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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 09:55 PM
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Sirius radio...how do you get it?
And how much is it?

And are there never any commercials or DJs?

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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:00 PM
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1. I have a small unit that I plug into my TV and turn my
TV on AUX to listen to the audio.

I pay $38.95 every three months. There are DJs but they don't talk much. There are commercials on the news stations but not on the music stations.
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hollywood926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:09 PM
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5. That would annoy me...
If I am paying moolah, I want NO commercials!
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:17 PM
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6. Well, it's streaming straight from CNN for example.
Edited on Tue Jan-25-05 10:18 PM by Lex
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If CNN has commercials (and it does), then you will hear the same commercials.



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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:00 PM
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2. You just tune to some static... and clench your teeth really hard.
I'm sirius. :P
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:03 PM
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3. Depends on what set up you get really.
The cost is around $12.00 per month for the sirius service itself.

The sirius receiver itself is around $99.00 (but you can better deals on ebay for the receiver).

Lots of info is here: www.sirius.com


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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:08 PM
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4. SIRIUS IS GREAT!!!
Since I got it 12 months ago, I've listened to my car radio exactly twice: once for traffic (which was on Sirius anyway) and today to listen to the Rice debate in the Senate (only because my receiver was in my family room, its portable). It is the very best period. Whatever you music style, they've got it. And, it is not owned even a little bit by Clear Channel.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:20 PM
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7. Yes, I love it. I listen to it at work (bought a boombox for it)
and listen to it in the car, and in the house.

1 portable unit and I can listen in all these places.

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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:02 PM
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9. Did you get the AudioVox where you insert the portable tuner?
I've got one and I can't find the "bass" control ("moran" that I am). Any advice.
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Lex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:06 PM
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10. My Sirius tuner plays through my existing FM radio
in the car, so I just manipulate my regular car stereo controls.

(Not sure if I answered your question or not. You meant the auto outfit, right?)



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autorank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 11:25 PM
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11. Right! They have a Sirius-specific boom box but using the
radio adapter is better. Thanks.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 07:34 AM
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12. Do you sit near a window at work?
I sit in a cube and not near a window. When I brought my sirius radio into work it did not pick up a signal. Another co-worker brought her XM radio in and it could not get a signal either.

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Chicago Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-25-05 10:21 PM
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8. La La LOVE IT!
Cancel your premium channels and consider chucking the TV!

Air America all the time!

Sirius 144
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