Factory Satellite Radio on new Entourage?????

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Unless they've changed something over the last few weeks, no they don't offer any satellite options. I did hear that it was coming, but I suspect they would wait until MY 2008.

I should add that on my Entourage, with the DVD Entertainment system and the Infinity radio, there are external inputs on the radio (NOT on the front of the radio) that could be used for a direct input of an external satellite tuner. However, the DVD system occupies that port. I don't know if you can get the Infinity radio WITHOUT the DVD system, but it may be worth a shot if that's what you want to do.

I did succesfully add a Sirius external tuner to our Entourage. It is mounted low on the windshield, just above the dash. I ran the power and antenna wires up through the dash by removing the radio and using the existing "gap" in the seam around the radio. Not the most professional install, but it looks good enough.

I should note that you will need an extension kit for the antenna depending on where you install it on the van. I mounted our antenna on the roof about 1' north of the hatchback door. Routing the antenna wire was a piece of cake. I made a small notch with a file on the rough steel under the hatchback door gasket near the roof. But when I was done running the wire, I was about 8" short...DOH! So I picked up the shortest exgtension kit I could find (25') and re-routed inside the van using that. The only problem was that I now have 24'4" of extension wire coiled up inside the left rear panel of the van. It was a small PIA getting it in there and looking good, but it was worth the effort.

I should also mention that on my 2006 Sonata I went out and purchased a new head unit for the car that has Sirius built into it. It was a Kenwood unit and sounds slightly better than the factory radio. The factory speakers are great though. But you will still have to run an antenna no matter how you go with the tuner.

Eric