[BC] XM Appreciation Society

[RichardBJohnson at comcast.net]

There certainly should be a way to disable it. However, my
vehicle is a Hummer H2.

http://book.abominablefirebug.com/Photos/Hummer.jpg

(Note the front license plate!!!)

When I wanted to unstick a CD that hung the CD changer,
It took an entire weekend to take out the center console,
the radio escutcheon, and the radio. I should have
disconnected the antenna at the time because that's the
only time antenna bridging device is accessible. So,
I read some BLOGS on how to disable XM without going
through that again!

...Not advised.., but possible.


--
Cheers,
Richard B. Johnson
Read about my book
http://www.LymanSchool.org


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: engineermike <engineermike at mindspring.com>
> 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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