Harmon karden stereo upgrade

[Sal731]

Why can’t ram and Harmon karden fix the issue in which the surround sound only works with Bluetooth, apple CarPlay and fm stereo. When I am on Sirius xm which is 99 percent of the time the amp and sub woofer do not work. I know this is with all products because my wife’s 2020 Durango rt also does the same. They have no answers for me

 

[thedream829]

That's really odd. It works for me. What year is your car.

 

[Sal731]

2020 Durango rt. 2021 ram rebel

 

[vincentw56]

I know surround sound doesn't work with the Alpine system on Sirius XM, but my sub and amp work just fine. And my ex-wife's 300 has the Harmon and it works fine minus surround sound.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque

 

[RebelWraith]

My truck's stereo is either on Sirius or connected with a plugged in media player the amp and sub have worked since day one.

 

[Sal731]

Well I guess I got to get them to the dealer to see what’s up. Both vehicles fm and my phone sound crazy and Sirius is very week

 

[BowDown]

Mine works perfectly regardless of input

 

[Nick57]

Works just fine in all the modes in mine

 

[STR]

2020 Rebel. Works fine w/all inputs

 

[Sal731]

Thank you guys

 

[Sal731]

So my stereo works with Sirius. Just not the surround sound. What’s up with that

 

[vincentw56]

So my stereo works with Sirius. Just not the surround sound. What’s up with that

Surround sound doesn't work with SiriusXM. I don't know why.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque

 

[Sal731]

Yeah that’s what I’m wondering. Why can’t it be fixed. Super low compared to car play

 

[nc_beagle]

Since it's all digital signal, does surround sound require too much bandwidth to be transmitted by satellite?

I'm grasping at straws here. I'm not that knowledgable about audio..

What happens if you pair your phone to the truck and stream SiriusXM through your phone?

 

[Sal731]

Yeah I’m not really sure but it’s BS that it doesn’t work

 

[vincentw56]

Since it's all digital signal, does surround sound require too much bandwidth to be transmitted by satellite?

I'm grasping at straws here. I'm not that knowledgable about audio..

What happens if you pair your phone to the truck and stream SiriusXM through your phone?

The surround processor is built in the head unit. They could make it work in sure. When I stream it at home, my theater system does it.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque

 

[nc_beagle]

The surround processor is built in the head unit. They could make it work in sure. When I stream it at home, my theater system does it.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque

That's why I asked about streaming, it's a cell or wi-fi signal and not satellite--at least not satellite directly to your phone/streaming device. SiriusXM has so many music channels, it seems like to broadcast all of the in surround sound (assuming it requires more data) would take a pretty big bandwidth.

But again, just guessing.

 

[vincentw56]

That's why I asked about streaming, it's a cell or wi-fi signal and not satellite--at least not satellite directly to your phone/streaming device. SiriusXM has so many music channels, it seems like to broadcast all of the in surround sound (assuming it requires more data) would take a pretty big bandwidth.

But again, just guessing.

I'll try it here in a little bit and see. I think it will work.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque

 

[vincentw56]

The answer is yes, if you stream SiriusXM over Bluetooth or Android Auto, you get surround sound.

2020 Bighorn Night Edition, 5.7 Hemi w/eTorque