[real-eyes] Interesting tip for Serius and XM users
- From: "Reginald George" <adapt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:37:26 -0500
Let me point out that I am not a user, and so can only pass on the following
information from another list.
Reg
-----Original Message-----
From: Kane Brolin
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindattic] Satellite Radio
On 5/12/12, Angela Griffith <agrffth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ... Quick question: When you say there is audio access to the [SiriusXM
> channels on the Sirius Stiletto 2 radio], does
> that mean it will also read information about the song playing? Or just
> what station you're tuned in to.
Angela, I never have owned a Stiletto 2. But from the demonstration I
heard on Blind Cool Tech, it is apparent to me that all it voices is
the number of the channel and the channel's nbame. No dynamic
information about the content playing and no ability to manipulate the
content--as in storing, rewinding, or recording. This is unfortunate,
and I do hope that some enlightened manufacturer comes out with a
truly accessible satellite radio, now that it seems likely SiriusXM
has the staying power to remain a viable medium here in America.
There is good news in this scenario, however. A Web service called
Dogstar Radio has a free service that enables you to look up what has
played on any SiriusXM channel on any particular date and time in the
past. Yes, you need to have a computer or smartphone in order to look
this up, and it does require a bit of active searching. But I have
found this quite useful and have been able to find tracks I never knew
existed--as long as I wrote down accurately when I was listening to
something of interest.
The Sirius version of this search engine is found at
http://www.dogstarradio.com/search_playlist.php. The XM version is at
http://www.dogstarradio.com/search_xm_playlist.php. The difference,
of course, is that you must put into your query the channel number as
expressed by whichever service you are using. Note that even though
the content is roughly the same now for Sirius as for XM, the channel
assignments for Sirius and XM services are sometimes different.
Kane
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