Nickname: Coldfinger

Review: Have three RoadXM's. One in each car and a "Boom Box". Received small resistor type wiring shields to correct the problem, this week. No charge. Simply snap them around the wires. Wa La! All fixed.

Date reviewed: Aug 24, 2006 10:30 PM

Nickname: PJbits

Review: This is an attempt by the conservative run FCC to monopolize radio industry and help the right wing monopoly companies, like Clear Channel and Cumulus. Micheal Powell and his FCC buddies are behind all of this and it is the same reason only foul mouthed liberal DJs, like Howard Stern, get fired but other trashy vulgur DJs, like Walton and Johnson and republican talk shows, like Michael Savage, stay on the air. Michael Savage was fired from MSNBC wishing all gay people die of aids and he uses his same trash show every evening all over the radio, but the right wing FCC hypocrites never would pull or fine Michael Savage from the airwaves via Clear Channel. Now they want to control what we listen to, like the Ayatollah or other regimes. XM radio must fight this tooth and nail.

Date reviewed: Aug 24, 2006 8:29 PM

Nickname: Sat Dealer

Review: I work for one of the dealers of both XM and Sirius radio. The FCC's testing has hurt sales some and with the upcoming shopping season and the will be lack of Roady XT and the possible Skyfi2 sales for XM will be drastically hurt. Also the sales due to the lack of sportscasters has hurt the sales briefly and at a better time for Sirius. Also if a buy rating should be given it should be to Sirius with the football season getting in to full swing. And as well as the better channel order setup. It is much more user friendly. -Ryan

Date reviewed: Aug 22, 2006 3:49 PM

Nickname: parker

Review: Well well, the FCC needs to stick its nose into another product. Seems to me the FCC is pissed because it can't seek and fine the XM stations, which it is hoping to be able to do in the near future. I think the jolly bunch of jack-booted communistic freaks need to grow up. This isn't the 1940s. I don't know why they feel the need to "protect" anyone. This is America, MY America and I am tired of the FCC, or any government yahoos thinking they have the right to pander their agenda. And please try to explain how it would "corrupt" the FM wave-band.

Date reviewed: Aug 20, 2006 11:03 PM

Nickname: Tower Guy

Review: I work in TV. I took a call from a guy who lost channel 6 reception every afternoon at 3:30. It turns out his neighbor came home from work at 3:30 and left his satellite radio turned on in his truck. He had set his radio for 87.7, the same frequency that channel 6 audio uses.

Date reviewed: Aug 17, 2006 8:33 PM

Nickname: jcb322000

Review: If the FCC is so concerned about radio interference why don't they protect the AM bands from the stray RF generated by welders and old motors that are carried in power lines for many miles?

Date reviewed: Aug 17, 2006 1:22 AM

Nickname: sonicdog

Review: I have a question. Do the iPod devices have the same issues? I know that there are add-ons that allow iPods to play on FM stations.

Date reviewed: Aug 15, 2006 9:35 PM

Nickname: Jim

Review: I find that with my Sirius radio I need to use a FM frequency with little to no signal from a radio station do be able to hear the Sirius channel. That means that no matter how strong my radio is transmitting on that FM frequency no one in a car nearby would be listening to it anyway. From my experience this sounds like it should be a non-issue.

Date reviewed: Aug 15, 2006 6:05 PM

Nickname: GoldenEagle

Review: Honestly, the FCC's continued effort to "protect" traditional FM stations at the expense of new technologies is my biggest pet peeve with them. This battle started long ago with FM transmitters for CDs, which the FCC forced to be at such a low power rating that they hardly worked. Of course, this forced people to use the cassette adapters, which result in a sound quality from CD that is worse than with digital FM broadcast. My transmitter for my MP3 player is so weak that I have to turn the player and radio up all the way in order for it to work (and there is still too much static). The fact that they are doing it to satellite radio does not surprise me. I have never heard a consumer complain about frequency interference from the personal transmitter of a passing car (not saying it does not happen, but have never heard the complaint). This is likely the result of lobbying by FM broadcasters who use the government to hinder competition.

Date reviewed: Aug 14, 2006 7:23 PM

Nickname: The MBA

Review: If you look at the subscription numbers and cost of customer acquisition for satellite radio you begin to realize that this is a failed business model. I predict that what will happen is that satellite radio will become exactly like paid terrestrial broadcasting, but with more channels. There will still of course be premium subscription-only channels, but the majority will be free. Using the FM band to convey audio is a pathetic technical kludge that destroys audio quality. The satellite radio companies should be concentrating on having their radios pre-installed in as many vehicles as possible. Another suggestion would be to bring a class-action lawsuit against the OEM car radio manufacturers that don't build a "line-in" jack on their radios to allow for the hooking up of external audio devices.

Date reviewed: Aug 14, 2006 4:44 PM