Sorry, if I sound ignorant but to me "stationary satellite" means it stays constantly over a certain geographical area, namely the US or the Americas in general. If so, its impossible to "SEE" Sirius from Greece, am I so wrong?? One other possible problem, for TV only, is the NTSC system for we use PAL in Greece. Actually don't know if my MMCS can handle NTSC signals or is PAL dedicated since it is the european version BLD#0261EM

 

Satellite service in Europe is not free including Greece. If Sirius would offer services in Europe they would have to charge extra to cover the charges of satellite rental. In North America anybody can access a Satellite for GPS purposes (there is an agreement between the US and Canadian gov. about Satellite access, so the cost is subsidized) and Sirius can also broadcasts it's signal to the other free satellites around. That makes Sirius service "cheap" ($10 to $19 a month). I believe Sirius also owns a few satellites in the US... not too sure... In Europe the EU makes a profit from regulation of GPS and satellite access.

 

You learn something new every day I just assumed that gps coverage worked every where. My sirius portable unit and my gps unit worked just fine when I went oversees to europe and I could have sworn that my sirius unit was working when we where in rome but i guess i could be mistaken on where it was functioning. I do know for sure though that my gps unit for my pda was working absolutely everywhere cause i used it for finding attractions but since i was using my ipod more then my sirius i cant say 100% for sure that it was working everywhere but i dont recall any spots i couldnt use it while i was over there.

 

Were you near a US military base?
They get free satellite access anywhere in the world. My buddy in Seoul gets free US TV and radio services & he is not in the army

 

Ahhhh good point considering i was on a US base

 

Shambala must be right, thats why we have no commercial promotion what so ever of Sirius satellite radio here in Greece, but I don't under the GPS matter, I have 2 Garmin units plus the Outlander's one abord the MMCS that work perfectly & free, are you talking of a diffrent kind of GPS reception?

 

i heard Digital TV wont work while the car is in motion do to the doppler effect
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I have checked part numbers that your you have provided and correspond to 2DIN navi, not to MMCS's TV receivers. I know that only japanese MMCS have input dedicated for digital TV receiver, who activated in menu MODE the button TV. Somebody knows in where is slot underh the seats that Shambala comments?

 

Any updates on this?

I am about to install one into my car.
I know only the japan system comes with it but is there a wire on the back of the mmcs that you can ground out to get the 'tv' button on the touch screen?

Failing that, I will connect my tv tuner to the aux input.
I know this will only work when the car is still but will it stream video to the rear screens at all times and still play the sound through the speakers?

Also, If I connect the tv to the mmcs can I have it sending tv to the rear screens while moving and have music playing through the cars speakers?
ie, does the aux input always get sent to the video out even if there is another source selected on the mmcs?