If someone could answer me that same question it would be great. I had hoped that once XM ready Decks had come out, I could use the XM01 as the reciever unit and just hide it in the center console, while connected via USB to shoot both the audio, display, and controls to the Deck, and still take it out to use in the home cradle. I don't however, think it will ever work that way. I think it is only for firmware updates, and only for last minute firmware updates before it shipped in case it had problems interfacing with the XM signal before product launch.
I have yet to see since the old U.S. Robotics 28.8 Courier modem, firmware upgrades that actually add features, or let you do cool new things. (The U.S. Robotics 28.8 Courier Modem had a free firmware upgrade for 33.6, then, when all those 56K standards came out, you gave them $20 and you got a firmware upgrade all the way up to V.90 and I'm sure V.92--or whatever if I still owned the thing.) All firmware upgrades do now is fix bugs......
The CD-R must have intentionally been unsupported in an effort to get people to actually use their memory stick idea for mp3 songs and such...Anything to, help along a BetaMax of an idea, oh, excuse me, MiniDisc of an idea. Give us a break sony, you know where you can shove that proprietary s-link of yours....right up through you Laserlink beeoch....
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If someone could answer me that same question it would be great. I had hoped that once XM ready Decks had come out, I could use the XM01 as the reciever unit and just hide it in the center console, while connected via USB to shoot both the audio, display, and controls to the Deck, and still take it out to use in the home cradle. I don't however, think it will ever work that way. I think it is only for firmware updates, and only for last minute firmware updates before it shipped in case it had problems interfacing with the XM signal before product launch.
I have yet to see since the old U.S. Robotics 28.8 Courier modem, firmware upgrades that actually add features, or let you do cool new things. (The U.S. Robotics 28.8 Courier Modem had a free firmware upgrade for 33.6, then, when all those 56K standards came out, you gave them $20 and you got a firmware upgrade all the way up to V.90 and I'm sure V.92--or whatever if I still owned the thing.) All firmware upgrades do now is fix bugs......
The CD-R must have intentionally been unsupported in an effort to get people to actually use their memory stick idea for mp3 songs and such...Anything to, help along a BetaMax of an idea, oh, excuse me, MiniDisc of an idea. Give us a break sony, you know where you can shove that proprietary s-link of yours....right up through you Laserlink beeoch....