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Originally Posted by crystalworks
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.  |
Yeah I was going to say they are prob around 128kbps nowadays - and I won't be leaving Verizon anytime soon just because I've had friends with other carriers and the service is TERRIBLE - may upgrade my data plan, ours is probably quite low, I think we have 2GB per month and with my wife and I we never go over lol
I listen to Channel 125 Patriot talk radio basically all the time at the office on Wifi, and on long trips its much easier for me to drive longer while listening to talk radio than getting bored of music - basically I really only use 2 channels on Sirius, Patriot and BPM for my Jersey shore beats lol.
I guess I wouldn't mind the Aux Input method with a separate module if it powered up automatically with the Dynavin to the channel I left it at - but you're right, probably too much work. Wish the Dynavin could get the SiriusXM app and just automatically play when the unit is started up - that would be pretty cool. But yeah I guess streaming it off Bluetooth from the phone would be best -