JBL stock premiere radio

works great but sometimes on xmRadio it cuts out for a second every time to time. Does something need to be reset. Or is it going out ?
2015 Tundra 1794

 

Our other make xm radios (Lexus & GM) cut out going thru underpasses and certain areas of town. Guessing just weak spots for satellite signal under things and certain areas. These areas will often repeat....

 

I called Xm radio today they said it might be the service, some reason there is weak spots in Texas but they was going to reset our service hopefully it makes a difference

 

My guess is poor signal, where FM radio will just get static in some areas, XM cuts out completely, it's all or nothing with satellite radio as far as I know

 

This was in Downtown Dallas

 

Sky scrapers?

Eric

 

Driving in Palestine and headed to Dallas cuts out just a second time to time just enough to drive you crazy, have noticed with FM. Most out in the country. But I am thinking bad service after talking with Xm customer service.

 

Kind of off topic but I have the same radio and one day a cop was sitting and hit me with his radar gun (wasn't speeding) and by bluetooth went berzerk. I had to close Pandora on my phone and turn it back on, still didn't connect so I turned my bluetooth off then re-synced and it started working.

 

Nope the antennae is cheap in wrong position on tundras is cheap bad design should be bigger and have a small mast on it .of coarse you'll never get Toyota to admit to anything . Good luck with that truck.

 

Toyota's xm implementation in general sucks. It is because it does not cache enough data. My wife had a mustang and it never went out. Now her Camry went out if there was a tree next to her. Most xm implementations cache a couple seconds of song/data ahead of what you are listing to. If the signal dies for a second you dont notice because its playing from memory and then it will pick up the song before your cached version runs out.

The fords antenna was no bigger then tundras. Its a head unit issue.

 

I noticed on another vehicle driving from Austin to Houston, same thing happened; worked fine going west but not east. When driving near trees, signal would intermittently drop and of course any overpasses where line of sight to satellites is lost. I have the same issue in downtown Houston as in Austin where tall buildings block the signal. It seems to be an issue whenever the line of sight to the south is blocked. By the way, two Silverado's and a Honda Accord do the same thing. I believe it is the design and not specific to a particular radio/antenna (antenna all seem to be similar for satellite). Just IMO...

You're coming from Palestine - I remember a lot of tall pine trees over there...that's a lot of obstacles for XM...

I agree caching would help, I guess i haven't had one that did. My 2 Silverados and a Honda Accord do the same thing...there might be some caching, but I notice wife's Accord drops at the same places that my Tundra does. Silverado radios sucked for many reasons, but also seemed to drop at same locations / situations.