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Old 04-06-2008, 06:13 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by geminon2k7 View Post
I didn't want to put it on the rear shelf because I'm afraid it would get optimum reception there. I live in New Jersey and there are a lot of bridges and low-lying highways that sometimes make it hard to get a good signal for XM. Even on the roof of the car the digital feed cuts out under some bridges, so the roof IMO is the best place to put it. Besides it wasn't that difficult, it only took about 45 minutes to do in the freezing cold :-)
I'm new to my civic, picked it up last week without XM and this thread is exactly what I'm looking for. Reception in NJ is tough, there are still some tall buildings and low areas where I lost Sirius reception in my last car and the modulators never worked well in the more urban areas in my opinion.

Great post, thanks for the info and pics, the aux in is the way to go with an ipod in the console for me.
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