Sirius XM Hardwire Power Kit

by Sirius

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002PO8D1M
• Item model number: MCHK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,280 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

*NOT Compatible with Sirius XM Radios that use power adapters with a RED TIP.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have For Hiding Those Wires, June 12, 2010

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Jeff Tomkinson "The Gadget Wiz" (North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews
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This product's sole purpose is to hard-wire the power from your car's wiring system to the satellite radio unit instead of using the eyesore of a cigarette lighter adapter.

I believe installing this hard-wire kit is rather straight forward, however I didn't like the fact that I would still have to strip one of my cars original wires and splice it with this hard-wire kit.

If you are like me and would like a really unfooled around with installation of your satellite radios power setup, then do what I did, buy a fuse tap.

A fuse tap can be bought at almost any auto parts store and is basically a small device which plugs into one of your cars existing fuse slots and provides a bare wire which you can then splice with the hard-wiring kits bare wire.

When buying a fuse tap, I would recommend you use the audio or radio fuse slot and be sure to buy the correct tap depending on the size of your fuse and the wattage.

Overall, this is an awesome hard-wiring kit which is essential in the process of hard-wiring the units power. My only gripe as I have mentioned is the fact that they do not include a fuse tap or at least inform you about going out and buying a tap to use in the installation rather then mangling your cars original wiring.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Description fails to mention that it won't work on newer models, July 16, 2011

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R. Browning (Ann Arbor, MI) - See all my reviews
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Don't buy this if you have a Sirius Starmate 5 as it won't work despite what the description says. The manufacturer of the radio changed the size of the plug sometime in 2010 which means THIS WILL NOT WORK. Money wasted and I'm pretty pissed about it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sirius Hardwire Power Kit, January 30, 2012

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Ed - See all my reviews

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Easy to install, will help in having a cleaner setup, that is not having so many wires visible. A must for anyone that plans on using their Sirius unit permanently.