Tryiny To Find Radio Id#

[newportman]

I am trying to activate the XM sat. radio in my 05 Land Cruiser which I think is the same as the LX 470 & can't get the radio ID# to show on the nav. display, does anyone have any possible solutions for this ? Thanks

[1990LS400]

Assuming that you have the optional dealer installed XM tuner, instructions for finding the radio ID are on page 153 of the 2005 Toyota Land Cruiser owners manual which can be viewed in the Owners section of the Toyota website. Here is a link to the manual section containing page 153: http://www.toyota.com/t3Portal/document/om/OM60B33U/pdf/1-8_1.pdf

If your LC does not have an XM tuner, they are widely available in the aftermarket. A Google search will find many sources or check eBay or Amazon.com. One of the most well known suppliers is www.vaistech.com which can provide all sorts of audio interfaces for Toyota and Lexus vehicles including Bluetooth audio streaming for older vehicles.

XM has apparently stopped completely disconnecting sat radio when subscriptions expire. The XM subscriptions in our vehicles expired long ago but we still get the XM demo station. XM audio quality was low in our vehicles and in every other vehicle we have used it in. If I'm not listening to FM or music stored on my phone, I'm streaming from the Internet - mainly from Pandora to which I subscribe, from Slacker, etc. or from one of the 100,000+ radio stations on the free TuneIn radio service.

[newportman]

I am aware of how to find the ID # but it isn't showing on the screen when the radio is set to channel 000, & the Xm sat. worked when I first got the Land Cruiser. Thanks for the reply & trying to help.

[pj8708]

I am aware of how to find the ID # but it isn't showing on the screen when the radio is set to channel 000, & the Xm sat. worked when I first got the Land Cruiser. Thanks for the reply & trying to help.

Not trying to be cute, but have you talked to XM to see if they can send you a new ID?

Paul

[1990LS400]

newportman, It would have been helpful if you had disclosed the information that you provided in your most recent post.

I suggest that you pull your head unit and check to see if the radio ID is documented on a label attached to the XM receiver that plugs into the back of the head unit. It is also possible that your XM receiver is deceased.

[newportman]

I talked to 2 reps from Xm yesterday & both said they had to have the radio ID # & it will not show up on the display. They ask for the VIN & said they could find no record of it either. They both said take to Toyota dealer & see if they can help but I really don't want to do that.

[1990LS400]

In my opinion your only recourse is to pull your head unit and see what type of XM setup you. I have no idea if the 2005 Land Cruiser was sat-ready with a port for plugging in an XM tuner or if an interface module was required.

Your XM tuner wasn't necessarily installed by a Toyota dealer. Lots of audio stores and indie shops installed sat radio tuners and many people do it themselves since it is a pretty easy project. If it is just a bad tuner, Best Buy currently sells the SXV200 for less than $40.

You can do the VIN lookup yourself on the SiriusXM website: https://care.siriusxm.com/vinlookup_view.action

... except that their VIN lookup is not reliable. We currently have two vehicles that we bought new and which came from the factory with 3-month XM trial subscriptions. One VIN is in their database and the other is not.

[VBdenny]

I just had them shut off the satellite radio in both my IS250 and RAV4. after I signed up at the end of my trial period, I realized that Howard 100 and other stations didn't work? I called and they said I had the "XM" package. Well the XM package is pretty much useless as it misses many stations. I now use either Amazon Prime music or Pandora or just play one of the 3,000 songs on my iPhone.

I still have a Sirius portable unit I can take from car to car or inside to my Sirius box. While I like the satellite service on Sirius, their billing and customer service is a nightmare as they are always switching packages and prices. Once they get your credit car, they will bill you relentlessly.

The trail period on my IS250 expired while I was in Hawaii. The morons called me every morning at 3AM to renew. I asked them NOT to call and they said it takes up to a week to remove a number from the call list. Well after the 4th 3AM call, I went off on the completely and I do have a nasty mean streak so things went south quickly.

[newportman]

Think I may just forget the whole thing, going on a 500 mile trip one way this weekend & thought I would give the Xm a shot but I can play my classic country cd's instead....LOL . Thanks a lot for the help guys, hope I can return the favor one day.