CDubGS

If the previous owner already had the SAT radio installed then you need only activate it with Sirius/XM. The radio in you car has a specific ID number that you can get by tuning to station 1 on the SAT radio. You will know it had previously been activated because you will already have an antenna and you will be able to get to SAT radio but you will not be able to listen to any station....just their message telling you how to subscribe.

If you have no antenna, then shop around as you will want to find the best price. You will only need the antenna install as the radio is SAT ready.

Activation and subscription is another fee. Find out what is included in the dealer quoted $795. It may include activation, a year subscription and the antenna install.

steviej

The 795 included all the components...not just the antenna missing...apparently there is another module they need to install behind the nav unit in addition to the antenna.

Welcome to the forum CDubGS.

When I purchased my used '06 GS, I had the same setup. AM/SAT button on the console, but no satellite capabilities. I took the car in and had them add XM Radio in the car, so it is integrated into my system. They charged me $300 for the parts and $250 for the labor to install.

Since my car did not have a shark fin on the back of the roof, they strung the antenna up through the trunk and connected it to the rear/passenger side of the car, right next to the trunk. It is about 1" by 1" and about a half inch thick...so it is not terribly visible.

I created a post on my experiences a little over a year ago on this forum. Here's the link: http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...c=42245&hl=

So, now the AM/SAT button cycles through my AM and three XM Radio preset lists and the steering wheel cycles through the preset channels. The only thing I don't like is that the '06 generation display screen shows the first 10 characters of the song artist and song title only....but....I can live with that.

--Duckman

I went to the dealership close to me...quoted $795 to do the integration! I read your other post about your experience, and I'm going to call around to a few of the other dealers to see what I can do to knock that down a bit.

Thanks for your reply!

HI all! Just picked up an 06 GS300 and I have a question about the SAT radio...

There is a AM/SAT button on the Mark Levinson system I have, yet when I push it, it just goes to the AM stations. Does that mean that I do not have SAT capabilities, or that it's just not activated? On the original window sticker that I found in the glovebox, it makes no mention of sat radio...

So...if I don't have the capabilities, does anyone know how much it costs to make it happen through the stock system?