The article "Sirius Radio - What It Costs" is about satellite radio and tv, it has been written by Douglas Hanna.
You need three things to hear Siirus Satellite radio – a receiver, an antenna and a subscription.First, receivers. There are three types available. One is called “Sirius staellite ready.” This is the kind that plays through your vehicle radio's CD or cassette player. The second is a Sirius tuner that can be connected to your vehicle radio. The third is usually referred to as plug and play and can be used in both your care and home.The whole kitIf you decide to buy a Sirius ready receiver, make sure you get a complete kit. These kits include the receiver, vehicle cradle, built-in FM transmitter, and an antenna.
JVC makes one of tehse kits – available online (OnlineCarStereo) for $44.95. On the higher end, there is the new, feature-rich Sirius SC-FM1 Starbase kit which costs $139.99 at SonicElectronix.
Again, that kit contains everything you need for Sirius radio in your car, including a wireless remote.If you have a vehicle receiver with satellite controls, you might choose a Siruis radio tuner. These tuners must mtach your vehicle audio system. In other words, you must buy a Kenwood tuner to work with Kenwood vehicle auido system. As an example of these tuners, a Kenwood SIR KEN1 tnuer can be purchased online for about $93.00.For Sirius radio in the vehicle or your homeIf you want to hear Sirius radio in both your vehicle and home, you will need to buy a plug and play unit and expect to pay more. The reason for that is that you will need the a vehicle kit plus a kit for your home.The receiver itself is usually not much larger than a packet of cigarettes, making it really portable.
One such exmaple of that is the Sirius Sportster. It comes with a built-in wireless FM transmitter, docking cradle and antnena and can be purchased online (Crutchfield) for $99.99 after rebate.
The home kit for that unit costs aobut $50.00.Keep in mind that these are just examples. When it comes to Sirius satellite radio, you can spend just about as much as you would like – with the addition of accessories such as a boombox, a radio extension kit, high performance antennas, battery pakcs and so on.And, finally, you will need a subscription to the service -- $12.95 a month or about $155.00 a year.If you want digital radio but don't want to pay for it, there's another technology called HD Radio that enables AM and FM radio stations to broadcast their programs digitally. These digital broadcasts provide listeners with radically improved audio quality, more radio channels thorugh multicasting, and new data services.
To learn more about that amazing new technology, just go my Web site, http://www.Hd-radio-home.Com, for complete details.Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive and the author of numerous articles on HD radio, the Internet and family finances.
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