Sirius SUPH1 Universal Dock and Play Home Kit
- Universal home kit for select Sirius Sportster, Starmate, and Stratus receivers
- Handy mounting cradle holds receiver in single easy-to-access location
- Minijack-to-RCA cable runs from cradle’s audio output to stereo input
- Indoor/outdoor antenna with 21-foot cord; AC power adapter with 6-foot cord
- Cradle measures 4.49 x 1.41 x 2.16 inches (W x H x D); 1-year warranty
Product Description
This home kit includes everything you need to play the SIRIUS Sportster SP4-TK1 plug-and-play radio through any home stereo: a desktop cradle, an audio cable, a home power adapter, and an antenna. Connect the cradle to the home stereo system with the audio cable, position the antenna in just the right spot for prime reception, and plug the power adapter into a standard wall outlet. The SP4-TK1 is sold separately.Amazon.com Product Description
The Sirius SUP-H1 universal plug ‘n’ play home kit comes with everything you need to play your Sportster 3, Sportster 4, Starmate 3, Starmate 4, and Stratus satellite radio receiver through your home stereo speakers. The kit is designed around a handy mounting cradle, which holds your receiver in a single easy-to-access location. Just slide your Sirius receiver into the cradle and rest it on a tabletop, desk, bookshelf, or entertainment center. Once the receiver is mounted, users have two listening opti… More >>
Sirius SUPH1 Universal Dock and Play Home Kit
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5 comments
ilm cog on December 21, 2009 at 3:12 am
I really enjoy the programming, Howard mainly, but the music, BBC and comedy too. This is now my ninth Sirius hardware purchase since I joined Sirius when Howard finally started b’casting a few yrs back. Three Starmates, a couple Stratus, and four home docks. After just three yrs in w/ Sirius, in these modern times (it’s 2008!!!), you’d think the first radio and the first dock would still be humming along and working fine. NO! After just three short yrs I now have three useless/broken radios and two useless/broken docks! Plus the ‘working’ radio and dock I using now…… plus a radio and dock as a back-up. More e-waste headed to Red China.
Gee I haven’t had to buy a ‘back-up’ for my big flat screen Sony! Go figure. I wonder why?
I’m near a big city so I’ve never had the recp problem many other reviewers have. I can pretty much aim any of the 100 Sirius ant I now own (!!!) any which way and I’ll get an 80-100% signal.No problem w/ Sirius on that front for me.
This review is of the product in Q, the SUPH-1 home dock. As it should be.
First I have a problem having to pay $50+ extra to HEAR my $100 radio!
That said, the failure point for all the broken home docks so far has been the ant connection on the back of the dock base. The unit stays put in ONE location on a shelf 100% of the time connected to my stereo receiver/amp w/ the inc’d cable, but both times the ant connection on the dock broke loose! Broke loose. Pulled completely OUT!?!?! The dock and the cable NEVER move! They don’t get wiggled about at all after the inital connection! There’s an inch of dust on the cable!
If, like me, you can’t stand missing a min of Howard in the early morning, I strongly suggest you always have a spare radio AND dock in the closet. Not just in case, but because within days of it going out of warranty, IT WILL FAIL!
Sirius….please quit doing biz w/ the lowest Red Chinese bidder. Maybe pick the second lowest Red Chinese bidder. Maybe they will pay their workers a whole $1.50 per day.
While your at it, how about ’stealing’ some product designers and engs from Apple? Your hardware really looks blah.
I do like Howard tho. But when he goes, prob so will I. Babba Booey, Babba Booey!
Lelon Thompson on December 21, 2009 at 5:34 am
i love the sirius radio and their stations (chanel 62 the road house is one of my favorites) i have a sirius radio in my truck, only station i listen to.
bought the home kit could not get sirius radio signal with the antenna that came with the kit, in to-days wourld of high tech; why can’t they produce a sirius home radio that will paly in your house with out moving the antenna every five minutes because you loose the signal??????????????? this is the reason i returned the product
hope this information gets to the engineers at sirius radio
lee; fairfield ca.
R. A. Feikle on December 21, 2009 at 5:59 am
I’m now in my 4th year with Sirius. As far as the radio and the daily service, it is absolutely awesome. You will not want to return to regular radio again after a couple days of Sirius. The hardware and product they give you daily is phenomenal.
That being said, dealing with the company itself, specifically over the phone, is an absolute nightmare. The utter incompetence of most of the customer service people is staggering. I’d say the average I.Q. is around 25. Harsh, but it is what it is.
Three of my four years with Sirius, I have been lucky enough where I’ve had family/friends want to pay for my yearly subscription as a Birthday/Christmas present. The first time a family member called Sirius, paid for the year with his credit card, and we thought it was set. His credit card was double charged, and at the beginning of January when my plan renews, I was also charged. We both called Sirius and the issue was not resolved for more than a week.
The second issue was a similar issue. A family member called Sirius, provided a credit card, and paid for the year. Once again, a few days into January $150+ was withdrawn from my checking account (renewal price). Not happy again, we had to haggle over the phone for a few days to get it rectified.
This brings me to this year. A friend and a family member wanted to pay for my subscription. They both contacted Sirius and asked if there were Gift Cards or Certificates that could be used towards the subscription. Obviously b/c of past issues. Both were told by Sirius operators that the easiest way was to purchase Egift Certificates, which are sent directly to the recipients email with a code to redeem them. That was what they did.
On December 30th I went to redeem them. Problem is they are only good towards Sirius hardware and cannot be used for subscriptions. I called Sirius to take issue. I was disconnected by the first two associates, the third was yawning into the phone, and finally the fourth try I got someone who could help. The associate told me I could use the Egift credits and buy Gift Cards from the Sirius shop and have them sent to me. I stated that my account was set to renew in a few days and this would be a problem. He assured me it wouldn’t be, and transferred me to customer care.
At customer care, I spoke with an associate who assured me my account would be frozen, it would go into invoice billing, and I simply had to just wait for the Gift Cards to arrive in the mail. I had a bad feeling but decided to go that route. A week later the Gift Cards arrived.
Before I called Sirius back to redeem them, I checked my checking account. Sure enough once again Sirius charged me already for the yearly renewal. Problem this time, I had just paid a bunch of bills out of my checking and it overdrafted my account. I was furious and called Sirius once again. They admitted fault initially, but then began to change their stance and stated that I never had the Sirius account frozen. Luckily I document everyone I speak to. Sirius even refused initially to refund the overdraft fees from the bank. I finally spoke with a supervisor who agreed to refund the fees and subscription price. To rub extra salt in the wounds, it will take 7-10 days, my checking account is now frozen, and I have no way to use it right now. To top it all off, I still never got an apology from Sirius. So to put it simply, don’t ask for your subscription to be paid for as a gift, and avoid dealing with Sirius directly. It is nothing but a hassle that probably will cost you days of problems. This might actually be my last year with them because of this. Good luck if you have to deal with them.
Bob on December 21, 2009 at 6:43 am
I bought a new Starmate 3 with the Vehicle kit, and loved the radio so decided to buy the Home kit for obvious reasons. The first time we used the home kit it was only producing sound in one speaker. So I bought a high end stereo Y adaptor to replace the one that came in the kit. The second time we used it, the mount still only produced sound to one speaker. So I wiggled the wire a little to see if I could get it to play stereo. But it would only switch from one to the other and then the power shut off on the radio. So I turned everything off, and turned the radio back on. I still was not getting stereo, and the radio was blinking on and off, so I tried playing with the power cord. Well guess what, it quit working all together. This radio that worked perfectly in our cars was now dead, and now I’m out the radio and the price for this load, and have paid Sirius for the subscription and don’t know what I’m going to do about it yet.
Maybe I just got unlucky, but I would wait for awhile to see if others have problems with this unit before I would buy one.
S. Mcmullen on December 21, 2009 at 8:01 am
Don’t buy this product, it’s junk! The dock simply doesn’t work. The wires and antenna are fine (which I know because I used them to hook my car dock up to my indoor stereo system) but the dock is dead.
After many frustrating hours trying to make this system work, we gave up. I have returned this worthless junk and we will do without Sirius in the house.