So as some of you know I work at a Mazda dealer and today I had the pleasure of installing a Sat receiver in a new CX-7.<br>I might as well been installing a kit from fucking BestBuy.Why this is not plug and play in beyond me.<br>The fist step is running the antenna wire from the back of the vehicle to the front.<br>
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Then its time to tear apart the dash board.
Way to much work to listen to that jew howard stern if you ask me.
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Its almost like installing power windows on a car that came with crank up levers.
We have satalite radio at work and its shit, "static" is like being in a fish bowl.
OFF TOPIC: Why is that car called a "CX-7" if it doesn't have a Wankel engine? Mazda is known for using X to mark a rotary engine. Kinda misleading
Could the antena not have been hidden behind in the dash itself or does it have to be on the exterior of the metal work? When they come as standard, do you still have that ugly looking antena on the car or is made as part of the rear screen?
The instructions are very specific on the antennas location.Hell I could post the complete set of instructions if anyone is interested.
As for the factory antenna its very different,one antenna runs the sat and the standard radio in the same enclosure.
It looks like a shark fin sort of.
@ seitzy I have no clue why Mazda names things the way they do.The only rotary vehicle we sell is the RX-8 but yet we have the CX-7,CX-9,MX-5.
So long as it has a view of the sky it shouldn't make a difference. The vehicle wont always be facing in a particular direction, so long as its on the roof it should be fine.