Has anyone done this, and has it improved anything about the S50? I'm pretty discouraged by the S50, which seems to crash every time I turn it off and hasn't been able to record anything at all for many weeks now. Thing is, I record Howard live to computer/iPod anyway, so I don't really need (or like or want) S50 recording, but that sort of means I paid $460 for a radio that performs no better than a $50 radio. It's just too much trouble to try to reverse any of that by now.

You know, I'm probably jinxing myself, but mine has worked flawlessly. I guess I can't say flawlessly, it has frozen from time to time when it gets too hot, but other then that, it's done what I've asked it too every time. I guess I got lucky.

Mike

Mine has also worked flawlessly *knock on wood* since last Christmas when I received it as a gift. I accidentally dropped the unit one time and it still works without a problem.

It might be that you have a defective unit. Did you try and contact the company?

I'm on my 4th S-50 since I signed up 12-30-05. I guess my extended replacement plan paid off in spades. I really like missing only 7-8 seconds of Howard instead of 5 minutes, so in my humble opinion the upgrade is worth it.

Jack, are you saying reception actually improved with the upgrade? That would be unexpected, I would think.

I have not had any reception problems, so I would say that I had not notice any difference after the upgrade. The biggest benefit for myself was the addition of back to back recording. I time shift Howard, so with the upgrade added about fifteen minutes of the show a day.

I found the clip management on the S50 so hard to deal with that I stopped recording on it and went straight to my Mac for THSS. Much simpler, much easier to deal with (I'd rather listen on a nano anyway). I could have saved $400 and just got a Sirius1 instead.

I found the clip management on the S50 so hard to deal with that I stopped recording on it and went straight to my Mac for THSS. Much simpler, much easier to deal with (I'd rather listen on a nano anyway). I could have saved $400 and just got a Sirius1 instead.
I feel much better now, as I've sat on my s50 since i received it as a present last Christmas. My neighbor has been having problems with his for a while, which has DEFINITELY discouraged me from hooking it up. I'll probably unload it on craigslist (for a fraction of the cost). My question, now, is what is the best configuration to setup sirius via my macbook (TomCat)?

I'm on my 4th S-50 since I signed up 12-30-05. I guess my extended replacement plan paid off in spades. I really like missing only 7-8 seconds of Howard instead of 5 minutes, so in my humble opinion the upgrade is worth it.


sorry, do you mean an upgrade to the Stilleto or is there some new firmware?