papilgee4evaeva Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 So we love my wife's '13 Fusion, but my biggest gripe with it is that it's only equipped with Sirius capability unlike my XM-equipped Rainier, which means that I don't get as good a channel lineup in her car. My question is this... has Ford started installing legitimate SiriusXM-equipped radios in its vehicles, and if so, when? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY93SHO Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 What are you not getting? I listen to the same channels in my F150 that I did in my Equinox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papilgee4evaeva Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 Specifically, the dedicated sports league play-by-play channels. I can get all of them (MLB, NFL, NBA, etc.) in the Rainier, but they're not available in the Fusion at all. All I can tune to are the channels named "Sports Play-By-Play," but their programming is much less predictable than I would prefer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 They're all available - you may not have the right package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danglin Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 They're all available - you may not have the right package. What he said The other day I could not find the Reds game (pray for me) on Sports Play by Play. Discovered it was on CNBC after checking the Sirius site on my phone!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papilgee4evaeva Posted July 17, 2017 Author Share Posted July 17, 2017 They're all available - you may not have the right package. I have the package with everything (All Access). Only five or six play-by-play stations, none of them branded. Verifiable by looking both in the car and on SiriusXM's channel lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotdog14 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Also another thing that annoys me with Ford still using the legacy Sirius radios instead of the new SiriusXM radios is you can't get the 'online only' channels that are in the 300's. In my wife's Grand Cherokee you could get for example Red White and Booze on the radio, you cannot on any Ford I've owned (with the correct package of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 On the current SiriusXM channel lineups Red White and Booze shows online only for Sirius, SiriusXM and XM channel lineups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papilgee4evaeva Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 So back to my original question rephrased: are all Ford radios still only Sirius-ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotdog14 Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) On the current SiriusXM channel lineups Red White and Booze shows online only for Sirius, SiriusXM and XM channel lineups. That is correct, but my wife's GC was able to receive it, I think it had a channel number of like 370 or something like that. **Edit** Its part of the Xtra Channels package, I think only the new SiriusXM receivers are able to receive those channels. "SiriusXM and SiriusXM Internet Radio Ch. 350" Edited July 18, 2017 by spotdog14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 According to http://www.siriusxm.com/vehicleavailability Ford is still using Sirius only radios, GM is still using XM radios and Honda is using SiriusXM radios (only 3 I spotchecked). I would presume it has everything to do with either cost savings for the radios themselves and/or long term pre-merger contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papilgee4evaeva Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 According to http://www.siriusxm.com/vehicleavailability Ford is still using Sirius only radios, GM is still using XM radios and Honda is using SiriusXM radios (only 3 I spotchecked). I would presume it has everything to do with either cost savings for the radios themselves and/or long term pre-merger contracts. In this case, I lay blame on each party. Ford for still using inferior Sirius radios, and SiriusXM for not duplicating their channel lineups across both Sirius and XM subscriptions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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