Customer Reviews

Directed Electronics SLH1 SIRIUS Stiletto Home Docking Kit

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This home kit is simple and easy to install and use! I have the antenna sitting near a window and the reception is great even though there is a patio outside the window blocking open access to the sky.
Am very happy with it!

I was very pleased with this product. I just set the small antenna on my window sill and got a great satellite signal. I can listen through any speakers with a radio using the FM transmitter and connect directly to my stereo system. This product is pretty inexpensive, and is really worth it for having the convenience of listening to a great signal throughout the house. This product is a must have if you own a Stiletto.

The home kit give you a number of different cables needed to connect to all you input and output devices. You really need this if you purchased the Stiletto. It's well worth the cost.

This was a gift for my husband and I am enjoying it as much as he is. We absolutely love it!

I just bought a Stiletto 100 with a Home Dock Kit costing all in all $415. The Home dock of course it absolutly required and I have to say I`m not terribly impressed with it. The biggest problem is the FM Transmitter on the Home Dock is terrible. The maximum range I can get out of it is about 15-20 feet before the signal to the radio I used in my bedroom completely breaks down into static. When I first baught Sirius and I bought one of the Xact radios for $80 at target and the FM transmitter would broadcast throughout the house. The only way to rectify this is to either buy multiple Home Docks at $70 each and have one in practically every room in the house plus one in the backyard. Or everytime I want to listen to the sirius radio migrate the setup from room to room. Not exactly worth price in my book.

I thought the capability of the earphone antenna that comes with the Stiletto was really poor, so decided to try the home kit.

Plugged it into the docking port and put the antenna in the window facing west. Went over to the intercom/radio some 15 feet away and turned it to the displayed frequency. My favorite Channel 128 (Nascar) came through loud and clear. That means I can pipe the audio through the whole house.

During the next few days I noted the radio getting static or occasional dropouts on the signal. The static was from moving the home kit around, but rotating it or moving it a few inches worked fine to clear up the static. The dropouts seemed to be from not getting a good terrestrial or satellite signal, but the signal strength meter in the display helped reposition that for a better operation.

Just using the FM transmitter part of the kit worked fine. But not all radio receivers worked as well. The radio built into the intercom (digital display) is excellent. One cassette player/radio picked up the FM signal all around the kitchen while another would pick up only when next to the Stiletto. A Walkman never picked up anything even when next to the Stiletto.

If one receiver doesn't work for you try another receiver or hardwire it using a phono jack. I was using a Stiletto 10 and have a Stiletto 100 on order as a gift, so we'll see if it works as well with the home kit.

awesome little dock. too bad the FCC cut the transmit distance.
does a good job at charging the unit for home use.

The Home Kit helps me get more use out of the Stiletto and came in handy when a couple of games were not televised. I love the versatility of the Stiletto and the home kit doesn't disappoint. Well, there is one thing....it comes with a handy-dandy remote control but, unless you have eagle eyes, it won't serve you well unless you're pretty close to the unit (if you've memorized your presets and don't need to see the screen, you should be fine, but if you want to see any score highlights, etc, you'll need to scoot closer to the unit).

To be honest, we're still in the honeymoon phase with the whole setup so if there are other issues, we have yet to experience them.

It has lasted everyday 12-13 hour use for over 2 years now. It does get hot at times and has melted the glue on part of the battery. Could I have lived without the taping of talk shows and favorite songs all this time? No.

I am glad I bought the home dock, it makes listening in the house great.