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Just as. FYI. If you do activate radio service, you also get free streaming as well for your phone etc. Also if you have a google nest music device or a Alexa product, you can also stream on that once you connect your Sirius account to it. For example… you can say. "Hey google play Sirius XM channel (say the number or the station name)' and it will play it. It's super good .
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The bitrate is about 64 kbps for music and 32 kbps for talk on Sirius.
The bitrate on Spotify HIFI/Tidal Masters is 320 kbps CD quality for lossless audio.
Use an app, connect a cable, and ditch the garbage audio of Sirius. (FM radio is 96 kbps)
The bitrate is probably somewhere between 24–48 kbps depending if the AAC variant is based on v1 or v2 of the HE codec. The sample rate of the played back audio is likely 32 kHz or 44.1 kHz which will yield 16–22 kHz of audio bandwidth.
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The bitrate is about 64 kbps for music and 32 kbps for talk on Sirius.
The bitrate on Spotify HIFI/Tidal Masters is 320 kbps CD quality for lossless audio.
Use an app, connect a cable, and ditch the garbage audio of Sirius. (FM radio is 96 kbps)
The bitrate is probably somewhere between 24–48 kbps depending if the AAC variant is based on v1 or v2 of the HE codec. The sample rate of the played back audio is likely 32 kHz or 44.1 kHz which will yield 16–22 kHz of audio bandwidth.
Tried both my radio ID and VIN, no dice. Any ideas?
My current trial expires on May 14th.
Based upon what I read of your posts, I read that you waited until your current trial expired and then you applied for a new trial AFTER your current trial expired? Can you confirm this - that I need to let the existing trial expire before re-applying??
Another confusing this from all of these posts is some say to use the cars VIN and others say they use the radio ID - what do YOU use and seems to always work?
As for a throw-away e-mail and BS phone number, name, and different zip code - I can figure those parts out - it's just the correct timing (or does it even matter) on WHEN to renew that I'm confused about.
Usually I can read through hundreds of posts and find the nuggets of info that are gold and matter but this thread is all over the place - your posts & directions need to be stickied up on the 1st page!
Thanks-again!
I use the link in this thread, and put in the VIN. It's worked every time except for one (I actually got the message saying I'd recently had a trial for one vehicle but not the other two, go figure). A quick google search showed a different three month trial (with a credit union I believe) that also didn't require a credit card to sign up. It was just the one time on one vehicle, I could have looked into it further but it hasn't been a recurring issue.
I personally try to make sure to sign up for a new trial as soon as the last one ran out (i.e. if the trial ends May 13, then I'd sign up the morning of May 14). Assuming the car's radio is off while the car is off (most likely) or you're parked in a garage that blocks the signal, the radio won't immediately get the shutoff signal. Sign up for a new trial before you head out that morning, and it'll never get the shutoff signal (because once the radio is on and gets the signal, they have stopped sending the shutoff signal and are instead sending a signal to start service). If you forget, it just means that you drive to work with the Preview channel instead of 90s on 9, and have to have the car on while you start the new trial (so it sees the signal to start service).
I'll report back on the 14th... In the mean time, I'll start googling for other potential trial links just in case!
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I'll report back on the 14th... In the mean time, I'll start googling for other potential trial links just in case!
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