Sirius radio is great

#26
#26
dsbyrd said:
I disagree. I have about an hour commute each way, and often times I can make it all the way to work without a single commercial. When they do finally run them, they are 5 min. blocks or so, and I agree that's aggravating.

But my radio has a pause function, much like TIVO. If I'm out of the car for a few minutes or get on the phone, I can pause it, then fast forward through commercials when the do come.
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I have a 5 minute commute and get in the car pretty much as they start their ad rotation. As it is, I never listen to Stern on a normal work day. Not saying I never get to hear it, but it's generally not in the morning.
 
#27
#27
I've had XM for 3 years and recently got a free trial of Sirius with my new company car. XM is probably a little stronger in the news/talk format and has the SEC and MLB. But Sirius might be a little stronger in the music category and it has NASCAR and NFL Radio so it's just a matter of what you'd rather hear.

If you've neither of them, I don't think you can go wrong with either one of them. They are both a huge upgrade over regular terrestrial radio.
 
#28
#28
I see myself getting another, perhaps there will be some deal around the holidays. I can only listen to so much NPR or talk radio, but find myself wishing i had an awl to puncture my eardrums when i listen to the assinine morning/afternoon, hell, anytime DJ's, or the advertisements. Almost as bad is what they play on country radio these days. I have a 2 minute commute, but around 3 hours a day +/- running around looking at jobs and such.
 
#29
#29
GAVol said:
I've had XM for 3 years and recently got a free trial of Sirius with my new company car. XM is probably a little stronger in the news/talk format and has the SEC and MLB. But Sirius might be a little stronger in the music category and it has NASCAR and NFL Radio so it's just a matter of what you'd rather hear.

If you've neither of them, I don't think you can go wrong with either one of them. They are both a huge upgrade over regular terrestrial radio.
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I had to take what amounted to about an hour and a half drive in a car without my XM by myself and without my iPod (i have the aux output so i can play it). It felt like it took three days because regular radio was horrific. I don't think I could survive without my XM now. sad huh?
 
#32
#32
I have Sirius and I would highly recommend Sirius Connect if it is compatable with your receiver and Sirius FM direct if it is not. The sound quality improves about 100 times with these options.
 
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#34
jkell24 said:
I have Sirius and I would highly recommend Sirius Connect if it is compatable with your receiver and Sirius FM direct if it is not. The sound quality improves about 100 times with these options.
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not sure i follow.

explain please.
 
#36
#36
doozer said:
not sure i follow.

explain please.
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I believe Sirius Connect is a direct link into your sat ready and some other headunits just like a CD changer would link directly in (as a input component). It's equivalent to having Sat. radio built into your car.

The FM Direct is likely a hard-wired FM transmitter. It hard wires to your antenna cable so the FM broadcast out of the Sirius tuner is stronger and less likely to get washed out by an adjacent FM signal. It's still FM transmitted though.

That's what I'm guessing.
 
#37
#37
I bought a kenwood head unit with a front AUX jack and plug my Sirius receiver in that way. The sound quality is equal to that of built in units. The FM adapter is still subject to interference from strong FM signals.
 
#38
#38
granted mine is XM, but I got the FM Transmitter version. Sucks that I can't take it out of the car, but the sound quality is very good. I've never had any problems with it. Been all over the east coast with it in my car and never once suffered any interference from other FM stations. I have to turn it off to be able to get any sort of decent reception from regular FM though.
 
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#40
volinbham said:
I believe Sirius Connect is a direct link into your sat ready and some other headunits just like a CD changer would link directly in (as a input component). It's equivalent to having Sat. radio built into your car.

The FM Direct is likely a hard-wired FM transmitter. It hard wires to your antenna cable so the FM broadcast out of the Sirius tuner is stronger and less likely to get washed out by an adjacent FM signal. It's still FM transmitted though.

That's what I'm guessing.
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that's what i thought. i don't know why i haven't done either of those. mine just runs off the FM transmitter.




mine is also interchangeable for car, to house, to portable (i don't get the live feed). the only portable use it has is for anything you've recorded or put on there from your computer.

i've been wanting the Stiletto for quite some time now. i think maybe i'll hold out on a unit for awhile until i see what new stuff they have coming out that will work both stations.

Sirius Sports:

SIRIUS Satellite Radio - Sports Radio – Listen to Live Sports Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio – Sports Online

without having looked, i think it's more than XM.
 
#41
#41
I have one that is meant for FM transmitter but it has a line out that I use through a cassette adapter in one car and an AUX minijack in the other. Works well but you have some wires here and there.
 
#42
#42
volinbham said:
I have one that is meant for FM transmitter but it has a line out that I use through a cassette adapter in one car and an AUX minijack in the other. Works well but you have some wires here and there.
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ha.

i'm not good enough to install anything without wires here and there.
 
#43
#43
volinbham said:
I have one that is meant for FM transmitter but it has a line out that I use through a cassette adapter in one car and an AUX minijack in the other. Works well but you have some wires here and there.
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i have a Sony deck with the AUX input that I use to connect my iPod. Every FM Transmitter I've ever seen for the iPod get static from time to time... I don't have that issue. I never use real radio though unless it's a ballgame I can't find on XM. My car has a sunglasses holder at the bottom of the console directly in front of the shifter and the Circuit City (sorry Milo) guy was able to get my XM radio to fit in there. I can close the holder and it's not visible.
 
#48
#48
volinbham said:
I believe Sirius Connect is a direct link into your sat ready and some other headunits just like a CD changer would link directly in (as a input component). It's equivalent to having Sat. radio built into your car.

The FM Direct is likely a hard-wired FM transmitter. It hard wires to your antenna cable so the FM broadcast out of the Sirius tuner is stronger and less likely to get washed out by an adjacent FM signal. It's still FM transmitted though.

That's what I'm guessing.
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That's right.
 
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