Does anyone else have problems with the Satelight radio?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by copter, Nov 17, 2013.

  1. copter

    copter Junior Member

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    I get really crappy reception. Sometimes it just doesn't work at all. I have Sirius on other cars and I was able to get reception on them. Sometimes if I'm stopped I just re-boot the car and sometimes I get signal so I don't think its all an antenna issue. Does this happen to anyone else?
     
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    I do have a few dead areas, but attribute it to Sirius/XM's reduction in terrestrial antennae in an apparent budget reducing measure.
    Friends with GM cars experience the same 'dead zones', so I don't think it's the antenna or receiver in the car.
     
    #2 danvee, Nov 17, 2013
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    The only XM reception problem I have is if I am traveling east with tall trees on my right or south side, blocking the satellites.
     
    #3 jdcollins5, Nov 18, 2013
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    Only in spelling Satellite!
     
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    Damn! spelling police got me again.
     
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    We had it for a year. In the whole it was not bad, but the drop-outs got to be really annoying, it was a factor in not renewing.

    It's my understanding that in some areas the breaks in line-of-sight are not as disruptive, there is hardware they can deploy that at least partially fixes that. Didn't happen much for us though.
     
    #6 Mendel Leisk, Nov 18, 2013
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