I exchanged the unit for an aux2car. Installed it this weekend with no problems.

I am trying to access the compartment below the shifter; how do i remove the silver trim below the radio? i tried pulling on it but it did not seem to remove easily like the trim around the radio. i did try pushing on the clips on the corners but no luck. i am afraid if i don't remove it just right ...

I checked all of the connections and could not find any problems. I am going to try to install a new unit this weekend.

at first i thought it was a bad connection but i checked them both and feel pretty confident that it is not a bad connection. i'll cal pac on monday.

i spliced both of the connections with wire nuts. i am planning on soldering the connections once i get the unit working. the radio works fine. i checked the connections to the pac and they are good.is there any way to check the unit to see if it is receiving power? like i said, the power light was ...

i think that i have a defective unit. I checked all of the connections again and notice that the power light on the PAC unit came on and then went off again. As i moved the unit around i noticed that the light would blink. Now i can't get the light to come on at all. I guess i need to exchange it fo...

The red accessory power light is not on. I have only connected yellow and black wires to the proper wires on the 24 pin harness. Also, i don't see a stack of cds on the display.

I just installed a PAC AAI-GM24 in my 05 vibe with single cd/M&T. The PAC unit does not work. I spliced the power into the blue/white wire and the ground into the brown wire as instructed by others on this forum. The radio works fine but when i press the CD/AUX button nothinig happens. When I pr...

I don't have my xm unit handy, but does the power wire have a stripe or something to differentiate between 12v and ground?

Just splice in the power wire with the wire going to the cig lighter? Do you have to consider pos(+) or neg(-) connections when splicing the wires? With my luck I would connect them incorrectly and burn up something.

I have seen some posts about people hardwiring power behind the dash for their XM units. Where do you borrow power from? What knid of connector do you use?

Just to confirm...the ground should be spliced with the brown wire (a12) on the harness.

Here is a link to one on Ebay:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...=WDVWWould this one be comptable? It says it is version 2 - no hardwiring, cutting, splicing, or soldering required.

Any suggestions as to where the ground wire should be connected? What would be the issues associated with a bad ground (road noise)?

This might be a stupid question but I am assumming that I need to disconnect the battery before doing all of this.Does the PAC AAI-GM24 connect the same way the aux2car does (plug in with seperate power wire)? Thanks for all of the great info!

That is my delimma - I really don't need any other features offered by an A/M I just want to listen to XM and my mp3. You have a good point about the price adding up for the the "extras" needed to install the A/M. You mentioned that the aux2car has a yellow wire that must be attached to to...

Thanks for the info. From what you are saying seems like inistalling an aftermarket radio should be pretty simple - that may be the best solution. Aftermarket units with an aux input are pretty cheap. I mainly just want to listen to XM (via the roady2) and a portable mp3 player. As far as removing t...

Like a lot of people I would like an aux input on my vibe factory radio. I have 2005 vibe with single CD and M&T. Should I install an aux2car or replace the head unit with a one that has an aux input. I was told by a local installer that a replacing a class 2 radio would require a special module...