[desidou]

Jim & Cheryl -

We have SIRIUS Satellite radio in our cars and recently purchased a 19' Bambi. We were too cheap to go with the full audio/video package, so my husband installed a SIRIUS docking station in the Bambi for us that is connected to the factory radio. It seemed pretty simple. You will need an antenna and a docking station (if your install didn't come with one already).

What equipment did you get with the satellite radio?

My guess is that even if you have any equipment that came with your trailer, you're still going to have to activate the service and pay the monthly (or you can opt to pay yearly) fee for the service.

One other wrench to throw into the mix is that if you had XM satellite service, you can't use SIRIUS equipment to connect to the XM Service, you'll need XM equipment or vice versa for SIRUIUS -- basically, the equipment is network/provider specific.

I'm not sure what your quesiton is with respect to the TV -- lots of digital cable providers now bundle satellite radio with the digital cable package, but this is not the same as a subscription to the service. You have to access it through the digital cable connection. Is this what you are referring to?

Also, instead of a flat panel TV (as an option with the AS), we purchased a TV Tuner adapter (it connects to my laptop via USB) that allows us to connect to cable and view TV Programs my laptop -- that was our work around for the TV option. We don't plan to watch much TV, so this solution should work fine for us.

If you provide more detail, I'll be happy to help if I can!

Desi