Hi Kevin. Okay, let's see if I can help you...Others may have already, but here's my opinion.
I'm on the bottom floor of a 3-story apartment building in Everett, Washington. With my home stereo, I have a MyFi hooked up, and my antenna on top of the stereo speaker which is on a wall next to a window...I have NO clue what direction it's facing, and I have a perfect signal. They say to point it south...I'll admit, I couldn't tell you what direction it's pointed in if my life depended on it. In my bedroom, I have the SkyFi with the SkyFi boombox...The antenna's kind of up against a wall, and my signal is great. The boombox I have (the DelPhi one) does have a headphone jack. Before I got the MyFi, this one was hooked up to my home stereo with an RCA plug plugged into the headphone jack of the boombox, and the two plugs plugged into the back of my stereo, and I had a great signal. We also have the car kit for the SkyFi installed in our van, and my wife and I get a great signal no matter where we are, even in the Cascades, heading to central Washington. The ONLY place I lose my signal is northbound on I-5 near Fort Lewis, and even that loss is only a few seconds. We travel this route between Portland Oregon and Seattle quite a bit. For some reason, I have no signal issues going from Seattle TO Portland though. As far as the repeaters go, check out the message boards at www.xm411.com. I'm sure someone there would be happy to check the map for you and let you know abought the Raleigh-Durham area...In fact, there are plenty of subscribers on the boards from that area. Registration is free, and unlike xmfans.com, they don't have one of those "Copy the text in the graphic" annoyances from what I recall. And if they do, they'll be willing to help you around that. Unfortunately, calling XM's customer service might not be a great idea...Most of the reps I've talked to have tended to be in Canada or one of the Island nations, are not XM subscribers, and are not very helpful...Although, now that XM is available legally in Canada, this may have changed. You can call them at 800-967-2346. Hope that helps. Visit my Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/wesderby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Minor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list." <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:47 PM Subject: Debating on whether to get XM, some info needed > Hi. > > With the recent discussion about XM on the list, I am seriously > considering > getting subscribed to it. I do have some questions that will influence my > decision. > > First, how well do the repeaters work? I am in a basement apartment, and > I'm not sure if my unit faces the right way. Assuming there is a repeater > in my location, Raleigh, North Carolina, how good a signal should I > expect? > Could I leave the antenna inside the apartment and still receive a signal? > Speaking of repeaters, is there a site where I can learn of repeater > locations? I have looked with a search engine, but all I find are maps of > locations, which doesn't do me a lot of good. > > My second main question deals with the boom box XM receiver. Does it have > a > headphone jack? If it doesn't, I may look at buying the home receiver > model, and take it with me to use in other locations. > > Just curious. I've heard some XM channels before, and I like the mix of > music on them. > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > Kevin Minor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
