Thread: 6 Disc Monsoon Question

Hey Guys,

I purchased a 6-disc monsoon player. Had it programmed at the dealer for 42 bucks. Took about 45 minutes. My question to you guys, is there a way to activate the XM on it? I had xm active on my old radio I pulled out of my car so I know all the equipment is there. The dealer guy is certain that the 6-disc didn't have it available. I would beg to differ. If I click through the Bands I only get FM 1, 2 and AM. Did he miss something on the tech 2 when he did it. He wants me to keep him posted. My car is non-monsoon but has Xm and On Star on the car. 2004 GTP CompG

Any insight would be highly appreciated.

I press AUX and it doesn't do anything. =( Any Ideas. That's how it was on my radio that I took out of my car.

Thats what the dealer was saying... but argh. I thought they all had XM capabilities. Im going to be bummed out if that's the case. I wanted to keep it all factory. Everything else works fine on it. =) I guess i'll have to find out where the player came out of and find out if that car was equipped.

Were there different versions of the same player? The dealer said it should be in the band...hmm. I wonder why it doesn't work. Do you think he could of unlocked it incorrectly.. Everything else works.

I took the radio out and made sure all the connectors were snug and such. I wrote down a few of the numbers. DKCB was one of them. I have a feeling it was programmed incorrectly or made the earlier ones didn't have it. This one is dated 2/25/2002.

I wonder if they have to match the radio number in the * xxxxxxxxxxx * with the xm setup on the Tech 2? I wish I owned one, the guy doing it wasn't very intelligent to say the least, (not to be rude).

Yup, the deck I took out of my car was the single disc/ with XM Radio. I'm a subscriber. That's why I can't figure it out. It should just either be in Band or CD/AUX. Niether function has XM.

Try one of these two options...

Pull the RFA MOD fuse from the passenger fuse panel start car cycle through the bands then shut car off and put the fuse back in, repeat the process and see if xm returns.

If this does not so the trick pull back the carpet on the left side of the trunk, and unplug the xm module and re plug it back in.

If all these fail unhook the battery for ten minutes and rehook up.


Sometimes the xm modules goes unresponsive and goes missing from the band button. Disconnecting power has solved it in any case ive seen.

The six disc is well capable of XM, as well as the single disc and nav.
Ive added XM on my 04 with single disc, and on my06 with 6 disc and when I upgraded to nav the xm stayed as well.

As long as the radio has a "band" button it is factory xm capable,If it has only an am/fm button it is not capable.

Typically model year 03 and up radios are xm capable.

Disconnecting the battery won't lock the radio back up will it if I need to go to this route? I'm nervous to unhook the battery.

Nope not at all, The radios have the VIN programmed into the radio itself which is what the dealer did when they relearned your radio

It is only when the vin mis matches that of the car that you have to get money sucked out of your wallet.

I would try the fuse first as it's the most easiest of all.

Tried the fuse and it didn't work =/
I will have to try the XM Module tomorrow when its warmer, i couldn't get the connector unplugged. Is it the blue one im trying to unplug? If that doesn't work I'll go ahead and disconnect the battery.

I hope one of these two remaining solutions work. It was the whole idea to get the 6 disc to get a nicer player with more features

Thanks Again!

Hey, it will be the one with abunch of wires(black), The blue one if it has two wires coming out if for the antenna only.

Just curious if you tried putting in your single disc to try? if you do it will not affect any theftlock at all since both of them have your vin memorized inside them.

I think you were saying the date code on your six disc is 2002?

if it is where did you get your radio from and is there a part number on it?

If someone took a defective04-08 grand prix six disc radio and took the mainboard from say a 2002 gmc envoy six disc radio it would give the same issue as the 02 would not have xm capability.

The single disc that I pulled out that had Xm is dated November 2002.
I bought it from Explicit_Spade he bought it from someone else. So its possible it doesn't have it I suppose.

S/N -12207139 DKCB
I didn't look at other specifics.