XM/Sirius Satellite radio on Stock MB
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XM/Sirius Satellite radio on Stock MB
Anyone know if there's a way to install XM or Sirius to a stock MB Bose Headunit or a Retrofitted Comand/Euro COMAND? I'm talking about getting the info from XM or Sirius to display in the COMAND or BOSE unit itself. Will MB come out with Satellite availability in 2004 models?
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Originally posted by Lynn
You cannot get the satellite radio info to display on the radio, MFD, or COMAND screens. MB has a relationship with Sirius, but Sirius is in serious financial trouble.
You cannot get the satellite radio info to display on the radio, MFD, or COMAND screens. MB has a relationship with Sirius, but Sirius is in serious financial trouble.
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That sucks, I have a Sirius tuner in my wifes Saturn. I love it and was happy to pay $120 for the first year. Hopefully I will be able to get it a second year as well. As far as I know they just got a cash infusion from somewhere. If only the manufacturers woudl start putting it in more vehicles I think there stock will pisk up. XM just had the advantage of being there first. But Sirius has more commercial free music channels than XM so I thoght it would pick up. So much for that idea.
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Originally posted by mctwin2kman
That sucks, I have a Sirius tuner in my wifes Saturn. I love it and was happy to pay $120 for the first year. Hopefully I will be able to get it a second year as well. As far as I know they just got a cash infusion from somewhere. If only the manufacturers woudl start putting it in more vehicles I think there stock will pisk up. XM just had the advantage of being there first. But Sirius has more commercial free music channels than XM so I thoght it would pick up. So much for that idea.
That sucks, I have a Sirius tuner in my wifes Saturn. I love it and was happy to pay $120 for the first year. Hopefully I will be able to get it a second year as well. As far as I know they just got a cash infusion from somewhere. If only the manufacturers woudl start putting it in more vehicles I think there stock will pisk up. XM just had the advantage of being there first. But Sirius has more commercial free music channels than XM so I thoght it would pick up. So much for that idea.
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While I do believe that satelite radio is not going anywhere and these companies teter on financial ruin, I do believe a white knight with the marketing power to pull it off will come, probably Dish Network or DirecTV.
What's going to contribute to their continued downfall is digital AM/FM and those units are just starting to ship. For people like me that are not unhappy with AM/FM but would like CD quality that's coming for free and we'll probably start seeing it in car radios as common place in 2-3 years. For those that drive through rural areas with marginal programming, satelite radio is great. The problem for me is I have multiple cars and it's too expensive considering all the free choices I have. It's easy to justify $13/mo for one car, now multiply that by 3-4 cars, that's not cheap.
What's going to contribute to their continued downfall is digital AM/FM and those units are just starting to ship. For people like me that are not unhappy with AM/FM but would like CD quality that's coming for free and we'll probably start seeing it in car radios as common place in 2-3 years. For those that drive through rural areas with marginal programming, satelite radio is great. The problem for me is I have multiple cars and it's too expensive considering all the free choices I have. It's easy to justify $13/mo for one car, now multiply that by 3-4 cars, that's not cheap.
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Originally posted by Buellwinkle
It's easy to justify $13/mo for one car, now multiply that by 3-4 cars, that's not cheap.
It's easy to justify $13/mo for one car, now multiply that by 3-4 cars, that's not cheap.
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Originally posted by avlis
You can get a Skyfi or Sony pnp and move it between the cars and home. You only pay 1 monthly fee.
You can get a Skyfi or Sony pnp and move it between the cars and home. You only pay 1 monthly fee.
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Those Plug N Play players are not that attractive, don't want a mount in my Benz, no way!!! I'll wait until a stock satellite radio becomes available. I can deal with burning more CDs for a couple more years. Thanks for everyones input on this.
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Those Plug N Play players are not that attractive, don't want a mount in my Benz, no way!!! I'll wait until a stock satellite radio becomes available. I can deal with burning more CDs for a couple more years. Thanks for everyones input on this.
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Originally posted by avlis
How can you be in more than one car at a time?
How can you be in more than one car at a time?
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Sat. radio is great if you drive long trips and do not feel like finding a radio station for every 30-50 miles driven. I drive 350 miles to see my parents so it is nice for that. But then again now we will drive the Benz without the sat. radio so I guess that idea is shot to hell. The Saturn has a 6 disk mini-disk changer and Sirius radio plus 2 10 inch subs. Done to make my wife more happy with her car, before we got the Benz. The subs I had from an old car and they were stored in my attic.
