Caysea wrote:
Hi All
I have a 2014 Ford f350. If I remember I contacted sirius radio and had them send me a magnetized antenna that had about a 20 ft cord. The antenna is about the size of a hockey puck. I mounted it on the front of the engine hood and routed the cable back through the engine compartment. Then I just had to unplug the ford roof antenna and plug in the new. Very easy fix and the reception is great with my truck camper on or off.
Early generation Sirius radios used custom connectors for the antenna or the receiver module that plugged into the radio making aftermarket upgrades nearly impossible. Current generation Sirius radios that are found in most new vehicles now use a pretty universal connection for the antenna and the receiver module. The one exception that I recently ran into was Mercedes Benz on my new Sprinter, but with enough Internet searching I finally located an adapter cable that worked.
The OP I think mentioned his reluctance at getting into the dash on his new truck with only 25000 miles. That made me chuckle. When I picked up my new Sprinter based RV and drove it home it had less than 1000 miles on it when I pulled the factory radio and replaced it. The factory radio/GPS was worthless and didn't even have Sirius. I replaced it with a new in-dash HD radio with GPS and SiriusXM.