http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20418503 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:30:26 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:30:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20498722 Dominokat : I haven't found and after market radio I like.
At least the OEMs are "simple" with descent buttons you can push without the use of the tip of a pen to change channels. Almost every aftermarket has little buttons and are a bit more complicated to use then OEMs. Lets put it this way, I never need to read a manual for OEM radio.

That said, I know there are some real good aftermarkets that are USUALLY far better then OEMs no matter what.

But I'm too picky I guess.
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"Open the Pod bay door Hal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20498722 Sat, 17 May 2008 16:59:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20497852 drjim : Since yours is a 2004, it's a "WJ" model. The WJ Jeeps website shows a single CD AM/FM radio as either an RBK or RBQ.
»www.wjjeeps.com/radios.htm#AMFMCD
The "Navigation" radios would be an RB1.
»www.wjjeeps.com/nav.htm
If you want to display the artist/title, it requires an "upgrade" cable to be run from the Sirius unit to the head unit. You might be able to work something out with the dealer to upgrade the head unit and add the wire harness, but it won't be cheap. One of the reasons I went with an OEM radio was that I knew it would just plug-in, and everything would work. I bought mine from a seller on eBay who the WK Jeeps site recommended, and paid about HALF what the dealer wanted.
Personally, if I was going to do it again in mine, I'd get an aftermarket Nav Radio from Pioneer, like the AVEC that my son installed in his Xterra. It has a much better user interface, and there are modules available to allow you to keep the steering wheel controls.
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One man's Magic is another man's Engineering.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20497852 Sat, 17 May 2008 12:45:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20497128 Dominokat : I don't know the model. But it is has a single CD. No Nav or other information displayed. (In fact, all I get from Sirius is a channel number, no song tiles, ect.)
It was Satellite ready, and/or CD changer ready.

I wonder *IF* Jeep decides to go ahead and replace it under warranty, if I can pay the difference to get a better one that will display more?
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"Open the Pod bay door Hal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20497128 Sat, 17 May 2008 08:32:42 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494098 drjim : Which head unit do you have? Before I swapped mine out to the nav unit, it seemed to work just fine.
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One man's Magic is another man's Engineering.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20494098 Fri, 16 May 2008 16:05:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491577 Dominokat : Well, it went back to the Jeep service yesterday. They put a new Sirius receiver in, and it didn't fix the problem. They traced all the wiring, and found no issues. Now they say it is the radio (in the dash) itself that is screwed up.
The service people are going to call and see if it can get replaced by warranty.
I wanted to keep everything OEM, but now I am afraid that Jeeps OEM radios suck.
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"Open the Pod bay door Hal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491577 Fri, 16 May 2008 07:49:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20477934 Dominokat : I went to get this fixed at Jeep.
Apparently there is a "service call" by the manufacturer regarding Jeep OEMs having the problem I mentioned. There is a "fix" for it, but the service I went to, didn't have the part.
They ordered it and I have another appointment Thursday AM to get this fixed.
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"Open the Pod bay door Hal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20477934 Tue, 13 May 2008 20:47:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20473311 drjim : The only 'issue' I have with the OEM unit in my 2006 GC is that if anything blocks the antenna, the signal drops out. Pull in to get gas, 99% guaranteed you'll lose the signal. Even large trees block it out, which can get pretty annoying at times, but is to be expected at 2.3GHz.
I'm not sure who built the Sirius receiver in my Jeep, but the replacement OEM Nav unit I bought was made by Alpine. I just unplugged the OEM 6-disk CD player/radio, and plugged the new head unit in. I had to replace the bezel, and pop off the bezel over the instrument cluster to mount the GPS antenna, but the whole job took about 30 minutes. In retrospect, if I had to do it over, I'd buy a Pioneer AVEC unit like my son installed in his Xterra. Really sweet, and the touch screen interface is light years ahead of the scroll-knob used on the Jeep OEM unit.
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One man's Magic is another man's Engineering.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20473311 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:08:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20472157 Dominokat : New radio being installed tomorrow.
It better be better then the POS in my car now.
Horrible reception, (I swear it looses signal if a mosquito passes by) and should the inside get hot, I loose it all together to just static, until it cools down.
Since this is very difficult to re-create, Jeep wasn't able to determine there is a problem.
So I bought a replacement on my own.
I hope it works better. Otherwise, I will have to say, STAY AWAY, from Jeeps OEM.
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"Open the Pod bay door Hal"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20472157 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:15:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20445018 Dominokat : The new unit came in yesterday. I opened the box, it looked pretty simple to do. Since there is already a unit in the Jeep, I should be able to just unplug it, and put the new one in.
But when I went to look at the Jeep, and the work needed to get to the box, it didn't look so simple any more. I have to remove most of the trim and panels to get to the box in the rear.
I'm not confident I can tackle that one. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20445018 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:09:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20437034 Dominokat : Great! Thanks! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20437034 Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:39 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20436181 drjim : Great site for all things WJ/WK:
»www.wjjeeps.com/sirius/sirius.htm
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One man's Magic is another man's Engineering.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20436181 Mon, 05 May 2008 18:40:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434332 Dominokat : We'll see how it goes Wednesday. That's when I expect UPS to drop off the replacement receiver I bought. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434332 Mon, 05 May 2008 12:49:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434031 TheRul : If it can't be accessed easily, then someone screwed up the Jeep. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434031 Mon, 05 May 2008 11:45:28 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20427496 Dominokat : I've discovered that the receiver is located in the rear cargo area, above the right wheel well. I think I can access it easily and simply unplug it, and put the new one in.
At least thats the plan. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20427496 Sat, 03 May 2008 19:35:51 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426770 Greg_Z : It is most likely a Remote unit like AudioVox's Direct. Trace from the Antenna wire and go from there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20426770 Sat, 03 May 2008 16:39:59 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20418503 Dominokat : Does anyone know where the satellite receiver is located in a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee?
I plan to replace the one in my Jeep. As the one I have has "issues" that I can't get Jeep to find. (It isn't something that can be duplicated easy)

It is a separate unit from the in dash unit but still uses the in dash to control. Sirius was added after I bought the Jeep. But where? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20418503 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:34:21 EDT