Curse

Old Dood · Jan 01, 2006, 11:33 PM // 23:33

We got back from my Sister's yesterday (Our Christmas together) and my very nice Brother-in-Law bestowed on me a wonderful gift of Sirius Satellite Radio. He didn't give me a subscription, however, it is still a fine gift. He knows I am on the road everyday going to and fro from work.

So I checked out all the "Plans" and came up with the two year deal. Once I got that set up...and it wasn't easy...they are not that forthcoming on details of these plans. I was strongly looking at the $499.00 one time deal for a lifetime subscription but once I finally got to the page where I finalize the Plan...there was a disclaimer staing that it was ONLY for the radio equipment that I have....not any future radios. What a scam that was....no info on what if the radio breaks or gets stolen...nothing...so screw that!

Now once I got it installed in my car (Funny...wires everywhere...the radio is bouncing around on my seat.) the sound was pretty good. What I am going to do is set up a more permanent set up in the "Good Car"...or the wife's car...it is newer. My car has many miles on it and I will do a semi-permanent set up in it. I want to be able pull it out of one car and put it in another on the fly. So I will end up buying another antenna for Her car and run the wires underneath everything and make a clean nice install. Put the Docking station in Her car and use Velcro in mine.

I would like to get a different radio in the Wife's car...one that has a Line In jack. Better quality of sound then using the FM tunner. Not worth the money in my car for that.

All in all it is a nice techie toy to get for Christmas. Especially when we all go up north for vacation and such where radio stations are weak.

EchoSex · Jan 01, 2006, 11:59 PM // 23:59

Agreed. This lagage is kickin' me in the ass lately.

TheEPIC · Jan 02, 2006, 12:04 AM // 00:04

I can't get anything posted that is any longer than this sentence it seems (Guru website needs new server badly!)

Green Booger · Jan 02, 2006, 01:13 AM // 01:13

lol i dont think anyones gonna read that :S sorry i read the first 3 sentences tho

Old Dood · Jan 02, 2006, 01:24 AM // 01:24

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Originally Posted by Green Booger

lol i dont think anyones gonna read that :S sorry i read the first 3 sentences tho

Don't worry about...it doesn't hurt my feelings. You can go ahead and go back to reading picture books.

EchoSex · Jan 02, 2006, 01:33 AM // 01:33

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Originally Posted by Green Booger

lol i dont think anyones gonna read that :S sorry i read the first 3 sentences tho

Man, we're all getting a lil frustrated - do NOT post unless it's worth reading and about the topic. I know you've been warned before.

To dood:

Not really a fan of radio of any type but I heard Sirius is kickass. If I remember right Howard Stern is going to be broadcasting there and you can set up your own radio station via internet. That'd be cool - upload your play list and access it anywhere.

Guillaume De Sonoma · Jan 02, 2006, 01:35 AM // 01:35

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Originally Posted by EchoSex

Man, we're all getting a lil frustrated - do NOT post unless it's worth reading and about the topic. I know you've been warned before.

To dood:

Not really a fan of radio of any type but I heard Sirius is kickass. If I remember right Howard Stern is going to be broadcasting there and you can set up your own radio station via internet. That'd be cool - upload your play list and access it anywhere.

Howard Stern will be one Sirius. He has been promoting it like mad on The later show, daily show, etc., but I am really interested in all the comericial free music.

Old Dood · Jan 02, 2006, 02:21 AM // 02:21

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Originally Posted by EchoSex

Man, we're all getting a lil frustrated - do NOT post unless it's worth reading and about the topic. I know you've been warned before.

To dood:

Not really a fan of radio of any type but I heard Sirius is kickass. If I remember right Howard Stern is going to be broadcasting there and you can set up your own radio station via internet. That'd be cool - upload your play list and access it anywhere.

Well I usually listen to Talk radio on my morning drive. Bob & Tom and Drew & Mike(Detroit jocks) because it is funny. Howard is not my first choice....but I do back him up 100% on his freedom of speech tho. This is what I do like about Satellite Radio...it is similar to HBO,Showtime,etc...uncensered content.

Yes an also it has a 44 minute buffer on it so you can back up and catch what you missed or replay a song. Sports updates....like a Score and you don't have to listen to the game just have the radio let you know the scores...

To anyone that has to do a long commute to work everyday then a Radio is your friend...

Ultimate Warrior · Jan 02, 2006, 04:57 AM // 04:57

wow... I didnt know that you needed a subscription for this

koneko · Jan 02, 2006, 05:28 AM // 05:28

Satellite radio ftw~ <3

I have XM instead of Sirius (built-in with the car), and I like it so far. What drove me to it was that it's totally commercial-free (unlike the local Jazz station that plays stuff that isn't Jazz).

Totally worth the subscription fee. Listening to the same CDs does get boring after a while :/

I pwnd U · Jan 02, 2006, 05:41 AM // 05:41

i heard taht u lose reception sometime when u through tunnels or other odd things. i prefer free radio as i would proly only listen to one station like i do now. i dont think its worht taht hassle but thats just my opinion.

Ultimate Warrior · Jan 02, 2006, 06:44 AM // 06:44

Well for the normal short trip, plain and simple radio is fine for me. And for longer trips, bring cds or mp3 player. I wouldnt be in a car enough for satelite radio.

I pwnd U · Jan 02, 2006, 06:59 AM // 06:59

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Originally Posted by Ultimate Warrior

Well for the normal short trip, plain and simple radio is fine for me. And for longer trips, bring cds or mp3 player. I wouldnt be in a car enough for satelite radio.

ahh cds are my friend, when i get out of area so i cant hear my favorite station (99X rocks!), on pops my rock cds so iget the same music w/o commerciasl same songs i love less money.

TheEPIC · Jan 02, 2006, 08:21 AM // 08:21

I actually bought a Alpine head unit that has a jack for my ipod so I can run my ipod through the actual head unit. That way I get tons of music, don't have to worry about as much of a loss if my car gets stolen, and I don't have to fuble with the ipod while driving, rather I just turn the knob on the head unit to change songs and browse playlists.

On topic, my new head unit is XM ready and I may feel the urge to get a subscription. One of my high school baseball coaches had a satellite radio that he took with the team on long road trips. I remember one night we were riding home listening to Chris Rock. Great times man... great times...

Cartoonhero · Jan 02, 2006, 09:17 AM // 09:17

yea, XM is awesome, came with my new car i got back in july, and i never listen to local radio anymore, commercial free radio ftw!