I have XM in my Honda Accord- bought as a demo and it came with Sat. radio....I had never heard of XM when we got this car 3 years ago, but I now LOVE it.

I just hate to have to buy a Package 5 or 6 in my region to get a compatible (Satellite "ready") system. Has anyone gone to Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. and gotten XM (or Sirius) put into your Prius?

I want it to be integrated with the touch screen, but I am not technical enough to figure this out on my own.

Would love to buy a Package 2 or 3 and put it in after....

thank you!!

 

I did that with my NHW11 03 Prius and other than one installer 'opps', it works fine.

Bob Wilson

 

There are at least three aftermarket options available for the Prius. The vendors' sites:

www.vaistech.com
www.factoryinteractive.com
www.coastaletech.com (caution: there have been some customer service issues reported with Coastal, though not universally experienced)

I don't know if they've been discussed here, but they've all been covered in length on PriusChat. You might consider searching there for more. I have the Vais unit, and I have been quite pleased with it. See this PC thread for details.

As I describe there, I had an initial, aborted (due to a faulty cable) installation attempt made by Circuit City. I don't consider myself very mechanically inclined, but with some good instructions I found on PC, I made the second, successful attempt myself.

 

Those links were helpful. Thanks for responding!

 

My pleasure. I might also mention, if you haven't discovered it already, that Factory Interactive includes an installation DVD that demonstrates exactly how to dismantle your car and do the install. I haven't seen it but other PC members have given it high marks. The main reason I didn't go the Factory Interactive route, by the way, is because the Vais unit has a 16-character display versus 10 for the others.