Mazda's been on the cutting string of technology for decades, and the business didn't dawdle extreme when it came to colony radio. On the other hand XM and Sirius were aloof over the horizon when Mazda's 1997 pattern elderliness were produced; so you posses to forgive them for not including aliment for it. Mazda produced many discrepant vehicles this mannequin year, and many spacecraft radio installs Testament drive according to the alike basic device. On the other hand, you may desideratum to change your accession, depending on the particular mould and trim.
Instructions
1. Remove your radio to espy provided it uses a seperate antenna input. Emigration is identical incomplex: pop gone the two, tiny vertical panels on either side of the radio to expose the radio-removal holes. Incorporate the ends of the U-shaped Emigration tools into the holes, snap them in, and push outward on the tools to disengage the honour mechanism. Pull the radio outside, using the tools as handles. Stare at the back of the radio, and catch the antenna wire. Provided you retain a unmarried, thick coaxial cable from the antenna, then proceed to the succeeding course. Whether not, then skip To pace Three.
2. Unplug or unscrew your antenna coax cable, and plug the FM modulator cable into the radio. Plug the chassis-side coax wire into the antenna input. The FM modulator is like an amplifier that keeps your XM's radio transmitter from fighting with local radio stations for control of the radio. Plug the XM radio's FM modulator wire into the modulator, and push the wire behind the dashboard and into the driver-side foot-well. Push the modulator box through the radio rear bracket, if possible. If your bracket doesn't have a hole large enough, you'll need to install the modulator box from behind the dashboard, and run the coax cables through the holes in the bracket.
3. Locate the 12-volt power wire and the ground wire feeding the radio.6. Clean up your install by bundling the wires together with electrical tape and conduit, and cover the antenna wire under your hood with plastic conduit to protect it. Plug your XM radio in, and enjoy. Use wire splices to splice the power adapter's positive wire into the blue/black positive wire, and its negative wire into the ground. Now, you'll have a power supply under the dash so you don't have a bunch of wires hanging down in front of the radio.
4. Mount your antenna reciever somewhere where it has a clear view of the sky. Many Mazdas of this vintage had very steeply raked windshields; in cases like this, you can put the antenna receiver inside the car, right at the base of the windshield. Otherwise, you'll need to stick it to the roof, right next to the windshield. Use a small, flahead screwdriver to lift the molding around the windshield, and tuck the antenna wire under the windshield molding and run it into the engine compartment next to the hood hinge.
5. Find a grommet in your firewall through which you can push the antenna wire. You should see a useable one near the brake master cylinder, where the engine wiring harness passes through the firewall. When you find a suitable opening, thoroughly tape the end of your antenna wire to the end of a piece of coat-hanger wire. Lubricate the wire with a bit of grease, and very carefully push it through the hole in the grommet.
On Mazdas of this vintage, the 12-volt battery power wire is in the 12-pin connector, and the wire itself is blue with a black stripe. The ground wire is the only single-pin connector on the radio, typically located above the big 12-pin connector. Route your 12-volt "cigarette lighter" style wires up through the back of the dashboard and into the radio opening.
