Sirius Satellite Radio: Starmate 4

So imagine my concern when our Stratus radio stopped working altogether half-way through our trip....
I started noticing problems when we reached Thunder Bay, Ontario. After we had made the border crossing, the radio reset itself: presets erased, no subscription registration. After a few minutes, it re-registered itself and I was able to listen to music again. While we were in Thunder Bay, I was also observing strange behavior with our GPS so I just brushed off the radio problems to some sort of "satellite Bermuda Triangle phenomenon."
As we got farther from the time zone border, the satellite radio continued to reset itself periodically. The annoying thing was we would not be able to listen to satellite for hours at a time. Finally, when we reached Washington, D.C. the radio died completely and would not display anything on its screen but the Sirius logo.

The first picture at the top of this post was taken in Chicago (we saw a lot of Corvettes during our trip). I bought the dash pad to mount the satellite radio from Best Buy in Maryland. It's great because it moves the radio closer within reach and doesn't block any of the vents like the way I had it originally mounted. Also, if I want to hide it from view when I'm parked, I can easy move the entire pad to the floor.
I liked it so much I bought a second one, intending to use it in the Subaru, but I discovered that there wasn't enough open dash area. I'll have to find a different use for it.
I can't see it being an issue as you drive across the border. Any idea of what killed it as you went into Thunder Bay?
ReplyDeleteDid you manage to get breakfast at the 'Hoito' in Thunder Bay? it's a great place, I lived there for four years.
I think it was just a strange coincidence--that's the only way I can explain it.
ReplyDeleteHoito is great! When I was getting the van detailed, I walked over and had breakfast there... yummy!