Sirius Option (Bose Intergrated) - No scan?

[GoBlueMazda]

Forgive me if this is a stupid question.

Can I not hit a fricken button to scan EVERY available station just like a regular radio?

WTF am I missing? I have looked at manual and do not see anything!

 

[RiP 8/23/07]

dunno about scan

I dont know about scan but you can hit the scan buton then turn the left knob and select category and it will separate the stations into categories. scanning 200 stations would suck if you ask me. after you select the category you want push the up and down "track" buttons on the far left of the unit to browse channels in that category.

I found going to sirius.com and listening on my pc was easier to select what stations I wanted in my car cause it gives a brief description. and if they did the same for you as me your phone # is you name and PW on the site.

 

[CX7_Scott]

This may be piggy-backing your topic, but there are a LOT of usability issues with the Mazda radio(s).

For example: I have the Bose/TechPckg/Nav system.

(We'll just skip the "lack of iPod integration or Aux input" for now)

CD:
- Random/Shuffle works on one-disc only. The changer mechanism would be WAY too-slow to switch between discs after each song. So - I can only shuffle ONE CD or .MP3-CD.

- Track Skip: If I don't like a particular song WHILE in random mode, and I hit the "forward/Next" button to go to the next track... It DISABLES the random feature and just jumps you to the next physical track on the CD.

- Random feature has amnesia. Once the Random feature is disabled after changing tracks, it FORGETS what it had already played and will proceed to go back and play those songs - so you hit fast-forward again to skip it, and... well... you can see the cycle of frustration.

- Disc-jump. If a CD finishes playing the "last" track... it will advance to the next available CD on its own - that's normal, right...? BUT, if I'm on the last track of a CD and I hit the TrackSkip/Forward button, it goes to the BEGINNING of the disc I'm listening to.

- Replacing a CD. There should be a button to "swap" a CD from a slot from the 6-disc changer. Right now, you can only load, or eject. If I have all-6 slots loaded, and I want to remove the disc from slot one and replace it with a new disc, I have to hit "EJECT" on that disc, the face opens, the disc ejects, as you remove it, the screen obscures the slot so you can see the screen again, then you must hit "load" on that same disc number. *I have found you can trick it if you have the disc you want to swap READY... you hit eject, and hoover the new disc over the old one and do the "Quick-swap"... just as the tip of the disc comes out of the slot, slide the new one in as fast as you can... it will grab it and load it in. Good luck doing it while driving.

God... there's a lot more I could say for the radio and Sirius... but you get the point. The UI needs some evolution to happen.

As much abuse as Chrysler gets, I miss how WELL the systems worked and worked TOGETHER.

 

[AWmustang]

On the tech package radio with Sirius, hitting the scan button will scan through all of the stations just as you would expect. I just did it yesterday trying to find a station.

 

[PSULion22]

On the tech package radio with Sirius, hitting the scan button will scan through all of the stations just as you would expect. I just did it yesterday trying to find a station.

Yep. Select Sirius and then the Scan button on the right side of the display. That will go through all the stations just like a normal radio. I use it to find football games that are broadcast on non-sports channels. You have to listen to what is on sometimes though, as it will occaisionally skip to the next channel without displaying the song/artist/channel display.