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I just bought this radio at Costco for $[.]. So you can't store preset, etc. This radio looks nice, takes up little space and has great reception without the included antenna.
My niece bought it and she said the minimum Sirius subscription is $14.50/month. Eventually I will get the other speaker for stereo sound. I bought it for the FM/AM radio.
It sounds great too. So don't buy this expecting to get the minimum service level from Sirius. I like Tivoli products and already have the rechargable Pal radio but I wanted something for the office.
Con: None of the other buttons work except for tuner dial, volume, and sector switch, on/off. This is no big deal to me.Hope this helps.
This radio performs better than the WiFi radios SIRIUS offers. The sound is quite good even with the single small speaker. It is every bit as good as the other Tivoli radios The on/off button is a bit of a tiny nuisance as it takes a bit of time to turn the radio on and off. Unfortunately TIVOLI has discontinued the model.
Harsh, but it is what it is.Three of my four years with Sirius, I have been lucky enough where I've had family/friends want to pay for my yearly subscription as a Birthday/Christmas present. He assured me it wouldn't be, and transferred me to customer care.At customer care, I spoke with an associate who assured me my account would be frozen, it would go into invoice billing, and I simply had to just wait for the Gift Cards to arrive in the mail. His credit card was double charged, and at the beginning of January when my plan renews, I was also charged. Once again, a few days into January $150+ was withdrawn from my checking account (renewal price). Sirius even refused initially to refund the overdraft fees from the bank.
We both called Sirius and the issue was not resolved for more than a week.The second issue was a similar issue. They both contacted Sirius and asked if there were Gift Cards or Certificates that could be used towards the subscription. Before I called Sirius back to redeem them, I checked my checking account. The first time a family member called Sirius, paid for the year with his credit card, and we thought it was set. That was what they did.On December 30th I went to redeem them. To rub extra salt in the wounds, it will take 7-10 days, my checking account is now frozen, and I have no way to use it right now.
A friend and a family member wanted to pay for my subscription. I stated that my account was set to renew in a few days and this would be a problem. The hardware and product they give you daily is phenomenal.That being said, dealing with the company itself, specifically over the phone, is an absolute nightmare. I'm now in my 4th year with Sirius. I'd say the average I.Q. Both were told by Sirius operators that the easiest way was to purchase Egift Certificates, which are sent directly to the recipients email with a code to redeem them. Problem this time, I had just paid a bunch of bills out of my checking and it overdrafted my account. A week later the Gift Cards arrived.
I had a bad feeling but decided to go that route. So to put it simply, don't ask for your subscription to be paid for as a gift, and avoid dealing with Sirius directly. A family member called Sirius, provided a credit card, and paid for the year. The utter incompetence of most of the customer service people is staggering.
The associate told me I could use the Egift credits and buy Gift Cards from the Sirius shop and have them sent to me. You will not want to return to regular radio again after a couple days of Sirius. Sure enough once again Sirius charged me already for the yearly renewal. Not happy again, we had to haggle over the phone for a few days to get it rectified.This brings me to this year.
Problem is they are only good towards Sirius hardware and cannot be used for subscriptions. Luckily I document everyone I speak to. As far as the radio and the daily service, it is absolutely awesome. They admitted fault initially, but then began to change their stance and stated that I never had the Sirius account frozen. I was furious and called Sirius once again. This might actually be my last year with them because of this. It is nothing but a hassle that probably will cost you days of problems. I was disconnected by the first two associates, the third was yawning into the phone, and finally the fourth try I got someone who could help.
is around 25. To top it all off, I still never got an apology from Sirius. Obviously b/c of past issues. I called Sirius to take issue. I finally spoke with a supervisor who agreed to refund the fees and subscription price. Good luck if you have to deal with them.
This will be just a brief review, and only of the Sirius part of the radio - I haven't used the AM/FM part.The radio is small, and beautiful, and has absolutely terrific mono sound. Yet the signal strength meter shows "3 bars" (of 9) for the terrestrial signal - I live in Seattle where Sirius apparently has ground repeaters - so why should it ever cut out due to not seeing the satellite.Still, I'm very happy with the radio. The biggest flaw is a direct result of the design - internally this is a digital satellite radio bolted on to Tivoli's standard analog radio: The remote control doesn't control volume.
I'm using it exclusively for the 3 classical channels (and maybe the 24/7 All Elvis All The Time channel every once in awhile). The remote does have a mute function. (For a bedside/bedtime radio I see no need to buy the extra speaker for stereo sound).With Sirius of course you get whatever music/news/talk you'd like.
Amazing limitation. (XM also has 3 classical channels, later on when Sirius & XM merge there will probably still be 3 classical channels). The programming is very good.However, there are a few flaws to be aware of with this radio.
Also, it has a very limited "sleep" mode - only 20 minutes, and to get it into that mode you have to traverse the menu system - impossible to do from across the room with the remote because you can't see the menus from that distance.Also worth noting: I am using an external antenna (the "SIRIUS Outdoor Home Antenna", bought from [.]., very easy install) and the signal cuts out once in awhile - this may be due to some large trees in the line-of-site to the satellite sometimes block the satellite. 5 stars for sound + looks, then subtract one star for the annoying lack of volume control on the remote.
great if you have line of sight to the north otherwise you wont get a signal.
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