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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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Unplugging XM radio

If I unplug my XM radio, would that remove it from the source toggle options?

I never use XM (Pandora and ShoutCast are much better and free). Every time I flip through the source toggle between CD and FM I have to go through that annoying channel 1 in XM a couple of times. Somewhere I heard that if I unplug the XM radio it would not be seen by the head unit, so when I toggle it would switch from CD to FM and back to CD skipping XM.

Is that true?

If that is the case, where do I unplug the XM radio module? Thanks in advance.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 06:46 PM
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No, it's in the software so even if you unplug it the XM option will still be there.

And you can't "unplug XM" since it's build into the radio. All you could do is disconntect the antenna and that'll just give you "poor reception" errors.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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Not sure it works on all, but, can you change the A B C selections to AM and FM stations only so that the selection switch misses XM?
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer-Bob
Not sure it works on all, but, can you change the A B C selections to AM and FM stations only so that the selection switch misses XM?
How? Please tell...
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Boomer-Bob
Not sure it works on all, but, can you change the A B C selections to AM and FM stations only so that the selection switch misses XM?
Sure - just program all the A & B presets to FM and the C presets to AM (or any other combo of your choice) that way the XM stations will not appear...
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 10:29 AM
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^ +1 what he said.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Duh!

That was way too easy.

THANK YOU.
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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they took out A-B-C from the 2010 models....im pissed about that
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