I was driving across NJ saturday along Rt 80 coming home from skiing and I lost my Sirius reception. At first I assumed it was the mountains, as usual. But it never came back. Sunday I called Sirius and they gave me a bunch of wacky instructions "turn off key, open door for x seconds, then close door, then turn on key, then turn on radio." This was supposed to reset the unit. Then they tried to send a new signal to me. that failed 3 times.
My head unit (RB1) always just says "NO SIGNAL". The odd thing is that the head unit, while set on SAT, loses the PTY and SET display. The only way I can get them back is to pop out the NAV DVD, and reinsert it to reset the NAV. Then the SAT display is complete and normal again until I touch anything (channel button or preset buttons). Then those displays go away.
So I just pulled the rear cargo area apart to check the antenna connections. All wires are just as they were when I installed them. I don't have a spare antenna to try, but that's next I guess.
I also disconnected the battery for about 20 minutes in a feable attempt to reset whatever was wrong. Nothing.
I called Alpine and they said it sounds like the Sirius receiver is bad because the head unit says "NO SIGNAL". Then I described some more of the symptoms above, then he said to take it to the dealer! Argh! Sirius said that too. I hate those cop-out answers. Dealer didn't install it in the first place nor do I think they even do their own repair work (just swap out new units). I'm out of warranty.
Anyone with more Sirius experience PLEASE HELP!!!
PS Everything else works, including NAV.
Here's the screen:
