I'll try to keep this short.
To make a long story a little shorter... My girlfriend recently secured her divorce; checking and credit accounts and such had to be changed. Sirius cut her off, so I took her radio and reinstated the subscription using my credit card. I installed the radio in my car and to my surprise I was elated with it. Her radio is an older model, the Sirius XACT3. No problems in my car, even without the FM extender cable.
Like I said before, I was elated with the service, and so this afternoon I went out and dropped $150 on a new Sportster 4 and put it on our account.. I intend to give the XACT back to her for use in her car. I love the sportster, BUT-- and it's a BIG BUT...
The output level for the FM transmitter has been dropped down so low that I had to run the FM extender cable through the door and literally WRAP IT AROUND the car's antenna just in order to receive a decent signal from the sirius radio, and that's still with a slight hiss on the reception.
Thank you NAB. You make me proud of our industry (NOT)!
-A
To make a long story a little shorter... My girlfriend recently secured her divorce; checking and credit accounts and such had to be changed. Sirius cut her off, so I took her radio and reinstated the subscription using my credit card. I installed the radio in my car and to my surprise I was elated with it. Her radio is an older model, the Sirius XACT3. No problems in my car, even without the FM extender cable.
Like I said before, I was elated with the service, and so this afternoon I went out and dropped $150 on a new Sportster 4 and put it on our account.. I intend to give the XACT back to her for use in her car. I love the sportster, BUT-- and it's a BIG BUT...
The output level for the FM transmitter has been dropped down so low that I had to run the FM extender cable through the door and literally WRAP IT AROUND the car's antenna just in order to receive a decent signal from the sirius radio, and that's still with a slight hiss on the reception.
Thank you NAB. You make me proud of our industry (NOT)!
-A