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XM vs Sirius

By fever44 · May 23, 2006in General💬 33 posts👁️ 7,481 views
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Posted Jun 07, 2006 · 16:18 UTC#27
Works well in the SF Bay Area. I read your previous posts about only getting info with the list button. I get screen and voice prompts nearly everytime I program a route. I sometimes get voice prompts too often (being sarcastic, but do I really need to know when traffic is slowing down to 45 mph in a spot on my route that is 30 miles away and always has traffic? Not so much.) One thing I have noticed is that the flashing color of the freeway is not always accurate but the little colored dots on the sides of the freeway usually are.

F150 Duke said:
Cool, thanks fellas! Anyone with NavTraffic XM have good experiences with this thing?

In terms of radio, it sounds like Sirius and XM are identical in price, Sirius has better programming (for me), but what about sound quality, are they the same? Some stations appear to be good on XM, which others struggle.

Also, I was amazed that once I pulled into my garage I couldn't get XM satellite coverage, but the Nav coverage on the Z1 was perfect.

Duke
Posted Jun 07, 2006 · 16:19 UTC#28
I'm curious about the baseball on XM. My mother has an 05' Acura RL and it displays the outs, strikes, balls, the score, the inning, etc. Does the Z1 show all of this on the same screen or do you have to scroll through the display modes?
Posted Jun 07, 2006 · 19:30 UTC#29
whtcrxghst said:
Works well in the SF Bay Area. I read your previous posts about only getting info with the list button. I get screen and voice prompts nearly everytime I program a route. I sometimes get voice prompts too often (being sarcastic, but do I really need to know when traffic is slowing down to 45 mph in a spot on my route that is 30 miles away and always has traffic? Not so much.) One thing I have noticed is that the flashing color of the freeway is not always accurate but the little colored dots on the sides of the freeway usually are.

F150 Duke said:
Cool, thanks fellas! Anyone with NavTraffic XM have good experiences with this thing?

In terms of radio, it sounds like Sirius and XM are identical in price, Sirius has better programming (for me), but what about sound quality, are they the same? Some stations appear to be good on XM, which others struggle.

Also, I was amazed that once I pulled into my garage I couldn't get XM satellite coverage, but the Nav coverage on the Z1 was perfect.

Duke


Nice stangs fellas!

But why the heck does he ^ get automated awareness of traffic and all I have is colored roads and dots that are wrong. I mean in order to find traffic I have to say "Traffic Information" and then pick one of the three options and it gives me a list to page through.

Duke
Posted Jun 08, 2006 · 06:21 UTC#30
Slick 6MT said:
I'm curious about the baseball on XM. My mother has an 05' Acura RL and it displays the outs, strikes, balls, the score, the inning, etc. Does the Z1 show all of this on the same screen or do you have to scroll through the display modes?


I have not played with the screen much during XM baseball games, but on the MAIN screen you get the score, inning and outs. I have not even tried to toggle the screen to see if you can get balls and strikes. I will try tomorrow.

~Sh
Posted Jun 08, 2006 · 13:28 UTC#31
caliscooter said:
I have not played with the screen much during XM baseball games, but on the MAIN screen you get the score, inning and outs. I have not even tried to toggle the screen to see if you can get balls and strikes. I will try tomorrow.

~Sh


Great, thanks. I appreciate the feedback!
Posted Jun 13, 2006 · 20:32 UTC#32
Anyone concerned about the financial well-being of Sirius? I like their programming, but dont want to pay for it all and then it go out of business?

And, you have to buy a special adapter for Sirius to work with the Z1 but the XM works without an adapter? If thats correct, anyone know how much the sirius adapter costs?

Thanks
Posted Jun 13, 2006 · 23:10 UTC#33
You need an adaptor for either service. Both are $99 retail, although the XM with traffic is 100 bucks more

Anonymous said:
Anyone concerned about the financial well-being of Sirius? I like their programming, but dont want to pay for it all and then it go out of business?

And, you have to buy a special adapter for Sirius to work with the Z1 but the XM works without an adapter? If thats correct, anyone know how much the sirius adapter costs?

Thanks
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