"Free" XM til Sep. 8

I know its free but I still dont turn it on, even at free its of limited value. Pandora and Slacker are the way to go for sure,

and they dont call you four times a day or fill your mailbox full of offers either

 

I don't know why you said that. They're doing the free listening few times a year like Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas for about two weeks: all I need to do is turn it on when it's available for free. Never received any calls because no credit card, no phone provided or any kind of personal information.

 

Thanks DKTVAV, you are correct, no personal information required, just turn it on and dial in! NICE!

 

Whenever those free times are on, part of me can't wait 'till they're over. Maybe 'cause we're further North, but reception drops out due to high rises and trees, to the point of being... pointless. Plus, I would never give them my credit card again, they play dirty.

 

No, it is because Sirius/XM is a satellite based system and the satellite is not focused/optimized on those areas north and south of our international borders. It appears that Sirius/XM does not like our neighbors and amigos north and south of us, eh? (I wonder if Sirius/XM is owned by a consortium of Donald Trump and Scott Walker? ) Yes, the reception will cut out under bridges and tall buildings because it is line of sight satellite. There is a delay (somewhere around 10 seconds I think) to get you through most undercrossings and tall buildings, but yes long passages out of line of sight will get you lost reception. I also find the Traffic Alerts to be worth their weight in gold here in SoCal.

If I were commuting in SoCal traffic for one hour or more each way per day, as many do, I could certainly justify the cost of the Sirius/XM service. But I am retired so I cannot justify the cost on an ongoing basis. Now FREE is fine for me every once in a while, along with my IPOD plugged into the JBL speaker system.

 

still don't like that a paid service is riddled with adds within their channels...like cable, which of course I've cut the cord to long ago

 

I had the opportunity to make a couple of 2 hour commutes over the last two days. Used the free trial of XM/Sirius (classical, 60's, Buffet, Jazz). My opinion is "MEH!" So I tuned into local FM (classical, smooth jazz, international, NPR), OMG!, wall to wall commercials! So my conclusion is to rely on my iPod plugged into the JBL speakers. Works for me!

 

all the personal information was provided to them by the dealer when you bought your car and it was turned on for the fiorst time.

every time you use it during these free events they know it and then send you all sorts of offers "We miss you" and call your phone that was provided by the dealer........ every time I use the "free" I get calls for three months.

dont think for a sec they dont know you have your radio turned on.

 

I've called the police on them five times in four years after reporting them to the do not call registry and the FCC, they still call.

I have them on blocked call list now on my cell and it still shows they try every time I turn to a Sat station.

They can tell every reciever that is tuned in, as soon as you turn it on it sends a pin to establish connection the same way your cell phone does.

 

your

You’re lucky on not getting calls.
As far as the antenna goes, not sure how much you have dealt with them on technical end but the one and only time I had to, the "tech" I was speaking with not only told me my radio number but also told me the station it was on, "pinged it" and then confirmed I changed stations twice.
That would indicate he could see live time what my radio was tuned to, aside from his looking over my shoulder I don’t know of any other way to know this. working with network deceives all day in a healthcare setting both on a wired intranet and wireless intranet I can tell you that I know of no way to ping a device with only one way communication.
If the XM receiver had only one way communication like a standard FM receiver there would be no way for them to turn your receiver off when your subscription was up.

 

Same here!

 

Your Lucky.

Between XM and Dish it feels like they make up more than half of my snail mail and almost all of my "telemarketing calls". Always the same woman who cant speak English too.

I told my sales guy if he ever gave out my cell number again I'd stuff him in a trunk.

It's about 30 days or so I guess till the wife's gives up on the new four runner guess we will see then if it starts again.
wont matter Ive had enough of a bad time with them to never turn it on even if free.

 

I've seen the sat channel referred to as XM here and in the owner's manual, but it's been Sirius/XM for many years. Is there a reason Toyota keeps calling it XM? Just curious.