XM for smart

[spikey01]

I would like to put XM satellite radio in my smart. Has anyone tried it without putting a separate XM unit on the dash with wires all a-dangle?
Can it be installed on the radio 10 inside somehow?

[Turbo42]

i have one on mine but i have a pioneer indash dvd player

[sheureka]

I don't think there's a way to do it without completely switching out the radio, but I do have mine on a vent holder on the passenger side, and don't have any wires visible. Here's a picture - Xm Radio - Smart Car of America Gallery - sheureka

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by spikey01

I would like to put XM satellite radio in my smart. Has anyone tried it without putting a separate XM unit on the dash with wires all a-dangle?
Can it be installed on the radio 10 inside somehow?

Sorry, spikey01, but you won't be able to install XM inside a radio 10. You wouldn't be able to see any song/artist titles from the display, change channels, use any presets. The XM receivers come with a remote, the remotes uses an infrared signal, so the receiver and remote have to be able to "see" each other.

Or just hide the receiver and all the wires in the glove compartment and listen to one channel most of the time. (Change XM stations at a stop light.)

A nice small XM receiver with only ONE cable showing would be the CommanderMT.

There's different mounting options available.

[Turbo42]

Just buy a 100 dollar radio thats xm ready then you will have no wires showing

[John17]

My dad has his XM radio in his Smart and their is the minimum amount of wires showing.

What he did was make a mount for the XM radio in the glove compartment.. then he just tucked the reciver/antenna box thingy underneath the center dashboard compartment thing and have it pop out at the end of it!

I also heard that if you remove the center consol thing on the dash you can magnetically place it under it and put the console back on top of it??

Got me?

[buellwinkle]

Like others have said, unless you change the HU, you'll have to use an external XM gizmo. Besides, if they had a factory option, it would likely be Sirius anyway as that's the way MB rolls. Also, nothing is like having XM built into the HU, I have it on the factory HU's for our Jeep Wrangler and GMC Canyon and you can't compare, it's the best way to do it. But I didn't want to change out the factory radio on my Smart.

I have a Roady XT mounted under the dash on my Cabrio and I used an existing screw to hold the bracket I got on ebay for $11 shipped. I taped the antena inside the upper part of the radio bezzle where clock/tack go it's invisible and ran the aux wire by drilling a small hole in the side of the glove box. The wires terminate right behind the radio so it's as inivisible as one can get with the Roady. I can take picture if people are interested. I went with the Roady because I have the boombox for it and I can easily pop it out if I don't want it visible.

The bracket I used was this one -