With the introduction of the 9Gb hard drive, and the whole digital music theatre that seems to be going on with this car, I thought to myself: Will I really need XM on it as well?

What do you guys think? Are any of you, current XMers or Siriusers planning on continuing your subscriptions with all these digital gadgets on the 07? (assuming of course that you are going for the Tech package...)

I plan on using both the XM and the CF for stored music. I listen to XM Channel 150 (comedy channel) a lot...

Depends upon the individual. Somebody who has a large digital library of MP3s or WMAs or whatever, that go with their current musical taste, probably doesn't need radio of any kind, satellite or terrestrial.

Personally, I'm in the older demographic, don't have a big CD collection to rip, and am too lazy to buy (or otherwise download) a digital music collection big enough to keep the repeats at bay. I've had XM since early '03. Given the sheer number of XM channels, there are always several I can tune in knowing that I'll hear something I like. If I don't, I just change the channel.

I don't have XM now, but I want it in the '07 so I can get the traffic info on the nav. Not sure if I'll listen to the XM radio much or not. If the traffic info is worthless I might not continue it after the free trial.

I'm guessing the value of the XM Nav Traffic will have a lot to do with what market you're in (and of course your commute route). Being in the San Francisco Bay Area which has excellent coverage on XM Nav I wish I had it in my '06 sedan. In some other markets it may not have such usefullness. As for XM radio I love the selection and love the sound quality as compared to FM or AM and that alone is worth the price to me (plus with a 1 hour commute I really get some use out of it).

I have never had XM before, so I will definitely be getting it.....at least for a little while. If I find myself listening to my own music library the majority of the time then I will simply cancel my XM subscription.

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Does anyone know how the NAV interacts with the XM traffic channels? Don't tell me this is just a gimmick to have you get XM so you can listen to XM and use your hands to hit the "reroute" button on the NAV manually...

What I mean is that I hope there is some sort of automatic interaction between the two where it automatically chooses (or at least suggests) an alternate route...

Without a question. I get bored of what I listen to quickly (iPod/CD). My Sirius stations range from pop, to house, to hiphop, to jazz, classical, heavy metal, country, and last but not least, Stern.


Speed: In MB and Acura, the XM Traffic and NAV work harmoniously together and it reroutes you where it sees fit.

Thnx

I love Sirius. It stink thats its not available with the NAV Package. I'm going to have to hook up a plug and play kit. What Audio inputs are available?

You'll have the auxiliary input.

I thought it was only RCA inputs (red/white/yellow). But you can always get a aux-to-RCA converter for cheap.

I have a skyfi2 from Delphi sitting in my office. The home-kit is a plain small audio jack that I have connected to a set of computer speakers. It comes with 1-to-2 (red/white - right/left cable), but you can use a 1-to-1 regular speaker audio cable, hence the auxiliary input should work perfectly.

The sound quality on the other hand, is a different story.