Satellite radio? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 03-05-2007, 11:42 AM

do you have XM or Sirius? Either the Boxster or the other car?

If you said yes, do you also use your Ipod or MP3 device in the car?

Grizzly · 03-05-2007, 11:45 AM

Sirius. Work car.

Sammy · 03-05-2007, 11:57 AM

Sirius, daily driver (non-Boxster)

Not planning on using my iPod much in my daily driver with the satellite radio because this is how I keep up to date on new music that I like.

kelly1005 · 03-05-2007, 11:59 AM

I had XM (and an mp3 capable cd player) in my old car and my 4x4. Didn't get it in my new beater car as I commute by motorcycle now.

My dad took the add-in XM widget out of my 4x4 and put it in his truck. He loves it and can't imagine getting rid of it.

I won't bother putting it in the boxster... would rather listen to the engine.

IowaS · 03-05-2007, 12:18 PM

I have XM in my Acura RDX (I should say wifes RDX). We do have a plug in for the Ipod which we have not used yet.

Before having satellite radio I thought it was stupid, after having it I hate listening to regular radio.

On a side note, I recently had a rental car with Sirius and could not stand the way it was organized, I definitely prefer XM. Also, I believe the two companies are looking at merging if it is approved.....

986 Girl · 03-05-2007, 12:22 PM

No, no need with an iPod.

C5150 · 03-05-2007, 12:25 PM

XM - in work car.

derb · 03-05-2007, 12:29 PM

XM since 9/03.
SkyFi receiver, 3 car adapters (2 FM modulator, 1 AUX-in), home adapter and boom box.
Once you go XM you won't go back to FM.

Car cradle in the Boxster is not the best looking install.

derb

racer_d · 03-05-2007, 12:59 PM

XM.. Portable Sky-Fi unit that I move between the cars/home as needed.

NO I-pod/MP3 player.

Perfectlap · 03-05-2007, 01:08 PM

I agree its hard to go back to FM once you've gotten use to the variety of Satellite.

Just wanted reiterate the question of Ipod use if you also have Sirius or XM.

I was reading some smarty guy who thinks Satellite is doomed because Ipods are so common now. An opinion I found to be strange because I have both and I don't see one as a subsitute of the other. I certainly can't spend 8 hours listening to an Ipod at work like I can listen to my Sirius. Neither can I listen to my SIrius at the gym unless I get one of TV remote control size Satellite receivers which are pricey. And in the car I prefer the Satellite as I can listen to new stuff all day and then go and download it onto the PC/Ipod. The point being that the Sirius receiver takes the lead over the MP3 device. With my particular MP3 player I can stream record right from my satellite receiver onto the MP3, another reason I think satellite seems like a better value at $12 then buying a dozen songs.

If that new Iphone came with a Sirius subscription then I think they would have all the bases covered..pnone, mp3, satellite radio, internet.

derb · 03-05-2007, 01:25 PM

I guess I'm behind the times since I have no ipod or MP3 device. Maybe I don't know what I'm missing but XM gives me all the music/listening choices I need. I may not be able to listen to a certain song whenever I want to on XM but an ipod isn't going to give me the weather and traffic info or CNN/Fox/etc whenever I want like XM can.
Not having 5,000 songs downloaded doesn't bother me at all.
XM works for me and that's all I care about.

70Sixter · 03-05-2007, 01:59 PM

XM in wife's '99 Grand Cherokee. But Roady 2 easy enuf to move for that big coast-to-coast we want to do in the Box some day.

We have done several cross country trips in the Jeep and having the Weather Channel and Fox News Channel was worth the fees for the year. And every now and then we took a Comedy Channel hit.

Mountain use is a problem when you lose the sat due to terrain masking.

No iPod, no MP3 player. Both cars have multi-disc CD players that we load up with our favorite road music.

dcallas · 03-05-2007, 02:00 PM

I have XM and my iPod in my 986. Here's a description of my setup:

iPod / XM / Changer Solution in my 986

Perfectlap · 03-06-2007, 03:50 PM

bump........

ChrisZang · 03-06-2007, 04:49 PM

XM Radio (Audiovox) & iPod in my Boxster = daily driver
for me both is a must:
* XM to get BBC worldwide news & Air America
* iPod when I want to listen to "my music" and to audiobooks
self-made adapter to connect iPod & XM Radio to AUX port of CDR-220
works great, BUT still fighting the "alternator whistle" (and already spend many hours and $$$ trying to get rid of id).
The good news is: my GHL is so loud that I don't hear anything anyways

Marc Gelefsky · 03-06-2007, 06:58 PM

XM in the Boxster S, Wish it was more integrated.
My 911 has an Alpine with built in XM
Be interesting to see how the Sirius/XM merge progresses
(I admit it! I listen to Opie and Anthony)

bringer666 · 03-07-2007, 03:39 PM

It must be the fact that I'm getting old but I don't get the big deal about Satellite Radio. Regular radio is fine and gives me what I need 90% of the time for NO EXTRA COST. The other 10% of the time, I will plug in my mp3 player (again why IPOD for extra cash when I can get another brand much cheaper).

I know you'll tell me that the sound is much better or you can pick and choose what you are listening to and there are either no commercials or less commercials but none of that would sway me to spend my hard earned cash on something that I currently get for free.

Anyways, I spend most of the time just listening to that beautiful flat-6 music behind my head.

NickCats · 03-08-2007, 07:29 AM

I use my Ipod in the Boxster and the Benz, and I have Sirius on the bike and in the house ( plus I listen to it all day at work ). I haven't listened to traditional radio in over a year. I use the satellite radio to hear new music, then download the stuff I like to my Ipod

Nick

Perfectlap · 03-08-2007, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by bringer666

It must be the fact that I'm getting old but I don't get the big deal about Satellite Radio. Regular radio is fine and gives me what I need 90% of the time for NO EXTRA COST. The other 10% of the time, I will plug in my mp3 player (again why IPOD for extra cash when I can get another brand much cheaper).

I know you'll tell me that the sound is much better or you can pick and choose what you are listening to and there are either no commercials or less commercials but none of that would sway me to spend my hard earned cash on something that I currently get for free.

Anyways, I spend most of the time just listening to that beautiful flat-6 music behind my head.

I was right there with you, why in the world would I ever pay for the same songs that are being heard for free? So I didn't consider it for a second and predicted the whole thing would go bust.
Then I got really into this one style of music that is simply not on the radio.
Why?
Because with the big radio station chains buying up all the local stations and playing THE EXACT SAME MUSIC ON ALL OF THE STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. there is little room on free radio for anything other than the same 24 songs played all day, over and over and over and over and over...
It really has gotten out of hand. I used to travel out west or in Florida and I would hear music that was unique to those areas. That's all out the window now.
Satellite radio is the antidote to the curse of payola.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola
The other day I left my Sirius tuner at work and got in the car and listened to the FM radio. I drove for 15 minutes and heard musice for about 3 mintues. Every station I turned to was playing a commerical. It's kind of like Tivo, the consumers are spending the money to avoid commericals and have more choices in programming.

bringer666 · 03-08-2007, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfectlap

Because with the big radio station chains buying up all the local stations and playing THE EXACT SAME MUSIC ON ALL OF THE STATIONS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. there is little room on free radio for anything other than the same 24 songs played all day, over and over and over and over and over...
It really has gotten out of hand. I used to travel out west or in Florida and I would hear music that was unique to those areas. That's all out the window now.
...
It's kind of like Tivo, the consumers are spending the money to avoid commericals and have more choices in programming.

I usually listen to the same station on the radio and yes, if I listen for too long I do hear the same songs again but I guess I'm just not driving for any length of time anymore so I don't really care. If I'm going to drive in the car for anything over an hour, I plug in my mp3 player to listen to the songs that I like.

If I traveled for a living and was in the car a lot I might give it a try but at this point I just don't have any desire to spend money on it. With what I've heard about XM and Sirius being in the red, I'm guessing there are a lot of people who feel the same way.