SirusPrius showing "Lifeline 8"

Hi there!

I have both a SiriusPrius (wife's car) and a XMPrius (my car). Had both for about a year. Install was easy, and they've been working great... until now.

Suddenly, my wife's Sirius Prius won't show any satellite stations, and won't play any music. It shows the station number, but that's it. Going to the 'text' screen shows "Lifeline 8".

AM and FM both work fine, all other functions seem fine. I'm worried this is some kind of internal error or something.

Checked Sirius and I have a 'live' subscription (annual), so I don't think that's it.

I've also dropped a note to FactoryInteractive, so hopefully I'll hear from them as well. But this is making my wife nuts, so obviously it's a top priority for me <grin>...

I'm tempted to pull the 12v battery and 'reboot' the entire car. But given it resets everything, I'm not crazy about that idea...

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

pat

 

Well, so folks know, talked to Jon @Factory Interactive (PriusXM/PruisSirius). He already overnighted me a replacement reciever, so I'll have to pop in the replacement.

Don't have time today, but it's really only about 20 minutes work.

PS: Yeah, I recommend Jon's stuff. Installed 1 of each in my own cars, both worked flawlessly (except this, which clearly ain't his fault). All the wiring is very professional, and having the CD install instructions avoid the usual (mis)interpretation of instructions...

No wires cut, easy to remove if I ever want to, works with everything in 2006 and 2005.

pat