Hi Steve: I am happily using the Sirius xm app thanks to your work-around. I will definitely be writing Sirius XM. It is ridiculous that we have to go through so many hoops (including turning off our software to access the phone) just to access a product that we are paying money for. I have been a subscriber of Sirius xm for many years and love it. Right now I am temporarily living away from home and do not have my Sirius XM boom box with me. So, I subscribed to the Sirius XM Internet plan so I could still continue to access Sirius XM from my phone while I am away from home. I was very angry when I discovered the Iphone app was inaccessible. Thanks so much for your wonderful work-around! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to write out such a through detailed description of how to use this app until it is fixed.
Thanks! Kerri On 7/11/12, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed explanation of how to > access this app. I do agree with Mike that in the long run, we need better > access so as to not have to umps through all of these hoops, and it should > never be necessary to unload one's main access in order to use a piece of > software. As a practical matter, until or if they address this issue, I > will certainly try your work-around. And as I stated, I did write Sirius XM > and already received a phone call promising to push this to the I.T people. > Even if that happens, that doesn't guarantee anything will happen, so your > approach is needed for now. > > Les > On Jul 11, 2012, at 3:12 PM, Steve wrote: > >> Ok, you can still get around the SiriusXm app. Thanks to SpeedDots, which >> really helps in step 3. >> >> Here goes what you need to do with the iPhone. This works hit-and-miss, >> in that, it might take you a few tries to get it. First, the method, then >> a couple caveats. >> >> 1. Open Sirius Xm Radio. >> >> 2. Turn Voiceover off by tripple-clicking home, assuming you have that >> set up that way in the settings, accessibility menu for the phone. >> 3. Double tap the spot where Mail would be in the dock area of the >> phone. >> 4. Now, you can navigate the different channel categories by heading. >> There will be pop, rock, Hiphop/R&B, Dance/Electronic, Country, Christian, >> Jazz/Blues/Standards, Classical, Family/Health, Sports, Sports >> play-by-play, MLB Play-by-Play, Comedy, Howard Stern, Entertainment, >> News/Public Radio, Politics, Religion, More, >> Latin, Latin Sports play-by-play. In each heading, you can flick right to >> find the channels in that category. >> >> NOTES and CAVEATS: >> >> 1. The channel numbers are not listed. You will see the song/artist >> currently playing by each channel. Normally, the on-air channels are >> listed first, with the internet-only ones at the end. Example: in the pop >> category, there is channel 2, channel 3, the decades channels, then there >> is The Love channel just before you get to the Neil Diamond internet-only >> channel, followed by the limited engagement channels. In the rock >> heading, they start with Elvis's channel 19 and proceed numerically up >> except that the New Pink Floyd channel (43) appears after the Bob Dylan >> Theme-time Radio internet-only channel. >> >> Note 2: I haven't been able to figure out, but I think the home broadcast >> appears first for the different MLB games. >> >> Caveat 1: A couple times, when I wasn't playing an Xm show live, I >> couldn't get the stupid thing to activate the channel categories. After I >> clicked the >> Live button, it worked. But, that could be purely circumstantial. >> >> Caveat 2: It is hard to locate the exact spot to double-tap with >> Voiceover off. If for that reason alone, the SpeedDots screen protector >> is well worth >> the $7 bucks. I can activate the category view using the methodology >> above usually on the first try now. >> >> Caveat 3: Double-tapping the song artist/title in any of the categories >> when you have the channel category view switches to that station. The >> display continues to show all the other channels, so it is a nice way to >> be able to scan for songs or just to keep up with the artist/title info on >> your favorite channel. >> >> Hope this gives you a headstart. And, by far, the iPhone is a lot easier >> and more pleasant to use than the Internet Player. >> >> Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. >> >> Steve >> Lansing, MI >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >> Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
