You would really be doing yourself a discsrvice to yourself if you don't work with a reseller of the radios. In the first place, most of the receivers for both Sirius and XM have buttons you can feel and they beep for a lot of things. I haven't heard people do much talking about this but most of the receivers for XM have the same basic features that work the same way from receiver to receiver. The same is true for Sirius. You absolutely do not need a boom box for any receiver. On my Sirius receiver I use the home docking unit and hook it up to my Bose. Some of the newer units don't even require a home or car docking kit. What's really important is what service works best in your area and you should also get a hands on look. On Oct 17, 2007, at 9:52 AM, Larry N wrote:
> Hi Bob and thanks for the response. The truth is, I know next to > nothing > about sattelite receivers. I did phone XM, and was told they had no > receivers with raised buttons. Probably not true, but I didn't > appreciate > the brush off. > > Now then, after reading your post, I have 2 questions. First, what > is the > name or number of the sirius model that you're using? Second, when > you say > that I would need to purchase the boombox that this unit would clip > in to, > are you talking about a standard stereo system or something else > related to > sattelite technonogy. Please forgive these very basic questions, > but my only > sattelite listening experience is through XM on Winamp. > > Thanks in advance. > > Larry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:42 PM > Subject: Re: Accessible Sirius Receiver Suggestions Please? > > >> Larry, >> I don't think that you are going to find a satellite receiver with >> speech >> output. The particular unit that I have is pretty straight >> forward, and >> the >> buttons are raised and are in a straight row at the bottom of the >> unit. >> They >> appear as little dots that are easy to feel. There are long bar type >> buttons >> on the front panel off to the left that perform other functions, >> and on >> the >> boombox itself there is a cluster of raised buttons; volume up, >> volume >> down, >> off, and mute. When you change channels you hear a little beep >> that tells >> you that you are indeed changing channels. The Source has this >> particular >> unit on sale for I believe to be $129. This of course, does not >> include >> the >> boombox that the unit clips into. This is a good unit for people >> with low >> vision, as the faunt on the display window can be changed. Ideally it >> would >> be nice to have a unit that would tell you verbally what song is >> playing. >> I >> am wondering if a speech device could be hooked up to the unit to >> read out >> the information on the display window. I think that it is dooable. >> This >> would be similar to the device that reads out the frequencies on >> ham radio >> equipment. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Larry N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:10 PM >> Subject: Accessible Sirius Receiver Suggestions Please? >> >> >>> Hi. Does anyone know of an accessible Sirius Canada home receiver? >>> According >>> to XM Canada Customer Care, they don't possess such an animal, so >>> it's >>> off >>> to the competition for me. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Larry >>> >>> >>> >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: >>> 01/10/2007 10:20 AM >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
