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argentarius

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Hello all. Would someone answer a few questions for me re: satellite radio.

I do not have the service now, but would like to get XM. I would like to have it primariliy for my home, but would also like to be able to take it with me outside or in the car. I have NO idea what I need to buy or how complicated this would be. If it is too tough, I just want it for home. Any help would be appreciated.
 
Sirius has radio models that you can plug and play, I have the Sportster and I have a mount in the car and a mount for in the house and you plug the radio in wherever you want to hear it. I'm assuming XM has the same type of radios, especially now that they've merged, check their website for the different models available.
 
argentarius said:
Hello all. Would someone answer a few questions for me re: satellite radio.

I do not have the service now, but would like to get XM. I would like to have it primariliy for my home, but would also like to be able to take it with me outside or in the car. I have NO idea what I need to buy or how complicated this would be. If it is too tough, I just want it for home. Any help would be appreciated.
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Between house and car is no problem you will just need the adapter kits for both. They usually come with a car kit and then you have to buy the home kit separate. If in doubt once you settled on a model check back here and someone will help you.
If you want a true portable they cost a little more but check them out.
It is not complicated, just a matter of your taste and budget.
 
I have an older XM unit called a Roady (kind of like the Sportster that music_man mentioned), and I have a kits in the house/garage, toy hauler, and my truck. It works great. I've got like 110 bucks into it or so. XM had many more terrestrial repeaters, so antenna placement was less critical in many areas verses Sirius, but I'm sure Sirius will be taking advantage of those soon (if not already) to improve their coverage. The portable units I've seen like the Pioneer are really cool too, as they have those same interfaces, and store content to be listened where there is no reception and have an MP3 player as well. They are proud of them, though.
 
Can someone explain to me how this works? I know that both Serius and XM have repeaters, but what does this mean? How does that work? I know when I got both services, I had to get an outdoor antenna for Serious and put it facing Northeast in order to get any sort of reception at all. (Why did the serius folks suggest Northeast as the best antenna placement?) Its on my rooph now.When I had the indoor only antenna, I would get reception once in a while, and there would be lots of dropouts when it did come in.
XM came in very well indoors, I have yet to have a dropout in the house with XM.
Isn't it true that XM and Serious had to get rid of some of there repeaters?
Something about one or the other of them operating not leagly?
Thanks,
John
Bensalem, PA
 
Wouldn't it just be simpler to listen online? As part of my XM subscription I can listen to all their channels over my computer.
 
John Holcomb II said:
Can someone explain to me how this works? I know that both Serius and XM have repeaters, but what does this mean? How does that work? I know when I got both services, I had to get an outdoor antenna for Serious and put it facing Northeast in order to get any sort of reception at all. (Why did the serius folks suggest Northeast as the best antenna placement?) Its on my rooph now.When I had the indoor only antenna, I would get reception once in a while, and there would be lots of dropouts when it did come in.
XM came in very well indoors, I have yet to have a dropout in the house with XM.
Isn't it true that XM and Serious had to get rid of some of there repeaters?
Something about one or the other of them operating not leagly?
Thanks,
John
Bensalem, PA
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i don't know about all that, john, but all i know is that Sirius/XM must have gotten rid of something, 'cos since the merger, i've been getting it in a LOT better inside my apartment (and i live in Brooklyn!!) 8)

Andrea
 
andreajesus said:
i don't know about all that, john, but all i know is that Sirius/XM must have gotten rid of something, 'cos since the merger, i've been getting it in a LOT better inside my apartment (and i live in Brooklyn!!) 8)

Andrea
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That didn't change with the merger. If you look at your signal meter you'll see you are picking up their terrestrial signal more than the sat. It's so good in big cities like NY that I don't even need an antenna plugged into my receiver in my apartment in Manhattan.
 
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