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volntitan

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May 4, 2005
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I'm jonesing for this app but this Pocket Tunes sounds interesting. Only thing holding me from that is if the Sirius app performs better, then I've would have wasted money on the Pocket Tunes. Does anyone have any insight?
 
gadgetdad

gadgetdad

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Sep 10, 2007
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On my iPhone
The thing I like about Pocket Tunes is that it plays my XM account, PLUS other FM or Internet shows. Its really the best thing that happened to my iPhone. I listen to a local FM station in the morning and XM after that. I now can do it all from my iPhone. No more taking a FM radio or my XM radio to the gym!
 
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hexonxonx

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Jul 4, 2007
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gadgetdad said:
The thing I like about Pocket Tunes is that it plays my XM account, PLUS other FM or Internet shows. Its really the best thing that happened to my iPhone. I listen to a local FM station in the morning and XM after that. I now can do it all from my iPhone. No more taking a FM radio or my XM radio to the gym!
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How is the sound quality? If it's a low bit stream then I'm really not interested. If it's identical to what I get on my cars OEM XM radio then it is worth it.
 
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volntitan

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May 4, 2005
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Screw it. I jumped on it. I'll get the sirus too as well if need be, but been looking for an app that would play my local sports stations as well and this on is strong.
 
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DTexman

macrumors newbie
Mar 25, 2009
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I am getting 128kbps WMA for the XM feed. When you login on the website you must select high bit rate. Sounds great.
 
gadgetdad

gadgetdad

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Sep 10, 2007
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On my iPhone
hexonxonx said:
How is the sound quality? If it's a low bit stream then I'm really not interested. If it's identical to what I get on my cars OEM XM radio then it is worth it.
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Sound Quality is great. In fact its as good, but I think alittle better than my Pioneer Inno in the car.
 
JonHimself

JonHimself

macrumors 68000
Nov 3, 2004
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Toronto, Ontario
I hate to say it, but unless SiriusXM REALLY creates a great app, I won't even bother buying it after having purchased this. I'm not going as far as canceling my subscription because I really like the service, but it bothers me that there isn't an official app yet.
 
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hotnts

macrumors member
Mar 26, 2009
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XM on slingplayer

It looks like there is an xm channel on the slingplayer app. Anybody have more info about this? here is the link, watch the video and when they click favorites xm is one of the channels listed.
http://slingmedia.com/go/iphone
 
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TulsaWoody

macrumors newbie
Mar 27, 2009
5
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xm not working

Is anyone having trouble hearing XM this morning on Pocket Tunes? I've been using it for the last couple of days and all of a sudden this morning i don't get any audio. I get logged in and can see what is currently playing, but no audio...If i go to a different channel, like a local AM station, i get audio. I've deleted the app and reinstalled as well as done a hard boot with the iphone. Still no audio on the XM channels.
Woody
 
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TulsaWoody

macrumors newbie
Mar 27, 2009
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Thanks gadgetdad, i logged in xm online from pc and sure enough there is no audio...WHEW! I was freaking out that i just bought this app for the xm and after 2 days it was down. Thanks for the heads-up on the online not streaming the audio.
Woody
 
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fleeper

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Jul 30, 2008
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Those with a problem may need to upgrade their account. I had to do that yesterday so I could listen on my PC. I won't actually be charged until next month but I had to sign up for the premium service to make it work.

On a side note, I have the original iphone. How good is this over the edge network?

fleeper
 
JonHimself

JonHimself

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Nov 3, 2004
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Toronto, Ontario
fleeper said:
Those with a problem may need to upgrade their account. I had to do that yesterday so I could listen on my PC. I won't actually be charged until next month but I had to sign up for the premium service to make it work.

On a side note, I have the original iphone. How good is this over the edge network?

fleeper
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I turned off 3G to try it out and just listening to one station, the only difference I noticed was the amount of time it took to load the station
 
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volntitan

macrumors 6502
May 4, 2005
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I'm having issues signing on to my sirius account with my iphone. I've always had difficulty doing it for some reason on the desktop, but go that working. But on the iphone, no luck. Anyone else having issues?
 
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NashMan2

macrumors regular
Mar 27, 2009
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Sirius log in problems

I too have been having issues logging into the media player on the sirius website thru pocket tunes. I can log thru My Account but then when I go to media player it won't let me. It says too many attempts, try again later. How late is later?
 
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volntitan

macrumors 6502
May 4, 2005
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NashMan2 said:
I too have been having issues logging into the media player on the sirius website thru pocket tunes. I can log thru My Account but then when I go to media player it won't let me. It says too many attempts, try again later. How late is later?
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That is my EXACT problem. I got that yesterday and still getting the "too many attempts" bull. Does ANYONE have any insight?
 
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