Sirius Reception
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Sirius Reception
My satellite radio has brief breaks in reception fairly often. Happens probably every 5 mins or so. They last a second or so just long and frequent enough to be annoying. Not sure if this is a new issue, maybe since the sirius/xm channel programming merge, or if I've been blinded by how good the rest of the truck is and haven't really noticed till now or what. True love is blind you know. Has anyone else experienced this and if so found a fix for it? Looking for any tips to help resolve this issue.
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My satellite radio has brief breaks in reception fairly often. Happens probably every 5 mins or so. They last a second or so just long and frequent enough to be annoying. Not sure if this is a new issue, maybe since the sirius/xm channel programming merge, or if I've been blinded by how good the rest of the truck is and haven't really noticed till now or what. True love is blind you know. Has anyone else experienced this and if so found a fix for it? Looking for any tips to help resolve this issue.
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It appears to be wide-spread issue across a number of receiver platforms. I had noticed the dropouts while listening on my way to and from work. Then this weekend I noticed the same dropouts listening via. Dish Network. Did a quick google search and there appears to be others having the same issue. Nothing posted on Sirius's site though.
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You are lucky to lose CNN. I have Sirius in my Jetta and my truck and no problems what so ever. Could be sun spots, sat radio is useless in any big city.....
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From: Sugar Land, TX
This past Saturday, I was having all kinds of reception issues. I was getting crackling and popping noises to the point I couldn't understand what was even being said. I thought maybe I had a speaker wire loose or something wrong with the antenna. Then I changed stations and everything sounded great. It was just certain stations that were not coming through. Glad to hear others are having the same issues and it's not my truck.
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From: Louisiana
It was likely rain fade from where the signal originates. Some content is broadcast from the east coast and some from the west coast. Some content is transfered from one location to the transmiter location to be sent to the satelites. lots of time for a problem to occur.
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From: Colorado foot hills
Agree!
Sirius has been s**t lately. Here in Colorado, foliage is NEVER the issue and I have seen a lot of drops/fade in clear skys.
We're all paying a lot for sketchy/distorted reception!
jammer
Sirius has been s**t lately. Here in Colorado, foliage is NEVER the issue and I have seen a lot of drops/fade in clear skys.
We're all paying a lot for sketchy/distorted reception!
jammer
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My satellite radio has brief breaks in reception fairly often. Happens probably every 5 mins or so. They last a second or so just long and frequent enough to be annoying. Not sure if this is a new issue, maybe since the sirius/xm channel programming merge, or if I've been blinded by how good the rest of the truck is and haven't really noticed till now or what. True love is blind you know. Has anyone else experienced this and if so found a fix for it? Looking for any tips to help resolve this issue.
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From: K.C. MO
I have been noticing it also with an uninterupted view of the satelites. It sounds like the older CD players "skipping" from a bump or something. The sound quality overall is fine, just a little hiccough every 5-10 minutes or so.
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I have had no problems with it in my truck. But my sky dock on XM has been spotty. I do notice more that heavy trees and bridges cause more problems now then they did when it was 2 different company's and before the channel merge.