joshieca

So I was wondering how many of you have opted for the Sirius plan after the free trial? Right now I think its sorta cool, but it could be just the newness factor also.

AMGTestDriverNJ

Sirius is great. You can never go wrong with more content no matter what you listen too. The subscription is cheap enough and keeps your vehicle clean from aftermarket units also. Y not?

ManchesterMerc

There are a couple of threads on this, here's one. Hope it helps.


https://mbworld.org/forums/showthrea...ghlight=sirius

angeloxnet

content repeats after a while, for example
drive-in to work at like 8am
will be the same playlist on my way home from work.

this is the case in the ML of course, as I didnt get the sirus option in my W204, the subscription is pretty cheap however, and they do play some new content that's not even on regular radio...

i kinda regret not getting that option.

chilledbenz

$12.95 a month
$142.45 a year
Signal drop out
Talking over songs
Comercials for other channels/contests constantly
Quality issues on some channels
Replaying of the same song quite often
While there are lots of chanels to chose from, they are too similar and find them playing the same songs on different channels.
Too many useless channels (news,comedy)

Savage c-300

howard and playboy radio are the best!

Hazemonster

I've had it since 2003 and wouldn't be without it!

oblu

Hey! I love listening to the comedy channels in the morning on the way to work.

But, no, it's not really all that worth it. Even though I have it both of our cars, unless you really dig it, it's not worth it.

We won't do the DVD player thing for the kid except for on long flights, so we like the kids channels for long car trips. I like comedy and the dance channels. Most of the time though, I'll get in my wife's car and she'll have it back on free radio.

Oh, one of the really bizarre things is that we can't find a plain vanilla Top 40 station. I don't know if we're just looking at the wrong stations, but we can't find anything that matches free top 40 radio.

Yeah, and then there's the thing where it cuts out on streets with trees, or under bridges.

joebenz

i do not plan on subscribing once my 6 months are over. if i ever wanted it, i would have bought it a long time ago for my other cars. i just cant justify paying for radio. i already have an ipod and the ipod connector. if i want to listen to a bunch of music i like, i'd just use that.

Saverino

I dont think its worth it. They claim that its commercial free, but when I listen to it, it DOES have commercials. I hardly use it much because a lot of music stations just repeat the same songs over and over.

inactiveuser1019

I took the lifetime plan because I'll be keeping the car for 7-8 years. It's not bad (I only listen to channels 80 and 86) but repeats often.

Pierre

c350_vancouver

The sound quality makes it a NO for me. It's really bad. So much potential, and they cheaped out on the sound bit rate. Sounds a bit like a low grade mp3

joebenz

really? i'm no hardcore audiophile, but i think the sound quality is pretty good

atiqa

I never listen to Sirius, I don't really like it at all to tell you the truth. However, I still paid for the subscription because I didn't want to have an option in my car that didn't work. I figured I waste money on sillier things everyday, so why not.

norcal5

I like the fact I can listen to the same station(s) during long trips. This is my first car with Sirius receiver, and I like it well enough to sign up for the lifetime membership.

joebenz

hahahaha, i gotta say that's pretty funny

joebenz

what's a lifetime membership cost?

Derspeed

It's not for me. I won't be re-upping.

norcal5

$300 if my memory serves

ShoremNJ

i had in my ML and canceled. I hardly use it except for traffic channel which is not always correct....lol

jstaneff

Now that I finally let Sirius start my service (without my approval, but ... ) I use it for the commute. I use it to listen to Radio Canada's Premier service in French. Can't get that on regular radio.

I must say, though, that listening to people spouting off French rapidly for 45 minutes each way can lead to some magnificent headaches!

;-)

Mark08859

This may be the big flaw with Sirius (I would guess with XM also) - heavy niche programming. While oblu wants top 40, I like across-the-board rock. Think the old WNEW or WDHA for those in the NYC area or WMMR if you're in Philly. Simply impossible to find.

Overall, however, I'm beginning to like the service. The signal loss under an overpass is only a second or three.

mac911

I really like The Coffee House, Sirius 30. It's almost as if I programmed it.

If you can find a channel or two you really like like that, it is worth it.

It's also useful to stay up to date with things. For example, I've used CNN many times during this election year, and I can hear all the great crew I watch on TV.

Finally, if you're into sports and you had to be on the road someday during a game or something, you might find it useful for that too, since they cover a lot of sports.

XJ9

Thats the big drawback of sat radio in general.. Most people do not realize that each station gets an average bit rate of only 4 kb/s which is a very small amount. Granted it is impressive that the sound is decent for such a low rate but it is not the near CD quality that they advertise.

The main reason to get sirius (or xm) is the content. Since FM radio is basically 20-30 stations all playing the same crappy songs, sirius offers a far better (but not perfect) selection.

The major change will come when the FM station owners decide how they want to use the additional bandwidth gained by switching to digital radio. This will allow them to have multiple stations at far better quality that sat radio for the cost of one conventional analog station. If they decide to offer up better programming then digital radio could be the way to go in the future.

dalazernet

I hope they still offer the lifetime subscription -- I _really_ want that as I've been paying $12.95 for over 5 yrs now (ugh)...

And since I'm buying this new benz, I plan on keeping it for a LONG time :-)

- Eric