need to put on the adapter plate for your specific device; the "male" half of it gets screwed onto the clip.
Then you attach the "female" half to your device, in this case my Sirius cradle.
So here it is mounted...the cradle slides on, is friction-secured by the interference fit of those two device adapter halves. Pretty slick. I'm happy with the angle and position, they make a tilt/swivel adapter if you want something different.
Sorry about the reflection, just showing that I mounted the antenna in the upper right corner of the dash. Folks on the forum here said they'd run theirs inside with good results, I put mine in temporarily and drove around some...everything worked without issues.
Focus here sux, too little light for my shaky grip on the camera, but anyhow you get the idea how inviting and easy it was to route the antenna cable down that channel between the A-pillar and the dash, then behind the door weatherstripping and ultimately through the glovebox. I stuffed the excess out of sight behind the passenger kick panel.
Still finalizing the power routing...I want to put a 12v source inside the glovebox and put the Sirius plug/transformer in there out of sight. Works swell though, at the moment, very satisfied, even with the imperfect cord management.
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