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What is Sirius?

#1 Lomag

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 07:46 PM

What is Sirius?

Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.

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Posted 31 August 2005 - 02:52 PM

Lomag, on Aug 5 2004, 07:46 PM, said:

How do you know if you have Sat radio. Do you need the nav option?

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Posted 31 August 2005 - 11:20 PM

Prodigal545i, on Aug 31 2005, 12:52 PM, said:

Lomag, on Aug 5 2004, 07:46 PM, said:

How do you know if you have Sat radio. Do you need the nav option?

You don't need Nav to have the Sat radio. Mine has Sat and no Nav. If available on your car it should appear in the Entertainment menu between radio and CD.

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Posted 10 August 2008 - 11:55 PM

can Sirius or XM be added to the NAV system if i buy a used E60 with out it ?

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 11:23 PM

NapaCoach, on Aug 10 2008, 09:55 PM, said:

can Sirius or XM be added to the NAV system if i buy a used E60 with out it ?

a couple threads you may find helpful..

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry450729

and

http://forums.e60.ne...showtopic=53238

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Posted 04 September 2008 - 11:27 PM

Whoa!

I love the way a thread from 2004 can just "reappear" nearly 4 years later! :lol:

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Posted 19 October 2008 - 08:32 AM

flyingpuck, on Sep 5 2008, 12:27 AM, said:

Whoa!

I love the way a thread from 2004 can just "reappear" nearly 4 years later! :lol:

I am getting a new 535 with Sirius, I understand that you get one year free and then have to pay, what is the cost?

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Posted 19 October 2008 - 09:32 AM

V70Cat, on Oct 19 2008, 09:32 AM, said:

I am getting a new 535 with Sirius, I understand that you get one year free and then have to pay, what is the cost?

Currently, it's $12.95/month but you can get a discount if you subscribe for a longer term and pay a lump sum up front.

With the merger of Sirius and XM, there are some new packages that offer programming from both providers (and currently costs $16.95/month) but as of now, the hardware in the BMW does not support these new packages...

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Posted 19 October 2008 - 09:39 AM

Rudy, on Oct 19 2008, 10:32 AM, said:

I really enjoy the SAT radio option on my BMW. And I got the discounted price with a one-year subscription. You also, with your subscription, can access Sirius online and get a limited number of channels to listen on your PC.

Earlier this year at one of the car shows I saw a demo of Sirius' future "interactive" receiver. For travelers it will download local information and presented it in a graphical fashion. Some of the info will include gasoline prices and traffic data. I don't know if those receivers are out yet.

SAT radio on BMW's doesn't offer this utility. Newer BMW Nav includes traffic updates and I suppose those of us in the US will get more data pushed to our cars in the years ahead. I've not actually used Microsoft's solutions on new Ford products but their ads look pretty slick. Their voice interaction (once again based on their advertising) looks more intuitive than BMW's current solutions.

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Posted 19 October 2008 - 09:44 AM

luigi524td, on Oct 19 2008, 10:39 AM, said:

I saw a demo of Sirius' future "interactive" receiver at one of the car shows this year. For travelers it downloaded local information and presented it in a graphical manner. Some of the info included gasoline prices and traffic data.

SAT radio on BMW's doesn't offer this utility. Newer BMW Nav includes traffic updates and I suppose those of us in the US will get more data pushed to our cars in the years ahead. I've not actually used Microsoft's solutions on new Ford products but their ads look pretty slick. Their voice interaction (once again based on their advertising) looks more intuitive than BMW's current solutions.

The interactive stuff is called Sirius "Travel Link" http://www.sirius.com/travellink and, right now, is only offered on Ford products. The Travel Link offering is similar to the "Backseat TV" offering I have on my Chrysler. Eventually, I assume more and more car manufacturers will enable their hardware to support these and newer offerings...

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Posted 19 October 2008 - 12:08 PM

Rudy, on Oct 19 2008, 10:44 AM, said:

YUP ... that's it. And at the car show they had a really cute young lady promoting the stuff too! BUT I was most interested in the techno-wiz-bang stuff :rolleyes:

Ya know, looking back to my first car (high school grad present to myself = '63 Corvette ragtop), new, newer, and newest technology in, on, or around cars never ceases to amaze me!

It's really really :wow: