SIRIUS Stiletto SL100 Portable Satellite Radio Receiver
by Sirius Satellite Radio
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Customer Review: Unusable - returned after 1 day
Summary: 1 Stars
I was waiting for this product to be released for months.. I finally received it, only to be utterly dissapointed. I returned it after owning for less than 24 hours.
On a good note, the construction of the Stilletto is very nice.. it looks good, is small, and is easy to navigate.
The problem is RECEPTION. I live in Boston.. right in the city.. and the thing was useless. I didn'y try it with a home or car dock because I bought it to use as a portable. So with the [completely stupid looking] antenna/headphones, it got no reception. I could never go more than 10 secs without buffering and sound dropping out.
On an even more dissapointing note, the Wifi only works with 802.11B (can someone nominate the person that made that decsision for a Darwin Award?). 802.11B is several years old. My home and work wireless networks both use 802.11G, and the Stilleto will not work with this. It should have been designed to work on both B and G networks.
So.. as far as I am concerned, it is completely unusable for my needs.
Customer Review: Good only as a Paper Weight
Summary: 1 Stars
Yes this item cost over $300 and it is worthless unless you want a paperweight that constantly says acquiring signal. I had this item outside in broad daylight, under clear skies and it was getting no signal. The item was fully charged and if I was lucky and moved into the perfect position and the stars and moon were aligned I would get a singal for about five seconds. But then it would go right back to acquiring signal.
It would be nice if Sirius did not try to milk every cent out of subscribers by monopolizing production of their equipment. Right now it is only Direct Electronics, which I believe is soley owned by Sirius and of course completely made in China. In short, they make lousy products, so it would be nice if Sirius let go of the leash and allowed companies like Pioneer, Samsung, Sony, etc. make products- as they are allowed to do for XM Radio.
Until then, Sirius will not have a decent portable radio. But if you want to spend over $300 on a paperweight that does not get signal this is for you.
Customer Review: Absolute Garbage
Summary: 1 Stars
Listen, I am not one to badmouth a product unless it truly deserves it. I live in a major city and I have a clear view of every sky. I have tried my Stiletto all over the place with and without the home docking station and the automobile docking station. IT DOESN'T GET RECEPTION ALMOST I mounted the antenna to my roof and still nothing! If you call customer service they just tell you that your unit might be faulty. Nope. I swapped mine out (which is why I can't return this one now!) and it still had zero reception. Don't waste your money. I have spent over $500 and several hours obtaining every product and trying every possible thing to get reception. It's garbage. I get 0 terrestrial and 0 satellite reception.
Bottom line is that this product isn't worth snot. If the reception were quality I would give it 5 stars, but since I couldn't get more than 15 minutes of listening on an 8 1/2 hour drive to Canada I have to say that reception just isn't anywhere to be found! GARBAGE!
Customer Review: Stiletto did not work in my area
Summary: 1 Stars
I've been looking for a device like this to compete with XM for a long time now. I was very excited when it finally showed up. My primary purpose for this device was to record the Howard Stern show each day. The secondary purpose was to use the device while relaxing outdoors or hiking on the weekends.
The first thing I noticed was the screen had dead pixels (strike 1.) The next thing I noticed was the device would disconnect from my access point if left unattended for period of time (so much for recording a 5 hours show) (strike 2). Finally the device would not work outdoors even in a wide open field on a clear day (strike 3).
I finally returned the device and I will be sticking to Sirius over the Internet from now on. I record the Howard Stern show and other content to my computer and then transfer the content as MP3's to my iPod.
To be fair people who call the Stern show give the Stiletto rave reviews. Perhaps I just recieved a defect radio.
Customer Review: Indespensible for Road Trips
Summary: 5 Stars
As a road warrior, the toughest part is the windshield time. Terrestrial radio was tough. By the time you found a decent station, it would disappear 50 miles later. So I tried Sirius (Thanks Howard!!) and everything changes. No commercials, great music, Stern and a perfect signal, just about anywhere. All that and traffic info. Heaven for the road warrior. Get the lifetime subscription, worth every penny. Started with a Stream Jockey which has a nice FM transmitter, received by all house radios. The Stiletto does the traveling. Records favorites perfectly, add downloaded mp3s and this is one fantastic unit. Alas, there is no perfection yet though. The FM transmitter on the Stiletto is weak and if you're in an urban area, it gets overpowered. The solution was the Relay Adapter (yet another Sirius accessory), worth it to get quality reception. Frankly, it should have been included in the car kit. It is a neater install compared to the FM wire antenna that came with the car kit.