- Jun 3, 2001
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My local retailer had the Starmate 3 for sale for a measly $70 CAD. I figured sure, why not, I'll give Sirius a try for that.
I rig it up myself, with a suction cup on my window. This is kind of annoying because I like the factory-look, but whatever. I knew that when I bought it.
I set it up after awhile with the FM transmitter and go online to the Sirius website to activate it. Great, they only let me pay an entire year at a time on top of the activation fee. I was of the impression I could pay monthly. I could, but only if I wanted to pay the extra $5 for a phone activation. The website won't let you. Charming. There's another $190 expense to this project.
OK, fine, whatever. I'll live with it. I should have functioning satellite radio now.
But it doesn't. I live in a relatively rural area, about 300km to major cities (beyond FM range) and yet I can seldom get a low static connection to my radio. I think this is largely because my car's antenna happens to be on the trunk, which is unfortunate at best for my purposes.
When I do my frequent road trips to the said major city, I am constantly switching frequencies to try and lower the static. I know what frequencies are clear yet static is still a huge issue. I can switch all day and the static will only lessen, but still be present enough to ruin talk channels and hamper music channels.
The obvious solution here is to get the FM inline adapter. Sure, that's wonderful, but SQ is still supposed to be only OK (not nearly as good as AUX which my car does not have) and it runs me a further $65 to ship one out to me. I am not terribly mechanically inclined, so I'd probably get it professionally done--another $60.
The total cost of Sirius for me to make it tolerable quality for one year? $385
I think I'll just take it out of my car and put it in the closet..
Oh yeah, and Howard Stern SUCKS SHIT. I have given him a chance with open mind and great expectations, spent 4-5 hours listening to him, and laughed less than a half dozen times. He is truly pathetic, it's a talk show with only accidental comedy.
I love the other comedy channels (Blue Collar Radio specifically) but the commercials FOR ITSELF drive me nuts. What the fuck kind of channel interrupts it's own programming EVERY FIVE MINUTES for recording of hicks from Alabama calling in to rave what a good channel it is? What the fuck!?
I rig it up myself, with a suction cup on my window. This is kind of annoying because I like the factory-look, but whatever. I knew that when I bought it.
I set it up after awhile with the FM transmitter and go online to the Sirius website to activate it. Great, they only let me pay an entire year at a time on top of the activation fee. I was of the impression I could pay monthly. I could, but only if I wanted to pay the extra $5 for a phone activation. The website won't let you. Charming. There's another $190 expense to this project.
OK, fine, whatever. I'll live with it. I should have functioning satellite radio now.
But it doesn't. I live in a relatively rural area, about 300km to major cities (beyond FM range) and yet I can seldom get a low static connection to my radio. I think this is largely because my car's antenna happens to be on the trunk, which is unfortunate at best for my purposes.
When I do my frequent road trips to the said major city, I am constantly switching frequencies to try and lower the static. I know what frequencies are clear yet static is still a huge issue. I can switch all day and the static will only lessen, but still be present enough to ruin talk channels and hamper music channels.
The obvious solution here is to get the FM inline adapter. Sure, that's wonderful, but SQ is still supposed to be only OK (not nearly as good as AUX which my car does not have) and it runs me a further $65 to ship one out to me. I am not terribly mechanically inclined, so I'd probably get it professionally done--another $60.
The total cost of Sirius for me to make it tolerable quality for one year? $385
I think I'll just take it out of my car and put it in the closet..
Oh yeah, and Howard Stern SUCKS SHIT. I have given him a chance with open mind and great expectations, spent 4-5 hours listening to him, and laughed less than a half dozen times. He is truly pathetic, it's a talk show with only accidental comedy.
I love the other comedy channels (Blue Collar Radio specifically) but the commercials FOR ITSELF drive me nuts. What the fuck kind of channel interrupts it's own programming EVERY FIVE MINUTES for recording of hicks from Alabama calling in to rave what a good channel it is? What the fuck!?
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