November 13, 2006

Sirius - I'm not sure

I'm really not sure about this satellite radio gig. I'm living in a major metropolitan area and the best that Sirius had to offer is a unit which broadcasts on an unused FM frequency. Unfortunately, there are just about no unused frequencies in the Baltimore/Washington area.

So I got a broadcast filled with terrible static as I drove by car about the city yesterday. So bad that if I cannot fix it by the time I leave on Thanksgiving vacation, I'm going to return the unit and get my money back.

It would seem the only practical way to make this work is to crack the console and use an audio input on my stereo head unit rather than an FM frequency. That, of course, is major work on my car as it was not designed for the addition of other components. There isn't an audio-in jack and I'm not looking forward to doing the wiring work myself.

But there is no guarantee it will work even if I get it properly wired. Very frustrating.

I was so looking forward to listening to the BBC and the CBC on my commutes.

Posted by artandscience at November 13, 2006 05:58 AM
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