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Factory OEM SiriusXM nearly working in Tesla 2022 Model 3
- Thread starter sparkywatts
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Same! I’m holding off ordering a stand alone tuner just in case y’all get this working.I love the effort being made here by this crew of really bright TMC’ers
Sounds like a logical approach. Hopefully you can get your hands on an S/X to sniff that for a baseline, otherwise it might be difficult to tell what is expected. Should also make things easier if you can record tuner-receive packets no both (S/X versus 3) and then do a diff to see how they compare. Might be obvious right there regarding what the 3 is missing (or different).
Mike
So a a bit of an update. I received my model x tuner today and swapped the units. I then went into service mode and reloaded software and sirius xm showed up. To my surprise I heard a blip of audio from the sxm demo channel, then nothing. I then pulled my car out of the garage and repositioned the antenna, audio then started working loud and clear!!! I believe the op may have had issues with the tuner or antenna. One thing I noticed is that theirs not much metal on the car and the signal strength on this tuner is much weaker than my other car, a nissan leaf. You have to pretty much put the antenna on a metal plate to get a good signal, and this might be why they didn't include sxm in the model 3. I swapped housings with my old tuner to make it mountable, and used a fakra curry compatible patch antenna for sxm. I noticed in the op pics, the tuner doesn't have the fakra outside that mine does, and I suspect that may be the root cause if that tuner not working. I took a bunch of pics of the board differences and a video of the audio working between sxm and fm. Do note my fm is incredibly weak now though, and I need to figure out how to make it have two antennas again connect again, as I only have one fm antenna connected at the moment. I also believe the driver side has a power amp that needs the weird black connector to be powered, which the x tuner doesn't have. I'll be doing more research and get some pics up here soon. I would love to know what antenna adapter the op used for fm though as mine seems to suck.
If so an adapter such as this should get OPs xm working
Sirius XM Radio FAKRA Antenna Adapter Connector Sirius XM Radio Factory Antenna Adapter https://a.co/d/66aepWK
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putting it on the rear deck works fine, at least for aftermarket options. i don't see why it wouldn't also work for this.
also, assuming this works, who wants to be the one to start manufacturing these for other members? I'm tempted to buy an extra model 3 tuner along with the model x tuner and do the housing swap that way rather than messing with my own stock tuner. the model 3 tuner itself seems much cheaper on eBay than the x tuner...I might try this regardless once I get my car back from the body shop.
drilling out the rivets and reconnecting it to the x tuner seems like a much more complicated ordeal than swapping the housing though. maybe that's just me, or maybe I'm misunderstanding what is involved in the swap...
obviously you need a different antenna. the car doesn't have a SXM antenna since it doesn't have a SXM tuner.
just put it on the back deck and run the wire from there to the tuner. I have an onyx plus in my console (have for 4 years now) and the antenna works fine inside the car since the roof is glass.
my plan is to try something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Eightwood-Fe...658004269&sprefix=sxm+to+fakra,aps,102&sr=8-6
i think that one will work (but can't say for sure until i get my car back and actually attempt this).
I will embark the SXM adventure in early August. Just placed an order for a Model X tuner as well. Very exciting!
where did you order from? i'm still trying to figure out if there's a better place to get it than just off of eBay.
i'd love to get a brand new one from tesla, but from what i've read they won't sell you something that doesn't go with your car.
