i just purchased a sirius SDST5V1 starmate 5 radio so that i can play satalite radio. i plan to install it in my 26-foot, class C RV. am i going to have issues with receiving a clear signal? i'll be receiving the radio monday and i plan to pick up my newly purchased camper tomorrowso i don't have possession of either the radio or the camper to test it out. i wanted to get some input in case i have to purchase something else to enhance the signal.
thanks for any input
Terry and Jo said
08:11 AM Apr 9, 2011
Susi,
(I guess it is Susi, based on your username.) We purchased a Sirius radio receiver to put in our F450. When it arrived, it had the antenna and all with which to get reception and mount it. However, when Jo went to install it one day, she discovered our F450 already had Sirius, but it just wasn't activated.
She called and got it activated. Later on, we purchased a "boom-box" style docking station (includes amp and speakers) to dock that reciever onto. It sits on a table by our stix n brix window (for now) with the antenna sitting on the window sill. Even though we have a covered rear patio outside that window, it picks up the signals just fine. (We got the boom-box docking station at Radio Shack. They were on "Clearance" and were cheaper than their newer replacement. The one we got has a subwoofer kind of feature that the new one doesn't have. It is called the Sirius SUB-X2. If you are interested, check around the Radio Shacks. It wasn't that long ago that we got ours.
With the class C, you may just have to kind of play with the location of the antenna. On occasion, our signal in the Mercury Mariner gets blocked, but it is usually just momentarily. Normally less than a second or two.
hi all
i just purchased a sirius SDST5V1 starmate 5 radio so that i can play satalite radio. i plan to install it in my 26-foot, class C RV. am i going to have issues with receiving a clear signal? i'll be receiving the radio monday and i plan to pick up my newly purchased camper tomorrowso i don't have possession of either the radio or the camper to test it out. i wanted to get some input in case i have to purchase something else to enhance the signal.
thanks for any input
Susi,
(I guess it is Susi, based on your username.) We purchased a Sirius radio receiver to put in our F450. When it arrived, it had the antenna and all with which to get reception and mount it. However, when Jo went to install it one day, she discovered our F450 already had Sirius, but it just wasn't activated.
She called and got it activated. Later on, we purchased a "boom-box" style docking station (includes amp and speakers) to dock that reciever onto. It sits on a table by our stix n brix window (for now) with the antenna sitting on the window sill. Even though we have a covered rear patio outside that window, it picks up the signals just fine. (We got the boom-box docking station at Radio Shack. They were on "Clearance" and were cheaper than their newer replacement. The one we got has a subwoofer kind of feature that the new one doesn't have. It is called the Sirius SUB-X2. If you are interested, check around the Radio Shacks. It wasn't that long ago that we got ours.
With the class C, you may just have to kind of play with the location of the antenna. On occasion, our signal in the Mercury Mariner gets blocked, but it is usually just momentarily. Normally less than a second or two.
Terry