XM radio and personal oppinions

[cubcake1]

Anyone have a XM radio boombox, and what do you think of it? Can it travel in a car and still receive a signal, what about indoors like a mall, can you walk around with it or does it need a huge external antenna that has to be stationary?

Whats the word on XM?

 

[Professur]

I seem to recall Unc having that.

 

[Mirlyn]

My friend has the Delphi unit, which you can buy many different kits for. There are kits for a car, for a home stereo, and there is a speaker setup which this unit fits into for a "boombox." He has the car kit for use in a car (uses a magnetic antenna the size of a large egg) and the home kit which plugs into his stereo. The home kit has an antenna that looks like a fin and must be put in a window for it to work. Its all line of sight stuff, so we'll lose signal downtown, or when going under a long overpass/tunnel. However, there is a buffer (4 seconds I think) that helps with that.

 

[Inkara1]

Unc has the XM setup in his truck. It's an Alpine headunit if I remember right, meaning he probably wouldn't have much to say about the Delphi unit specifically.