I am very un happy with the lack of information from my Sirius Display. Does xm show you anything more at once? any screen shots?

yes the xm interface is much better

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Another dumb question.

can the xm and sirius share the same attena

Thanks so much,

Another dumb question.

can the xm and sirius share the same attena

no they cannot. I know it will look stupid have 3 antennas (gps/xm/sirius) but thats the price you have to pay

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Another dumb question.

can the xm and sirius share the same attena

 

no they cannot. I know it will look stupid have 3 antennas (gps/xm/sirius) but thats the price you have to pay

I’m using the factory XM antenna that came on my truck. I mounted the GPS antenna under the dash in the front like most people. So my truck still looks stock from the outside, but I have XM, GPS, OnStar, and HandsFree calling) all with only one visible antenna on the roof.

yeah you can use a xm antenna for siruis . i did worked great ! i sure wish the siruis interface looked like the xm one does.. much better display... im hoping if they merge they will improve it !

you are right. you CAN use an XM antenna with a Sirius radio, and vice versa. Just crack open the plastic housing around the end of the antenna connector that goes into the satellite tuner box.

But you will only be able to pick up the satellite signals. You cannot pick up Sirius repeaters with an XM antenna, and cannot pick up XM repeaters with a Sirius antenna.

But you will only be able to pick up the satellite signals. You cannot pick up Sirius repeaters with an XM antenna, and cannot pick up XM repeaters with a Sirius antenna.

good info i didnt know that !

i thought that pioneer is coming out with a component that has sirius and xm combination......didn't they announce that at CES show.....

yes the xm interface is much better

Yes, but it's still XM.

yes the xm interface is much better

Yes, but it's still XM.

Which means superior programming. Unless all you got Sirius for was Howard, or hit music that can be heard on free radio too.

If you still wanna hear songs that have been played 10,000,000 times, stick with XM. Made the mistake of pressing my source button one too few times the other day and landed on XM instead of Sirius. The first station I caught was still playing that Daniel Powder (sp?) song. Tried another and it was still playing The Fray. I assume that even free radio has given up on playing those "hits."

Which means superior programming. Unless all you got Sirius for was Howard, or hit music that can be heard on free radio too.

maybe you landed on a classics station

Thats what I thought too, thats why I tried a second station. It was like a time warp to a year ago when I got Sirius and stopped listening to XM. Same songs were playing

If you still wanna hear songs that have been played 10,000,000 times, stick with XM. Made the mistake of pressing my source button one too few times the other day and landed on XM instead of Sirius. The first station I caught was still playing that Daniel Powder (sp?) song. Tried another and it was still playing The Fray. I assume that even free radio has given up on playing those "hits."

Bashing XM... yet you still pay a monthly fee for it? I'm confused.

I am just trying to even out the board so there are equal number of sirius and xm bashers I have both in my car and I actually own stock in both, not that I am proud to admit that with their prices. Prefer sirius but need the traffic from xm

Bashing XM... yet you still pay a monthly fee for it? I'm confused.

Prefer sirius but need the traffic from xm

Sounds like an admitted Howard-fan is a closet XM fan! You should know you can just subscribe to XM NavTraffic without getting the radio service! LOL

Used to be an open XM fan til I got sirius And my XM is now on a demo line so I don't pay for the music or the traffic anymore. Lucky me

Sirius display is weak - can't see Genre/Artist/Song/Album data simultaneously.

That said, I'll take Sirius over XM anyday, even w/o Stern. Programming is better for hip-hop, hard rock, news, etc. I know this for a fact as my wife has XM in her vehicle.