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Can some one tell me what i need in order to have this in my home,satellite radio? Do i need a i pod,i pad because i do not have either.

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Sirius is a subscription service, if you go online you can go to their site.  When I had it, I had a receiver in my car.  Some vehicles come with the system pre-installed but I had a portable unit that I added myself.

 

To have one in your home, you also need a receiver which comes with a little satellite dish that goes outside your house.

 

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you can add a portable receiver in your home OR you can add the service to your smartphone/computer and stream from that. i have it on my cell phone and i have portable bose speaker. they link through a wifi connection.

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We have it with our DISH package. Don't have it in the car anymore although some channels are still there.

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@GinaV24@goldensrbest  for our home radio, we have a speaker that includes an antenna.  I just put it in a window, or bring it out to the patio when we listen outside. I don't know of that type of set up is still available.  We bought a lifetime home subscription before they merged with XM

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You need a subscription, the head unit ( and a way to hook it up to speakers) and the antenna. I've listened a variety of ways, streaming to my computer, on the app for my cell phone, I had a receiver and just plugged in the antenna and speakers and listened outside or in the house. Go to their website all the info is there. 

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We have this in our cars - our camper and our home. We have it on right now as I type. For a car if you don't have a car that automatically has it built in you need a device called a roadie that is actually a receiver for it. We originally started out with a roadie many years ago and still use it in the camper. In your home you buy a receiver that has an antenna and follow the instructions. It is simple to set up. Our car came with it already installed. It's a subscription service you have to pay a monthly fee for. I think we got our roadie and our receiver at Radio Shack. This is the only radio we listen to. We tend to either have on easy listening or prime country but there are channels that play any kind of music you may love.Classic to hard rock.talk shows, news shows , CNN, Fox, MSNBC,BBC , NPR you name it. Also there is a channel that plays 0ld time radio shows  from the 30s and 40s.The old 15 min soap operas etc. 

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Re: Sirus radio

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@GinaV24 wrote:

Sirius is a subscription service, if you go online you can go to their site.  When I had it, I had a receiver in my car.  Some vehicles come with the system pre-installed but I had a portable unit that I added myself.

 

To have one in your home, you also need a receiver which comes with a little satellite dish that goes outside your house.

 


No satelliete dish needed just a small 1" x 1" antenna that you place in a window.

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My new car came with it and when I subscribed after my free trial I had the option to get a free home or car unit. I chose the home unit. I hooked it up to my Bose radio. I also have the app installed on my iPad and my phone. 

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I brought a new car about a month ago. It came with a free 90 day trial of XM Radio. I am able to play XM on one device at a time with my subscription. I can play music on a PC with a browser, on a smartphone or tablet with an app. The Apple app runs better, than the Android.

This is a link to their contact page. https://www.siriusxm.com/contactus

The sound quality is amazing.