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Audiophiles... can I use my older GEX-P920XM XM tuner with my AVIC-Z2 to get XM?

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Old 11-14-2010, 05:41 PM
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Default Audiophiles... can I use my older GEX-P920XM XM tuner with my AVIC-Z2 to get XM?

Pioneer specifies a different XM Tuner for use with the AVIC-Z2, but it looks exactly the same other than one extra port for something on the back of it. The AVIC-Z2 operators guide only refers to the newer module when talking about traffic updates etc.

So... I have a hunch I could use the existing GEX-P920XM I have and get XM radio jus fine? Anyone know? Any audo/video stores that would give me an honest answer vs. trying to sell me upgrades?

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Default Re: Audiophiles... can I use my older GEX-P920XM XM tuner with my AVIC-Z2 to get XM?

Try it. I did the same thing with Sirius. I switched head units and Kenwood wanted me to buy a new tuner, but the old tuner simply plugged in and worked.
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Default Re: Audiophiles... can I use my older GEX-P920XM XM tuner with my AVIC-Z2 to get XM?

Should just be IP-bus in and out. If so then it should work fine. Should have one blue port and one black ip-buss port
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Default Re: Audiophiles... can I use my older GEX-P920XM XM tuner with my AVIC-Z2 to get XM?

Yeah turns out it should work.... I did some more searching last night and it turns out the updated module is only needed if you want to use the Nav-traffic functionality and to do that you have to pay extra via XM or Sirius for it to work. The current box I have will work just fine for getting XM.
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