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So the thing cost $400.00 looks like ez install but is there a easier and cheaper way to get Sirius. As of now I get it on my phone and it goes to the radio, only thing cant change channels or when phone single is out so is Sirius. $ 400.00 seems like a lot .
The bottom line answer is no. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for. You probably would not have noticed it if the cost had been included with the purchse price of the bike; like when you buy a car with it factory installed. I can remember when the Sirius radio was a dealer installed option on a new car a number of years back. Seemed very exspensive back then also. Now its built into the price of the car like A/C and ABS as standard equipment and no longer an option.
The H-D XM module IS a very easy, very clean, install that works good. My only reccomendation is when you install it you locate the antenna puck outsid on top of the fairing behind the windhield. Will work much better in that location.
Operation (channel selection) is easy with the boom HB control button. And, the unit will immediately regain a signal, unlike a phone, if lost when passing under a bridge or heavy trees.
Sound directly through the Boom is also much better than bluetooh from a phone.
The bottom line answer is no. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for. You probably would not have noticed it if the cost had been included with the purchse price of the bike; like when you buy a car with it factory installed. I can remember when the Sirius radio was a dealer installed option on a new car a number of years back. Seemed very exspensive back then also. Now its built into the price of the car like A/C and ABS as standard equipment and no longer an option.
The H-D XM module IS a very easy, very clean, install that works good. My only reccomendation is when you install it you locate the antenna puck outsid on top of the fairing behind the windhield. Will work much better in that location.
Operation (channel selection) is easy with the boom HB control button. And, the unit will immediately regain a signal, unlike a phone, if lost when passing under a bridge or heavy trees.
Sound directly through the Boom is also much better than bluetooh from a phone.
I have a 2019 cvo sg with xm from factory, antenna is under the fairing and I loose the signal riding through a shadow, its pretty annoying. I would definitely mount it outside like this guy suggested. I'm not a big fan of xm and only have it now because it's free, audio quality is not terrible but it's far from streaming pandora through phone. If you are in areas with sketchy phone service to stream audio then xm is a good backup.
I respectfully disagree. From my expeience, there is deffinately a loss of sound "quality" when you connect to the boom with bluetooth.
Becuase I'm hard of hearing, I only listen to music through helmet headset speakers and can deffinately tell the difference.
Could be a difference of ears I guess. XM on my bike and in my truck is inferior to FM, CD, bluetooth streaming, aux jack. Like I said, it's not terrible, but to me, just has sort of a muffled sound compared to other options. Definitely downgraded quality to my ears.
Not only is the Harley XM Radio a bit pricey; I have several bikes and cars and do not want to pay a Sirius subscription for each one, when I only listen to one at a time. That and when out of Cell Phone range having it bluetooth from my Cell Phone would be useless so a Cell Phone subscription was not a choice for me. So-o-o-o-o-o-o I have one Sirius XM Radio (which I got for $20 on eBay) and I just move it to the bike or car that I'm driving at the moment. Works perfectly Part Numbers shown in the images below. I installed the 3.5mm Cable and my local dealer flashed my BoomBox to recognize the 3.5mm input as "AUX" at no charge.
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