I have XM in my cars and house. Mine is an older Sony unit that I bought
for $60 but it had a $100 rebate..yeah, that's right. I have one unit
activated and move it from my Dak, to my Jeep, and to into the house.
Understand that when you have it in a house or garage, it has to have an
antenna that will pick up the signal, clear of a roof as it will not receive
indoors without the antenna having a clear shot to the sky. I have the
house unit wired into a Bose radio inside and then it broadcasts to a couple
of wireless speakers that I move around such as out by my hot tub. I am on
the road a lot between Detroit, Atlanta, Tuscaloosa, and Dayton so I use it
a lot and am pretty pleased with it. XM gets Nascar and all the baseball
games but I understand that XM is losing Nascar next year so I may have to
make a switch to Sirius.
I do have that stupid cassette thingy for mine but have it tucked out of the
way enough that its no big deal. Now they have the FM modulators that don't
require that and I do have that for my Jeep.
Rascal
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Miles D.
Oliver
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:30 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: sirius radio in dakota/durango.
I've been doing some searching and wanted some opinions for anybody who
could offer any input.
A few years ago I had XM radio, got the equipment and when I moved and
started working from home I let the service lapse and never hooked it back
up again. I wasn't on the road that much anymore and didn't listen that
much in the house. The equipment is old and kind of worthless now.
One of the big headaches with the XM system is that it was the
'universal' mounting unit that required me to put a special adapter into
my cassette slot on the Dakota radio. I really hated all that mess of
wires and cables but it made it easy to move between vehicles when we went
back to visit her folks in Ohio.
I'm thinking of subscribing now to Sirius as they seem to have more of
what I want as far as content but don't want to get back into that mess of
wires, and not being able to swap vehicles. I'd like to also be able to
hook up in my shop when I am out there working instead of the little boom
box I have now. I'm a bluegrass music fan and there isn't that much on
the free radio except for small blocks of time, usually way in the early
morning so I rely on CDs and Internet Radio and want more of a choice now
as my shop is almost finished. With it getting warmer I'll be spending
lots more time out there.
Anybody have Sirius in their vehicle and can offer any info as to what
equipment you have and what you would do differently if you went to
subscribe again? I don't want to get back to the nasty cassette hookup if
I can avoid it.
Who has either XM or Sirius and describe their configuration in their
vehicles or their house.
Thank you.
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