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Sirius XM home docks
Posted on 6/6/22 at 2:41 am
Posted on 6/6/22 at 2:41 am
Are these any good?
My parents have an old XM radio add-on unit in their 2004 Olds Alero. Finally retiring the car to back-up, emergency-car status. So, thinking about moving that unit inside their house.
Recommendations for a good home dock?
My parents have an old XM radio add-on unit in their 2004 Olds Alero. Finally retiring the car to back-up, emergency-car status. So, thinking about moving that unit inside their house.
Recommendations for a good home dock?
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Posted on 6/6/22 at 7:20 am to KCRoyalBlue
I bought a SiriusXM Onyx EZR home kit from Amazon and hooked it to my receiver on my patio. It’s worked great for a few years now.
This post was edited on 6/6/22 at 7:21 am
Posted on 6/6/22 at 7:49 am to KCRoyalBlue
No way they still make docks, it's streaming now. Just use their phone.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 8:59 am to j1897
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No way they still make docks, it's streaming now. Just use their phone.
I tried this before getting the home docking kit. It’s an option, but for me being outside a lot with music playing on the patio and out by the pool is all I wanted. Using my phone always tied my phone to the receiver ( my receiver is from the 80s and isn’t Bluetooth), plus music was always being interrupted by phone calls, alerts, and notifications. The docking kit with the SiriusXM unit is only $40 on Amazon.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 2:17 pm to KCRoyalBlue
Can't help with a dock, but picking up SXM signal in the house can be difficult. At one time I had a Roadie unit - about the size of a pack of cigs and could be used in the car or out. Just had to plug it into an SXM antenna and audio jack.
In the house was a mofo because the antenna needed to face south to catch the satellites, and the digital signal had issues coming through walls. Even in my car now with built in SXM a good stand of trees on the south side of an east/west road can cause signal issues.
In the house was a mofo because the antenna needed to face south to catch the satellites, and the digital signal had issues coming through walls. Even in my car now with built in SXM a good stand of trees on the south side of an east/west road can cause signal issues.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 2:28 pm to KCRoyalBlue
If you have to have Sirius XM, I would just stream it over an Alexa device.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 4:30 pm to KCRoyalBlue
Every smart speaker we have can stream siriusXM and we NEVER use it. I only have it because the old radio in my car SUCKS and doesn't play nice with new phones.
Posted on 6/6/22 at 4:35 pm to PJinAtl
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In the house was a mofo because the antenna needed to face south to catch the satellites, and the digital signal had issues coming through walls. Even in my car now with built in SXM a good stand of trees on the south side of an east/west road can cause signal issues.
Had one before and use to put the antenna at the bottom of a window on the south side and worked fine. As soon as I took it away no service.
Posted on 6/7/22 at 10:23 am to ReadyPlayer1
Tie Alexa into the speaker system
Posted on 6/7/22 at 10:45 am to KCRoyalBlue
I had this one for around 10 or so years - https://shop.siriusxm.com/onyx-plus-home.html
I've never had an issue with it. It has never gone down as far as I can remember. Storms don't affect it either. You can take the dock to the middle of nowhere and it works. You don't have to worry about cell signal, or a service provider going down.
When I moved a few years ago I wanted to use it in a basement, so I ran a cable to the outside, fished the cable through some conduit that I later buried, and put an external antenna on a eve of the house. No issues at all.
The home dock you'd need will depend on the model of radio they have. They are pretty cheap here : https://shop.siriusxm.com/parts/vehicle-and-home-docks/
I've never had an issue with it. It has never gone down as far as I can remember. Storms don't affect it either. You can take the dock to the middle of nowhere and it works. You don't have to worry about cell signal, or a service provider going down.
When I moved a few years ago I wanted to use it in a basement, so I ran a cable to the outside, fished the cable through some conduit that I later buried, and put an external antenna on a eve of the house. No issues at all.
The home dock you'd need will depend on the model of radio they have. They are pretty cheap here : https://shop.siriusxm.com/parts/vehicle-and-home-docks/
Posted on 6/12/22 at 11:53 am to KCRoyalBlue
Polk Audio had a receiver for a while. Not sure if they still have it.
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