USB FM Tuner

I am in the midst of starting a new project.
An in car arch installation. One of the things I would be missing (because of the lack of a traditional head unit) would be the radio (FM). I have been on the hunt for one that would work with Arch (or any distro for that matter) and I have seen some recommendations. Unfortunately, all these recommendations are long since deactivated/out of stock/no longer in production/what have you.
So my request is simple. I am looking for a well supported USB FM tuner that can be plugged into my car's current antenna (to maintain signal and such) and be controlled relatively easily. If this comes in the form of a TV/FM combo tuner, that is ok. But i would like it to be as inexpensive as possible. (I have already done several hours of searching including traversing the V4L forums and WIKI)
TIA

Thanks for your time and responses.
A friend of mine who has a DSX S100 solved my problem.
It turns out that "Normally" the Blue Wire is for a power antennae, and is also used to turn on the Amplifier.
Apparently Sony found it necessary to make a Blue/White Stripe wire separate for the Amp, and the Blue wire is for the Antennae.
While I am happy the radio was working, there are a couple things I would like to point out:
A)  Why would a 60 year old Biker be able to fix my problem, and Sony Technical Support (twice - two different Tech's over a total of two hours) couldn't?  You would think this a "Common Issue" simply because its commonplace for the Blue Antennae wire to be used for the Amp...  When people hook up a radio and use the RCA Outputs for an Amplifier, I dont know about you all, but I pull out the Red, Yellow, Black, and Blue Wires out of the mess of wires I wont be using.
B)  I did check the Amplifier and it was on..  But what sense does it make that the FM Tuner works fine but the USB functions do not when the Blue Wire is hooked up to the Amplifier?   That makes no sense whatsoever.
But, either way, the issue is resolved.  I just thought you might like to know how it was resolved, and how the online tech's missed it.

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