|
|
|
|
|
|
BMW Garage | BMW Meets | Register | Today's Posts | Search |
|
BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum
>
My Sirius Sucks
|
|
12-19-2005, 09:43 PM | #1 |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
My Sirius Sucks
I am on a road trip and my Sirius reception is horrible. Just had it installed last Monday and left the following day. The service has been getting worse by the minute.
The first night I had it in L.A. I experienced a couple of drop outs but didn't think too much of it. The next day while driving up the 101 the service would drop out more and more until I couldn't listen to a song without two or three drop outs. Now all I see is "acquiring" on my radio display with brief spats of music. I called BMW and have an appointment on the 28th after I get home. I couldn't wait to listen to this thing on the road and I guess I will wait some more. BTW, BMW called for the 1-5 rating last night on my service. I gave them a 1.
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
12-19-2005, 09:53 PM | #2 |
Major General
155
Rep 6,158
Posts |
do you notice a correlation with the drop outs and being under bridges tall buildings ......???
not sure why you torched some poor guy on the service rating, you didn't tell us what the service guy did wrong |
Appreciate
0
|
12-19-2005, 09:59 PM | #3 | |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Quote:
BTW, I said nice things about the guy, even gave him a five. Now the work done got a 1. Obviously the antenna wasn't connected properly. I called a few friends with Sirius and none of them experience anything like this.
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-19-2005, 10:08 PM | #4 |
Major General
155
Rep 6,158
Posts |
I know there's a ton more overpasses down south,
once a min is completely unacceptable, I agree with you there. mine does cut out in certain spots (pretty dependable, I know when it'll cut out, like under most bridges and overpasses if I don't get through them fast. Glad to see you didn't give them all 1's, the radio should work better than that but you do need to send a message about the work. check out 108 maxim radio, covino and rich in the morning are friggin hillarious Feliz Knobby Job everybody!! |
Appreciate
0
|
12-19-2005, 10:13 PM | #5 | |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-20-2005, 12:33 AM | #6 |
Enlisted Member
0
Rep 47
Posts |
The quality sucks once you get it working so you're not really missing much.
__________________
E90 TiAg/Black/Walnut, Manual, ZPP, ZSP, CW, NAV, PDC, Alarm, V1.
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-20-2005, 02:18 AM | #7 |
If love is the answer,please rephrase the question
315
Rep 1,731
Posts |
I personally am not gonna reorder sirius. I think its pretty lame. The only time i use it is to listen to sports games. But other than that, i have the Nano. Plus the sat is always going out.. Going under bridges, going by the beach, entering my garage.. blah!
__________________
~*~BellasBmw~*~
Proud mama to 325i/TiAg/Black lette/Pwr seats/Sirius/Sport/Walnut/Step/Xenons/Chrome exhaust/20% tint |
Appreciate
0
|
12-20-2005, 06:01 AM | #8 |
Major General
574
Rep 6,750
Posts |
This is really discouraging about the Sirius. Then again, I'm not too happy with the current selection of stations on FM, and AM sound quality is always poor.
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-20-2005, 08:43 AM | #9 |
Second Lieutenant
2
Rep 210
Posts |
I am in the DC/Maryland area. I enjoy the sirius. It does cut out occasionally but it is satellite based and like and metro area you have obstructions. On a long trip to rural South Carolina, it performed very well-not many overpasses or obstructions along the way.
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-20-2005, 08:48 AM | #10 | |
Major General
155
Rep 6,158
Posts |
Quote:
I wasn't trying to be a dick, I used to live in fullerton, and driving around in that neck of the woods there were way more overpasses that there are up here in the bay jeezzzz |
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-23-2005, 12:24 AM | #13 | |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-23-2005, 12:33 AM | #14 | |
Major General
155
Rep 6,158
Posts |
Quote:
you're a better man than me, i'd have probably stabbed someone by now if it was me!!! |
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-23-2005, 06:49 AM | #16 |
Captain
52
Rep 996
Posts |
The sunshade and Sirius are the lamest options I have on my car. I should have got tinted windows and active steering instead.
__________________
2006 330i Monaco Blue | Grey | Walnut ...Manual | Sports | Premium | Cold | Nav | Comfort Access | PDC | Sirius | Sunshade ...M-Tec Steering Wheel | M-Tec Shifter | TLC ...Performance Center Delivery | Oct 14, 2005 |
Appreciate
0
|
12-28-2005, 01:09 PM | #17 |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Update,
I took my car in to get the Sirius checked out but there is a problem. Now that I am back in L.A. it works. It didn't work all the way up the 101 freeway past Ventura through the Bay Area and back down the 5. When I got closer to L.A it started working again. I explained the problem to the service guy but he seemed confused. How will I know if they even tried to fix it if I can't duplicate the problem? I'm picking up the car later on today, I'll hope for the best.
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-29-2005, 03:02 AM | #18 |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Well and got my car back and they were not able to fix anything. They do not know what the problem is but have had one other case of the exact same thing just a couple of days ago at the same dealership. The other guy also can't get his Sirius to work outside of the Metropolitan area. A report has been filed with BMWNA and BMW of Santa Monica is waiting for a call back instructing them as to what they need to do.
I calmly told my service advisor that if a fix is not found in two days I will be coming down for a full refund.
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-29-2005, 05:47 PM | #20 |
Major General
155
Rep 6,158
Posts |
antenna is in the shark fin,
I just took my car down the 101 to san luis obispo and it worked fine the whole time. It also works fine in the san jose area, san ramon area..... there are certain spots where it will always cut out but it's brief (some spots are clear above too, no trees or anything) sirius uses land based and sat based transmitters so maybe your sat signal is not being read.......... sirius kicks XM's butt in programming, but XM definetly has a stronger signal hope they fix it! |
Appreciate
0
|
12-29-2005, 06:32 PM | #21 | |
Lieutenant
20
Rep 510
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
Jet Black, Black Leather, Aluminum Trim, Sport, Premium, Steptronic, 35% tint
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
12-29-2005, 10:18 PM | #22 | |
Second Lieutenant
12
Rep 218
Posts |
Quote:
__________________
TiAg E90 330i 6-Speed, Silver w/gray/burl, sports package, premium package, nav, heated seats, sunshades, comfort access, satellite radio, PDC, Mattig Eyelids:rocks:
|
|
Appreciate
0
|
Bookmarks |
|
|