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I just thought of this. I know it doesn't take a genius. You could plug an FM modulator into the headphone jack on your cell phone (using an adapter or two) and listen to Sirius though your cars stereo. It's a lot cheaper than the $12.95 Sirus will charge if you're content with only 20 channels. Who knows...maybe in the near future they will add more.
Guy
10-04-2005, 08:20 PM
Not a bad idea, only those FM modulators seem to decrease the sound quality BIG TIME!! I dont think it'd be worth it.
tbakergobuck
10-04-2005, 08:40 PM
check this thread out. I'm thinking about trying it out.
http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77412
Moogle
10-04-2005, 11:30 PM
I just thought of this. I know it doesn't take a genius. You could plug an FM modulator into the headphone jack on your cell phone (using an adapter or two) and listen to Sirius though your cars stereo. It's a lot cheaper than the $12.95 Sirus will charge if you're content with only 20 channels. Who knows...maybe in the near future they will add more.
But remember -- Getting Sirius on your cell phone doesn't have the same coverage area as Satellite Radio.
One of the major selling points of Satellite Radio is that it works everywhere ... Not just places where there are towers ;)
88jr
10-05-2005, 06:42 AM
But remember -- Getting Sirius on your cell phone doesn't have the same coverage area as Satellite Radio.
One of the major selling points of Satellite Radio is that it works everywhere ... Not just places where there are towers ;)
I know. It was just an idea. That's why I think the $6.95 is a total rip off. I can see paying $1.99, MAYBE $2.99. I would never have much use for it. I have XM in my car. I like that fact that the option is there however!
How about this though. Satellite radio signal isn't as strong as a cellular signal. XM won't work in most buildings when your cell phone would. You could hook your phone up to your computer at work and listen!
ctnchrisw
10-05-2005, 07:49 AM
I know. It was just an idea. That's why I think the $6.95 is a total rip off. I can see paying $1.99, MAYBE $2.99. I would never have much use for it. I have XM in my car. I like that fact that the option is there however!
How about this though. Satellite radio signal isn't as strong as a cellular signal. XM won't work in most buildings when your cell phone would. You could hook your phone up to your computer at work and listen!
That is because satelite is line of sight. They compensate for no indoor coverage by offering online streams, although sirius has a crappy bitrate for their online stream. I cant see a point in plugging the phone into your stereo, just pick up a reciever and get full sirius service, no buffering problems like with vision.
c_gutta
10-05-2005, 07:55 AM
I have a 5600. Maybe its because I have sirius in my car going through a Sirius ready CD head unit and amped up. I also have a 2 10'' subwoofer system. On my 5600 sirius skips alot.
Good luck, but I don't think its worth it.
cerebasan
10-05-2005, 10:28 PM
It's funny that people are mentioning using it at work, because that's what I've been doing the last two weeks. People are really interested and amazed. The buffering during the day really is a negative. Sometimes streams will buffer so much it will just quit playing altogether.
Cerebasan
Moogle
10-06-2005, 12:08 AM
I know. It was just an idea. That's why I think the $6.95 is a total rip off. I can see paying $1.99, MAYBE $2.99. I would never have much use for it. I have XM in my car. I like that fact that the option is there however!
How about this though. Satellite radio signal isn't as strong as a cellular signal. XM won't work in most buildings when your cell phone would. You could hook your phone up to your computer at work and listen!
I have a MyFi sitting on top of my TV hooked up to a pair of speakers... It works fine.
Granted, its the home kit - with the directional antenna... But the antenna isn't on the roof or anything...
bluecoyote
10-06-2005, 12:14 AM
Once I'm in a decent signal area, it's pretty good.
Dunno, Sirius is better than regular FM radio, but that seems a little desperate. It's not a real substitute for Sirius or XM, but I get my 6 bucks worth (and for the money it's way better than music choice)
kylej
10-06-2005, 12:07 PM
I just thought of this. I know it doesn't take a genius. You could plug an FM modulator into the headphone jack on your cell phone (using an adapter or two) and listen to Sirius though your cars stereo. It's a lot cheaper than the $12.95 Sirus will charge if you're content with only 20 channels. Who knows...maybe in the near future they will add more.
Regular mp3s on the 5600 sound decent on my car speakers, and multimedia TV is not bad either, but Sirius must encode the Vision stream as a low bitrate, because it doesn't sound all that good. Very much the tin can effect. I also use it to get my driving directions (Garmin GPS) read aloud on my car speakers. ;)
a_c_s
10-07-2005, 09:15 AM
I would have to agree that the online streaming of Sirius is a littly bassy versus the real thing...I have XM in my car which sounds a little clearer...that said, I've been playing Sirius at my desk at work for the past few hours...it has buffered very little, and only for a second or two when it did...I have found it tends to buffer more when you are moving...if you leave it sitting somewhere it has been pretty impressive on my 5600...if I had to shell out $6.95 a month not sure I could say it was worth it given the memory card / MP3 capability on my phone, but given my $5 vision credit, I would say Sirius is definitely well worth the $1.95/month net cost to me...
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