Comments on: Review: Sirius Stiletto 100

By: wagnerstrauss

wagnerstrauss — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:58:31 +0000

Help! I’m trying to record the Metropolitan Opera with my new Sirius 2. Have tried several times to record their repeating LOHENGRIN. It’s all set up and says “DONE” and then the time comes and goes and it hasn’t recorded anything.

Does anyone know what’s wrong.

The signal is fine. I have the home kit and plug it into my preamp and it plays through my stereo. Compressed sound, of course, but as good as FM.

Thanks,
Rafael

By: Marc G

Marc G — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:51:47 +0000

TYPO in my last POST…..I’ve had both the Stiletto 10 and Stiletto 100. They both shuffle parts of the 6 hour show around if I record the whole show in one block. It seems random. I’ve asked tech support and they all claim they’ve NEVER heard this problem before. I can’t be the only one that has this problem can I?

By: Marc G

Marc G — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:01:21 +0000

I’ve had both the Stiletto 10 and Stiletto 100. They both shuffle parts of the 6 hour show around if I record the whole show in one block. It seems random. I’ve asked tech support and they all claim they’ve heard this problem before. I can’t be the only one that has this problem can I?

By: joe b

joe b — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:36:41 +0000

if anyone has any experience installing the vehicle kit for the stiletto 10 or 100 i’d really appreciate your comments. i just bought a stiletto 10 and am wondering if it’s worth installing the vehicle kit or possibly wait till i can afford the new stiletto 2 and install the vehicle kit that comes with it.

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:10:50 +0000

I live in Montreal….yep Montreal Canada!!!
Bought the Stiletto since i wanted to stay connected to satellite radio outside of my car.
Can’t say i am super trilled by it but when you pass mail for 4 to 5 hours a day ( i am a mail man by the way )
the time pass more quickly. Forget that awful antenna, its in my bag. I use my own pair of headphones and its great.
As for the reception, well depends where i am in the city. I noticed that when i pass into a WiFi hotspot i loose all
contact. So downtown isn’t the best place to be. In the mountains outside the city is the best spot. Satellite signal is strong
and never fades away.
Battery life is an absolute joke. I get only 40 minutes out of the small battery and 2 hours out of the big one and yes…i turned off the screen completely so it wont stay on all the time…got that already from a Sirius salesman.
Still i don’t regret buying it. Won’t use it that much but it does the trick for me.
Now for the home antenna and a docking station so i can record the Octane top 20 and listen to it while working

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 01:47:37 +0000

I just got the stiletto 100 as a gift. Excellent reception thus far with the antenna headphones both inside and out. While I agree the antenna headphones are far from comfortable I don’t find them entirely unwearable. Then again I’ve always prefered earbud headphones.

By: jd

jd — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:18:17 +0000

I just got the stiletto 100, not sure what the deal is with those of you who are having issues with reception, mine is working just fine, but I do agree that the external headphones/antenna is silly and it hurts the ears a bit. Reception is great. Metro Detroit.

By: Lee Spurlock

Lee Spurlock — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:09:13 +0000

Treated myself to the Stiletto 100 basically to listen to Howard, I have XM on my computer with AOL and Directv. I love satellite both XM and Sirius. As for the S100, Wi-Fi is the best and only way in home unless you need to record a program, Damn I wish i could record using Wi-Fi. I installed the car docking kit in 15 minutes, it was so easy my 8 year old could have done it and the reception is crystal clear. I am a real estate agent and constantly in the ride. This has been my best purchase since my Brazilian mail-order bride.

By: Jeff Davis

Jeff Davis — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:06:43 +0000

Bought the Stiletto 100 as a gift for my wife. Probably a no go. ONLY works if wearing the torturous antenna headphones (reception — even just walking the streets — is spotty is hell with the regular headphones). Have taped the two together to make less cumbersome while putting on both at the same time. Antenaa on the head… regular earphones in for comfort. “I look like a friggin’ robot,” my wife says. Yeah, well. A couple more days of Ms. Robot and then it’s surely going back…

By: peter

peter — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:16:21 +0000

Well…
I love my Sirius. I use the Starmate that I carry from car to home, with docks in both places. Why not the Stilleto? Well I had one and returned it for the Starmate. Every one of the complaints above is valid.

I went through 3 Stilletos. Either because the Wifi didn’t work or because the unit was freezing up or the unit was rebooting etc etc etc. Finally the last Stilleto 100 I got had no problems, except for the reception. It seemed that I had to stand still in the middle of the parking lot, with my head slightly tilled, left hand behind my back while jumping on one leg. Well that last part was an exaggeration.

I live in western part of Fort Lauderdale, but every time I went to Miami, the reception was fantastic. I guess it all has to do with repeaters. My area does not have them, so roof top or car antennas are a must. If you still have problems with reception in an area with repeaters then there must be a problem with your unit. Replace it.

Remember this is satellite reception, so line of site is important. I would just ask Sirius to be a little clearer about the limitations. I convinced 3 people at Best Buy not to buy the Stilleto because I overheard them telling the salesperson they wanted a SAT radio while they work out at the gym. The sales person told them, “No problem”, but I had to butt in and come to the rescue. Too many people are entering the stores thing the product is one thing when it really is not.

The product still does not take away from Sirius’s programming. I am getting another Starmate for my wife.