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I also get live NPR programmes that may not be carried by my local NPR-affiliate or is time delayed.This product is highly recommended. The Sirius Stiletto 2 is portable like a cell phone and it brings satellite radio beyond the automobile and table radio. It keeps me abreast with live news programmes otherwise only available on cable television.
With my current job I spend 12-20 hours a day outdoors, and often can't get to an outlet to charge batteries for days at a time. I've been reading all the reviews and I'm surprised no one has complained about what a shotty product this really is. The SL2 is a total ripoff. I don't care if looks sleek and weighs four ounces, if I wanted an IPOD I would have bought one.
Hopefully they can perfect the technology sooner rather than later, because I love satellite radio. If anyone from sirius is reading this, PLEASE make a unit that uses less power or accepts standard battery sizes. Even though I bought the service plan, I'm going to return it ASAP and get my money back. Bottom line -- the SL2 looks pretty and has lots of features, but it's too fragile for full on portable use, and I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT TO ANYONE.
I still use them as an antenna, but both speakers no longer work, so I'm forced to plug in a pair of earbuds, which only sometimes work. Frankly, that sucks the big one. Now granted, I abuse my electronics; however at a cost of $350 I expect something at least somewhat decent. This wouldn't bother me, except for the fact YOU CAN NOT BUY ADDITIONAL BATTERIES ANYWHERE (not even e-bay).
A full charge gets just about 4 hours of satellite play, not nearly enough. I like the old school headphones, so I'm not complaining about their comfort or bulkiness; I'm complaining that they STOPPED WORKING AFTER 3 WEEKS OF USE. Now on to the battery issue.
I can understand to some degree the satellite signal issue - if you don't have a window which allows the orientation of the antenna in the recommended direction for the part of the USA in which you reside - HOWEVER, I unfortunately believed a city the size of Atlanta would have sufficient terristeral transmission that I would have no issues with reception. Forget the home/outdoor receiver if you can't locate the receiving antenna outside - even using the signal repeater and placing the home/outdoor antenna in a window, I still can only get an intermittent satellite and/or terristeral signal. Wrong. I live in the Atlanta metro area and purchased this product as a music source for my office located in a typlical 4 story 1990's office plaza. Forget the built-in receiver.
Basically the head phone SUCK. This is a great device and I just love it the headset or earphones needs some work they are very large and hard to place on head comfortably.
This is my 4th unit in about 8 months. Between the quality of the product and their misinformed technical support, I am sorry I spent my money on this product. I think their staff is better trained at feeding angry customers with lies than with actually addressing issues with their product. I only just received the 4th one, which was sent without a necessary firmware upgrade. Constant signal strength issues, CMOS battery issues, requires rebooting (is this a Windows product). and to top it all off.
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