Toyota Sirius okay for your Prius

That is great news Coastal Dave, thanks!

Any idea where to pick up a Toyota Sirius tuner? Does the connecting wire come with tuner?

My '05 Prius is supposed to be in 2 weeks and I was just starting to research the best way to connect my PnP Sirius radio, a fully integrated unit is much better option.

 

Woo Hoo!

This was the only negative to my purchase of the Prius...with most of us being hip techie sorts (OK, so that might be oxymoronic) it's just so amazing they didn't get this taken care of sooner.

Sign me up for the Group Buy!

 

Awesome, count me in for a group buy!

 

Only 10 character display and 18 pre-sets? I'm keeping my PnP unit (Brix Streamer) and hoping Dave eventually ships out those AUX-IN kits. I wonder why the RDS portion of the MFD can display more than 10 characters but for the satellite services they only allow 10?

 

I too would be interested in a group purchase option.

Bruce

 

Why would one want one over the other? I only say that because I am happy with my usual radio station and iPod.

 

You mean XM or Sirius? They have different approaches to the music that they play. They have different sports line-ups and the talk stations are also different. You can sign-up for a free on-line trial for both services to get a taste for what they offer. They also have the full channel line-ups that you can view to see what they offer. Its mostly a matter of personal preference. Although you have die hard supporters for both camps.

 

I'm absolutely buying a kit the moment one is available. When might we expect to see complete kits with installation instructions from such vendors as Coastal Dave? Or are most people going to just order the Toyota parts and wing it?

Chris

 

I would be interested in a unit also. Thanks Jim

 

Hey Danny count me in on the group buy!

As to the XM/Sirus debate, I got Sirius about 2 years ago and at the time listened to both XM and Sirius for awhile to decide which I liked more, I ended up going with Sirius for several reasons:

1) For my tastes the Sirius music selection and channel selection fit my tastes better. This is just my opinion though, your millage may vary

2) One of XM's major investors is Clear Channel. IMHO these are the guys that responsible for the demise of FM radio with their monopolistic ownership of stations, robotizing of DJs, and (most importantly) pay to play policy (a.k.a. payola); I refuse to give them my money.

3) at the time XM had commercials on some of their own stations (both Sirius and XM have commercials on channels that are streamed from other sources such as ESPN and CNN), they have since stopped playing commercials.

4) You can listen to Sirius online (I think you can do this with XM now).

Overall, sat radio is like high speed internet, once you get it, you'll never go back.

 

hmmm interesting, thanks for the info. Do you know if Clear Channel's CFO still has a seat on the XM board of directors? He did back in the early days of XM. Of course, 2.5% is still too much of my money to send to clear channel

 

At the risk of this getting way off topic (which has probably already happened)

lol, good point.

I hear you. I don't hate Clear Channel, I believe that they are trying to maximize profits for their shareholders. What I don't agree with is the practices they use to do this. They are entitled to run their business any way they see fit (within the scope of the law) and I am entitled to not buy their service. I think for free markets to work well in society people have to be willing to put their money where their mouth is. I can't stand people who bash Walmart/MS/etc. and then do business with them to save a few bucks.

This line of thinking has a lot to do with why I'm buying a Prius (BTW my 05 Silver pkg. #6 hit the port of chicago this weekend, should be at the dealer next week!!). As an engineer working in the US automotive business I'm not happy with the way the Big 2 are making their product, so I'm not spending my money with them, and at the same time I'm impressed with Toyota as a company so I'm spending my money with them as well as putting my money toward a better stance on consumption and the environment.

 

I have Sirius and am cancelling it. I only kept it since my CD player went out in my old car, with the Prius now I have no use for it.

The part about keeping their DJs on a short leash is very true, they go in cycles, you'll hear the SAME songs OVER and OVER and OVER for a few months, and then they'll switch it up to a new set for a few months. $13/mo seemed like a lot for so little variety (even with 100s of stations, I only listen to the few I like!)

 

I'm a Sirius listener. I enjoy their style, and especially like their NPR programming, which is not available on XM.

If you want to hear "out of the ordinary" music, listen to Sirius Disorder on channel 24.

I believe that with either of the choices, you'll have enough variety if you choose to try some of the other non-pop stations.

I only wish Sirius had a movie music channel.

Count me in on the group buy!