Dodge trucker
Senior Member
HELP
2012 SLT reg cab 8' bed.
I bought new years eve 2021. So I haven't had it 4 months yet. Bought used from a Buick/GMC/Nissan dealer.
I never inquired to SIRIUS once. But in the 1st 3 months I kept getting mail from them. I never told them I had bought a vehicle so equipped. WHO TOLD THEM!?
Among the last 2-3 mailings they kept telling me my "free trial" was ending the last day of March.
So I tried to use it. I've used it in my daughter in laws Yukon when I followed my son home in his "new" '17, Ram 2500.
He has SIRIUS in that truck. Big TV screen display. His works fine. Got to listen to it for ~6 hours today as we went to a swap meet and back, plus some running around town when we got back close to home.
but I cannot get mine to work. Couldn't get it to go past "searching channels" while I had my "trial" so I gave up.
I wasn't gonna activate it /as the regular radio works /// though I don't get the reception with it that my wife does in her 01 Durango (stock radio) or the pioneer in my 96 Dakota.
But my daughter in law said she could put my truck under the same plan she has on her Yukon, much cheaper than any of the options they tried to hook me with. She already did so with my son's Ram when he got that, and it works fine.
My son said she had gotten an Email from SIRIUS later that evening and said my truck is "active" on her account now. *********. still don't work.
She came over 3-4 days ago and we went into my truck, she did something on her phone/ and said that "it should work now" though her phone said to put my radio on Channel 1 which does not exist on my radio. We had a choice of Channel 0 or 2. Not 1.
I didn't drive this truck since, but my wife went to use it today to go to work, said "radio wont play at all, whata boring ride".
She got home and I hit the AM/FM button and we had the regular radio.
I hit "SAT" and it again said "SEARCHING STATIONS" or some such, whatever it was, it was same message as when I had tried it under my supposed "free trial". and it will not come off of that while I have it in "SAT" mode. and dead silent. HOW LONG DOES THIS STATION SEARCH TAKE???? Like do I have to leave the key in it and radio on "SAT" overnight or some such?
I have a plain looking radio, no fancy display, or anything. just a factory, AM/FM/CD with a "SAT" button, and in the bottom corner of the display window, it does say "SIRIUS" on it.
If it aint gonna work, I don't want it on any "plan".
I plugged my Snap on scanner into it and no help there... I tried opening up the "RADIO" file via scanner and saw nothing taht looked like it might be any help.
If it aint gonna work, and I have to get a different radio to get it going, I will probably forget it. but IF I did put a different radio in there will I have to have the dealer program the truck to "see" it?
I keep hearing about "Alfa" on here but have no idea what that is or how I access that.
2012 SLT reg cab 8' bed.
I bought new years eve 2021. So I haven't had it 4 months yet. Bought used from a Buick/GMC/Nissan dealer.
I never inquired to SIRIUS once. But in the 1st 3 months I kept getting mail from them. I never told them I had bought a vehicle so equipped. WHO TOLD THEM!?
Among the last 2-3 mailings they kept telling me my "free trial" was ending the last day of March.
So I tried to use it. I've used it in my daughter in laws Yukon when I followed my son home in his "new" '17, Ram 2500.
He has SIRIUS in that truck. Big TV screen display. His works fine. Got to listen to it for ~6 hours today as we went to a swap meet and back, plus some running around town when we got back close to home.
but I cannot get mine to work. Couldn't get it to go past "searching channels" while I had my "trial" so I gave up.
I wasn't gonna activate it /as the regular radio works /// though I don't get the reception with it that my wife does in her 01 Durango (stock radio) or the pioneer in my 96 Dakota.
But my daughter in law said she could put my truck under the same plan she has on her Yukon, much cheaper than any of the options they tried to hook me with. She already did so with my son's Ram when he got that, and it works fine.
My son said she had gotten an Email from SIRIUS later that evening and said my truck is "active" on her account now. *********. still don't work.
She came over 3-4 days ago and we went into my truck, she did something on her phone/ and said that "it should work now" though her phone said to put my radio on Channel 1 which does not exist on my radio. We had a choice of Channel 0 or 2. Not 1.
I didn't drive this truck since, but my wife went to use it today to go to work, said "radio wont play at all, whata boring ride".
She got home and I hit the AM/FM button and we had the regular radio.
I hit "SAT" and it again said "SEARCHING STATIONS" or some such, whatever it was, it was same message as when I had tried it under my supposed "free trial". and it will not come off of that while I have it in "SAT" mode. and dead silent. HOW LONG DOES THIS STATION SEARCH TAKE???? Like do I have to leave the key in it and radio on "SAT" overnight or some such?
I have a plain looking radio, no fancy display, or anything. just a factory, AM/FM/CD with a "SAT" button, and in the bottom corner of the display window, it does say "SIRIUS" on it.
If it aint gonna work, I don't want it on any "plan".
I plugged my Snap on scanner into it and no help there... I tried opening up the "RADIO" file via scanner and saw nothing taht looked like it might be any help.
If it aint gonna work, and I have to get a different radio to get it going, I will probably forget it. but IF I did put a different radio in there will I have to have the dealer program the truck to "see" it?
I keep hearing about "Alfa" on here but have no idea what that is or how I access that.