Question....

I have a stock 2009 radio with Satallite Radio. I want to keep the Satallite radio but I cant stand the Stock head unit, but I want to use the antenna (if that is how you spell it) that came with the truck. Does anybody know how I can use the antenna with an aftermarket radio. I looked behind the dash and the satallite radio has a seperate wiring harness, and the antenna runs into the stock reciever for the satallite. Basically I don't want to have to run a new antenna... I know I will have to get a new reciever.

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09 Ford Ranger Sport
No real mods yet....
15% Window Tint, BFG AllTerrains.
Next wheels and bigger tires, Performance gauges, wrap around brush gaurd with KC Lamps.

Does the sat. radio antenna connection look like this

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mine dose and its like a real small coated cable like for a bike lock but mine is after market and the new 09 sat wiring should be in line same as the antenna in line so threes only one wire harness and one antenna in the back of head unit

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Jay's
09 XL reg cab
L4 2.3 , 40 series flowmaster , tinted windows 5% back 35% sides ,muffler removed from air box mod ,and ac on off switch mod , blinker mod, avs window vent shades
coming soon! k&n drop in/fiberglass bed cover/bed sprayed liner

Here is the antenna..... I cant get unplugged from the reciever.



And here is the wireing harness that is running to the head unit.
And I just want to use the antenna...

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09 Ford Ranger Sport
No real mods yet....
15% Window Tint, BFG AllTerrains.
Next wheels and bigger tires, Performance gauges, wrap around brush gaurd with KC Lamps.

Does it not just pull out or twist out?

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Hey STL, I finally got the antenna unplugged and it appears in the picture that is a harness of some type, but that yellow cap can be removed and the antenna wire is somewhat like the pic you posted above. Looks like a small coaxiel cable. I couldnt get my camera to focus on it close up so no pics but I believe I will be ablt to use the antenna with any setup....

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09 Ford Ranger Sport
No real mods yet....
15% Window Tint, BFG AllTerrains.
Next wheels and bigger tires, Performance gauges, wrap around brush gaurd with KC Lamps.

How much for your stock head unit?

Cool deal

You plan to get a radio with sat. radio built in?

If you dont and you get a dash unit i recommend the Delphi XpressRC

best one out there 1 year ago you can pause and rewind radio and store your fav. artist and songs. When they come on it beeps telling you what channel

Also if you get a dash unit I can show u how to hard wire it so you don't have a crap ton of wires every where

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Ill be glad to sell you my head unit, only thing is it will be a month or two before I plan on getting a new head unit so... If you don't want to wait I understand.

STL,

Im not sure what I want yet. I was figurin on a built in system cause thats all I have ever had, really never thought of a dash unit. Ill have to look into it. Opinion?

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09 Ford Ranger Sport
No real mods yet....
15% Window Tint, BFG AllTerrains.
Next wheels and bigger tires, Performance gauges, wrap around brush gaurd with KC Lamps.

I'm in no hurry. Got a pic & a price

Here is what I got Delphi XpressRC

Click here

They sell for 169.99 I got mine on ebay for 80 bucks

How it is setup in the truck

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