Recent content by geareng1

I bought my receiver from Sparks Toyota for what I thought was a great deal, the unit plus one year free XM programming for $279.00. I dealt with a gentleman named Ken that was great to deal with, and he shipped the unit the same day I ordered it. He can be reached at ken @sparkstoyota.com.

Well now that I have my Scion HU running, tonight I installed a Toyota XM receiver thanks to the advise that I have received on this forum. So far I must say it does sound considerably better than my Skyfi2 unit that I was using before. Now on to the next obstacle, does anyone know how or...

Well, I received my new head unit and it went right in and powered up without any problems. I will now deal with returning the old unit and getting my refund. Thanks for all the help Mark

The seller of the unit I bought was questioning the year of the truck not the year of the head unit. He is claiming that the 2005 4Runner standard HU has a built in power supply to take the 5 volts from the truck and turn it into the required 12 volts. So he claims that if you put the Scion HU...

First, thanks for the input. I realize that dozens of people have done this , but I guess the obvious question is if the 2005 model is different from previous models. I don't think it is different, but I just wanted to have this verified by others that have done this update. My feeling is...

I recently purchased a 2005 SR5 and am in the process of doing the Scion HU update and eventually hard wiring XM to the vehicle. I purchased a T1804 head unit on ebay and changed out the old unit only to find that the unit would not power up, but their is a hiss from the speakers meaning that...