{"id":74,"date":"2012-04-21T20:26:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T03:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/?p=74"},"modified":"2012-04-21T20:26:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T03:26:14","slug":"sirius-radio-tips-or-things-to-make-the-commute-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pascual.co\/ActiveE\/activee\/sirius-radio-tips-or-things-to-make-the-commute-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirius radio tips&#8230;  or&#8230; things to make the commute easier&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');<\/p>\n<p>  ga('create', 'UA-49483645-1', 'pascual.co');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');<\/p>\n<p><\/script><br \/>\nHi all.<\/p>\n<p>Been traveling this week, so I&#8217;ve been away from my ActiveE. I did take a few hours on Wednesday, in between flights to take the car out of &#8220;free&#8221; parking at LAX lot 6. \u00a0So far, saved $68 for parking at LAX (1 $3 stay and the second a $65 stay.)<\/p>\n<p>For those that don&#8217;t know. One of the side benefits to driving a fully electric car is LAX offers parking in two lots at the airport at no cost (Lot 1 and Lot 6). Additionally, charging is free. As of Wednesday, April 18, 2012. They were still the old style L2 chargers, BUT as I was leaving on my flight out that day, workmen were replacing a good number of these pictured to new Clipper Creek L2 chargers. (Lot 6 is pictured, &#8217;cause I fly mainly United and American).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0676 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099343049\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5032\/7099343049_993f1ce468.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0676\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post an update later with pics of the new chargers if their upgraded when I get back to LAX tonight&#8230; (writing this blog entry in the air between NYC and LA).<\/p>\n<p>As cool as those benefits are, I started writing this post to demonstrate some cool Sirius tips.<\/p>\n<p>Tip 1 &#8211; Timeshifting of Sirius Radio &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the video below &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"225\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=44a2ca0be5&amp;photo_id=7074795481\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=109786\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kinda cool. I use this feature when I listen to talk radio and I miss what was said&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Or, if you have music that you want to keep playing over and over.<\/p>\n<p>Tip 2 &#8211; Favorites lists&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One of the nice things about Satellite radio is you can keep favorites lists so that if something you like is playing, it&#8217;ll pop up for you. I like to listen to NBA games while I drive home, so&#8230; I made a favorite for it. Additionally, I keep track of home teams, so I added the LA Kings as well. Just in case.<\/p>\n<p>Of course&#8230; You have to start in Satellite Radio&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0627 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099017393\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7088\/7099017393_ffbd4e4f4e.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0627\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not on a channel that has your favorites on it, move the iDrive control to the left and then select favorites, and the items that are tagged with your favorites will pop up.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0628 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099017191\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5276\/7099017191_677460a1ec.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0628\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These icons on the left pop up, when you move to the left.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0629 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6952946554\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7049\/6952946554_4b64c5386f.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0629\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you select the favorites menu, then all these that match your favorites will pop up<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0630 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6952946444\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5456\/6952946444_9a1515a6cd.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0630\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can then listen to whatever game or program you&#8217;re interested in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Now, to STORE your favorites, you get that by going deeper into the program selected&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here is what it looks like when you expand the selection &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0631 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6952946258\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5151\/6952946258_b57b06b494.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0631\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You could select to store the channel (as indicated in the top portion) or select the various categories that are provided (as indicated in the second portion).<\/p>\n<p>I selected and stored the NBA below.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0632 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099016435\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7223\/7099016435_fdf159bc55.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0632\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I repeated the process to store the LA Kings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0633 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/6952945972\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5329\/6952945972_a0326b5749.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0633\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0634 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099016229\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5461\/7099016229_a3a0a51d0c.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0634\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, now that we&#8217;ve stored the NBA and LA Kings as favorites, the choices look like the following:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IMG_0635 by dennis_p, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8245538@N06\/7099016129\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7064\/7099016129_692272e4ff.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0635\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say. The included one year of satellite radio provides us with very good entertainment options during long commute home. Especially when traffic forces us to drive more &#8220;efficiently&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all. Been traveling this week, so I&#8217;ve been away from my ActiveE. I did take a few hours on Wednesday, in between flights to take the car out of &#8220;free&#8221; parking at LAX lot 6. \u00a0So far, saved $68 for parking at LAX (1 $3 stay and the second a $65 stay.) 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