No XM for a couple weeks.

[vakkotaur]

Jay got me an XM Skyfi2 receiver for Christmas and also the mobile mounting kit. As it was Winter in Minnesota and the garage is not heated, I put off installing the mobile kit until Spring. This Spring I eventually got it all set up and it worked fairly well. It did everything it was supposed to, with one annoying glitch.

Every once in a while, it would forget its settings. I'd start the car and the XM set would not turn on. When I turned it on, it was like it had just been authorized but not yet programmed. I tried to diagnose just when this amnesia would occur, just in case it was something within my control, but no pattern emerged.

I'd had enough of this. I read the warranty and had Jay call about the problem as the warranty required the purchaser be the one to make a claim. Three phone calls later he had a ticket number and a return authorized. We packed up the Skyfi2 today and it'll be mailed off Monday. In a couple weeks the replacement should arrive and hopefully I can program it once and be done.

I've gotten very used to having XM in the car, so I know I'll miss it. But I still have the AM-FM broadcast reciever, the mp3 player, and the tape deck, so I'm not exactly hurting for audio options.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

When you started the car, would it not be able to lock onto a station you had it previously tuned to and revert back to channel 1?

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

That's what it looked like. All the memory channels were cleared or reset to channel 1. The clock would revert to Eastern Time. The FM transmitter would be off. Also, the XM set wouldn't turn on with just the applied power.