What is Sirius?
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What is Sirius?
Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
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Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
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Originally Posted by Lomag' date='Aug 5 2004, 07:46 PM
What is Sirius?
Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
If you have any additions or comments please post them below for other forum members and web site visitors to read.
Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
If you have any additions or comments please post them below for other forum members and web site visitors to read.
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Originally Posted by Prodigal545i' date='Aug 31 2005, 12:52 PM
[quote name='Lomag' date='Aug 5 2004, 07:46 PM']What is Sirius?
Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
If you have any additions or comments please post them below for other forum members and web site visitors to read.
Sirius is the company BMW has partnered with to offer sattelite radio in it's cars. Sirius offers over 100 channels of radio all commercial free. Since it is sattelite radio the stations work anywhere in North America not like your local radio stations which only work in your local area.
If you have any additions or comments please post them below for other forum members and web site visitors to read.
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[/quote]You don't need Nav to have the Sat radio. Mine has Sat and no Nav. If available on your car it should appear in the Entertainment menu between radio and CD.
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Originally Posted by NapaCoach' post='643871' date='Aug 10 2008, 09:55 PM
can Sirius or XM be added to the NAV system if i buy a used E60 with out it ?
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Whoa! I love the way a thread from 2004 can just "reappear" nearly 4 years later!
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Originally Posted by V70Cat' post='696897' date='Oct 19 2008, 09:32 AM
I am getting a new 535 with Sirius, I understand that you get one year free and then have to pay, what is the cost?
With the merger of Sirius and XM, there are some new packages that offer programming from both providers (and currently costs $16.95/month) but as of now, the hardware in the BMW does not support these new packages...
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='696911' date='Oct 19 2008, 10:32 AM
Currently, it's $12.95/month but you can get a discount if you subscribe for a longer term and pay a lump sum up front.
With the merger of Sirius and XM, there are some new packages that offer programming from both providers (and currently costs $16.95/month) but as of now, the hardware in the BMW does not support these new packages...
With the merger of Sirius and XM, there are some new packages that offer programming from both providers (and currently costs $16.95/month) but as of now, the hardware in the BMW does not support these new packages...
Earlier this year at one of the car shows I saw a demo of Sirius' future "interactive" receiver. For travelers it will download local information and presented it in a graphical fashion. Some of the info will include gasoline prices and traffic data. I don't know if those receivers are out yet.
SAT radio on BMW's doesn't offer this utility. Newer BMW Nav includes traffic updates and I suppose those of us in the US will get more data pushed to our cars in the years ahead. I've not actually used Microsoft's solutions on new Ford products but their ads look pretty slick. Their voice interaction (once again based on their advertising) looks more intuitive than BMW's current solutions.
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Originally Posted by luigi524td' post='696913' date='Oct 19 2008, 10:39 AM
I saw a demo of Sirius' future "interactive" receiver at one of the car shows this year. For travelers it downloaded local information and presented it in a graphical manner. Some of the info included gasoline prices and traffic data.
SAT radio on BMW's doesn't offer this utility. Newer BMW Nav includes traffic updates and I suppose those of us in the US will get more data pushed to our cars in the years ahead. I've not actually used Microsoft's solutions on new Ford products but their ads look pretty slick. Their voice interaction (once again based on their advertising) looks more intuitive than BMW's current solutions.
SAT radio on BMW's doesn't offer this utility. Newer BMW Nav includes traffic updates and I suppose those of us in the US will get more data pushed to our cars in the years ahead. I've not actually used Microsoft's solutions on new Ford products but their ads look pretty slick. Their voice interaction (once again based on their advertising) looks more intuitive than BMW's current solutions.