Thanks just seeing if mine still has hope. I'm taking it back to the dealer tonight for hopefully the last time. I'm taking them a lot of the information I've found here. Aren't forums great!!!!
Hopefully we can get this fixed and I can enjoy both my iPod and the XM.
BTW- nice picture attachment Cheers
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Well after now the third trip to have my XM checked at the dealer, I'm very disappointed as it looks like they have given up. I basically picked up my car last night and they told me, they went through the Tech 2 module upgrades and they didn't see any improvements. I had brought them some of the information from the forum here to see if it would help them, they said they had done all the stuff they was mentioned here as well as contacted GM techs about the problem and GM sent some information. But based on the print out of information they gave to me, seems like the info said the Tech 2 upgrade should work if they follow the procedure step by step. So I'm a lil disappointed that they couldn't get it to work. They basically told me they no longer wanted to work on it, until GM gave them a clear fix. They did say they would uninstall it if I wanted them to and I can go back to normal radio with XM. Could always plug the iPod to the AUX input.
So my stereo still "hick-ups" when I am on the XM radio. iPod works great but my XM is a nuissance. And I do use both. I still haven't decided to live with it as is or have it uninstalled. I do like the way the iPod module works. I'm wondering whether I should have another dealer look at it but then I may have to pay for diagnosis etc.... Almost seems to me like my dealer just gave up on it. Pretty frustrating.
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Man that is a real shame. I will be giving my dealer one more shot at it in a month or so too. If it still is not fixed I will have him remove it since I use the XM more than the PAL.
Hi everyone I think this might be my first post. I have one question. I had my PAL installed and now I have static when the ipod plays did anyone else have this problem? Thank you.
I just had mine installed last Friday. Currently both iPod and XM are not usable. It just constantly flips back and forth when I go into XM mode. I took a look at the wiring and noticed they did reconnect the wire that was clipped so I'll give them the info from this thread that it was not supposed to have been reconnected. Hopefully I'll get good results tomorrow.
I just had mine installed last Friday. Currently both iPod and XM are not usable. It just constantly flips back and forth when I go into XM mode. I took a look at the wiring and noticed they did reconnect the wire that was clipped so I'll give them the info from this thread that it was not supposed to have been reconnected. Hopefully I'll get good results tomorrow.
Yup, quite a few of us have had this same problem after the PAL install. Mine will eventually work if I play with the FAV and Band buttons. Sometimes notice that my programmed XM fav channels display on the Radio when in AM or FM Band.
Apparantly GM is aware of potential programming issues with the PAL in the Sol and other cars that use the same PAL. See this post by Small Dealer... PAL-intermittently mutes/changes to XM 0
I am waiting a little while longer for a GM programming fix but if they do not come out with one this year will probably have the PAL pulled out.
Yup, quite a few of us have had this same problem after the PAL install. Mine will eventually work if I play with the FAV and Band buttons. Sometimes notice that my programmed XM fav channels display on the Radio when in AM or FM Band.
Apparantly GM is aware of potential programming issues with the PAL in the Sol and other cars that use the same PAL. See this post by Small Dealer... PAL-intermittently mutes/changes to XM 0
I am waiting a little while longer for a GM programming fix but if they do not come out with one this year will probably have the PAL pulled out.
Been watching this and Smalldealer's with interest, but except for the dealer's audio guy forgetting to plug in a speaker, mine as worked as advertised from the beginning. Idid make sure that they had install one before I had them do mine.
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Been watching this and Smalldealer's with interest, but except for the dealer's audio guy forgetting to plug in a speaker, mine as worked as advertised from the beginning. Idid make sure that they had install one before I had them do mine.
How long did it take for them to install?
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OK I have to give a Kudos to Squirrelboy. Thanks to his info and photos of the wire being clipped instead of being reconnected to the connect. I went back to my dealer and told it looks like that wire should not be connected and that after it was clipped they just needed to enable XM through the Tech 2. Got it back yesterday. Connected up my iPod Nano and took the scenic route home. I still need to learn all the new controls but it seems to be working correctly now. I can use either XM or my iPod now. Woo Hoo!!
Been watching this and Smalldealer's with interest, but except for the dealer's audio guy forgetting to plug in a speaker, mine as worked as advertised from the beginning. Idid make sure that they had install one before I had them do mine.
Cheers...do you have the 6 disc Monsoon radio system with XM?
OK I have to give a Kudos to Squirrelboy. Thanks to his info and photos of the wire being clipped instead of being reconnected to the connect. I went back to my dealer and told it looks like that wire should not be connected and that after it was clipped they just needed to enable XM through the Tech 2. Got it back yesterday. Connected up my iPod Nano and took the scenic route home. I still need to learn all the new controls but it seems to be working correctly now. I can use either XM or my iPod now. Woo Hoo!!
Great! I'll have to see what they did with my wire after they clipped it. Is this in the panel under the passenger floorboard?
