I've about had it with sh!tty reception. In the last 6 months my reception has become scratchy, and when I drive under trees it cuts out a lot, let alone anywhere else. 3 years ago my wife and I bought into Sirius, as they claimed it has CD quality, but a lot of stuff also sounds aliased at times, like it's just crappy RealAudio files being played off of a computer. I can handle that, but I've had it with the damned thing cutting out all the time. I even bought another aerial thinking that might have been the problem. No luch whatsoever. I think their satellite isn't TX'ing as strongly as it once did.
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Sirius Reception SUCKS!
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I noticed reception getting worst here in Memphis. I wonder if this is part of the merger agreement to tweek the towers.
Also, nothing in the merger says they can't tag off one of the cell phone company's network, ie, Verizon, T-Mobile.
Just think of the opportunity they would have if they could tag off a cell phone company's network.
Also, nothing in the merger says they can't tag off one of the cell phone company's network, ie, Verizon, T-Mobile.
Just think of the opportunity they would have if they could tag off a cell phone company's network.
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Where are you located? I'm in Ohio, and don't have the problems you note. Both cars and the dock/antenna I have wired into the old stereo I keep in my garage receive just fine. It might be your geographic location and how you have your antenna mounted. We go the the Florida Keys a few times a year to visit my Dad. Usually the rental car has Sirius activated. If it's factory, no problem. The last car had Sirius installed aftermarket. Some joker put the antenna on the dash, inside the front window. Being that far south, when driving south it was an issue. Driving back north to Miami, not so much.
Where are you located? I'm in Ohio, and don't have the problems you note. Both cars and the dock/antenna I have wired into the old stereo I keep in my garage receive just fine. It might be your geographic location and how you have your antenna mounted. We go the the Florida Keys a few times a year to visit my Dad. Usually the rental car has Sirius activated. If it's factory, no problem. The last car had Sirius installed aftermarket. Some joker put the antenna on the dash, inside the front window. Being that far south, when driving south it was an issue. Driving back north to Miami, not so much.
The issue is not reception in the vehicle, reception issue is in the home, work, gym, etc using a portable device like the Stiletto or any other dock and play units. One must run a cable for the antenna from the unit to the roof of the house or any other area with a clear shot of the sky.
If the terrestrial repeater were closer, then the antenna could be mounted closer to the unit. Or if they were to tag off a cell phone provider, reception would be better outside the vehicle.
If the terrestrial repeater were closer, then the antenna could be mounted closer to the unit. Or if they were to tag off a cell phone provider, reception would be better outside the vehicle.
jasper933 said:
Not the same technology. You're talking about using Internet services to stream the same programming.
I just got Sirius. I love the programming, but the reception in my apartment is awful. I put the antenna in my south-facing patio door right next to my XM antenna. XM reads full signal, but I can only get 25%-50% on Sirius. I even put the Sirius antenna in the place the XM antenna was, but no better.
dxer720 said:
The satellites propagate differently, because they orbit differently.
You can put the antenna outside with extension cables as well.
dxer720 said:
If you have Sirius you need to face your antenna (best if it's outdoors) toward Manitoba, Canada. That is where there is always one of the 3 Sirius satellites. Facing your Sirius antenna to the south looking towards XM's birds would be like taking your XM antenna and facing it north, of course you're not going to get the best reception, you are lookingin the wrong direction! It takes just a little bit of common sense and smarts to optimize your reception. :
AZJoe said:dxer720 said:
If you have Sirius you need to face your antenna (best if it's outdoors) toward Manitoba, Canada. That is where there is always one of the 3 Sirius satellites. Facing your Sirius antenna to the south looking towards XM's birds would be like taking your XM antenna and facing it north, of course you're not going to get the best reception, you are lookingin the wrong direction! It takes just a little bit of common sense and smarts to optimize your reception. :
You should get an extension kit and mount the antenna outside. Mine is up on the roof and the SAT and TER indicators read about the same-6 or 7 bars. You may or may not have a terrestrial repeater though. Sounds like you don't; or if you do it's out.
Regarding some of the channels sounding like Realaudio I would have to agree. A number of the talk stations sound that way. I believe they have a system for allocating bandwidth with the more popular channels getting more resources. That's just a theory on my part. But I don't think all channels will ever be equal. Even on cable TV some channels end up looking better than others.
I had XM and for reasons I won't disclose I discontinued service with them in early 2007. I had the Roady2 radios... I hardly ever had a drop out. Furthermore, the radio said that I had terrestrial coverage as well as satellite coverage. I'm in the Greensboro, NC area.
A couple of months ago I thought I'd get sat rad again and subscribed to Sirius, getting their cheapest radio (the in-v 2). Whilst the radio itself "does what it says it does" (I got other gripes about it, I'll save it for later), it doesn't pick up any terrestrial transmitters. I am presuming that Greensboro doesn't have any for Sirius. As such I get cut outs quite frequently, especially around my house where we have lots of trees. It cuts out in downtown Greensboro, and downtown Winston-Salem on Business-40 - lots of overpasses in the downtown area cut out the satellite entirely. I never had that problem with XM.
Mark.
A couple of months ago I thought I'd get sat rad again and subscribed to Sirius, getting their cheapest radio (the in-v 2). Whilst the radio itself "does what it says it does" (I got other gripes about it, I'll save it for later), it doesn't pick up any terrestrial transmitters. I am presuming that Greensboro doesn't have any for Sirius. As such I get cut outs quite frequently, especially around my house where we have lots of trees. It cuts out in downtown Greensboro, and downtown Winston-Salem on Business-40 - lots of overpasses in the downtown area cut out the satellite entirely. I never had that problem with XM.
Mark.
Mark Wooldridge said:
You bought the cheapest radio offered by Sirius, I have had Sirius for over 6 years, with several radios (for car and home) and never have the problems you have, get a better radio and you will get better reception. Dropouts depend where u are because of the positioning of the satellites in the sky- in mountainous /hilly terrain Sirius beats XM, in areas where there are overhangs/bridges and such, XM can reach under those better as it is lower in the sky. The further north you go, XM's reception drops off and Sirius is superior. XM has a much larger repeater network than Sirius , so reception in big cities usually is better.
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All well and good, but I LOVE my Sirius - the ONLY thing, since i live in an apartment and can't do ANYTHING outside, i had to put my radio on the floor in my bedroom and the "antenna" on the windowsill - thank God that MOST days and nights the signal works!!
Andrea
(I like "keeping it Totally 70's")
Andrea
(I like "keeping it Totally 70's"
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Mark Wooldridge said:
Suffice it to say no matter what service you have, you WILL have reception troubles in cities with taller buildings and heavily tree-lined streets unless a repeater is nearby.
I think Sirius has a much smaller repeater network due to their satellites' orbits, which seems to offer better, albeit ever-changing, coverage. XM's coverage is much more stable, but if you gots a dead spot, you're out of luck. No city I know of in Mississippi is large enough to have a repeater for either service, so (at least for us XMers) we get a lot of dropouts in urban areas like Vicksburg or Jackson.
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