New Shinka and Sirius activation
04-12-2006, 09:22 PM
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New Shinka and Sirius activation
Hi -
New 06 Shinka owner here. Have a quick question for you. The Shinka package comes with 1 year free Sirius sat radio. So far, we have not been able to figure out how to activate it. Sirius says its only 6 months free and says we should call the dealer. We called the dealer, they are clueless.
Anyone else run into this? Is there some special promotion code the dealer should have provide?
Other than that, great car, looking forward to hanging out more and learning what I can.
Thanks.
New 06 Shinka owner here. Have a quick question for you. The Shinka package comes with 1 year free Sirius sat radio. So far, we have not been able to figure out how to activate it. Sirius says its only 6 months free and says we should call the dealer. We called the dealer, they are clueless.
Anyone else run into this? Is there some special promotion code the dealer should have provide?
Other than that, great car, looking forward to hanging out more and learning what I can.
Thanks.
04-18-2006, 03:30 PM
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Just got done doing this in my BB 06 shinka!
switch to sirius
tune to channel 184
call sirius
to get the ESN number:
press tune, this brings up the first 8 digits
turn the right hand ****(the **** oppisite tune on the right) to rotate through the rest of them.
give them the number
they'll do the rest
stern rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
switch to sirius
tune to channel 184
call sirius
to get the ESN number:
press tune, this brings up the first 8 digits
turn the right hand ****(the **** oppisite tune on the right) to rotate through the rest of them.
give them the number
they'll do the rest
stern rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
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04-19-2006, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by TDS-03
hmmm....
We did that, but when we look at the account on-line, it says its a 6month activation. We are supposed to get a year. Does your account show a full year?
We did that, but when we look at the account on-line, it says its a 6month activation. We are supposed to get a year. Does your account show a full year?
I repeated a few times that my window sticker explicitly says "1 Year" and that it's marketed all over the MAZDAUSA web site, and it was a huge selling point for the car, and i wanted to hear howard...that didn't really get the problem solved, but they extended my trial to a year for free.
Technically i wanted them to figure out what was wrong and fix it...but i suppose i got a year either way, *shrug*.
I think they went through the "extensions" department to extend it to a year for me....hope that helps!
04-19-2006, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by tjbourgoyne
Is the 1 year free in writing? if it is there should be a validation date (usually in small print).
04-19-2006, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by hedgecore
They said the same thing to me! Time for a call to mazda perhaps?!?!
I repeated a few times that my window sticker explicitly says "1 Year" and that it's marketed all over the MAZDAUSA web site, and it was a huge selling point for the car, and i wanted to hear howard...that didn't really get the problem solved, but they extended my trial to a year for free.
Technically i wanted them to figure out what was wrong and fix it...but i suppose i got a year either way, *shrug*.
I think they went through the "extensions" department to extend it to a year for me....hope that helps!
I repeated a few times that my window sticker explicitly says "1 Year" and that it's marketed all over the MAZDAUSA web site, and it was a huge selling point for the car, and i wanted to hear howard...that didn't really get the problem solved, but they extended my trial to a year for free.
Technically i wanted them to figure out what was wrong and fix it...but i suppose i got a year either way, *shrug*.
I think they went through the "extensions" department to extend it to a year for me....hope that helps!
So far our dealer has been completely useless with this. Other things too, I dont see us going back there for anything really.
04-20-2006, 03:27 PM
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Cool, now we need to find out how to program this key!
Apparently it can be programmed to lock/unlock when leaving/approaching the car!
My dealer wanted to charge me...booooo.
We need to get a service guy to give us the info on how to do it!
Apparently it can be programmed to lock/unlock when leaving/approaching the car!
My dealer wanted to charge me...booooo.
We need to get a service guy to give us the info on how to do it!
04-20-2006, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by hedgecore
Cool, now we need to find out how to program this key!
Apparently it can be programmed to lock/unlock when leaving/approaching the car!
My dealer wanted to charge me...booooo.
We need to get a service guy to give us the info on how to do it!
Apparently it can be programmed to lock/unlock when leaving/approaching the car!
My dealer wanted to charge me...booooo.
We need to get a service guy to give us the info on how to do it!
Can't decide if we really want to do it or not. Nice if you are out and about, but kind of a pain for it to auto-lock while the car is sitting in my garage.
Let me know if you find out the secret. It cant be that hard.
04-20-2006, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by TDS-03
Whoa, that sucks. Our dealer said we had to go to the service dept to get that done, but they said no charge for it.
Can't decide if we really want to do it or not. Nice if you are out and about, but kind of a pain for it to auto-lock while the car is sitting in my garage.
Let me know if you find out the secret. It cant be that hard.
Can't decide if we really want to do it or not. Nice if you are out and about, but kind of a pain for it to auto-lock while the car is sitting in my garage.
Let me know if you find out the secret. It cant be that hard.
04-21-2006, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by TDS-03
We asked, said was no charge, but we had to bring it in.
Sorry.
Sorry.
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Originally Posted by hedgecore
Just got done doing this in my BB 06 shinka!
switch to sirius
tune to channel 184
call sirius
to get the ESN number:
press tune, this brings up the first 8 digits
turn the right hand ****(the **** oppisite tune on the right) to rotate through the rest of them.
give them the number
they'll do the rest
stern rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
switch to sirius
tune to channel 184
call sirius
to get the ESN number:
press tune, this brings up the first 8 digits
turn the right hand ****(the **** oppisite tune on the right) to rotate through the rest of them.
give them the number
they'll do the rest
stern rules!!!!!!!!!!!!
08-04-2006, 08:54 AM
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When I got my '06 Shinka it took a bit of time to get the hang of it. I had an aftermarket XM instaled in my '05 RX-8. The Sirius sounds so much better. You have to call Sirius to activate it. Playboy is also included and they'll ask you if you want it. Hell it's free and an extra channel. Listen to channel 198...lol!
08-04-2006, 11:48 AM
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There have been threads about this: https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...=keyless+entry
08-11-2006, 06:25 PM
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Sirus activation
I am having the same problem with Sirus. They tell me it is only a 6 month subscription. I have faxed in the window sticker showing the comitment of Mazda to a 1 year sub. I am now waiting for their reply. When I get it resolved I'll let everyone know how it went.
I agree with a previous post, Sirus sound quality is horrible, it reminds me of AM radio.
I agree with a previous post, Sirus sound quality is horrible, it reminds me of AM radio.
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