PriusXM install question

I was wondering if anyone can help me out here.... I'm in the middle of a PriusXM installation, and I've managed to rip out most of my dash. The funny thing is, when I managed to disconnect the MFD, I noticed that the connector socket that would have been occupied by the XM tuner is already occupied by another wire/connection.

As far as I know, I don't have any sat radio equipment pre-installed.... what else can it be? Is it ok to leave it disconnected when I finish the XM installation?

An d more importantly, what the hell am I thinking ripping apart my brand new Prius like this? Am I some kind of idiot?!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 22 2007, 08:09 PM) [snapback]516357[/snapback]</div>

I had read a number of posts on the subject, and I saw that many were able to do the install without disconneting every panel in the dash. Me, I was just making sure I was following the DVD to the letter, even going so far as to play it step-by-step on my laptop in the car.

Anyway, I think I have a bigger problem. Looking at the cable that came with my kit and the connections on the back of the MFD (currently sitting on my computer desk), I notice that there is NO socket of the proper size to accomodate the wire that came with the PriusXM kit. There are three white sockets on the top of the unit. Two are very large and one is much smaller. Next to these is a even smaller blue socket. All of these were occupied when I originally disconnected the unit.

Thanks for the prompt reply.... Let me get my camera and I'll get some pictures up in a second.



<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(pottedmeat @ Sep 22 2007, 08:28 PM) [snapback]516360[/snapback]</div>

Oh, I guess it would be worth mentioning, this is a 3-week old 2007 with the JBL stereo and nav. As far as I know, there are no aftermarket parts that I am aware of.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 22 2007, 08:35 PM) [snapback]516362[/snapback]</div>

Er.

Um.

Yeeeeaaaah.

Ah.

Heh.

You are absolutely right and now I just feel silly.

Ah well. I'll take silly over the nervous twitching I was experiencing a few minutes ago.

Thanks for the help! Time to go put my car back together....

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Sep 22 2007, 08:44 PM) [snapback]516365[/snapback]</div>

So it took 4 hours working in 90+ degree humidity and I'm probably going to need a tetanus shot, but when it was all said and done, the install looks as clean as a baby's bottom and worked the first time. Which is good, because if it didn't, everyone would have been treated to the sight of a grown man crying and taking a crowbar to his car.

That being said, Jon's little DVD is worth its weight in gold. Lucky for us, DVDs don't weigh very much....