Question:
sirius radio question?
Jeremy S
17 years ago
I want to buy sirius radio for my gf and myself. I found some of them on ebay dor pretty cheap. I know i still need to get a subscription but can i do that with one from ebay? how would that work?

I found the "SV1" for like $15 is that good? I am guessing that is probably the origional virsion, does it still work? what can you do with others that you can not do with the SV1? I only need the basics
Three answers:
Clutch Cargo
17 years ago
You need to buy the radio first. When you do that, you call up Sirius customer service and tell them that you have a radio and want to activate it. You give them the radio number, and they enter the number into their database and *WALLAH*, you have service (don't worry about finding the number, customer service will help you out).



$15 is a really good price, go for it. You have nothing to lose. Just listen to as much terrestrial radio as you can now, because you'll never listen to it again when you get satellite.
Rick Stargazer
17 years ago
I just did a search on the SV1 and didn't find out much info. It seems like it has a very minimalist screen and does not have the ability to pause the radio.

I have a Sirius receiver that can pause the current channel for approximately 44 minutes (on the cd quality channels). Mine is approx. a year old so I imagine there would be some similar that are used. It allows me to pause when I'm in the car and start the song where I left off (without turning the power off however) or I can pause a talk show and then fast forward through any commercials or station breaks. I would definitely recommend this feature. I can't imagine listening to the radio without this feature.



Also, are you planning on keeping it in the car or in your house or moving it back and forth? I can't believe that some people have a subscription for one radio in the car and another in the house. My receiver can be moved back and forth very easily since I have both a car antenna and a house antenna.



If you're just wanting it for the music and to listen to at home check out www.pandora.com (if you're in the US) I recently found this website and like the ability to choose the artists etc.

I can't imagine listening to regular radio anymore, although I do listen to a local talk show sometimes but the difference in the sound quality is annoying.



Also, you might consider what accessories (car adapter, stand etc) you can get cheaply before you buy the receiver. I recently saw a spare antenna, stand and ac adapter on sale for five dollars that went with my receiver and bought them just in case.



Another bonus about the older radios is that they can broadcast on any fm channel. I believe the newer models are limited as to what bandwith they can broadcast.
xItaLiaPuNk
17 years ago
The SV1 can only stay in the car, its an alright unit. The unit itself has been discontined. I would get the InV is the replacement for it. Works of an FM transmitter, like every other unit. Although if you want the best reception I would either use a FM direct adapter, Cassette player or a AUX hookup, to avoid interference and static, with that unit and the other series that came out around that time, the FM transmitters are not as good as they use to be. The FCC got involved with people being able to get "free satellite radio" from driving behind someone else.



If you go through sirius themselves they have deals you can get free radios when signing up for months at a time. I believe they have one going on right now for the Stratus. Not 100% sure though.



With signing up for the subscription the units themselves have the SID (serial number) printed on the back of it, as well as before activation the unit itself shows the SID number on it.



If your looking for both you and your girlfriend are you planning on two separate units or 1? If you are looking at different subscriptions first unit is 13 the 2 would be 7 bucks a month if you pay monthly.



Units like the sportster, starmate, stratus are units you can actually bring between multiple vehicles as well as the home. Online access is free with any unit subscription.





Differences between the units



Sportster: color / bigger screen, turn dial, pause play feature with 30 minute record time, and game/song/artist alerts. Comes with remote, and window mount. Option to bring in home.



Starmate: smaller school to sportster, button dial, pause play feature with 30 minute record time, and game/song/artist alerts. Comes with remote, and window mount. Option to bring in home.



Stratus: Dash Mount no pause play feature, remote, 2 line display, but smaller then other units. Option to bring in home.



InV prob the unit closest to the SV1, dash mount, stay in car only. Single line display, bit of a pain to change stations from.



SVI: designed to look like a radar detector, could be mounted on window as well as visor, single line display. Stay in car only unit.


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