Jet1733
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- Location
- Memphis TN
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- Chaparral
- Year
- 2020
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20 years ago I bought a Sirius satellite receiver. Plugs into the cigarette lighter, had a little antenna and an aux chord that went to the stereo. The guy that sold it to me talked me into a lifetime subscription for $399. I felt like an idiot but I did it. I called Sirius the other day to ask about a new power chord and the guy asked why I never updated my receiver. I didn’t think I could. He said I could transfer the lifetime subscription twice so I bought a new receiver and installed it on my Vortex. I had to run a power chord and I wanted another charging plug in the glove box. I’m no electrician by any means but here’s what I did.
The receiver comes with a car kit that has double sided tape that mounts to a smooth smooth surface and the receiver mounts to that. I didn’t think it would hold up to the heat and bouncing of a boat so I wanted to hard mount it. This is what I had to work with. This is the glovebox with a controller and an aux in jack
![EDFC40A9-5F22-4AD4-9CC1-3D7DC4CE3999.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132004-6815a0e1c8fa6e979e9a50f7c159f8ee.jpg)
my plan was to not drill if at all possible and I ended up only have to make that aux Jack a little bigger.
![9B23C962-9668-4681-97B6-DFB544D983FE.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132005-5debfca4f0781035bcf5b586f8492ad3.jpg)
![FC479F7F-A332-4721-B416-3BEB18A0E7CF.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132006-29985fff5b58e3b036ba9c286eef5b23.jpg)
![288722FC-66A3-4EF7-A4DB-4481E5BC23E0.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132007-f31d0bb8d5874a156f0193f405ad6868.jpg)
This is part of the car kit. I drilled out the center so I could run the 3 wires through it. Once I drilled it out I realized the ends of the antenna cord and power cord wouldn’t fit through the hole I drilled so I had to dremel out the hole to squeeze the ends through
![3ACAD505-A753-494C-81E3-FB192F2974B2.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132008-f31d0bb8d5874a156f0193f405ad6868.jpg)
once I got the wires through I was able to put the open but on the backside and mount the receiver. You can see the 1 1/4 hole I drilled to the left of the controller. My plan was for this to be a charging port and under the dash I would tap into the wires and install another lighter plug for the receiver to plug into
![33329154-872C-41A7-8B01-27A0C6A782D7.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132009-3a549f4bdd5bdbe95f81a24aa0ec0694.jpg)
I used the dremel on the bottom side too so the wires would be flush near where they plug into the mount.
![69B0B6BA-9932-4370-8B26-94088531028C.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132010-b3d582d8e94573df900c7fbdd70777f6.jpg)
Finished product.
![AA712567-C659-4015-A8DE-1F64D9E9374C.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132012-296fc479d61d46a94369cad047eab572.jpg)
The receiver comes with a car kit that has double sided tape that mounts to a smooth smooth surface and the receiver mounts to that. I didn’t think it would hold up to the heat and bouncing of a boat so I wanted to hard mount it. This is what I had to work with. This is the glovebox with a controller and an aux in jack
![EDFC40A9-5F22-4AD4-9CC1-3D7DC4CE3999.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132004-6815a0e1c8fa6e979e9a50f7c159f8ee.jpg)
my plan was to not drill if at all possible and I ended up only have to make that aux Jack a little bigger.
![9B23C962-9668-4681-97B6-DFB544D983FE.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132005-5debfca4f0781035bcf5b586f8492ad3.jpg)
![FC479F7F-A332-4721-B416-3BEB18A0E7CF.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132006-29985fff5b58e3b036ba9c286eef5b23.jpg)
![288722FC-66A3-4EF7-A4DB-4481E5BC23E0.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132007-f31d0bb8d5874a156f0193f405ad6868.jpg)
This is part of the car kit. I drilled out the center so I could run the 3 wires through it. Once I drilled it out I realized the ends of the antenna cord and power cord wouldn’t fit through the hole I drilled so I had to dremel out the hole to squeeze the ends through
![3ACAD505-A753-494C-81E3-FB192F2974B2.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132008-f31d0bb8d5874a156f0193f405ad6868.jpg)
once I got the wires through I was able to put the open but on the backside and mount the receiver. You can see the 1 1/4 hole I drilled to the left of the controller. My plan was for this to be a charging port and under the dash I would tap into the wires and install another lighter plug for the receiver to plug into
![33329154-872C-41A7-8B01-27A0C6A782D7.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132009-3a549f4bdd5bdbe95f81a24aa0ec0694.jpg)
I used the dremel on the bottom side too so the wires would be flush near where they plug into the mount.
![69B0B6BA-9932-4370-8B26-94088531028C.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132010-b3d582d8e94573df900c7fbdd70777f6.jpg)
Finished product.
![AA712567-C659-4015-A8DE-1F64D9E9374C.jpeg](https://jetboaters.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/data/attachments/132/132012-296fc479d61d46a94369cad047eab572.jpg)
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