Howard Stern Sirius Debut

[MTK]

How do those boom boxes work? Do you have to hook it up to an antenna indoors or something? If I were to break down and get sirius, I would want the plug and play one that I can listen to at work too. Otherwise it's not worth it to me.

[redrock-skins]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

How do those boom boxes work? Do you have to hook it up to an antenna indoors or something? If I were to break down and get sirius, I would want the plug and play one that I can listen to at work too. Otherwise it's not worth it to me.

I don't have a boombox, but my guess is the antenna would have to be placed where any other antenna normally would (usually near a window or outside). The boombox and compatable receiver are usually seperate purchases, but could be sold as a combo. I have mine in the window at home. At the office, hopefully you are near a window or you may have issues with reception. Sirius does plan to stream Howard online for subscribers as soon as they figure out how to make it available, which would solve some recpetion issues for people.

Whatever unit you get, test it by using the free channel that they beam to every radio. See if it not only gets a good signal, but holds the signal with minimal disruption. Then activate it if everything is fine. If not, take the unit back.

I had the Starmate 1 and it couldn't hold a signal, but I got the Starmate Replay and everything works great.