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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
Maybe you're the guy to ask - but since I listen to SiriusXM 99% of the time when I'm in my wifes car and its something I really miss since I got the X - what would be the best way to integrate with the N6? Its kind of the only thing holding me back since I had OEM integrated Sirius in my old car.
Should I get a piggyback module that uses an RCA input on the N6? I wouldn't mind streaming it via my iPhone5s and Bluetooth but how do I get by without streaming data all the time in the car? For example a 10 hour round trip to my in laws place on the Southern Outer Banks would take up a ton of data and battery life.
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If it were me, I'd probably just stream it from my phone. SiriusXM uses very substandard quality super compression (96kbs I think) and I doubt it would eat up your monthly data supply. I stopped listening to it due to the audio quality. Made my head hurt, plus the commercials were annoying. But I digress... stream it for a good 2 hours solid and then check what your data usage on the phone was to get an idea of the problem. Or, switch to a carrier that does unlimited data. We had Sprint which WAS unlimited, but had terrible data coverage (was always 2G or 3G). So we switched to Tmobile which was cheaper, still unlimited, and has much better 4G. Even allows free tethering to devices up to 7GB/phone. So 14GB/mo. We use it for Plex and Youtube.
But, if really concerned with data... go with the Aux input method. You will have a separate module somewhere, and will probably look very early 2000's though.
Edit: Did a quick search... looks like they have upgraded to 128kbps at some point? Funny, didn't seem to help the quality much last time I listened in a friend's car. But it will affect how much data it requires. I couldn't find any hard data on how much it is per hour of streaming... just anecdotal stuff. Some say it uses very little data and others were saying it uses 2-4GB/mo.
