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I Love SiriusI Love Howard SternI Love the Stilletoexcept for one thing:the battery life is horrible. 3-4 hours on a full charge.
What I don't understand is satellite radio pays royalties to play the music Sirius plays everyday, but regular(traditional) free radio does not. Anyway just about everthing else on this receiver is an improvement over the S50, which if I didn't state it is very similar in its functions. Note: Just to be sure your clear with my point, you can record songs with the Stiletto, you just have to be present at the time the song is being played live and hit the record button, then the song is in the receivers' memeory, but it will not do this if your playing in delayed mode, just like a tivo when you rewind live programing, you can rewind back up to an hour. I'VE NEVER USED THIS FUNCTION, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY FOR MUSIC THAT I'M ALREADY PAYING FOR. With the Sirius S50 model(the Stilettos' prediceser) you could just hit the rewind button, hit record for the song you just missed and it put the song in the receivers' memory for listening whenever you want, the Stiletto lets you rewind to the song you want to hear again just like the S50, but recording the song thats differant than the S50. Let me explain, say you heard a song you liked, but you didn't get to the receiver in time to press the love(record) button. When you hit the record button instead of putting it to memory for listing later, it puts the song in a favorites list instead, (which you can't access in the receivers menu screens only a computer) then you must connect the unit to a computer and through yahoo you must purchase this song if you want to hear it again. That is really my biggest complaint over this new receiver Sirius is making, it must have to do with infringement rights or something.
A little large for a portable unit, and non-expandable, so a fairly limited number of songs you can download to it. Nice little player. I love the ability to record any song you're listening to for playback [can not transfer to a computer, etc].
Also, it is not compatible with an outside antenna or a "repeater" system sold by Sirius. This product is great except for the fact it does not receive a signal inside your house which keeps you from ever listening to it while inside. It is portable but has weak reception.
A friend and a family member wanted to pay for my subscription. Before I called Sirius back to redeem them, I checked my checking account. That was what they did.On December 30th I went to redeem them. I was disconnected by the first two associates, the third was yawning into the phone, and finally the fourth try I got someone who could help. I finally spoke with a supervisor who agreed to refund the fees and subscription price. His credit card was double charged, and at the beginning of January when my plan renews, I was also charged. Luckily I document everyone I speak to.
The hardware and product they give you daily is phenomenal.That being said, dealing with the company itself, specifically over the phone, is an absolute nightmare. You will not want to return to regular radio again after a couple days of Sirius. Problem is they are only good towards Sirius hardware and cannot be used for subscriptions. Problem this time, I had just paid a bunch of bills out of my checking and it overdrafted my account. Both were told by Sirius operators that the easiest way was to purchase Egift Certificates, which are sent directly to the recipients email with a code to redeem them. He assured me it wouldn't be, and transferred me to customer care.At customer care, I spoke with an associate who assured me my account would be frozen, it would go into invoice billing, and I simply had to just wait for the Gift Cards to arrive in the mail. A family member called Sirius, provided a credit card, and paid for the year.
Harsh, but it is what it is.Three of my four years with Sirius, I have been lucky enough where I've had family/friends want to pay for my yearly subscription as a Birthday/Christmas present. Good luck if you have to deal with them. Obviously b/c of past issues. To top it all off, I still never got an apology from Sirius. This might actually be my last year with them because of this. I had a bad feeling but decided to go that route.
The first time a family member called Sirius, paid for the year with his credit card, and we thought it was set. I stated that my account was set to renew in a few days and this would be a problem. I'd say the average I.Q. They both contacted Sirius and asked if there were Gift Cards or Certificates that could be used towards the subscription. Sirius even refused initially to refund the overdraft fees from the bank. It is nothing but a hassle that probably will cost you days of problems. They admitted fault initially, but then began to change their stance and stated that I never had the Sirius account frozen. A week later the Gift Cards arrived.
is around 25. The associate told me I could use the Egift credits and buy Gift Cards from the Sirius shop and have them sent to me. So to put it simply, don't ask for your subscription to be paid for as a gift, and avoid dealing with Sirius directly. As far as the radio and the daily service, it is absolutely awesome. To rub extra salt in the wounds, it will take 7-10 days, my checking account is now frozen, and I have no way to use it right now. The utter incompetence of most of the customer service people is staggering. We both called Sirius and the issue was not resolved for more than a week.The second issue was a similar issue.
I called Sirius to take issue. I was furious and called Sirius once again. Not happy again, we had to haggle over the phone for a few days to get it rectified.This brings me to this year. I'm now in my 4th year with Sirius. Once again, a few days into January $150+ was withdrawn from my checking account (renewal price). Sure enough once again Sirius charged me already for the yearly renewal.
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