XM Radio help

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:28 pm

Anyone have Xm Radio,and what kind of receiver do you have. I'm in my work vehicle often during the day. Any on line sites for radio's etc or hints?

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:56 pm

snaz16 wrote:Anyone have Xm Radio,and what kind of receiver do you have. I'm in my work vehicle often during the day. Any on line sites for radio's etc or hints?

I'm a Sirius guy. Sirius has a whole forum on gear, installs, etc... Very helpful. I'm sure XM has the same.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:36 pm

If you believe Howard Stern propaganda, XM is losing momentum and if the merger doesn't go through, they will be done.

Darkbandit · Post by **Darkbandit** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:41 pm

Have both XM and Sirius. Currently am using one of the Pioneer Inno's and before was a Pioneer Airware.

A couple of good XM boards are www.xmfan.com and www.xm411.com.

fatheadX · Post by **fatheadX** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:17 pm

I'm a little behind the times and have a SkyFi 2 and a myFi. The SkyFi 2 is great, the myFi a bit finicky. Some of the new radios look great, I would like to upgrade at some point.

I would recommend getting a radio that can pause and rewind. It is a great feature, but I would assume most radios today have it.

Pitchers and catchers report this month, so get your radio!

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:34 am

wco81 wrote:If you believe Howard Stern propaganda, XM is losing momentum and if the merger doesn't go through, they will be done.

I think if the merger doesn't go through, both camps will prove the sat radio biz cannot be profitable & will both fold up. There's no guarantee that even the merger goes through, they'll ever turn a profit. I do know if u bought XM stock 2 years ago, you're prob pretty bummed right now.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:53 am

Let's hope Sat radio doesn't go belly up. I can't listen to regular radio!!!

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:27 am

JRod wrote:Let's hope Sat radio doesn't go belly up. I can't listen to regular radio!!!

Amen! The only time I listen to terrestrial radio is to hear the Cubs or Milt Rosenberg on WGN, and a snippet of local sports talk here and there. Maybe 5% of the listening I do.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:35 am

JRod wrote:Let's hope Sat radio doesn't go belly up. I can't listen to regular radio!!!

I feel the same way about Internet-only radio, such as Radio Paradise, XTC Radio, SomaFM and Belly Up 4 Blues. Also KKJZ (Jazz) terrestrial from Long Beach, Calif.

I'm strapped to a desk for nine or 10 hours per day, and I'd be lost without Internet radio -- music, not talk -- and MP3's.

I'd probably be in the same ship as you cats with satellite if I was on the road. Almost all terrestrial music radio is just horrible, hemmed in by over-rigid formatting and a narrow playlist within those tight formats.

Take care,
PK

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:07 pm

I used to have both.. but trying to locate a Sirius signal at night (every night ) became a chore to me - so I got rid of it.. now just have XM ( a MyFi portable unit - car, house,etc).. haven't had any issues with it (though it probably is hard to find now as they come out with new radios quickly).. I have my house antenna facing through a wall and have no issues whatsoever..

I rarely listen to "regular radio" at all anymore

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:05 pm

thanks for the replies and hints,websites. Being the baseball junkie I am,thats why I want to go with xm radio,along with the music stations galore. Having Direct tv gave me a taste of those.
Their info says you can listen online also,but from what I'm seeing that doesn't include the baseball stations.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:16 pm

pk500 wrote:
JRod wrote:Let's hope Sat radio doesn't go belly up. I can't listen to regular radio!!!
I'd probably be in the same ship as you cats with satellite if I was on the road. Almost all terrestrial music radio is just horrible, hemmed in by over-rigid formatting and a narrow playlist within those tight formats.

Take care,
PK

It is cool to take a 4-5 hour road trip and never have to "find a station" every 45 mins. The big downside is the initial cost. A 'portable radio' = $100/$150. A docking station for each additional car = $50 a pop (+ the drag of a "clean install"). Dock for the house = $50, and then the monthly fee. You gotta really want some radio. This is one industry that could benefit from a monopoly. My Honda has XM built-in, I bought Sirius for the NFL & Stern. Who knows what my next car will have built-in (if anything). Just combine all the content & technology already!

fatheadX · Post by **fatheadX** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:29 pm

Just to confirm, baseball is definitely not included online. I set up a home kit in my office for those important games (read: anything during the day not broadcast by Ron Santo).

rubba19 · Post by **rubba19** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:43 pm

I'll jump in as I have a Skyfi 2. Have a boombox to have it on the porch at night. With hockey and baseball, 13 a month is worth every penny.'

The music is a bonus.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:52 pm

Supposedly if you have a Sirius account you can get it online through streaming audio.

Or maybe they just stream some programs like Stern.

People claim they listen overseas.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:59 pm

wco81 wrote:Supposedly if you have a Sirius account you can get it online through streaming audio.

Or maybe they just stream some programs like Stern.

People claim they listen overseas.

Some channels you can listen to but not all.

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:10 am

greggsand wrote:
pk500 wrote:
JRod wrote:Let's hope Sat radio doesn't go belly up. I can't listen to regular radio!!!
I'd probably be in the same ship as you cats with satellite if I was on the road. Almost all terrestrial music radio is just horrible, hemmed in by over-rigid formatting and a narrow playlist within those tight formats.

Take care,
PK
It is cool to take a 4-5 hour road trip and never have to "find a station" every 45 mins. The big downside is the initial cost. A 'portable radio' = $100/$150. A docking station for each additional car = $50 a pop (+ the drag of a "clean install"). Dock for the house = $50, and then the monthly fee. You gotta really want some radio. This is one industry that could benefit from a monopoly. My Honda has XM built-in, I bought Sirius for the NFL & Stern. Who knows what my next car will have built-in (if anything). Just combine all the content & technology already!

bought mine as a "kit" - they go for about $300 -$350, and comes with the home, car, and "portable" mounts and antennas.. I'll tell you what is messed up though.. I brought my XM radio with me to an Orioles game.. it was funny to hear the game because the broadcast seemed to be "delayed" compared to the action on the field

rubba19 · Post by **rubba19** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:45 pm

nyisles16 wrote:
greggsand wrote:
pk500 wrote: I'd probably be in the same ship as you cats with satellite if I was on the road. Almost all terrestrial music radio is just horrible, hemmed in by over-rigid formatting and a narrow playlist within those tight formats.

Take care,
PK
It is cool to take a 4-5 hour road trip and never have to "find a station" every 45 mins. The big downside is the initial cost. A 'portable radio' = $100/$150. A docking station for each additional car = $50 a pop (+ the drag of a "clean install"). Dock for the house = $50, and then the monthly fee. You gotta really want some radio. This is one industry that could benefit from a monopoly. My Honda has XM built-in, I bought Sirius for the NFL & Stern. Who knows what my next car will have built-in (if anything). Just combine all the content & technology already!

bought mine as a "kit" - they go for about $300 -$350, and comes with the home, car, and "portable" mounts and antennas.. I'll tell you what is messed up though.. I brought my XM radio with me to an Orioles game.. it was funny to hear the game because the broadcast seemed to be "delayed" compared to the action on the field

It's about a 10-20 second delay from TV, so I imagine it's worse in person.

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:56 pm

Sweet !! They now have "ESPN Extra" on channel 141..

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Sun May 25, 2008 9:34 am

I finally joined the satellite radio party and it's awesome! A local station here dropped one of my favorite afternoon commute shows and changed formats so I also lost ESPN radio (had a hard time picking it up anyway during certain times of year anyway). I also just don't have the time now to keep my ipods stocked with material to cover my daily commuting, travel, workouts, etc.

I bought the Pioneer Inno2 and XM (chosen for hockey and baseball) and I'm really happy with it. It gets great reception in my area everywhere without an antenna! I can even pick it up in my basement as long as I don't walk around with it.

As *somewhat* of an audiophile, I was initially disappointed with the sound quality, which was quite a bit worse than I anticipated, but the content and portability more than makes up for it.

wco81 · Post by **wco81** » Mon May 26, 2008 2:38 pm

I notice ESPN has a bunch of podcasts on iTunes.

I've listened to one or two of them in the past but I don't know how quickly they update them.

So you might get them at least a day later, meaning the stuff they discuss could be old news.

But I listened to things like PTI so the content didn't have to be up to the minute.

NPR does several shows as well. I also subscribe to some WSJ podcasts and realized I could get some of the WSJ.com content that I pay to subscribe to for free.

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