Product Description
Customize your listening experience with the Sirius Starmate 8. Want to hear something again? Starmate 8 allows you to pause, rewind and replay live satellite radio. Don't like to clash with your dash? Screen color options and a selection of trim rings are included to match your vehicle's dash lights - or your mood. You'll also be able to browse other channels while listening to the current one; and store your favorite channels for one-touch access. It comes with everything you need to listen in your vehicle with easy, do-it-yourself installation. And with optional accessories, you never have to miss your favorite shows. Simply take it with you to listen at home, at the office, in multiple vehicles and outdoors all with just one subscription.Pause, rewind and replay up to 30 minutes of live satellite radio.Choose from six different display colors to match your dash lights, and personalize with the trim rings.View artist name, song title, and channel information on the large color display.Listen at home, at the office, outdoors or in multiple vehicles with optional accessory kits - all with just one subscription.Hear SiriusXM through your existing vehicle radio with easy, do-it-yourself installation.*Browse other channels while listening to the current one.Store up to 10 of your favorite channels for one-touch access.Lock and unlock channels with mature content using easy-to-use parental control.Optimize PowerConnect performance with easy FM tuning.One-Touch Jump to traffic and weather for the city of your choice, or back to your previous channel.Includes PowerConnect Vehicle Kit.Supports A La Carte programming selection.Works on the Sirius network.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1021 in Car Audio or Theater
- Color: Black
- Brand: SiriusXM
- Model: SST8V1
- Format: CD-ROM
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 2.40" h x .70" w x 4.50" l, .21 pounds
Features
- Pause, rewind and replay up to 30 minutes of live satellite radio.
- Choose from six different display colors to match your dash lights, and personalize with the trim rings.
- View artist name, song title, and channel information on the large color display.
- Includes PowerConnect Vehicle Kit.
- Works on the Sirius network.
Most helpful customer reviews
48 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Starmate 8 is based on the XM XDNX1V1 Onyx
By Michael Hansen
This radio is based on the XM XDNX1V1 Onyx not the previous Starmate versions.
Here are some different features added or removed compared to the Starmate 2,4 & 5 that I have used in the past.
Pros
-Better looking display, by default it uses white text with a background blue gradient to black.
-The color of the display can be changed to 6 different colors.
-You can scan channels
-It has changeable trim rings, by default its black but can be changed to blue or grey.
-If you press one of the programed preset button too long it ask for confirmation that you want to change the preset.
Cons
Since it's a XM based radio it dose lose some features that the previous Statmate versions had.
-No artist/song alert
-No sports team alert
-Only 10 + jump presets compared to previous Starmate versions that had 30 + jump presets.
-You can't jump back to the previous channel.
-This radio doesn't include a remote control but you can use an older Sirius remote, it will work except for the features that were removed as listed above.
Even with features removed I still would recommend the Starmate 8 over the Starmate 5. Over the past year I have owned two Starmate 5s, both were defective. No mater what button i pressed it would pre-set to the 1 button and the up button stopped working. Since the Starmate 8 is a XM designed radio I'm hoping it is constructed better. I have been using this radio for a couple of weeks with no problems.
41 of 42 people found the following review helpful.
Starmate 8 and Sirius/XM review
By Jeff S. Smith
I've waited a few weeks to write a review so I would better know what I liked and didn't like. The Starmate 8 works exactly as advertised and wasn't very difficult to install in my Prius. The pause feature works well and the display is nice. It doesn't come with a remote control, but I ordered the "Sirius Sportster Universal Remote Control" and it works with the Starmate 8 (and only costs $5.49). It's nice to not have to reach for the dash whenever you want to change channels.
I'm giving a 4 star review because while everything works fine, the audio quality of the music channels is not great. It sounds like a highly compressed 64 kb audio stream: decent but not nearly as good as music on my mp3 player. I'd say it is on a par with FM quality although it has the advantage of always being a strong signal (no static). Still, if Sirius/XM increased the bit rate (and dropped a few channels I suppose), I would like the system better.
Important tip: consider buying the "A La Carte" programming option. They don't advertise it much (it's hard to find on their website) and you actually have to call them on the phone to sign up for it (once you have your radio), but it is well worth the effort. You get to choose your 50 stations and the cost is only $7.99 a month.
Two suggestions for the Sirius/XM company: increase the bit rate on the music channels (even if you have to cut some to make room), and consider adding a USB option so people can use the Starmate 8 as a mp3 player too.
32 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Amazon gets an A - SiriusXM gets an F
By tom mcmillan
I bought my first Sirius Radio back in 2003 on a lifetime subscription. That was when you made one payment and counted the number of months it would take to break even in the event Sirius didn't make it. Which was at that time questionable. Sirius says you can transfer a subscription up to three times to a different/newer radio for a transfer fee of $75 each time. I've been a subscriber with two radios - one for 9 years the other for 7 years. All was well until......
I purchased a Starmate 8 from Amazon, without issue, and it arrived as promised. It took me a couple of hours to uninstall my old unit from my truck and install the new one. The activation of the new radio, required hours on the phone with Sirius' call center in India. I was disconnected twice and killed the battery on one phone trying to get the transfer done. It was the same each time I called; "I need to transfer you to a specialist", "I need to check other resources", "where did you buy the radio", etc.. Very cheery but not helpful. The radio was finally activated and I was told the transfer fee would be on my credit card. A week later the new radio died.
Back to speaking for hours (literally) and was told my radio was defective and would need to be replaced and I could buy one from them and they could make a better deal, never mind Amazon.
Amazon performed beautifully. On a Saturday they sent a new radio at no cost that got to me on Monday. Plus a PP return label for the broken one. I have nothing but praise for the service reps at amazon. And the whole transaction took maybe 5 minutes.
Back to hours on the phone with Sirius to activate the new one. That would require another $75 transfer fee since it was "technically" a new radio. Never mind the defective one. Because it wasn't purchased through them. Didn't matter that it was factory built brand new in a factory sealed box. I once again struggled with Sirius on the activation and now fees. They waived an additional $15 fee. For unknown reasons the first radio was activated in "trial" status. Which was good news because the $75 transfer fee was never made (their mistake - my luck). The last thing I was told was that the second radio was activated and that a $75 transfer fee had been completed. And all was good.
I called Amazon's customer service and told them my story. They were sympathetic and very helpful. What a contrast to Sirius. Listening to my story I was given the option to return the second radio for a refund or keep the radio. I decided to wait a day or two to decide whether to cancel both subscriptions and move on. Or leave it the way it was. Again - maybe 5 minutes of conversation.
Two days later the radio was deactivated for unknown reasons. Back to the hours long phone call(s) that included a dropped call and one "bad number" call (they gave me the number). Sirius couldn't tell me why my radio was deactivated. They couldn't tell me why I now have a new $350 bill due in a week and a half but agreed with me that the account on my other radio was prepaid for another year and that only $75 was due for the transfer fee. But that they couldn't activate the radio because they were experiencing system wide computer issues. The service rep was apologetic but asked me to call back tomorrow and start the process over again. I told the rep that I was not authorizing a credit card transaction of $350 and hope I don't have to fight that. But there was nothing she could do because of the computer problems.
I like the music streams that Sirius has but it's time for me to rethink satellite radio. Oh yeah, there aren't any other providers since Sirius purchased XM.
Love Amazon and their service policy. Not so much with SiriusXM. If you buy a satellite radio you better pray you don't have a problem and have to call them. And if you're not a believer in prayer.....I wish you good luck.
AFTERWORD - Waited til the next day. Again, I attempted to activate the radio with Sirius and again it would not activate. They elevated the status to "executive" and that someone "would call me in three to five days". After all of that I found that what they were really good at was canceling subscriptions. It took less than five minutes. I am supposed to receive a credit for what was left on my other radio. And not charged with a transfer fee. We'll see.
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