Is there anyway to determine how strong of an XM signal being received? Is there some sort of 'signal strength' readout somewhere in the audio menu?

Or is it simply a matter of 'either you got it or you don't'?

 

It's pretty much an 'all or nothing' thing from a practical standpoint. I have a portable unit in another vehicle which has signal strength bars, but I always have all bars showing unless I'm under a bridge or in a parking garage.

 

Yea with our car there is no signal strength screen that I know of. There should be. My inno has it and it can be useful for antenna positioning (which I guess wouldnt really matter in a car, but still...).

 

the major problem with antenna positioning is that there's like a 4 second buffer. So, if you were driving ultra slow to see what worked and what didn't, it would get confusing because you were actually delayed about 4 seconds from "actual blackout" to "heard blackout"

This goes for all satellite radios...

 

my xm radio signal seems to be crappy...my FM radio sounds more lucid....