Sirius radio advice

[Dogbert]

I'm thinking about getting Sirius satellite radio and was looking for comments from someone who has it. I primarily want it for college sports and Sirius seems to be the satellite company that has the most games available. Is it easy to use the receiver in your car and at home? Any problems with reception? If I'm inside an arena are there any problems with the signal getting through? What are the best receivers for Sirius?

Thanks for any advice/comments.

 

[Luke Duke]

Do a search for Sirius. It has been discussed many times before.

 

[BA93]

look at siriusbackstage.com's forums for reviews

 

[EEE]

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[Dogbert]

This looks portable and has a headphone jack. Not mobile without some sort of docking station?
The Link

 

[EEE]

power supply. to use it as a walkman type device, you would have to attatch a separate battery pack. even then, the problem is that these devices need close to a line of sight connection to the transmitter to work reliably.

 

[BA93]

the radios work inside even if the antenna is inside or at least it works for me inside my house. no guarantee that happens everywhere though.

I have a sportrster model and it runs hot. I wouldn't want to be carrying that thing around.

 

[Dogbert]

This link at Best Buy says is has a built-in lithium battery:The Link

Seems to me it would work as a walkman type since it has the battery and a headphone jack.

 

[Dogbert]

Visited Best Buy. The lithium battery is for the remote. As mentioned above, it is not a walkman type receiver and Sirius does not have one yet. XM does, but it is expensive.

 

[EEE]

just found a battery pack for that radio. the link
not the most elegant looking thing. in fact, it looks like it doubles the size of the radio. you get 3hrs listening time and recharge in 5-10hrs depending on the receiver being on or off.