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Not sure what happened, but for the last two weeks the screen seems to work as advertised. Nothing changed on my end, so it must have been something that Sirsus did with the repeaters. I'm changing my rating from 3 to 4.
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I bought the SIR-KEN1 6 months ago to compliment my new stereo. The most important part of the tuner is the music and it works as advertised. There is an annoying glitch with the text display. The display will flash a bunch of station names other than the one that you are on. Also artist and song texts do not show. All three text lines generally flash "WAITING..." The issue has something to do with terrestrial repeaters in metro areas used to combat obstacles like tall buildings. When you leave the metro areas, the text works properly.
Apparently this is a common issue with the SIR-KEN1. The SIR-KEN1 is not manufactured by Sirius or Kenwood. Directed Electronics makes them. Directed Electronics points the finger at Sirius. Sirius points the finger at Kenwood. Kenwood points the finger at Directed Electronics. I think Directed Electronics owns this flaw, since the stereo and the sound part of satellite radio work flawlessly. A simple software update should fix this issue. Do a search for SIR-KEN1 + waiting to find out more.
Again, the unit works for music. If you want to know what you are listening to then you will be disappointed.
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The SiriusConnect SIR-KEN1 Kenwood Compatible Sirius Satellite Radio Tuner is designed to easily connect to Sirius-Ready Kenwood car stereos. The SIR-KEN1 even has a special pass-through connector that allows you to add other Kenwood audio and/or video pr
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