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Puddle Jumper
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Stony Mountain, MB Canada | I am currently using a Sirus Starmate 5 mounted under my Tour Tech GPS, I plugged it directly into the Auxillery input cord in the left hand storage compartment on my 2009 Vision. The problem I am having is with the plug in on the docking station for the satellite antenna, it looses the conection for the antenna. This is the third docking station that I went through with this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like to stay with Sirus as I have 3 radios on my subscription. I don't know if there is a better docking station out there that can take the viberation of the bike or if there is a Sirus equivelant to the permanent XM model part # 2876115 that I could install and use my Sirus subscription instead of getting a new XM subscription just for my Vision? |
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Tourer
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Carrollton, TX | I have the Victory Vision XM radio installed on my Vision and it works awesome. It gets great reception and the full integration with the electronics is awesome. It is a little bit more money but worth it. You can take one of your Sirus subscriptions and move it to the Vision XM radio as Sirus and XM are the same now. It is easy and you will have great Sirus – XM radio reception and reliability. I listen to either my XM or iPod all the time. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | Hey Spock are u sure u can more a Sirius subscription over to cm? I ask as I have both and when I asked to get a discount they said it couldn't be done at this time because by law they were still considered two different companies.?? |
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Cruiser
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mansfield, MA United States | I have the Zumo 550 GPS/XM. I wired it into the stereo by splicing into my ipod cable and installing a stereo jack. I like the setup because it mutes the radio when I have a command from the gps. I know its XM but I have traffic nav on it too. I love that because I travel thro the city often and it tells me if there is a backup in traffic or a accident. And it routs me around it. I did the lifetime subscription because its on the antenna not the radio. If I get a new bike I can leave the GPS on this one and just take the antenna. It works grate! I did a 9 day trip to Nova Scotia and never changed the channel!! |
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Cruiser
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| nealwirgau - 2010-08-23 8:56 AM
I am currently using a Sirus Starmate 5 mounted under my Tour Tech GPS, I plugged it directly into the Auxillery input cord in the left hand storage compartment on my 2009 Vision. The problem I am having is with the plug in on the docking station for the satellite antenna, it looses the conection for the antenna. This is the third docking station that I went through with this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions? I would like to stay with Sirus as I have 3 radios on my subscription. I don't know if there is a better docking station out there that can take the viberation of the bike or if there is a Sirus equivelant to the permanent XM model part # 2876115 that I could install and use my Sirus subscription instead of getting a new XM subscription just for my Vision? I have used a Starmate V on my Vision for approx. a year/12K miles with no problems. It is mounted on the center console using the windshield mount included in the kit. I am using the suction cup for mounting and it very rarely comes loose from the console. I have the wires on the left side of the console inside black flexible plastic wire loom available at any auto parts store. As to the sound quality it is much better than the AM/FM radio which is a cruel joke in my opinion. It's reception in rural areas is almost non existent. With the Starmate antenna puck mounted on top of the dash reception only cuts out under gas station canopies and parking garages.
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Tourer
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Carrollton, TX | Arkainzeye - 2010-08-23 10:00 AM Hey Spock are u sure u can more a Sirius subscription over to cm? I ask as I have both and when I asked to get a discount they said it couldn't be done at this time because by law they were still considered two different companies.?? I think you can now. I know I have access to all the Sirus and XM channels now. I'd check but a friend of mine had a truck with XM and traded the truck in for a new one that had Sirus and his same membership worked on the Sirus unit. |
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Puddle Jumper
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Stony Mountain, MB Canada | The suction cup mount you are using probably absorbs enough of the viberation from the bike that it doesn't affect the plug on the docking station for the antenna.
I can't use that method of mounting it, as I have my GPS mounted in the factory position between the ignition key and the radio display with a sustom mount that raises the GPS up high enough to tuck the Sirus radio underneath it. I have it set up so you can't take the Sirus head off the docking station without removing the GPS out of it's mount, to try and deter theft when I am parked at a hotel for the night.
I think I have the problem solved now, I took a new docking station and a new antenna to a dealer for 2 way radios that I deal with for my work and they are going to cut the antenna lead wire down to 3 feet in length and then hard wire and solder it into the docking station.
I will know how it will work after my next ride to see if that will cure all of the problems that I have been having. |
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Is XM radio worth installing on my vision (Sound Quality)
