Top 20 Sirius Starmate ST2 Satellite Radio Receiver Questions & Answers

it more likely to be the connection plug, the connector plugs weaken over time with the bumps , just needs reseating the connections on the pins.

replace the jack or the circuit card with parts off ebay. see the two cards pictured in my solution at this link. My ST2 just died Still picks up all the channels fine but just doesn...

usually the male jack is bad before female on audio plugs but here may be just broken joint from jar or jerk but you could try fresh male first tuners eat power and are tuned warm if its being intermittent may try fresh power happened to my first xm unit the unit will last for a decade on all the time the power adapter will last a few seasons at best will come apart .....back of quality exacto blade snap the two halves apart slowly desolder the copper wire fm antenna lead on black side frees the mobo its just wedged in there on the PCB with a little solder now you can see the joints on the female jack could of cracked from pad just touch em up with some solder but remember itl be your pad next time he ha lovely surface mount solderpaste can break at times not necessarily design flaw don\'t get surface mount pads to hot know how to solder get the iron fully up before hitting it 1 1000 2 1000 done put it this way if you can see the unit has been too disturbed youll need more diasecting and a parts to repair you can find parts of similar size but unlikely to find correct orientation for mobo without Mouser or parts manufacturer you have to nichrome wire it and get to more of PCB to handle the traces not hardly room without desolder more parts to see whats up if your undecided send it in .... hell the whole industry is there in the palm of your hand he ha

Audio jack probably needs to be repaired.Not sure where to get it done I have one that needs to be fixed

Unfortunately some models of the Starmate Replay will not receive the latest updates. I have seen this with XTR8, which is essentially the same radio. If it is one of these outdated receivers, it will not receive the update, and there is not much you can do. You used to be able to let them sit for about 24 hours and it would eventually take. That does not appear to be the case anymore. This isn't the case with ALL of the ST2s if you wanted to hunt down a replacement. www.tss-radio.com can help

If the screen is dim, then try a new antenna. Dim screen = shorted antenna connection. If that doesn't solve it, sell it for parts on eBay, you'll get like $5-$20 depending on if it's subscribed.

Your power jack needs to be replaced. You can buy a repair service on eBay. You'll need a new power jack if you'd like to repair it yourself, which you'd need to take from another radio.

The small, gold, circular connector on the bottom of the unit. You can purchase a repair on eBay if the antenna connection has loosened itself from the board.

Go check with satelliteradiofix.com

More than likely the antenna connection has jogged loose somehow, and just needs to be soldered. The person who handles all of our repairs at TSS Radio does this often, and I'm sure could tell you specifics. His email is [email protected]

The antenna that needs to be replace!

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This could be because of an amp, or it could just be a bad solder joint. Unfortunately, it's impossible to find an amp to replace it because sirius does not release a schematic. So, most likely it's irreparable.

If you would like to see if it's a bad solder, just leave it near a heater and plug it in. If it works, that should tell you that you should reflow your radio. Reflowing is easy, just remove the circuit board from the plastics and heat it up to 800-1000 degrees F with a heat gun. Let it cool and reassemble.

Your board needs to be reflowed. Just pop the front cover off, remove the assembly from the back and heat it up (non-LCD side) until you see the solder melt (it will turn shiny). Let it cool for 5 minutes afterwards. You can use a heat gun (set to 1000 degrees F) that can be purchased at a hardware store.

This has a 50% success rate. The problem may also be caused by an internal fault, like a blown fuse or faulty component.

Your antenna needs to face a Northwest position to achieve a good signal if it is used for home use. Also any type of blockage such as trees,buildings,hills..etc will cause this while using it in a vehicle. Roof racks and vehicle compasses will also cause this if the antenna is mounted too close to either of them.

What I did, which was a solution I found on FixYa, is to remove the screws from the back of the unit, pop it open, and resolder the 4 connections attached to the power socket.

Try reset to factory default settings:-- the features of the Receiver to the factory defaults, do the following: 1. Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight “Factory Default”, and press the select button. 2. Use the channel up and down buttons to select “Yes” to restore all settings to the settings from the factory, or select “No” to leave them as-is and return to the Menu Options menu. Restore Settings? Yes No 3. If “Yes” is chosen, a confirmation is displayed. Use the channel up and down buttons to select “Yes” to restore all settings to the settings from the factory, or select “No” to leave them as-is and return to the Menu Options menu. Are You Sure? Yes No 4. If Yes is chosen, the Receiver will revert to the original factory settings. 5. When the Factory Default is complete, the Receiver will place you in Channel 184 the SIRIUS preview channel and display, “Call 1-888-539- SIRIUS to Subscribe”. The Receiver is still subscribed to the SIRIUS service. After this procedure is done.Then check out. Check out.keep updated.Thanks.

just try to change the ac, maybe it is the one that is defective, or if your suspicion is right open it and solder the loose contact

You have to open it up, break it down carefully to 4 pieces. There are 4 solder points on the female part of power socket. With the radio on the table, have the power socket on your right bottom corner. Apply rosin core solder to the 3 points 0 1
2 3 Use a 15 watt iron from Radio Shack. Solder .032 dia. Carefully put it back together.

Contact Sirius. They will send an update to the radio while you are on the line.
Be sure the antenna has a clear line of sight to the open sky... (optimal antenna placement is flat on the rear deck)...
And have the RID# ready.
When powered on - tune to channel 1 - and then back up one channel. It will have the ID number on-screen.

Call: 1-888-539-SIRIUS (7474)

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