[BC] XM Appreciation Society

[Robert Reymont]

Disconnect it from the receiver first...  This you won't risk 
shorting out the power supply or fuse that feeds the 
LNB...  Otherwise there is little chance of damage.
Robert

At 02:20 PM 10/22/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>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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Robert Reymont
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