Hi all,
I just joined the forum.
I've been a Sirius subsriber for many years and have a Sportster in the car as well as an online account. I recently purchased a used Stiletto 2 on eBay for cheap. It only included the radio... no battery, charger or headset. I was able to buy a battery and charger. Still not a whole lot of money, so I thought I was doing well.
My plan is to attach the Stiletto to the handlebars and use it on my bike for bike touring. Hopefully I can hook it up to a mini-speaker so I won't need to use headphones while pedaling. I figured it would be good to listen to Sirius while spending long days in the saddle.
But the reception is not good. When I plugged in a pair of generic earbuds it did not improve the reception. A quick internet search showed me there are "antenna headsets" for the Stiletto.
Options include the "over the head" style and the earbud type. So my questions are:
1) Does the "over the head" style work a lot better than the earbuds for improving reception?
2) Do the official Sirius earbuds act as an antenna are or they simply headphones?
3) Will generic earbuds do the same thing? Or a mini-speaker plugged into the audio jack?
4) Will the Stiletto work decently without any antenna and only a set of headphones?
Sorry for all the dumb questions! I apprecitate any info you can provide.
Pat
I just joined the forum.
I've been a Sirius subsriber for many years and have a Sportster in the car as well as an online account. I recently purchased a used Stiletto 2 on eBay for cheap. It only included the radio... no battery, charger or headset. I was able to buy a battery and charger. Still not a whole lot of money, so I thought I was doing well.
My plan is to attach the Stiletto to the handlebars and use it on my bike for bike touring. Hopefully I can hook it up to a mini-speaker so I won't need to use headphones while pedaling. I figured it would be good to listen to Sirius while spending long days in the saddle.
But the reception is not good. When I plugged in a pair of generic earbuds it did not improve the reception. A quick internet search showed me there are "antenna headsets" for the Stiletto.
Options include the "over the head" style and the earbud type. So my questions are:
1) Does the "over the head" style work a lot better than the earbuds for improving reception?
2) Do the official Sirius earbuds act as an antenna are or they simply headphones?
3) Will generic earbuds do the same thing? Or a mini-speaker plugged into the audio jack?
4) Will the Stiletto work decently without any antenna and only a set of headphones?
Sorry for all the dumb questions! I apprecitate any info you can provide.
Pat