Do you guys think I should wait for a Kenwood tuner, Or should I just go with a plug and play unit and just hard wire it into the deck through the Changer port with an adapter?

SIR-KEN1

or

XMDKEN100 + XMD1000T

your choice.

You are paying a monthly subscription, would you like to use it outside of your car? Kind of like cell phones... do you want a car only cell phone or would you like to use it elsewhere? That's the question you need to ask yourself. Ones that hook directly to your deck are usually controlled through it so it makes it easy as well as hidden.

^ Hm, along that vein - there is a cell phone/MP3 player on the market. I wonder how long before the cell phone/satellite radio receiver comes out? Most people carry their cell phone everywhere anyway and then there will be combination in-car hands free kit / satellite radio docks and other accessories.

Should be neat-o.

You are paying a monthly subscription, would you like to use it outside of your car? Kind of like cell phones... do you want a car only cell phone or would you like to use it elsewhere? That's the question you need to ask yourself. Ones that hook directly to your deck are usually controlled through it so it makes it easy as well as hidden. </font>[/QUOTE]Double check what you're getting in the "portable" package as some advertising is a litte misleading. There are TRUE portables that work hand held on their own & there are also portables that "dock" in the vehicle or the home but do not work on their own. Those technically should be call "transportable" models. It's pretty obvious to tell by the price as the TRUE portable units sell for around $399 right now.

I see know talk about XM in here LOL,im really surprised it stayed on the topic on sirius.

i was just wondering for my own knowledge whats the diff between XM,Sirius

You are paying a monthly subscription, would you like to use it outside of your car? Kind of like cell phones... do you want a car only cell phone or would you like to use it elsewhere? That's the question you need to ask yourself. Ones that hook directly to your deck are usually controlled through it so it makes it easy as well as hidden. </font>[/QUOTE]Double check what you're getting in the "portable" package as some advertising is a litte misleading. There are TRUE portables that work hand held on their own & there are also portables that "dock" in the vehicle or the home but do not work on their own. Those technically should be call "transportable" models. It's pretty obvious to tell by the price as the TRUE portable units sell for around $399 right now. </font>[/QUOTE]Very true.
But even if you can have use in your home / office / shop it is a better "value" than having the only use in your vehicle.

I believe the issues raised in this post are the same for Sirius/XM & that is why you don't see much detail in the two competing companies.

The difference lies mainly in the programming that each company offers. Think of it like Bell Expressvu & Starchoice. Check out their web sites for each companies' channel listings:

www.siriusradiocanada.com

www.xmradio.ca

Some electronics manufacturers are only compatible with one or the other & others support both for add-on tuners.

Sorry I guess I was slightly misunderstood. I am looking to buy one of the starmate $99 ones. But what I was wondering is.....If I do buy one of those. And then proceed to use a mini headphone to rca cord to wire it into my deck through a rca to Kenwood changer conector. Would there be a difference in sq between that and just using a direct plugin tuner?

I would think so. I'm not 100% up on my Kenwood units but if their direct tuner goes through their changer connector that should be a digital transmission. Using an RCA cord would be analog & probably wouldn't be as good.