Hello
I work away from my vehicle all day, but not in an office. I would like to be able to listen to satellite radio live with a walkman-type radio on my work belt, regardless of my location (EX: inside a building).

When I last checked with a dealer about this a couple of years ago, I was told that with "live" satellite radio, this would not be possible, as there would be times that I would not be in reception range. Since I would most often be listening to live sports-talk radio, recorded programming is not the preferred choice.

Are there any alternatives now? Is there any way to receive the signal at my work van and re-broadcast it to my belt-radio when I am working inside a building out of satellite range (a range of approx. 200 yards or so)?

Thank you
Tony

I thought that was the idea behind the stalletto?.

these will record live satellite, and let you play it back later while indoors...

Sirius
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/15/hands-on-with-the-sirius-stiletto-2/

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XM

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/28/samsungs-helix-yx-m1-xm-radio-reviewed/

http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/06/pioneer-inno-xm2go-dap-reviewed/

I personally own the Samsung Helix, and love it... it has 1 touch recording, and you can schedule recordings for when you're not near the radio

Thank you. I am aware of the radios that will record for later play. I am trying to figure out a way to transmit live radio to me while out of satellite range. Has anybody here ever tried hooking their satellite radio to output to an FM transmitter to re-broadcast the signal to your walkman? Just an idea that I had.

Thanks

Thank you. I am aware of the radios that will record for later play. I am trying to figure out a way to transmit live radio to me while out of satellite range. Has anybody here ever tried hooking their satellite radio to output to an FM transmitter to re-broadcast the signal to your walkman? Just an idea that I had.

Thanks

If you're within the range of the FM tranmitter, sure. I do that in my house. I have 1 Sirius radio and I use an FM tranmitter to listen on any radio in my house. I bought the CCrane and did the mod to up the power a little.

So you could do the same in your car and listen as long as you are a couple hundred feet from the car, although you might drain the car battery. There are more expensive, more powerful FM tranmitters out there too.

If your city has repeaters, or you work outside, the new Stiletto has much improved live satellite reception, so you can take it with you.

You'd have better luck in most places indoors with XM over Sirius due to their huge repeater network in the US. In and around Albany, NY I can use my Inno literally everywhere.

Thank you. I am aware of the radios that will record for later play. I am trying to figure out a way to transmit live radio to me while out of satellite range. Has anybody here ever tried hooking their satellite radio to output to an FM transmitter to re-broadcast the signal to your walkman? Just an idea that I had.

Thanks

ooohh ok... yeah the fm transmitter is your best bet... what I do in cases like those is stream xm via the internet to my cellphone(treo) but thats not a convenient solution if you don't own smartphone with a unlimited data plan

You could always install a 3G Mobile Router (http://affiliate.buy.com/gateway.aspx?adid=17662&aid=10387719&pid=2545564&sURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fd-link-dir-450-3g-wireless-mobile-router-4-x-10-100base-tx-ieee-802%2Fq%2Floc%2F101%2F203171118.html&cjsku=203171118) in your vehicle and use a WiFi capable mobile device to access the internet radio version of the channel. Pocket PC's with a set of ear buds are great for that. Your cell phone provider would need to be EV-DO capable (sprint or verizon), but you can get the data cards for nearly nothing. WiFi broadcasting outdoors from a vehicle offers much greater reception distance than any "legal" FM transmitter. The power requirements of these little 3g routers are also quite minimal (slightly more than a car alarm), so a typical car battery will not run down with a days use.

You would have the ability to tune to any internet station stream remotely along with other internet related tasks like email, web browsing, etc.