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Greenbling · 05-30-2007, 04:12 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by atomic punk

Hm. All good ideas, thanks...

But I really don't want to replace my Sirius receiver (the Sportster replay with the 45 minute pause/Rw/FF feature is great, plus it was a gift to me).

Idea: what if I hooked up the audio out of my Sirius unit to the Mic (line) IN of my laptop, and the laptop A/V out to the A/V in of my head unit? I wonder if that would work. I could leave the head unit on "AUX" all the time and have the Sirius or DVD or MP3 or GPS coming through theoretically at the same time (switch between sources at the laptop screen or leave the Sirius & GPS on all the time. The MS windows volume control would control the relative volumes of the two sources)

Is there any reason why this would not work???

you explained how you are hooking up the sirius but how are you hooking up the Gps audio?

ok... my .02c

when I plug my sirius sportster into the line in on my carputer, it plays over whatever I have the carputer doing. (unless i mute that line)
I tried plugging the Sirius into the mic in line, but like he said, you have to have a program to play the mic input.

another idea... how about trying a Y cable for the line in input? someone will probably tell me how wrong and stupid i am but hey... just another thought for ya.

05-30-2007, 04:12 PM	#8
Greenbling Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 13	Quote: Originally Posted by atomic punk Hm. All good ideas, thanks... But I really don't want to replace my Sirius receiver (the Sportster replay with the 45 minute pause/Rw/FF feature is great, plus it was a gift to me). Idea: what if I hooked up the audio out of my Sirius unit to the Mic (line) IN of my laptop, and the laptop A/V out to the A/V in of my head unit? I wonder if that would work. I could leave the head unit on "AUX" all the time and have the Sirius or DVD or MP3 or GPS coming through theoretically at the same time (switch between sources at the laptop screen or leave the Sirius & GPS on all the time. The MS windows volume control would control the relative volumes of the two sources) Is there any reason why this would not work??? you explained how you are hooking up the sirius but how are you hooking up the Gps audio? ok... my .02c when I plug my sirius sportster into the line in on my carputer, it plays over whatever I have the carputer doing. (unless i mute that line) I tried plugging the Sirius into the mic in line, but like he said, you have to have a program to play the mic input. another idea... how about trying a Y cable for the line in input? someone will probably tell me how wrong and stupid i am but hey... just another thought for ya.