Ok after spending a couple hours scouring my manuals I decided the only way for me to understand this would be to ask the experts.
I have a dva9861/h700 combo and want to get one of the satellite radios ( still trying to decide between XM and Sirius) but don't understand what I need to do to hook it up? Do I need a special adapter to go to the Ainet lead? I ordered a KCE-422I to hook up the ipod and that was seemingly clear but the sat radio...I don't get. TIA

 

youll need to either get a fm broadcaster for the xm/sirius or hard wire it.
http://www.alpine-usa.com/US-en/products/product_acc.php?model=KCA-SC100
^ sirius
and apparently they dont have an xm on the alpine site but they must have on on ebay or something.

 

Ok so this is the interface adapter they talk about in the manual?
Still unclear on the hook-up though, does the ainet cable plug into it or does it use a different cable?

 

my sirius one has AiNet in and an out, thats the one you hide the box and control it with the deck. It's the SIR-ALP1....give it power, ground and AiNet done.

 

Ok, great
Any idea on the ceapest place to get one of these SIR-ALP1 in Canada?

 

not a clue, I got mine for $50 at a local shop