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Getting serious about Sirius

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by mathmajors, Dec 27, 2006.

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  1. Dec 27, 2006 at 1:38 PM #1
    mathmajors

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    I'm looking at the Sportster 4, with the vehicle kit. What say you?
     
  2. Dec 27, 2006 at 10:41 PM #2
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    It won't make the sound suck any less - but the news programming is good.
     
  3. Dec 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM #3
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    Meat...What?

    Got to find out what they play. My car has built in XM...but I don't want it. I listen to FNZ and WBT during my 7 minute commute.

    Sirius will lose SEC football in 2007...but it'll have NFL. XM has baseball.

    I got sick of Stern when he was in Charlotte...

    Fuck. CD's and AM radio are all I need.
     
  4. Dec 28, 2006 at 1:07 PM #4
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    I just got the S50 model. It's pretty sweet! The sound was awful using FM modulation, so I direct wired it to the car receiver. Now it's good.
     
  5. Dec 28, 2006 at 3:32 PM #5
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    I wish I knew how to do that. One of my biggest worries is getting good results in the Charlotte area.
     
  6. Dec 28, 2006 at 3:58 PM #6
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    What are you worried about - building obstruction? I know XM has ground repeater coverage throughout Charlotte. I'm sure Sirius does as well. It shouldn't be a problem.
     
  7. Dec 28, 2006 at 4:40 PM #7
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    Frequency saturation. Don't you need to have 3 unused frequencies in a row for it to work well?
     
  8. Dec 28, 2006 at 4:49 PM #8
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  9. Dec 28, 2006 at 6:19 PM #9
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    I drive a Honda Element, so direct connecting was as simple as hooking a 1 foot 1/8" male-to-male stereo cable from the line-in jack on the S50 and the Aux jack in my dashboard. If you have any way of getting to the back of your stereo, check to see if it has a 1/8" jack for Aux input. If it does, head down to Radio Shack and get the appropriate length and run it to your Sirius receiver. It makes about a 5,236.14% improvement in sound.
     
  10. Dec 28, 2006 at 9:48 PM #10
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    Thanks guys. Don't know about the aux jack, since I don't have a way to switch over to it. This is good stuff.
     
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