I haven't called to activate my satellite radio. I went to see what it would do if I went to the satellite radio and I was able to receive several stations.

Are there free stations on satellite even if you don't activate? There were several stations that said "activation" required which I could not receive, but I was able to listen to several stations like CNN, Doctor Radio, Comedy, etc.

 

its a temporary tryout, it'll cancel itself soon.

 

We were told that we would have a year of free satellite radio, but after having the car for just under 2 weeks it is now telling me to subscribe. It was fully activated up until yesterday then it just stopped working and the dealership doesn't know why, neither does Sirius/XM.

 

Sirius customer service takes a lot of patience. It's almost like everyone else outsourced to India and they outsourced to Uranus. Call them back many, many times and explain what happened, patiently, over and over. Eventually you'll get a person that will actually look at your account and understand what happened. It's a major PIA, but worth it in the long run.

Good luck -

Sealy - Who still gets calls asking if I want to rectivate cars I haven't had in years.

 

Just found out Hawaii doesn't get any sat radio at all. I was disappointed I don't get to take advantage of a feature that now comes standard, but really I've never needed it and might be more of a PIA than necessary.

 

whenever you call SIRIUS, and get someone who doesnt' have an 'american' voice.. just ask for a representative in the US. they have to give you someone in the US when you request it, specifically.

 

Yea, but you can go to the airport and get lei'd.

Sealy - Who thinks that's a reasonable trade off.

 

i rarely feel sorry for ANYONE who lives full time in Hawai'i....

 

With all the other options (Web Radio and Pandora) I don't really think I'll actually activate my Satellite radio.

 

My MA activated my satellite radio on delivery day and I enjoy it. Once you program a few stations its another option you have.

 

I think the Sat radio is great. I have all presets set to Sat stations that I listen to frequently. It's a great thing in my opinion. And a year free that's not bad. I hear it's like the cable company. When your year is up just call em and say you need a better deal or your bailing. Inevitably you will get a much better deal.

 

Certainly enjoying the additional station options on top of radio/cd/ipod-usb-android.

But I must say, IMO, compared to all those other things, the SAT Audio quality is suprisingly low-res. I can especially hear it in the Grateful Dead station, which of all stations to have poor quality is sad. I know they are live shows (grateful dead), but still, you can hear the digital garbage. I thought it was the SAT feed in general that was garbage, until I tuned into stations like Howard Stern, lol...I know he uses top sound gear and mics, and you can tell. I can usually get better sound out of my ipod playing mp3s than I can from a lot of the SAT stations....

 

Sirius/XM is compressed even more than your ipod, I think, so the sound is even worse. You're probably just hearing differenced in the quality of programming Stern vs GD...I've never noticed one channel itself better than another.

 

If your MA did not activate your Sirius radio at delivery you can do online and avoid the long waits holding for Sirius customer service.

care.sirius.xm.com/activate - for new activations

care.siriusxm.com/refresh - to resend a signal

You must have your ESN number. To locate your ESN# turn on Satellite radio - go to preview station 184. Look on the captions on the radio display and press the soft key below SAT and hold for 2 seconds then twist the right radio **** to display the ESN# (these directions are for vehicles without navigation system)

Your vehicle must be outside tuned to preview station 184 to receive the signal. Allow 5 minutes or so for activation. Radio display will show "Updating Subscription".

Hope this helps!

 

I activated my satellite radio yesterday. It seems very confusing to navigate. Maybe it's just because I haven't set any pre set buttons, but I'm always being bounced back to the ad station for it even though I already have it.

 

The Satellite radio implementation is horrible. The UI is TERRIBLE. It's really really bad. It should show the title of the song playing after you choose a channel through the presents (like every other satellite radio). The software is waaaaaay overdue for an update. We have been waiting. Cmon' Mini

 

Sirius wiki page says: ..... Sirius is applying for repeaters in Hawaii and Alaska and has already been granted authority for 20 repeaters covering the island of Puerto Rico by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

 

my sat radio cycles through station/artist/song title, just like fm hd stations do

or i can hit the info soft key and turn the right **** to display 2 of those 3 full time

i thought it was confusing til i sat with the OM and played with the buttons for a while

scott

 

Just keep playing with it--and dig out the card (probably in your glove compartment) with the station groupings. I was convinced I was just going to pretty much do without, until I fugured out how to navigate it on the "dial". Don't worry---It will make sense in no time. Tough to do this driving though.

 

Is this for the Sat screen or for presets? I've never understood why they didnt include the station info bar with presets. I think I tried switching it and it still only showed the station info in presets. If you have to hit the info key to the right kinda pointless but it is what it is.


**Update** in presets mode go to info to display artist. Using the stearing wheel controls you can toggle the presets while keeping the info in display.

 

When I picked up my CM, I was told to activate the 1 year free subscription. However, I was told to give XM a fake telephone number because they will constantly bug you after your first year is up!

On the bright side, if you do this, you should receive great offers to your e-mail. My sales guy said he just received an on a 1 year contract for $40.

 

My 1 year trial just ended a few weeks ago, and I can confirm, they *do* constantly bug you. I didn't bother renewing - I liked it when I had it, but 2 weeks without it and I don't miss it. I'm listening to more of my music, to Pandora (Mini Connected), and mostly to local NPR.

 

Careful with the phone number you give Sirius. We had several disconnects from the system (both during the "free" trial and the subscription). We'd call Sirius all frustrated to have them resend the activation signal again, and they'd want the phone number tied to the account to prove who we were. Like some impostor would ever call for this! Anyway, we'd give our phone number and they would say no, wrong number. Finally figured out the dealer gave one of our work numbers when they activated.

We took our Countryman into the dealer last week for the 12 month service. We mentioned that the Sirius connection would be lost frequently and that our bluetooth paring would drop and we'd have to repair frequently. They said there was a service bulletin out on it and they are replacing the radio under warranty. So far the simple one year service has had the Countryman in the shop for almost a week.

 

Any chance you can post a copy of the TSB? We haven't had many issues with SIRIUS, but we lose the Bluetooth connection monthly.

 

Sorry, that's all we know. Will let you know if something about the TSB is printed on our receipt when we pick up the car. Right now, the dealer still has it, citing difficulties in reprogramming after the radio replacement . . . .