Wow, never thought controlling this thing directly would be such a pain. I understand everything about your response except when you say 'Sirius-ready receiver'.. What exactly does this mean? I guess a better question would be what's the difference between the SCH2P and a Sirius-ready receiver? I thought since I activated this particular receiver and it receives a signal directly then it would be Sirius-ready?

Thanks for the helpful advice thus far and for clearing this up for me.