Can't activate Sirius on used Ram

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crasht51

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I recently purchased a used 08 Ram 1500. It has Sirius, but I have been unable to activate it. Couple of phone calls to Sirius have gone nowhere.

When I switch to Sat it shows channel 184, but I do not hear anything. Turning the volume knob does nothing - it doesn't even indicate the volume increase. The radio works fine otherwise (FM/AM).

I ordered the Family Friendly package. I wondering if perhaps this package is not compatible with the factory Ram Sirius radio? That it doesn't understand "blocking" certain channels?

I tired disconnecting the battery (for at least 8 hours) and reconnecting to "reset" the radio but my FM presets were all still there after 8 hours so it seems I can't reset via battery disconnect.

Any ideas?

Thanks - JP
 

donjohnk

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Check ur antenna ... other than that Im clueless.. I have been having nuttin but problems with the ******* at xm radio with my radio I got.
 
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crasht51

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Got it working - partially. After much Googling I got the idea that it might be that the package I ordered (Family Friendly) might not be compatible with the satellite radio in my Ram (base factory system). So I went online and change to Sirius Everything and had the activation signal resent. Voila, I started receiving Sirius satellite radio.

Only thing is, I'm not receiving all of the channels. For example, I receive channels 40, 45, & 50 but not the ones in between. I'm going to try sending the activation signal again and see if that helps.
 

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There are no channels between 40-45-50. Just those channels in the rap section. used to be a 43. But it was cancelled. They skip a lot of channels. And change a lot of the talk show channels to accommodate sporting events.
 
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crasht51

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Thanks, hadn't even considered that they would skip channels. If I had looked at a Sirius channel lineup I would have seen that...
 
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