Executive Docking Station for Sportster Replay Review

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(More customer reviews)And here's why:

Got this thing to use with a Sportster.

My wife and I have been trying to get this thing working - meaning, positioning the antenna - for the last 2 hours. It would go to 3 bars for a second, then down to none - in the same place. It would receive ok in the exact MIDDLE of the room - held up in the air - but not in the window... It would work when hand-held, but not when in the EXACT location placed on a book or something, would not work.

It didn't work right in front of a window, but would suddenly spring to life in a position which made no sense - such as when I was standing in a ridiculous pose (making fun of the unit) and pointing it right at the ceiling.

It did receive fine.... out front of the house. I'm not drilling holes for a 50' extension antenna...

So as we were exasperated and a bit stunned at what seemed to be not-ready-for-primetime technology, I decided to try something....

I took the receiver that came with the Sportster... plugged it into the Sportster unit, and plugged that into the Docking Station... instantly, 3 bars. I moved all around the room and the least I got was 2; I covered it with my body, though, and that stopped the reception. But that makes sense, unlike the laughable and erratic performance of the Directed base unit.

So, it comes down to the antenna. Frankly, if the quality of the antenna is this poor, it doesn't say much for the base unit as a whole.

1 star because without the antenna, there is no reason to own it!

And guess what? Here's a bonus critique: the display on the base unit stopped working correctly >>three minutes<< after powering it up for the first time.

It's junk as far as I'm concerned, and based on the quality of the antenna that came with the Sirius unit I'll buy another one of those and look for another in-home solution.

Yes, maybe I got a bum unit. But I doubt it...

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Product Description:
The Executive Docking Station provides an elegant powered speaker docking solution for the SIRIUS Sportster family of satellite receivers, as well as many other popular portable audio/video devices.It's that easy to enjoy your favorite digital satellite or recorded music or video collections. Simply click the receiver or player into place to enjoy the full rich sound of high fidelity digital music.Featuring a unique interchangeable cradle system, the base model docking system is compatible with all SIRIUS Sportster receivers including the brand new Sportster Replay (Sportster receivers sold separately).

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