Sirius Satellite Radio Review

Background:

SIRIUS is the premium satellite radio entertainment and information company, providing listeners with over 120 channels of the best in commercial-free music, sports, information and entertainment. Its digital-quality programming is heard coast-to-coast, and is broadcast daily from New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, Houston and Daytona.

For a monthly subscription fee of only $12.95, SIRIUS offers 65 totally commercial-free music channels – featuring many genres of Pop, Rock, Country, Hip-Hop, R&B, Dance, Jazz, Classical and Latin music – along with 55 channels of sports, news and talk.

Equipment Review:

Tuner: JVC KT-SR2000



This unit comes Nicly Package in Vacum Formed Plastic Packaging with Tuner and Remote (with Battery)

Tunner has Nice large 2 Line Display for Song and Artist Name's.

Built in FM Transmitter with Muti Freq Options from 88.1 to 93.1

Browse Music Channels by Catagory or Dial Direct

18 Presets and Last Channel Recall

and MUTE

Smaller than last years model

So far I have found no con's to report with this unit, Over all a VEry Nice Plug and Play Tuner


Car Kit : KD-K6012


Personally I dont like it.. No Option to Hard Wire the Unit, and No option other than a Suction Cup that I have yet to hold to my Windshield

I will end up Manufacturing my Own Mounting sytem for my Truck and Designing my own Wiring Hookup so I can Hard Wire the Unit to the Trucks Electric System

JVC really Screwed up with this one :aurgue:

Home Kit: KS-K6013


Overall this is OK, however the Base needs to be Weighted like last years was..... but that is a minor issue


now to the Nitty Gritty the SERVICE

Activation was a Breeze, and it was NOT automated, I could not believe there was a LIVE voice on the phone, and on top of that it was a AMERICAN voice :jawdrop:

Run in running in under 5 min

So Far Sound Quality, Reception, and Selection have been Excellant.

I find my Self Primary one 001 (sirius Hits) or 020 ( Octane)

If anyone has any Questions about This Review or About Siruis Radio Ask and I shal Respond

 

Not that I have found... but I have only had it for a day

I will post at the end of the week after I have about 600 mi's in

and yes you have the Mount a Ant, but the one that came with the JVC kit is a Magnet Mount

and it does not have to be on the roof persay

infact I have mine on the HOOD near the Factory Ant on my Truck.. this may be moved though

 

I wanted to add that the Ant. is not like a Radio Ant

they are small, the one I have is 2in by 2in and about 1in tall....

it is the little sqaure box in the lower right of the car kit picture above

 

Well I have the Week in now

few Outges


1> When going thru the drive-thru's

2> We had a Really Stormy couple of days and when going through the hilly terrian I travel thru signal stregth wobblied from 3 (max) bars to 1 bar often

but over all I have the Reception 4 out of 5 stars

 

hmmmmmmmm i have bit seen that at all

infact I hbave heard many people say that about XM :baby: :baby: :baby:

 

Well one more week pretty much in

I changed where I mounted the ant. and when I went through the Hills this week, it was again raining both days (weather sucks here latly) but this time I had full reception

so now I love the sirius radio,,,,

 

well some people like red, some people Like blue

I listened to Both, as far as Music Goes I did not see any differance, maybe they(sirius) did not play music you like..

Most of the time Sirius Runs By Request, which is a Format I like

As far as Reps go, they are a dime a dozen, you should never listen to a rep. PERIOD(I know I am one )

but in 2006 the real differance will emerge, which is the real reason I went with them over XM....


but it is really pointless. so the final word is

Music is Music....

 

ohh and if your wondering, I listen on average 8-10hrs a day, over 3/4's of that is drive time for my job (reps put alot of miles in) so I get a good feel of programming

 

the King of all Media Comes to Sirius :bag: :boxing: :gunsmilie:

 

FCC has no control over private Broadcasts, which is what Sat Radio is, Private Subcription broadcasts