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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 08:02 AM
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Satellite Radio, “No signal”

The last week, I’ve been experiencing a lot of “No signal” conditions with my satellite radio.

This happens even when surrounded by empty fields, no structures in sight.

Could this be a Mercedes issue? Satellite issues?

Is anyone else experiencing similar issues?

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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 09:13 AM
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I've only had my 2019 E450 wagon for 5 weeks, so my experience is limited. When driving on local roads, I get a lot of no signal conditions, but I live in Maine, where there are a LOT of overhanging trees, so I attribute the no signal condition to that. When on the Interstate, there are few disruptions.
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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 09:39 AM
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Hmmmm... I'm starting to sense some similarities here... You know, things in common...
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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 11:09 AM
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Have you installed any 3rd party accessories that could possibly be causing electrical interference?
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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 11:36 AM
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Have you installed any 3rd party accessories that could possibly be causing electrical interference?
Nope, everything’s vanilla.

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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Helmar
Nope, everything’s vanilla.

HBH
We don't have sateliite radio in the U.K. so I can't comment about W/S213's Satellite radio from experience.
If your car is still under warranty, get Mercedes to check it out- It could be an issue with the SDAR module or the satellite aerial or something.

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Old Jul 21, 2020 | 01:12 PM
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Well maine is on the fringes of their signal I believe .. well the old XM signal.. or was it the Sirrius signal?

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Well maine is on the fringes of their signal I believe .. well the old XM signal.. or was it the Sirrius signal?
Not sure that's accurate, I've driven to Toronto Canada from Boston when I lived there and my satellite service even worked in Canada.
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Originally Posted by fleuger99
Not sure that's accurate, I've driven to Toronto Canada from Boston when I lived there and my satellite service even worked in Canada.
Imeant when they both first came out... and were 2 different companies.

one used a couple of satelites that always were moving in a some funky path over USA
the other pretty mus were geo stationary and th fringes had bad coverage and depended on the repeater coverage no one talks about...
I do like the other linke given above yours... nice...

here is the combined coverage map:
https://www.siriusxm.com/coveragemap

Maybe Solar flares and the Saharan dust cloud are affecting signal?
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