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Does anyone else have problems pulling in the XM Sat signal when the car is inside your garage?...

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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:14 PM
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Default Does anyone else have problems pulling in the XM Sat signal when the car is inside your garage?...

my dealer told me that this is "normal" and that there is not much they can do about it, because our shark fin is not an amplified antenna therefore when not in the open I could be subject to loosing my signal, WTF!!
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:17 PM
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Default satellite radio is line of sight with the 2 sats. if there's no terrestrial repeater, no signal.

Normal behavior. Nothing you can do about it.
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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Default Yep, it's normal. Mine does it too.

I could almost park by the sat radio - when it quits, I'm far enough in the garage to clear the door!
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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Default no offense.... i cant belive you asked that question.....

Its satellite. Almost everything that uses satellites requires some kind of line of sight to the satellite(s). When you go under overpasses you will also loose signal. Like I said no offense but yea......
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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I bet your still shaking your head...
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:45 PM
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Default I can get Sirius in the Alewife MBTA parking garage....

But Sirus has terrestrial repeaters in Boston...
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:48 PM
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Default i didnt know either of them had terrestrial repeaters yet....

good to know
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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Default JD, I get it in my garage. I even got it in the mall parking garage on the bottom floor!

That's 5 floors (10 actually, because their double stacked) of concrete and steel. And I still get a signal.

But, I don't know why!

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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Default the reason I asked them to look into it was because..

I do not loose my signal completely, most stations come in fine some are a little harder to pull in, a couple do not get pulled. Never really have a problem anywhere else (including overpasses...), which led me to believe that the Sat antenna was indeed amplified.
I thought there might be something wrong with my antenna, and just wanted to hear other people's experience in order to confirm what I am being told by my serv dept.
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Old Jul 8, 2004 | 07:57 PM
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your enjoying that picture wayyyyyy to much
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