I didn't notice til my friend pointed it out, but my CD player is "XM Ready". Anybody ever use XM? Is it worth $10 a month?

 

Hello LeftTurn. I don't have it but I have listened to it. I like it quite well but I just can't bring myself to pay a monthly fee to listen to the radio.

 

i have also heard the XM radio, it is comparable to no other radio reception! But as for paying $10 a month, plus you have to buy a sattalite reciever for your car (roughly $150-200) i would say that its not worth the money, stick with the local radio, and CD's

 

I'm all "XM Ready", and as soon as my bank account as $200 "ready", I'll be buying the xm module. Oh yeah, I've gotta buy a $60 antenna, too.

Know what's cool? I hear that any Pioneer head unit that can control a CD changer is XM-ready. It's supposed to run off of that "IP Bus" changer connector... and the older head unit would see the XM module as a big changer.

The one thing I -hate- is the antenna. I wish it could be hidden (like, dashboard mounted). That's a hell of a giveaway to "Hey! That guy has an XM radio! I bet he's got a hell of a system! Lets go look- bring your crowbar!"

 

I think it would be a cool alternative to a TV's and stuff in the car. It would be something I could actually use. Plus you still have bragging rights for expensive audio equipment.