[BC] XM Appreciation Society

[engineermike]

Richard,
   What happens when you disconnect the sat antenna?  Not having messed with 
these units I just wonder if it's possible to kill the sat side of the unit via 
the antenna.
Good luck with it
Mike

Kevin Block wrote:
> Not to mention their low-bit audio now being passed of as "near CD 
> quality"...
> 
> RichardBJohnson at comcast.net wrote:
>> XM is another fraud! They first advertised it to be commercial-free.
>> That was why we had to pay over $130 per year for the privilege
>> of listening to repeating automation systems that were blanked out
>> if we drove near large trees or buildings. Now, we even have to
>> listen to commercials if the signal gets through.
>>
>> They "automatically renew" your account, meaning that they
>> just steal more money from the credit-card you first used to
>> "enable" the service. Once you convince them to REALLY
>> TERMINATE the account, by terminating the charge number,
>> the XM automobile radios periodically  interrupt AM, FM, and
>> CD audio, declaring that your account has expired.There is
>> no way to turn the "&*!@%$R_&_" off, except by paying the
>> "account" charge, or drilling a hole in the radio in some
>> special spot, so the down-link chip gets disabled..
>>
>> Letters to various agencies go unanswered, which is why
>> they get away with this stuff. All the XM Radio stuff is spewed
>> from a single converted warehouse in Washington, D.C.
>> It truly is a license to steal.
> 
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