yeah I'm also just about to give up on this and hard wire my XM unit in

 

Truemagellen, what is status on this? Will it be available before Christmas? Any guess to the cost? If not and I go with the sportcaster which P.I.E. connector do I need? Thanks for your help. Dairel

 

I wish I could get the manufacturer on here to explain what is going on...but a christmas release I can't forsee.

As for the Mbus Pie connector from what I understand the Sportscaster uses a 3.5mm headphone jack for audio output. So you would want the mbus to 3.5mm found here:
http://www.mazdaparts.com/ProductDet...000-1154409212

 

Has anyone tried or bought this yet?

 

It doesn't exist...

 

lol, oh well..

 

Umm...what's this?

http://www.mazdaparts.com/ProductDet...000-1164800761

???

 

The same thing I mentioned starting with post #201 above.

 

http://www.rx8botd.com/raffles.htm

Here, it says there's LCD functionality. So....

 

Gotta be a mistake.

 

I don't know what that is a picture of next to the iPod Nanno, but it is not the Mazda iPod interface I got from Rosenthall Mazda that has the exact same part number as the one referenced. Also, the display in the '8 is not an LCD as far as I know.

 

The mistake is being corrected. I apologize for the confusion.

 

Truemagellen, I want to make sure I order the right thing. Is the PIE MBUS to 3.5 MM cable, the only thing needed to hook up the sportcaster? Is it easy to hook up and are there instructions to connect it? Thanks alot Dairel

 

That should be all you need. The hookup is pretty straight forward. The 3.5mm plugs into the sportscaster. Run the antenna through the center console to the rear deck.

The sportscaster does NOT run off of 12 volts. The cigarette adapter drops the voltage. Running it at 12 volts will fry the unit. I tapped into the feed to the cigarette lighter and added another cigarette lighter socket for about $2. I then plugged the stock XM cigarette lighter adapter into the new socket. There's plenty of room behind the ashtray to stash all of this out of sight.

 

Subscribing to the topic. Counting every day until I can hook up my Ipod to my 8 and use the LCD display!

 

I see this has finally died. SAD.

 

No one has officially said that have they? Are you just assuming due to lack of any news?

jds

 

Yes I am assuming. I see TM hasn't posted in quite a while about this. I'd like to think this wasn't dead but............

 

Breathing life into an old but has anybody used or even seen this.
They say fully compatible, fully integrated with text and all.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...7464782&rd=1,1

 

I'd be a bit skeptical until I heard from somebody who used it.

 

Whats interesting is the RX-8 kit is the same as the Mazda 3 and 6 kit yet its the most expensive. I'd be interested to see if this works though. Too bad I'm gonna leave XM for Slacker/Pandora soon.

 

Looks promising. I've sent them an email (sales@integrationsolutions.net). I encourage you all, as well. The descriptions and instructions are pretty explicit, and descriptive of the text capabilities. We'll see...

 

I would look at buying from the manufacture, maybe cheaper?
http://www.axxessinterface.com/vehicleguide.aspx
"OE integration - Add an Aux-in to OE radio"

 

Somebody buy this and give us a writeup. I'm still on the fence...should I get an ipod adapter first or basslink subwoofer? I can only do little mods in moderation or the wife will have a cow.

 

As a NEWBIE I guess I can take one for the team.
I am seriously thinking of getting the setup.......I miss my XM....just in the week since I got my 8.