'09 Fusion S - Adding Sirius satellite radio

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Greetings folks,

 

I'd like to add Sirius satellite radio service to my wife's 2009 Fusion S, and I'm uncertain what steps to take. I know I do NOT want to purchase a separate receiver from Sirius, with the ugly mounting options and 3 wires floating around. I'd like to run it through the head unit, but I can't confidently figure out what part(s) I'd need to do that. The stereo is stock with the single-disc CD player. The Aux button just activates the line-in jack, and the "phone" button does nothing. I don't recall seeing a "Sat" button or anything on the stereo, but my Ford Edge -- with Sync and Sirius service -- doesn't have one either.

 

I did come across a post on some forum (maybe this one) that linked to this kit here. But upon checking the part number for the radio, it wasn't listed on the compatible OR not compatible list. So I'm at a loss there.

 

Anybody got any ideas?

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Nobody?

[xmech2k]

Well, I don't have direct experience on this matter, but I'll give my input, seeing as no one else has jumped in yet.

 

I saw another post here of someone with a 2010 S, and it does have a 'Sirius' button, but Sirius is not functional in the car. (Pretty stupid. Why not at least leave it blank? Maybe for situations like this?) So if you already haven't, you should verify if your '09 has this or not. If it does, this statement from your link says it would be compatible: "THIS KIT WORK ON THE CENTER STACK AUDIO SYSTEM IN 2008-Up ESCAPE, MARINER, FOCUS, AND ALL CENTER STACK RADIOS WITH SAT/SIRIUS BUTTON."

 

Sorry I don't know if the '09 has the button or not.

 

Just to throw my 2 cents in, I have Sirius, which I thought was the bomb(Though you hear some complain that the sound quality is bad. With 20 years on an airport ramp, I guess I don't notice...), but recently, my wife got a DroidX smart-phone, and we installed Pandora internet radio, and now I'm jealous! If your wife has a smart-phone that's Pandora capable, I'd go with that, unless you're looking to get something other than just the music from Sirius.

 

Good luck!