Anyone know if there is an easy button to get sirius/xm on the EX?

i would prefer not to hardwire in additional electronics, but will do so if it is my only option. Thanks!

 

I had a professional installer do it, because XM actually offered this to me to retain me as a customer (changing cars and was going to cancel), so it cost me nothing.

Other than routing the antenna cable, the only hardwiring that appears to have been done is the power, which might have also had an accessory plug option. It connects to the existing system on an EX only via FM transmitter because the EX has no AUX-in. If you can find a clean frequency in your area, this works perfectly well. It isn't ideal when traveling and you're bound to run into locales where the frequency is in use (and therefore having to find another) or where you're in a crazy busy area like DC or NY where every decimal on the dial has some station.

So as for hardwiring, I'd say that it depends on your comfort with routing that antenna cable and with possibly splicing in the power, and how you feel about an FM transmitter based feed.