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Originally Posted by todd s
I just bought my wife a Sirius recevier (Sportster 3). Just had a couple of questions:
1-They have a deal right now. If you pay $499 you never pay a yearly fee again. You can change radios or upgrade up to 3-times for $75 each.
2-We lease a car and nervous about installing it into a car. While sound quality is important..its not all important. My wife and I are more interested in the Nascar channels. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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What question are you asking about the lifetime subscription? Are you asking if it is a good deal? If so, it is a good deal but can end up costing a bit for those who like to switch radios a lot. If you don't see this happening, go for it.
As for the second, you can deliver sound to your car radio in 3-4 ways:
1) The built-in FM transmitter in all plug-and-play sat radios. This requires no wiring besides the cig lighter power and the antenna. Sound quality is the poorest of the options and depends on access to a fairly clean FM station.
2) A wired FM relay (like this:
FM Relay at Crutchfield). This is wired inline with your car antenna and bypasses the outside antenna when the Sirius radio is on, giving you a significant increase in signal and sound quality over the FM station. This requires minimum installation (removing radio and placing this and possibly some antenna adapters inline with the car antenna).
3) Cassette adapter (not really practical with today's CD only cars).
4) Direct connect. If you have a stereo mini-plug or stereo RCA inputs on your car stereo, this is the best option for both ease of install and sound quality. Some newer cars have these for use with an iPod or MP3 player, etc. If you don't have one of these, there may be an aftermarket solution, but it has to be installed (usually plugs into a CD changer socket on the back of the radio) or you can buy a new head unit for the car that has a mini-plug input.
Look at the Crutchfield help section for a bunch more info.