I am not asking about the content or service... just the interface.
I have the Sirius interface installed on my D3 and it sucks! It is not intuitive and to find out any information you need to hit buttons repeatedly.
Has anyone seen the XM interface in comparison? Is it better?
Yes, the XM interface is better. You can title your preset buttons, you get station logos, etc.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I like the content of Sirius better... but I really don't understand why they went cheap with the interface.
Sirius had no say in the design of the D3's Sirius interface.
Because Pioneer doesn't make the sirius tuner, they just slap their name on someone elses product. They do make the XM tuners so they have more R & D put into them
Does anyone know the answers to the following:
1) Can you have both XM and SIRIUS connected to the D3?
2) If I already have the Sirius unit installed, do I need access to the back of my head unit to install the XM tuner with NavTraffic?
3) Is the NAVTraffic good and is it free?
Does anyone know the answers to the following:
1) Can you have both XM and SIRIUS connected to the D3?
yes, you can piggyback the tuner modules.
2) If I already have the Sirius unit installed, do I need access to the back of my head unit to install the XM tuner with NavTraffic?
No, you should be able to plug the XM tuner into the sirius tuner's IP-BUS input.
3) Is the NAVTraffic good and is it free?
I don't know...
NavTraffic is $4/month on top of the regular XM fees. It works pretty well, the list of accidents is pretty accurate in my area but the traffic flow is often wrong
I live in Mountgumery County MD, outside DC and I haven't experienced a situation where NAV Traffic helped me.
I live in Montgomery County, MD as well. And If you're taking 270 or 495 during rush hour, no amount of NavTraffic info is gonna help you... Because once you enter hell there is no escape.
I live in Montgomery County, MD as well. And If you're taking 270 or 495 during rush hour, no amount of NavTraffic info is gonna help you... Because once you enter hell there is no escape.
I agree with you about rush hour, no amount of nav traffic is going to help with rush hour.
However when 355 a major artery in Montgomery County is jammed I would expect an alert regarding it on my nav traffic. Another example, it's Saturday and I am heading on 270 / 495 / 267 to dulles ariport, there is an accident on 495 @ river road, there is no alert, I don' t find out about it till I am stuck in traffic on the 270 spur. The accident was old because it's cleared by the time I get there. All the alerts I see are on the south side of the beltway. The coverage is spotty at best and rarely applys to me.
Navtraffic is in it's infancy as a technology and services.
You will need to access the back of the radio to hook up the seperate data cable, otherwise the NavTraffic will not work, just XM.
I am not asking about the content or service... just the interface.
I have the Sirius interface installed on my D3 and it sucks! It is not intuitive and to find out any information you need to hit buttons repeatedly.
Has anyone seen the XM interface in comparison? Is it better?
just to let you know being an installer at a local shop in CT and mecp qualified, dei makes the sirius interfaces. pioneer makes the xm. so of course pioneer dosent want really anything to do with sirius and they control how well the sirius units will work pretty much.
Curious to the following:
1) Can I hook up both SIRIUS and XM? I like the traffic feature of XM but can't be without Howard Stern and other unedited content of Sirius? Do I need to by the AV adapter?
2)If I can get, XM, Sirius? Does that mean I am going to have three antennas? I have an 07 Mercedes, so two will be fine, but I am curious about the placement of the third.
3)How well does the Bluetooth work with Blackberry's? I was going to go with Alpine, but after reading the horrible reviews the D-3 is better all around. I have the Blackberry Curve 8300
1. Yes you can have both. You don't need to buy any adaptor
2. Yes. I would put the sat radio antennas on the roof for the best reception
Curious to the following:
1) Can I hook up both SIRIUS and XM? I like the traffic feature of XM but can't be without Howard Stern and other unedited content of Sirius? Do I need to by the AV adapter?
2)If I can get, XM, Sirius? Does that mean I am going to have three antennas? I have an 07 Mercedes, so two will be fine, but I am curious about the placement of the third.
3)How well does the Bluetooth work with Blackberry's? I was going to go with Alpine, but after reading the horrible reviews the D-3 is better all around. I have the Blackberry Curve 8300
I have Sirius on my D3. Is there a way to show the artist, song title, and the station at the SAME time? I don't want to hit the Display button to see each one. Is XM the same?
No.
It does on XM
I have Sirius on my D3. Is there a way to show the artist, song title, and the station at the SAME time? I don't want to hit the Display button to see each one. Is XM the same?
Damn. How much better is the XM interface then? What does it do better than Sirius? I signed up for 3 months on Sirius but I might switch to XM. XM is also giving 3 free months with 6 months of service. I could probably find a used XM box and sell my Sirius and come out about the same.
Do people get better signal from XM? I get good reception with Sirius, except none in my garage and will sometimes miss a beat if I go under a long overpass. I'm guessing both have these issues.
XM gives you two lines of text, the channel logos, and you get the station name on the presets. Hopefully the merge goes through soon so it won't matter anymore. And no, its satellite based so they don't work well in garages since there is no line-of-sight to the sats
Damn. How much better is the XM interface then? What does it do better than Sirius? I signed up for 3 months on Sirius but I might switch to XM. XM is also giving 3 free months with 6 months of service. I could probably find a used XM box and sell my Sirius and come out about the same.
Do people get better signal from XM? I get good reception with Sirius, except none in my garage and will sometimes miss a beat if I go under a long overpass. I'm guessing both have these issues.
I had both XM and Sirius installed. I now have a Sirius Stilleto 2 so I no longer have the Sirius module connected. The XM interface is 100x better than the Sirius. Please note that you can only use both if the XM receiver is the Pioneer model. You cannot use a Terk XM and DEI Sirius module together.
I also have a BB Curve and the Bluetooth works great.
i have both XM and Sirius hooked up to my D3
here's a few pics showing the interface difference 
XM
Sirius
yes, the XM does have better interface, but i couldn't live without Howard Stern 
thanks for pics.. just installed the avic-d3x holiday package, now need to get sirius module... missing stern already from factory sirius in my f150.
anymore pics of sirius would be awesome! Thanks!
Is there a way when you are using XM to see the song name while flipping through your PRESETS? You can do this when you are just looking through regular stations but not PRESETS (to my knowledge) ...
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Is there a way when you are using XM to see the song name while flipping through your PRESETS? You can do this when you are just looking through regular stations but not PRESETS (to my knowledge) ...
ya some more pictures would be great!