RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/12/2007 12:16:10 AM
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antlip
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OH **** man I forgot about calling mitsubishi again. They didnt call me back at all. Its good that you found everything out though. Why dont you just buy one of them units you stick to your windshield?
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/12/2007 2:54:22 AM
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rdenis
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It's basically a network/software issue. More and more car makers are moving to CAN-bus communication protocols which are vastly more flexible and capable of handling multiple interfaces. It saves huge manufacturing expense in terms of reducing physical wiring. However in order to utilize the hardware, it also has software driving it. In our case, the CAN bus is controlled primarily through the ETACS-ECU. The ETACS-ECU is a programmable EEPROM which, in this specific case, sets the SATR (satellite radio) coding as either "present" or "not present". In Canadian Outies, the factory sets this coding as "Not Present". In fact, for all Outies without satellite radio factory installed, this is true.
The Mitsubishi Scan Tool is more than just a diagnostic scan tool that reads 'trouble codes'. It also allows the reprogramming of the ECU amongst other things. e.g. For those Outie owners who do not have the Nav system, if you want to make changes to say door unlocks, alarm system warnings, wiper intervals, etc., the only way to do that is with the Scan Tool.
But I digress... to answer your original question, the Scan Tool is required to "activate" the ETACS-ECU to enable the MMCS to communicate with the tuner.
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/12/2007 3:06:00 AM
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rdenis
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quote:
ORIGINAL: antlip
Why dont you just buy one of them units you stick to your windshield?
Because they are FUGLY. Actually, its sort of a matter of principle to me - the headunit has the capability, the Outie's wired for it so dammit I want the same factory option US consumers have, not some FUGLY appendage with wires going everywhere. If Mits Canada and Sirius Canada ever get there sh*t together at least I have a chance. But until then, this pole they keep sticking up my a$$ is starting to get sore.
BTW - I already have a Sirius Streamer GT but keep it in the wife's van - man it's FUGLY.
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/12/2007 3:04:07 PM
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JMC
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All this just to have Sirius? Imagine what you could do if you spent more time doing other things......
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/12/2007 8:51:11 PM
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rdenis
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Yeah we could all spend our time trolling forums without actually contributing anything of use to our fellow owners. Do you even own an Outie?
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RE: Help - need Satellite Tuner and Antennae - 4/13/2007 1:48:45 PM
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JMC
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ORIGINAL: rdenis
Yeah we could all spend our time trolling forums without actually contributing anything of use to our fellow owners. Do you even own an Outie?
Are you asking if I own one? Where the hell were you when we had about 4 people in this Outlander forum? I didn't see you here with a first Gen........ You need to really calm down and go to Tim Horton's pal....before it gets worse.
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