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: Which Sirius Radio? Which Subscription?


spdrcr5
03-01-2005, 09:40 PM
Been trying to figure out when I should get my Sirius Radio, which one to get and which subscription to get...

How good are the Sirius Sportster SP-TK1 PnP units? Are the boomboxes for them decent? What about the home kit, does it work ok?

Some of us were wondering about the Lifetime Subscription and I found the following in a post; but don't know if it is accurate. But is sounds like it could be promising. Might be worth the risk taking it since the chance for the Lifetime Subscription goes away the end of June of this year.

So, what do you know about this radio and the different subscriptions? if you have XM, I don't care... will never get it, have no use for it. Sorry, but that is the reality I am living in... you can choose to join me or not. :)

Sirius Lifetime Subscription Info... Found this on SiriusBackstage.com (http://www.siriusbackstage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15957&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15) Has anyone ever seen or heard of this before?

The lifetime subscription is NOT transferrable to another reciever unless your original reciever breaks and is not repairable. I am ordering a new car with SIRIUS built in and will have to try to finagle the bagel to get them to switch. The tech at SIRIUS says when that happens, a lot of people "report them stolen" then activate the new receiver. Later on, these "stolen" recievers are then activated by someone else, but since SIRIUS has them listed as "stolen", they won't activate them without a bill of sale from the original owner (or a police auction, I would imagine.)

(He hinted that "LOST" recievers don't have that problem...you report it as lost, activate a new one, then "find" it.)

Either way the first receiver will need a new subscription after the "replacement" unit gets activated.

This limited transferability does not apply to any monthly or annual plans.

cai88
03-02-2005, 12:12 AM
My Sirius radio is hardwired into my car and made by Blaupunkt. I figured that in the house I can listen to it on my computer. I'm really happy with it so far.
http://www.pnltybx88.net/sirius2.jpg

Nickel II
03-02-2005, 12:35 AM
The lifetime fee is only for that receiver. You don't think SIRI will fall for the "I lost my receiver" trick do you.

Lost = now in someone elses hands.

ElementXofXMusic
03-02-2005, 11:44 AM
I got sirius this past summer and I have the more "visible" model that is on my dash, but I could care less about the bulkiness because I got the "Here2Anywhere" model...I can plug it in my E, take it out and plug it in to the Here2Home dock thats hooked up to my stereo so I get more use out of it. If you would rather have people not know you have Sirius (and you have a sirius ready cd player) do the "hidden" model where they will put the tuner box under your seat and hook it up to your cd player where you can control it throuh you HU.

Type X
03-02-2005, 01:33 PM
My gf got me the JVC unit at CC for 149.99 with the car install kit
It's currently hooked up and functional and i'm doing the 1/4rly payment option.

I purchased another trim piece above the glove box and have been making a custom bracket so that the unit can be removed if in a "shady" area ;)

I'll post up pics of the whole thing

and larry your welcome to come by and press the buttons lol

EDIT -

Here is a picture
http://circuitcity.com/IMAGE/product/detail/jvc/EC.JVC.KTPK2000.JPG

& its on sale for 119.99!

http://circuitcity.com/ssm/JVC-SIRIUS-Satellite-Radio-Receiver-and-Car-Kit-Package-KTP-K2000-/sem/rpsm/oid/111605/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do