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[TheCouchCruncher]

Live in the US and interested in getting satellite radio.

We can't get regular radio in the building at work. Will satellite
work?
Do I need to get an antenna? The sell on with an atenna with 35 foot cable that
will reach to the outside if needed.
Work in cube. Is it possible for several poeple to all listen to one
station with a couple of headphones?
Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
miss listening to the radio. We use to sit near windows now we don't
and can't get radio.

[Mark S.]

"TheCouchCruncher" <frednospam@virtua.org> wrote in message
news:f1c4762.0411121044.2601d6ac@posting.google.com...
> Live in the US and interested in getting satellite radio.
>
> We can't get regular radio in the building at work. Will satellite
> work?
> Do I need to get an antenna? The sell on with an atenna with 35 foot cable
that
> will reach to the outside if needed.
> Work in cube. Is it possible for several poeple to all listen to one
> station with a couple of headphones?
> Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
> miss listening to the radio. We use to sit near windows now we don't
> and can't get radio.

If your place of work is in a large city, then there is a likelihood that
there is a terrestrial repeater near you and you might have some luck with
satellite radio at your cubicle. The satellite signal will probably have
some difficulty getting to you indoors with all the metal, but it's happened
before. If you can get the satellite radio antenna near a south facing
window for XM or a north facing window for Sirius, you should be able to
reliably get the satellite signal. As for the several people listening to
the same station, yes, you could buy a splitter from radio shack to hook up
a couple of pairs of headphones to the one jack. I'd suggest getting
headphones that would have their own volume controls so that everyone could
select the volume that's comfortable for them. I'm guessing this would work
alright up to about 4 pairs of headphones. If you're going to go much more
than that, I'd consider some sort of audio distribution amplifier as the
power coming out of the headphone jack isn't made for driving a whole lot of
headphone sets at the same time.

As for buying an antenna, when you buy the satellite radio, you will buy a
home cradle too so that you will have the power adapter to run it in your
place of work. This home cradle kit also comes with an antenna. Some of
the antennas that you can buy separately are of better quality, may have
longer cables, and they also sell 50 foot extension cables separately, too.




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[John A. Weeks III]

In article <f1c4762.0411121044.2601d6ac@posting.google.com>,
TheCouchCruncher <frednospam@virtua.org> wrote:

> We can't get regular radio in the building at work. Will satellite
> work?

If you cannot get FM, you most likely will have no chance of
getting satellite radio. How about subscribing to the streaming
options? You get it as part of the basic package with Sirius,
or as an add-on to XM.

-john-

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[Bonehenge]

On 12 Nov 2004 10:44:27 -0800, frednospam@virtua.org
(TheCouchCruncher) wrote:


>Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
>miss listening to the radio.

How about an online subscription to XM?

It streams through your PC, no radio required. A trial subscription
is free via <http://www.xmonline.com>

I wouldn't doubt that Sirius offers a similar service.

Barry

[bugman]

In article <t55ap09t9kvq3bcmgs38ert5mib8dr9dc7@4ax.com>,
Keep_it_in_the_newsgroup_please@aol.com says...
> On 12 Nov 2004 10:44:27 -0800, frednospam@virtua.org
> (TheCouchCruncher) wrote:
>
>
> >Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
> >miss listening to the radio.
>
> How about an online subscription to XM?
>
> It streams through your PC, no radio required. A trial subscription
> is free via <http://www.xmonline.com>
>
> I wouldn't doubt that Sirius offers a similar service.
>
> Barry
>
Sirius offers the same. 3 day trial. With the Sirius service you
unlimited Internet access at no extra cost. Just the music channels
though.

[Mark S.]

"bugman" <bugmanPANTs@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1bfeed28de5d0d7f989685@news-60.giganews.com...
> In article <t55ap09t9kvq3bcmgs38ert5mib8dr9dc7@4ax.com>,
> Keep_it_in_the_newsgroup_please@aol.com says...
> > On 12 Nov 2004 10:44:27 -0800, frednospam@virtua.org
> > (TheCouchCruncher) wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
> > >miss listening to the radio.
> >
> > How about an online subscription to XM?
> >
> > It streams through your PC, no radio required. A trial subscription
> > is free via <http://www.xmonline.com>
> >
> > I wouldn't doubt that Sirius offers a similar service.
> >
> > Barry
> >
> Sirius offers the same. 3 day trial. With the Sirius service you
> unlimited Internet access at no extra cost. Just the music channels
> though.

You can get a one week online streaming trial if you use the Sirius
advertisement link at the top of Howard Stern's webpage, www.howardstern.com

If you subscribe to Sirius you do get online streaming for no extra charge.
It is 32k/sec so it's not the best audio quality. On XM you can subscribe
to JUST the online streaming for $8/mo, and their online streaming has a
32k/sec setting and a 64k/sec setting. If you subscribe to XM and want the
online streaming option, it is NOT included, but is $4/mo extra. If you
have to use online streaming and don't want to buy a satellite radio, and
still want XM or Sirius programming, than XM would be the cheaper option.
If you want satellite radio with online streaming, Sirius would be the
cheaper option. The best option would be since he has a window to just buy
a real satellite radio as this would beat online streaming quality hands
down, then he can choose either XM or Sirius based on their programming.

[Truth]

> Live in the US and interested in getting satellite radio.
>
> We can't get regular radio in the building at work. Will satellite
> work?

I wouldn't count on it. If you can't get regular radio, then satellite will most
likely not work either. Best thing to do is to see if anyone that you know, or
that works in that building has a roady2, or similar radio that they could just
bring in from their car and you could try it out and see.

> Do I need to get an antenna? The sell on with an atenna with 35 foot cable that
> will reach to the outside if needed.

This is true. If you do have a way to put an antenna outside and have a cable
running in to your radio, then you would not have a problem.

Since you can't get any regular radio in your building, this next idea will
probably not work for you anyway, but I noted that if I have the Roady2 on in the
car outside, I can tune in the Roady2 and hear XM radio inside the house via the FM
transmitter. Or likewise, if I have the Roady2 on in the house, I can drive down
a block away and still hear the XM channel from the Roady2 on the car radio before
it fades out.

> Work in cube. Is it possible for several poeple to all listen to one
> station with a couple of headphones?

Get one like the Roady2 or SkyFi2 with built in FM modulator. Then each person
in each cubicle could wear FM walkmans tuned in to the FM channel you have your XM
set to transmit on. Or for Sirius or XM radio without a modulator, you can get
the Ccrane FM transmitter or one from Radio Shack and do the same thing.

[D Ray]

frednospam@virtua.org (TheCouchCruncher) wrote in message news:<f1c4762.0411121044.2601d6ac@posting.google.com>...
> Live in the US and interested in getting satellite radio.
>
> We can't get regular radio in the building at work. Will satellite
> work?
> Do I need to get an antenna? The sell on with an atenna with 35 foot cable that
> will reach to the outside if needed.
> Work in cube. Is it possible for several poeple to all listen to one
> station with a couple of headphones?
> Looking for possible options. Know nothing about satellite radio and
> miss listening to the radio. We use to sit near windows now we don't
> and can't get radio.

This may be of interest to you.

Before Christmas, XM will release a local "repeater". If you can
place the repeater where the signal CAN be received (elsewhere in a
building, for example) you should be able to receive XM from elsewhere
in the building. This should also allow the placement of a repeater
in an office building to service numerous XM radios within the
building.

I don't really know details of it, but it is coming. Pricing will be
about $149.

[Truth]

> Before Christmas, XM will release a local "repeater". If you can
> place the repeater where the signal CAN be received (elsewhere in a
> building, for example) you should be able to receive XM from elsewhere
> in the building. This should also allow the placement of a repeater
> in an office building to service numerous XM radios within the
> building.
>
> I don't really know details of it, but it is coming. Pricing will be
> about $149.

It's even cheaper and called the Roady2. You put it where the signal can be received, then tune in the signal from
any FM radio in every room of the house.

[Mark S.]

"Truth" <yenc@sucks.com> wrote in message
news:41981351.FE37BA31@sucks.com...
>> Before Christmas, XM will release a local "repeater". If you can
>> place the repeater where the signal CAN be received (elsewhere in a
>> building, for example) you should be able to receive XM from elsewhere
>> in the building. This should also allow the placement of a repeater
>> in an office building to service numerous XM radios within the
>> building.
>>
>> I don't really know details of it, but it is coming. Pricing will be
>> about $149.
>
> It's even cheaper and called the Roady2. You put it where the signal
> can be received, then tune in the signal from
> any FM radio in every room of the house.

No that's not what they're referring to. There's a Sirius home repeater
that's being released for $129 I think which you put somewhere that can
receive the Sirius sat signal then it retransmits the entire data stream to
separate receivers that you hook up to your Sirius radios around the house
so they can all tune different stations independantly of each other, plus
you keep the song and title display and audio quality (over that of an FM
modulator). The downside is you have to buy a separate receiver for each
Sirius radio. The repeater set up only comes with one. I have not heard of
XM having something similar yet.

[Truth]

> >> Before Christmas, XM will release a local "repeater". If you can
> >> place the repeater where the signal CAN be received (elsewhere in a
> >> building, for example) you should be able to receive XM from elsewhere
> >> in the building. This should also allow the placement of a repeater
> >> in an office building to service numerous XM radios within the
> >> building.
> >>
> >> I don't really know details of it, but it is coming. Pricing will be
> >> about $149.
> >
> > It's even cheaper and called the Roady2. You put it where the signal
> > can be received, then tune in the signal from
> > any FM radio in every room of the house.
>
> No that's not what they're referring to.

But if you think about it, it is doing exactly the same thing. That is the
irony of it all.

> There's a Sirius home repeater
> that's being released for $129 I think which you put somewhere that can
> receive the Sirius sat signal then it retransmits the entire data stream to
> separate receivers that you hook up to your Sirius radios around the house
> so they can all tune different stations independantly of each other, plus
> you keep the song and title display and audio quality (over that of an FM
> modulator). The downside is you have to buy a separate receiver for each
> Sirius radio.

With the Roady2 you don't have to buy anything else, just use the FM radios you
already have in each room.

See, they are trying to do the exact same thing, but in a more complicated way
with more equipment. That is what is so ironic.

> The repeater set up only comes with one. I have not heard of
> XM having something similar yet.

Roady2. Only it is so simple, that people don't get it I guess.

[Mark S.]

"Truth" <yenc@sucks.com> wrote in message
news:419915E9.4FE7C5DC@sucks.com...
>> >> Before Christmas, XM will release a local "repeater". If you can
>> >> place the repeater where the signal CAN be received (elsewhere in a
>> >> building, for example) you should be able to receive XM from elsewhere
>> >> in the building. This should also allow the placement of a repeater
>> >> in an office building to service numerous XM radios within the
>> >> building.
>> >>
>> >> I don't really know details of it, but it is coming. Pricing will be
>> >> about $149.
>> >
>> > It's even cheaper and called the Roady2. You put it where the signal
>> > can be received, then tune in the signal from
>> > any FM radio in every room of the house.
>>
>> No that's not what they're referring to.
>
> But if you think about it, it is doing exactly the same thing. That is
> the
> irony of it all.
>
>> There's a Sirius home repeater
>> that's being released for $129 I think which you put somewhere that can
>> receive the Sirius sat signal then it retransmits the entire data stream
>> to
>> separate receivers that you hook up to your Sirius radios around the
>> house
>> so they can all tune different stations independantly of each other, plus
>> you keep the song and title display and audio quality (over that of an FM
>> modulator). The downside is you have to buy a separate receiver for each
>> Sirius radio.
>
> With the Roady2 you don't have to buy anything else, just use the FM
> radios you
> already have in each room.
>
> See, they are trying to do the exact same thing, but in a more complicated
> way
> with more equipment. That is what is so ironic.

It's not the exact same thing. For the record, most Sirius PnP's have a
built in RF modulator anyways. What the repeater accomplishes is, is that
you can have as many different radios as you want all listening to different
channels if you so desire. The built in RF modulator is only useful if you
want to listen to one station in every room and either don't want to lug the
receiver to those rooms or you can't get a signal there. I'm sure you will
agree that the RF modulator signal is inferior to the signal provided by the
aux outs. Well with the home repeater you can have your aux out quality and
the full selection of channels from every room. It's like the difference
between hooking up a satellite dish receiver to all of the TV's in your
house all watching the same channel, and hooking up a multiswitch and each
TV has it's own box and now they're free to all choose what channel they
want to watch, at the same time with better quality.

>> The repeater set up only comes with one. I have not heard of
>> XM having something similar yet.
>
> Roady2. Only it is so simple, that people don't get it I guess.

That's not the answer to everyone's problems is the issue. If it was,
there's no reason why Sirius wouldn't work since they have the exact same
thing.

[D Ray]

>
> No that's not what they're referring to. There's a Sirius home repeater
> that's being released for $129 I think which you put somewhere that can
> receive the Sirius sat signal then it retransmits the entire data stream to
> separate receivers that you hook up to your Sirius radios around the house
> so they can all tune different stations independantly of each other, plus
> you keep the song and title display and audio quality (over that of an FM
> modulator). The downside is you have to buy a separate receiver for each
> Sirius radio. The repeater set up only comes with one. I have not heard of
> XM having something similar yet.

The XM repeater is to be available shortly. I've seen nothing about
Sirius having such a product this year.