My sirius sportster ( SP-R2 ) satelite radio powers up , displays station & artist but does not have sound.

How much does what cost? The service? The radio? A docking station? A replacement typically goes for somewhere around $80. You could also get a whole new kit for around that price. Equipment ranges from $20-$80 depending on what you need to get. Here is a good source for replacements: tss-radio.com

Antenna not detected could be caused by one of three things: The antenna, the docking station, or the receiver. If you have other equipment to troubleshoot, you can narrow down what is causing your issue and replace it. tss-radio.com is a good source for parts and trouble shooting ;)

Hello there !

I suggest you fix it don't through it yet ,I want you to change this chip .

sound IC( Amplifier ) it could be damaged or something is loose inside .


good luck

Does it do this on all radio stations? Some stations don't broadcast that information, some do. Also there may be an info button somewhere on the radio, try pushing that to see if it comes up.

If you have an amplifier hooked up make sure that the correct blue wire on the harness is connected. One of the wires is the remote amp turn-on, the other is for a power antenna. That would be why your radio plays through your speakers, the power antenna wire' when the source is set to radio, sends a 12 volt signal. That would turn on your amp if thats the way that its hooked up.

I see that you have your adapter and as far as I can tell with this type of problem you may have look at sending it back just because I think your wiring is faulty on the inside or your base station where your radio would sit...there may not be no contact on your station prongs that a connect to the radio. The docking staion connectors may be faulty and need to be replaced. I would beleive this to be relevent to the problem you just described.

Let me save you $30.00. A new antenna will not help, nor will cleaning the contacts. I just did both of those and it did not help. I have mine in the freezer right now cooling it down. Sirius told me that I should not leave it in the car because it gets to hot. They told me to buy another unit....

Sirius does not stand behind their products, There is no out of warranty repair for their radios,  and they do not offer sites for repair. Seems  like this is a definite problem with this model. Their solution is to buy a new radio,(with all the new-docking,boombox etc) accessories. also they charge $75.00 to change to the new radio.I liked my sportster 1 because of the FM modulator. It just had to be centrally located and all the radios in my home picked it up(no docking) the new radios require $50.00 docking stations for each stereo location and radio location, unless you bring a boombox everywhere, and the sound isn't the same.    I feel there should be a class action lawsuit against Sirius for these reasons and I might look into it. What do all you think?

Go into the menu and reset to factory default

Look at the bottom of your unit, you'll notice the round port next to the slot? It get's jammed up inside the unit if you pressed to hard setting it into the cradle at some point. Not easy to fix, unfortunatley.