satellite Radio October 19, 2006, 11:39:31 PM I'm just wondering if anyone has that SIRUS satellite radio in their cars. The prices have come down so much, I was thinking of getting it.The only kind of music I listen to is Country but I also like news and talk radio. What is satellite radio like? Does it work when its raining or snowing, or does it cut out like satellite TV? Would I be better off to invest in a cd player and spend the time making Cd's for it. This is kinda tuff for me because I only have dial up at 33.3K, so downloading songs takes a while.Thanks for any advice / experience you car to share. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #1 – October 20, 2006, 07:14:27 AM DO IT!!! When I first got it we were living in FL and since I hate the Dolphins the only way I could hear the Bills football games was via Sirus or Directv. After I put it in I couldnt listen to regular radio. I actually ended up putting it in my other cars also, they set you up so you can listen thru your computer also. I believe they are having a free preview on the 25-26th, check out their website. I dont lose signal very often either. I mounted the antenna on the roof of one car and also on the dash in another(it was a convert) and havent seen any difference in signal strength. There are probably better than half a dozen country channels on there also Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #2 – October 20, 2006, 08:55:03 AM I have Sirius and love it. I spend a lot of time driving and it's great to have the constant music. I'd take it any day compared to cds because with cds you get to the point where you know where each song is or if you hit random you end up hearing the same songs.I have the Sirius One unit ($30 at Circuit City) and it works great. Some say the sound isn't as good as the more expensive units but it sounds great IMO. The only time mine cuts out is every once in a while when I'm under a bunch of trees or in the lower levels of a parking garage. It takes a lot of trees to block my signal though so this doesn't happen much. When it does that it cuts out for a second or two and it doesn't do any loud pops or screeches like satellite tv when it is losing it's signal. I've had no problems in rain or snow.Country stations. They have a few but I forget what they call each one. There are different stations one covering current songs, songs from the late 80's to late 90's, older country 60's-70's and some others. Theres a bunch of talk and news stations as well. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #3 – October 20, 2006, 10:40:16 AM I don't have Sirius, I've got XM. But satellite radio is exponentially better than terrestrial radio. My setup is slightly different because I bought an XM-ready Pioneer head unit and then hooked up an XM receiver box to it. That way, I don't have to have a separate XM tuner of any kind stuck to the dash. But if you are considering it I say definitely get it. You'll probably never get rid of it. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #4 – October 20, 2006, 11:00:40 AM I say get you a an MP3 player. You can rip you cd's onto your hard drive so you don't have to download them also I'm sure you know others that have mp3's also. Then you just upload them onto the player. No signal loss no monthly charge to listen. I'm not a fan of paying the monthly charge to listen to the radio. atleast Sirius doesn't have comercials. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #5 – October 20, 2006, 10:44:07 PM I will agree it is hard to talk yourself into paying for radio but when you consider the price per month it comes out to around 30 cents or so per day. I spend a lot of time driving and have pissed away more money on dumber things so for me it is more than worth it. You can listen to the comedy channels and laugh for miles. Its amazing how many people get out of your way when you are laughing by yourself in a car Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #6 – October 21, 2006, 02:49:04 AM I have Sirius in my new truck and may keep it after the 6 months is up. If you do allot of driving it is well worth it. If you don't do allot of driving no biggie. I use to drive 40 minutes one way to work, and wish i has it back then, but with only ten minutes now, not a big deal, but I tend to enjoy quite a variety of stuff. It cuts out when i go under bridges and so forth, but no problem in heavy rain if that helps you any. I've had the truck for almost two months, and have it on 90% of the time. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #7 – October 21, 2006, 08:51:44 AM Well, paying for radio seems a little silly at first, but then you have to think about the advantages of little to no commercials to deal with. Also, its all unedited which is great for metal guys like myself, cause edited songs sound dumb. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #8 – October 21, 2006, 12:51:23 PM Thanks for the advice guys. I'm pretty much sold on it. Up here we only clearly get two AM radio stations, so there isn;t much else to listen to most of the time. Quote Selected
satellite Radio Reply #10 – November 12, 2006, 02:01:21 AM Well its all hooked up, and it works great. All types of music are avaliable: new country, prime country, retro country, outlaw county, bluegrass, classic rock, country rock.Sirus gets my recomendation. Just don't mount the thing where the bright red lights will distract you while drivin on the highway at night. Quote Selected
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