Just "found" my satellite radio

We got our Canadian Touring Model a bit over 6 months back. Maybe a couple of times I've tapped the AM button into satellite radio, listened to some sort of infomercial. Didn't pursue it further: assumed that was as good as it got, until you phoned someone up, bought a subscription.

Anyway, last Friday night, just before we were going to leave on an extended road trip, I switched to satellite again, and had the stroke of genius to try turning the tuning dial, LOL.

What do you know: several hundred stations/channels for the asking. Been sitting there all this time. And perfect timing for discovery, on the eve of our trip.

I assume since I've "found" it, we're now in some kind of grace period, and a few months down the road this free preview might wrap up until we commit to a contract.

Anyway, is that the case? How long does the free period run? How much do they charge? Haggle room? Worth it?

 

Thanks for the info.

Hmm: is there anyway I could be being billed right now? I don't think so, until you are contacted by some provider, asked if you want to continue. How does that happen? Email, phone call?

 

I see it's XM we currently have. Is there any obstacle to subcribing to Sirius, ie: is the hardware compatible, or whatever? From what the above poster says I think not, but just thought I'd ask. CBC is on Sirius I believe.

 

I see that now. Last night, I found and printed out (((XM))) schedule first. Then the "SiriusXM" one you posted above. At first glance thought they were different, but just looking through them I'm seeing a lot of the same channels, on the same numbers. Just some minor differences in the descriptions.

Thanks.

 

Well our satellite radio just disappeared. Not sure if it was a really short trial period, or it's been sitting there for 6 months or so, unnoticed. Not a major loss I guess.

 

I started a one year subscription Sunday, so far pretty underwhelming:

Our radio is not connecting properly: multiple refresh attempts myself, then last night on the phone with them no further progress. They say they will call back with a plan "within 24~48 hours".

General impressions: spent a long time on hold, and the people manning the phones are pretty green about their product, reading from scripts. Definitely not clear on the details of the refresh process, ie: radio on, tuned to channel 001, and so on.

 

Ours worked per about a week, then no more

Yes, very funny.

Same experience with cutting out: I think it's due to satelite being much further to the south? Things like rock outcrops, or even trees. Occasional soft outages too: where the sound is still there but going "digital".

Addendum:

Finally got reception sorted last night, 3 days after starting the contract. I'm not too impressed with their support: not enough people manning the phones, very mixed knowledge of their product, and very cavalier customer treatment. I had to inititiate phone contact every time, to get it sorted.

I also see, in reading the fine print: they practice "negative billing", in other words: if you've signed a 1 year contract, they will auto-renew it (at full price). I've contacted them and changed: supposedly they will now send me an invoice, in advance of expiration date. Knock on wood.

Anyway, all sorted, got our XM