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XM, Autocom & volume

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#1 ·
I bought the new Autocom with the ambient noise sensor that adjusts the volume (and VOX squelch) according to the ambient noise level; but, do any of the "dockable" XM radios have their own volume control- or do most just have line-out level outputs?

Looking at Roady XT, as well as Pioneer Inno-

TIA,
 
#5 ·
That's kind of ingenious!

rustycreek said:
I also have the new Autocom.I use a small FM radio on the side of the tankbag for local stations and handy volumn control.Awesome,very powerful, little receiver I got from Aerostich.com.Then when I want XM I just send it to that radio.
 
#7 ·
Me too. I bought a little Sony AM/FM/TV/Wx radio for $29.95 locally. Since it is only a few unobstructed inches away from the XM, it works great. I just use one of the FM presets on the Sony when I want to pipe it into the Autocom.

The only downside is that most of these 'little' radios use the headphone wires as their antenna. If you have the "Headphone out --> Autocom in" cable all bundled up....your FM radio reception is pretty poor. XM is unaffected.
 
#10 ·
Xm

The Roady has a volume control and does not need an amp or a volume booster. Unless....unless you want to mix you music with your radar and GPS, which I do through my xma3 amp from Tesseract. http://www.tesseractcorp.com/ Three trouble free years from the xma3, which was developed for use on motorcycles by motorcyclist.
 
#11 ·
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rustycreek said:
I also have the new Autocom.I use a small FM radio on the side of the tankbag for local stations and handy volumn control.Awesome,very powerful, little receiver I got from Aerostich.com.Then when I want XM I just send it to that radio.
I use an iRiver mp3 w/an FM band and a Sirius satellite receiver. I am currently feeding both into my Autocom, but have a lot of trouble adjusting volume on the Sirius. Never thought about feeding the satellite radio signal to the FM band on my MP3. Great idea! Now I can run one volume control for both units. THANKS! :thumb: :thumb:
 
#13 ·
bwbcpa said:
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I use an iRiver mp3 w/an FM band and a Sirius satellite receiver. I am currently feeding both into my Autocom, but have a lot of trouble adjusting volume on the Sirius. Never thought about feeding the satellite radio signal to the FM band on my MP3. Great idea! Now I can run one volume control for both units. THANKS! :thumb: :thumb:
The Sirius Streamer GT is the only Sirius Radio that I know of that has a real volume control (versus a audio line out level).

 
#14 ·
BillA said:
I have an Inno and expect, eventually, to run it to a Tesseract amp and set the level with the Inno volume control. The Inno is very cool.
I wish someone would make cool radios like this for Sirius. :D
 
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