My XM on my 14 limited is useless. I could be going down an open highway and pass a tree and it goes out.
I jailbreak my iPhone and use pandora downloader now. I have a 64gig 5s so I just sat one night and downloaded about 1,000 songs and use that.
I seriously think HD needs to look at the 2014 XM module though, My older module (2012) was never this bad. My guess is there needs to be a buffer in this new boom system. Possibly a firmware update or a redesigned module with a built in 10 sec buffer. The signal is so compressed anymore, it wouldn't take much to accomplish that.
Smitty

 

My biggest beef with satellite radio is the overall sound quality is not all that great for what it costs. When the trial was up on my Ford, I didn't even think twice to renew it. I will also use a flash drive with ~1000 songs on shuffle. I think there are many better options especially on newer bikes with bluetooth and USB capabilities.

 

When we're riding out in the sticks usually lose the Pandora due to lack of cell service then on the same hand all the tree cover in the sticks knocks out the XM. So the lesser of two evils I guess.

Not only is the quality suspect but so is the volume. It's not as bad since I switched from the HD module to the Sony unit.

I may dump the XM after the season as well.

 

I use Pandora all the time when riding. I don't know how much data is uses as I don't have to worry about that, but it is rare that I use more than 300 - 500 megs a month.

I have my iPhone jailbroken and I downloaded a hack that gives me no commercials, and unlimited skips just like the paid version.

Once in a while when in a remote location it might take a bit for the next song to start but that is rare.

For times when I don't want to use Pandora, I have around 2300 songs on my phone (about a week's worth running 24 hours a day without hearing the same song) and use playlists so I am never without tunes when riding unless I choose to be.

IMHO, Pandora rocks.

 

Thanks for the replies guys. I am waiting for the iPhone 6 so I am going to keep xm through this season. Next year xm is off and going with pandora or what ever. That works out better for me me anyway, momma is a country music fan where I am classic rock with some Motown mixed in. The shuffle between genre will be cool, a little Toby Keith goes a long way with me. Lol

 

I use Pandora all the time, service in my area is good, when I lose it I just hit the CD. I have 3 gig of data, shared with three phones,with my daughter on one, and have not noticed a big data hit.

 

I went with the 3.99/ month also. How do you store to phone?

 

My wife upgraded to a Galaxy S5 and took her old S3 and turned everything off. Then she loaded about 6 hours of music on it. She plays it on shuffle on her bike.

One thing to keep in mind about Pandora, or any other data service, is your phone provider. If they have crappy coverage, you may not be as happy as some of us are who have good coverage companies. I have US Cellular in the Midwest, and I believe they have the best coverage. My wife had Verizon and ATT over the years. Now we both have US Cellular because they work more places we go than any of the others. US Cellular also offers free roaming. That is why their coverage is so good. I may go down to 1X at times when roaming, but that is enough to play Pandora in most places.

 

I srarted using Pandora a few months ago.

Never lost service.

Doesnt use any data at all;I`m allowed 2gb a month,and I dont even use half a gb.

This is using it 1 hour each day,and about 6-8 hours on the weekends.

 

Just seen a commercial on tv the other day cant remember which cell provider it was for sure but im thinkin t mobile but they are not charging data for the music apps