AndersonAcres
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Sirius Starmate
I have a Sirius Starmate. I've mounted it so I can easily remove it from the windshield of my pickup and move it to the windshield of the boat.
The windshield mount that came with the Starmate has a flat spot on it, and this is where I mounted the antenna with double-sided tape. The extra antenna cord is bound to the underside of the mount with cable ties.
To move from truck to boat, I just remove the power plug from the lighter socket and un-do the suction cup. The process is reversed on the boat. Works fine. Mounting the Starmate antenna on the plastic of the windshield mount is also fine.
The problem I have is using FM to transmit to my radio. I have interference from broadcast stations on every one of the channels. The solution for me is to plug from the headphone outlet on the Starmate to the iPod plug on the dash-mounted, wired CD-Remote.
I retrofitted a Dual MXD70 AM / FM / CD - Radio in the cabin and put the wired remote in the Clarion hole on the dash. This radio doesn't have a s/n ratio as good as the Clarion, but in a boat it doesn't matter much to my half-deaf ears. What I really like about the Dual is the iPod port on the wired remote, and the fact that it plays CDs recorded in MP3 or WMA format. I've not found another reasonably priced marine stereo that has those features. I got mine from Beach Audio, best price I could find.
If you're trying to choose between XM and Sirius, they're pretty much the same. Sirius has NPR. Last I checked, XM didn't.
I have a Sirius Starmate. I've mounted it so I can easily remove it from the windshield of my pickup and move it to the windshield of the boat.
The windshield mount that came with the Starmate has a flat spot on it, and this is where I mounted the antenna with double-sided tape. The extra antenna cord is bound to the underside of the mount with cable ties.
To move from truck to boat, I just remove the power plug from the lighter socket and un-do the suction cup. The process is reversed on the boat. Works fine. Mounting the Starmate antenna on the plastic of the windshield mount is also fine.
The problem I have is using FM to transmit to my radio. I have interference from broadcast stations on every one of the channels. The solution for me is to plug from the headphone outlet on the Starmate to the iPod plug on the dash-mounted, wired CD-Remote.
I retrofitted a Dual MXD70 AM / FM / CD - Radio in the cabin and put the wired remote in the Clarion hole on the dash. This radio doesn't have a s/n ratio as good as the Clarion, but in a boat it doesn't matter much to my half-deaf ears. What I really like about the Dual is the iPod port on the wired remote, and the fact that it plays CDs recorded in MP3 or WMA format. I've not found another reasonably priced marine stereo that has those features. I got mine from Beach Audio, best price I could find.
If you're trying to choose between XM and Sirius, they're pretty much the same. Sirius has NPR. Last I checked, XM didn't.