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02-05-2015, 03:39 PM

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Had the updates installed with no success. Receiver still isn't working. So, I may purchase a receiver from EBay for a couple of hundred bucks or forget it. One thing that sticks out is I'm not seeing any channels and it's my understanding that channel 184 should allow for previews regardless.

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My Ride: 2010 BMW 550i M Sport. GPS, Satallite, Active suspension, Silver over Black in color with beige. 68k on the clock. My 10th BMW in forty years.

Model Year: 2010

Engine: 550 Msport

Sirius XM

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Originally Posted by IvoryJ

Has anyone experience a problem with their satellite receiver where it's trying to acquire the signal sent by Sirius XM and it fails? I've had the signal refreshed over 10 times with no success. I've also checked the wiring/connections, etc including trying all of different processes that I've read about on other BMW sites with no success. I spoke with the dealer and they want to charge $145.00 for diagnostics and $345.00 if a software update is needed.

I purchased the car CPO in 2013 and never got a XM subscription until now to find out that the satellite system isn't working. My suspicion is the receiver never worked and I'm caught with this problem. I also spoke with BMW USA and they probably won't assist me with this issue either. So much for CPO.

Does anyone have any ideas?

thanks,

I had a 2005 545. The CCC system showed XM tuning. Like you, I called a couple of times to XM turned on. I discovered that that the vehicle was set up for the receiver but was NOT installed. If you go into your trunk, you should see a fairly large silver box attached to the driver side wheel well.