Sirius and XM merger

[twowheelnut]

my current unit is nearling 3 years old.

How the hell? All of my satrads last no more than 6 months before the antenna connections fail. I went through 3 Sirius units and 2 XM's. WTF?

 

[madmike2]

Buy a Garmin 2730 before they're gone.

 

[Randy]

My only concern is will Sirius,XM broadcast the same programming on the older (new to me 2730) ?

I couldn't imagine them not broadcasting on the current XM/Sirius units.

Hey...GB...how are you? Did you just slide back in here without any fanfare thinking we wouldn't notice? Or, did you post you're 'I'M BAAAAACK!!!!' message elsewhere and I just overlooked it?

 

[Bounce]

my current unit is nearling 3 years old.

How the hell? All of my satrads last no more than 6 months before the antenna connections fail. I went through 3 Sirius units and 2 XM's. WTF?

quit using them for bungee cords.

i lay mine in my tank bag so it's out of the weather.

 

[madmike2]

quit using them for bungee cords.
i lay mine in my tank bag so it's out of the weather.

Good point! That is probably the reason for so many failures lately (mine included). They don't respond well to the front wheel shocks and berneral road vibration when mounted on the handlebars.

 

[Grumpy]

my current unit is nearling 3 years old.

How the hell? All of my satrads last no more than 6 months before the antenna connections fail. I went through 3 Sirius units and 2 XM's. WTF?

My experience also........glad they're availble cheaply on EBay. Is yours mounted on the handlebar? I've attributed my failures to vibration in the handlebars.

jim

 

[StickyC]

There's a pretty good blurb on the AP about the hurdles they'll have to overcome to merge: Here's BusinessWeek's copy of it.

 

[chornbe]

SIRIUS AND XM MERGE
This should put an end to the great "which is better" debate.

Wow. That's pretty cool. I had absolutely no idea. Work has me out of touch with the world