Another radio

Well my other Audiovox PNP 2 unit bit the dust yesterday.  The antenna connector on it degraded to the point where I had to continually press it back into place ad the slightest bump would break the connection.  So after the gym yesterday I stopped by Radio Shack and picked up a Sirius One unit.  This model is the price leader of all the Sirius receivers because it is rather barebones.  It has a single line LED display, a reduced feature set and has no home kit option as it is designed to stay in a car.  As a result it is extremely inexpensive, I got it for $29.99!

It is extremely compact and as a result can be installed very easily.  Last night I installed it in the Sentra in 45 minutes.  I love it.  Instead of having a big gooseneck mount attached to the passenger seat with a big clunky unit attached to it, I have the Sirius One neatly installed using the included sun visor clip.  It’s up out of the way, functions just fine and looks much, much cleaner than the set up I had before.  The only glitch I had was when I first fired it up, it wouldn’t hold preset stations.  A quick search on the net showed many others having the same issue which apparently was a result of a software update.  Luckily they had an update to fix the update and when the unit downloaded it the problem was fixed.  It’s a great little unit.

  Even though it isn’t designed for home/office use, I have it hooked up at work right now using the power adapter and antenna for my Xact Replay unit.  One thing I have noticed throughout my recent radio merry go round is the power and antenna connections are universal.  The power adapter I used for my Audiovox PNP2 unit works with the Xact Replay and the Sirius One unit. 

I saw episode two of Heroes last night.  It is just awesome TV.  I sort of forget that there is non-reality based tv out there. It is the type of show that you wish was longer.  The hour just flies by.