If you're like me, you don't like hearing advertisements. They interrupt, they're annoying, and you have probably asked yourself, "I'd pay to not listen to any commercials". Well, XM and its main competitor, Sirius, have filled this niche with...
Strength
Design, features, versatility, stations.
Weakness
Weak "home" antenna.
Bottom Line
Everyone should enjoy the ability to listen to CD-quality music and entertainment on the Sportster 4.
Sportster gotta have it, but less than stellar product
Rating
Written By mql1208
Date Written Feb 22 2008
Summary
You may seriously question my opinions and taste when I tell you I am a huge Howard Stern fan. Sorry! As such, I became a member of the Sirius Satellite family in January 2007. My husband set me up with the Sportster Satellite Radio Receiver and Car...
Strength
Cool features
Weakness
Quality? Not so much...
Bottom Line
Can't really recommend THIS model. Hope the Sportster 5 has better quality.
I got this unit back in early Sept 06 when my XM Sky Fi Delphi 2 got stolen at the mall when I parked there to attend a Yankee game. I had bought this off of eBay and had it installed at Circuit City (Middletown NY). They did a good job there with the...
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Bottom Line
Yes, b/c it's sleek looking in the car with the ability to show channel selection, artist and song.
I've owned the Sirius Sportster 4 Receiver and accompanying service for about a month now and I am very pleased with it. The receiver is very sleek and pleasant looking, easy to use, and is loaded with useful features that make satellite radio easier to...
Strength
Sleek looking, easy to use, lots of features, pause/rewind capability.
Weakness
Slight volume control issue on the unit (see description)
Bottom Line
Anyone who is looking for a visually pleasing, feature packed satellite radio should definitely consider the Sportster 4.
First off - the unit is fantastic. Sirius did a good job with it. However, the fm modulator is complete trash. If you do not hard wire your unit to an auxillary port (front or back of your car stereo) it WILL NOT get reception. I roll down the street...
Strength
Buttons work well, durable product, lights up perfectly. Easy to navigate stations.
Weakness
It's not plug and play. Reception is completely unusable with the fm modulator.
I received the sportster 4 as a gift for the holidays; a replacement for an old-school starmate that I had for a couple of years. The reception (on my car radio) was so bad that I assumed the radio was defective and returned it. Sirius messed up the...
Strength
Radio looks nice, big screen, sleek, nice docking system.
Weakness
Simply: it does not work as advertised, not even close.
I have an older Sirius radio that works great with FM transmission. I bought the Sportster for a new car. The features are great, but the FM transmission is much too weak to be worthwhile. I thought there was something wrong with the radio, and...
Strength
Great features (especially memory feature). Ease of use.
Bought the Sportster primarily for use in car. Installed as recommended by manufacturer and cannot get any reception in car at all. Nothing helps. May have to get hard-wired. Works fine in home system so problem lies in transmitter, even with...
As the other reviews read, the FM transmitter is terrible. in their defence, Sirius claims that the FCC has made them reduce the output power???? I called and complained, they're are send, at NO charge the direct wire kit that goes in the antenae...
