Tue 1 Jan 2008
Q: What is a Overview of satellite radio?
A: The Pay radio or the subscription radio is termed as Satellite radio. The radio is the same but it has more programs to choose from. It has three major players one which has services in Africa, Asia and Europe which is provided by WorldSpace and in North America by Sirius and XM Radio
Q: The advantages of this new radio?
A: The satellite ratio provides large variety of programs to suit each and every person they have music, weather channel, news, traffic, sports, entertainment and children channels to name a few. These channels do not have commercial. Most of the channels are commercial free. This radio has a clean, digital signal and it has almost the quality of a CD. It has no static and no interference. The radio can be heard in the comfort of home or in your car and anywhere else. You can carry your radio where ever you go to picnics, trekking or in wilderness. The only thing you need is install the program properly on your equipment. The equipment has the display for the channels, music, songs and the artists.
Q: What are the disadvantages?
A: Most of the world receives the satellite radio but places like Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. Territories cannot receive the signal. They do not have local stations but they can receive the weather channels which are provided by XM and Sirius.
Q: What are the difference between XM and Sirius radio?
A: The few differences between the XM and Sirius radio are the XM provides 150 channels and the XM has 120 channels. The racing channels provided by both are different and the XM has Major League Baseball, PG Tour, ACC, Big Ten, and Pac-10 football whereas Sirius have live NFL, NHL, and NBA, English Premier League soccer and college Sports game. The only similarity is the price and they both charge $12.95 per month as their subscription money.
Q: Installing a satellite radio?
A: First thing you need is radio receiver that picks up the signal from communication satellites and delivers. A radio tuner is required which can pass the signal from the radio antenna to the receiver. The three basic types of radio tuners are the plug-and-play satellite radio tuners which can be used in the car or at home or with a portable boom box. For all this you just need one subscription. The other types include the universal tuners which is satellite radio ready receivers with a built in satellite radio tuner. The last one is the Home Satellite radio tuners which can be used at home.
The other item is a satellite radio receiver which can help in selecting the channels and categories with which the viewer can view the information of the songs and artists. You will need the subscription to receive the program.
If you want to have the best quality sound in your car you can choose between these three options:
1. in-dash receiver with a built-in satellite radio tuner
2. “satellite radio-ready” receiver connected to an external satellite radio tuner
3. Plug-and-play satellite radio tuner connected to your car stereo’s auxiliary input.