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So Entune 2.0 is becoming even less useful than before. Oh well, entune is about the only thing I don't like (at all) in our Primes.

 

So, what happens if you do not update Entune? Can you keep Pandora, OpenTable, and Facebook Places ???
Well, it really doesn't matter to me, I have not even installed Entune on my phone nor have I registered for an Entune App Suite account. Oh, I forgot, there is no Entune App for my Windows Phone. LOL

 

This is very upsetting. I use pandora all the time. They honestly believe that taking my phone out of my pocket, starting pandora, and choosing my station, and then putting the phone back in my pocket, just to take it out whenever I want to change stations, is a real, OK alternative?

This is insane. It effectively makes it impossible to switch stations or create new stations. This might be what pushes me to go to a CarPlay aftermarket unit.

 

Yeah that is a possibility, I just hate the idea of having to take my phone out of my pocket every time I get in/out of the car, just so I can click things on a small touch screen when I have a giant one which used to do it a few inches away.

I'd be interested in replacing the head unit, there are very few "car specific" things that the head unit lets you do, like viewing some mileage information or a hybrid system indicator. There is also some kind of maintenance app where you can put things you've done into it and supposedly get reminders, I have not used it and have not seen anyone use it.(the top screen maintenance 5k mile is unrelated to this) I just would like to have wireless CarPlay, keep my XM, keep my hdradio, keep my steering wheel controls, and keep my offline GPS in addition to CarPlay GPS.

I have yet to see someone successfully do this with Gen 4/Prime, I've seen a lot of success with gen 3 though.

 

never pay full price on sirus... let you're radio go inactive and they'll send you discount's that make it a lot cheaper.

 

Just to let you know, a bit stressful, but if you call siriusxm and threaten to cancel every time you are up for renewal they will drop the price down to $5 a month. I've been doing this for years and they've moved me to the $60 per year XM Select which gets everything except Howard stern and NFL, I believe. They always offer you two other 'barely discounts' before they offer you $5 a month.

 

what good is XM in a Prius when the Prius dosent get any of the good channels over 250?

 

I agree, I would never pay more than the $5 a month discount. Luckily every time I've needed to renew I was able to achieve it, but if by chance your customer service rep doesn't want to do it you can actually cancel and then they send you an email with a special $5 a month discount for 6 months. Once you're on the discount it's a lot easier, just tell them you will cancel unless you receive the exact same discount again.

$20 a months is insane. In today's world that won't fly anymore. With FM being free, and everyone using bluetooth audio and things like Spotify and pandora. There is no way that XM should cost more than Spotify and Apple Music combined, both of which let you listen to any song you want whenever you want.

 

It's very annoying to deal with, but they follow the same strategy every time. You an get XM Select for 5$ a month, it is the 2nd highest package. To do so you have to call and cancel, tell them it is because of cost. They will offer a very small deal, like 6 months for 70$, refuse and say you still want to cancel. They will then offer 12 months for 110$, refuse again, and they will then offer 6 months for 30$.