Thread: Thinking of getting Sirius

It has been a long while but I'm thinking of getting Sirius again. What's a good plug and play radio that's not too expensive? I'm thinking of getting one at Walmart if they still sell them.

Be careful to get one that will work with the "2.0" version they are coming out with. It rolls out over the next couple of years in stages. Older radios will not work, such as the one in my car.

So the XM Onyx will not work?

Originally Posted by Neutron

So the XM Onyx will not work?

Nope. Just the Lynx or Edge.


SiriusXM - Shop - SiriusXM Lynx

SiriusXM - Shop - SiriusXM Edge with Vehicle Kit

I have a Lynx and it is VERY buggy.

Ugh. The Lynx and Edge are both pricey with the Lynx taking the icing here. One thing I liked about the Onyx is the price.

Originally Posted by navychop

Be careful to get one that will work with the "2.0" version they are coming out with. It rolls out over the next couple of years in stages. Older radios will not work, such as the one in my car.

Good time as any then to cancel my radios all together unless they want to comp me a replacement with the same features.

When is the 2.0 thing coming out? Will this make even the most recent radios obsolete?

Here is
some

info.

And here's the thread on it.

I'm not sure when the first radio came out, but it was in Q4 2011. Most Sirius radios will soon be garbage. I suspect there are old radios still on the market that will not be useful much longer. No Sirius car radios will work, new compliant models do not come out until the 2013 model year.

IIRC most XM radios will continue to pick up a limited selection of sat channels, but the Sirius models are all toast, unless designed for the new, improved, combined system.