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A tech from Lucid in Michigan told me there is no actual satellite reception device. Rather they use ATT cell data. Living in Colorado, it creates a problem driving in rural and mountain areas. Has anyone found a workaround or improvement, so signal is not lost?
 
This is correct. Lucid relies on a cellular connection for Sirius. You will have instances of not being able to receive a connection in cellular dead zones. It was for this reason that I cancelled my car subscription for my Air. If I have good reception and want to listen to Sirius I do so through CarPlay. Otherwise i can’t justify paying for a car based subscription given the spotty cellular reception. I know of no true “satellite” work around.
 
One of those bafflingly poor design choices. I'm guessing they save money on the satellite receiver components.

You could buy an aftermarket Sirius radio and mount it somewhere in the car. Super jank imo but this is where we are.
 
knewman said:
One of those bafflingly poor design choices. I'm guessing they save money on the satellite receiver components.

You could buy an aftermarket Sirius radio and mount it somewhere in the car. Super jank imo but this is where we are.
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It really depends on the signal in your area offered by AT&T, which is the car's internal cellular. Here in San Diego, not so great. So the built-in system has a lot of dropouts. Instead, I use the satellite app through CarPlay, thus using Verizon, and everything works perfectly.
 
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Bobby said:
It really depends on the signal in your area offered by AT&T, which is the car's internal cellular. Here in San Diego, not so great. So the built-in system has a lot of dropouts. Instead, I use the satellite app through CarPlay, thus using Verizon, and everything works perfectly.
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What kind of satellite app do you have going through CarPlay?
 
Lmunozjr said:
What kind of satellite app do you have going through CarPlay?
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SiriusXM. Since I have a lifetime subscription on a different car, I can sign in and use it with no additional charge. This also makes it cheaper than the Lucid.
 
Bobby said:
It really depends on the signal in your area offered by AT&T, which is the car's internal cellular. Here in San Diego, not so great. So the built-in system has a lot of dropouts. Instead, I use the satellite app through CarPlay, thus using Verizon, and everything works perfectly.
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That's a more simple solution, although from what OP said I got the impression they're often traveling in rural areas with no data service from any carrier.
 
But to his point it’s still a cellular signal not a true satellite receiver
I’m currently investigating actual aftermarket radios
 
Aka-none said:
But to his point it’s still a cellular signal not a true satellite receiver
I’m currently investigating actual aftermarket radios
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Do a search, I think that's been done before, but it was hard to get it fully integrated without major audio changes.
 
Bobby said:
Do a search, I think that's been done before, but it was hard to get it fully integrated without major audio changes.
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Yeah I’m thinking of a simple hack of Bluetooth and power then call it done
 
Aka-none said:
Yeah I’m thinking of a simple hack of Bluetooth and power then call it done
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Yeah, Sirius-XM has radios that will work like that. Only issue I saw was where you could place it. I do not see a good place to mount it in the Gravity.
 
Well if it can be added to HomeKit and or home assistant, run on a pi in the car tunneled via hotspot to home via apple HomeKit. Or also to hit the lucid API
Still playing with the details so I don’t have to add a new tunnel to maintain.
 
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