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hhornig
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May 28, 2018

Sirius XM Portability

I have two vehicles plus my motorhome and having S-XM in each of them is cost prohibitive. Is there a receiver that can use blue tooth to play through my individual radios?
  • turbojimmy wrote:
    Yes they have a couple of different types of receivers that are portable. I have this one: Onyx Plus. You can get an extra antenna for the other vehicle so you don't have to move it.

    Or, if you have their Internet streaming package you can just stream from your phone to your car's receiver via an AUX cord or Bluetooth (if your motorhome and/or other vehicle have it). Using their streaming uses your data plan though, so be aware of that.

    Also keep in mind that you will have no Sirius/XM if you are somewhere you have no internet service on your phone.
  • Side issue. You can save $$ by going to SiriusXM website and checking out their various packages. The little info from the car dealers and any renewal minders never discuss lesser costing programming. I switched from the full package to the "Mostly Music" package. IIRC, went from $16/mo to $10/mo and got rid of all the sports, comedy, news, and political garbage. I could have went less, but I wanted my 60's on 6, 70's on 7, etc. & that was the lowest package for that. I will have to investigate the ala cart deal. I only routinely listen to maybe 10 channels.

    First trip with new camper, had no cell service at the site. So no radio via cell available.
  • We have two of the older Pioneer Innos. Battery powered so I can with head phones listen almost anywhere, easily moves from place to place and stores up to a thousand songs for those times XM is blocked. Check Ebay for used ones.
  • turbojimmy wrote:
    Yes they have a couple of different types of receivers that are portable. I have this one: Onyx Plus. You can get an extra antenna for the other vehicle so you don't have to move it.



    I have a similar one that I can move among bases I have in two vehicles and the house. If you get this type, be sure it has a provision for ala carte service. I got tired of fighting with them every year for a decent price that I switched to alacarte service. about $6?? a month for 50 stations. some of the stations I want are extra cost, IIRC 25 cents a month.
    bumpy
  • Yes they have a couple of different types of receivers that are portable. I have this one: Onyx Plus. You can get an extra antenna for the other vehicle so you don't have to move it.

    Or, if you have their Internet streaming package you can just stream from your phone to your car's receiver via an AUX cord or Bluetooth (if your motorhome and/or other vehicle have it). Using their streaming uses your data plan though, so be aware of that.
  • I don't know about a receiver that would use blue tooth to play through individual radios. But we have a Sirius receiver that I can switch from car to truck. It clips onto the vent. Somewhat of a pain to change the antenna wire from one vehicle to the other but it works for us.

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