Programming for Everyone
Sirius offers more than 150 channels, with
more than 65 of them offering commercial-free music, and over 40 that
broadcast news, sports, and talk shows. This essentially means that the
Model Satellite gives you a station for each of your possible moods 24
hours a day.

The large LCD is easy to read and provides clear navigation.

You
can't get enough of Elvis? Simply tune into Elvis Radio. For Dead Heads
and Phish Heads, there's a station entirely devoted to jams. Mainstream
news radio (NPR, CNN, BBC, and FOX) sit alongside World Radio, Gay Radio,
and even Pentagon Radio. Whether you're politically right, left, or
center, a hip-hop or Broadway aficionado, or a talk radio or sports
fanatic, Sirius has you covered. And the Model Satellite--the world's
first table radio designed exclusively for home use with Sirius
Satellite Radio--couldn't make tuning in any easier or more enjoyable.

Testing the radio with the supplied antennas in every corner and on
every floor of a three-story house, we experienced remarkably strong
satellite, AM, and FM signals, regardless of the weather or time of day.
Tivoli's manual provides instructions on how to aim and fine-tune the
satellite antenna to optimize reception--instructions that we were
happily able to ignore. And best of all, because satellite radio is
essentially commercial-free, when we tuned into the blues, that's what
we got--nothing but the blues.

The Tivoli Design
The Model Satellite, designed by Tivoli CEO Tom
DeVesto, has a great design that is part retro, part high-tech. Its
elegant cherry casing and analog tuner give it a distinctive classical
air, while its easy-to-read, blue LED display adds a touch of the
satellite age.

Choose to display either the analog or digital clock face.

Tivoli's unique AM/FM rotary dial turns at a slower ratio than most
other radios and is designed to pull in even weaker signals, allowing
listeners to tune into stations that most desktop radios can't capture.
The tuner band selection and volume dials are conveniently located in
the center of the unit for easy control, and the champagne-colored
buttons for the radio's presets and other functions are easily
accessible.

To make room for the LED display, the Model Satellite houses its
three-inch driver on top of the unit. While this allows for an
easy-to-read placement of the display, the downside is that the sound is
directed upward, instead of directly toward the listener. However,
Tivoli's outstanding acoustics partially make up for this by offering a
robust, clean sound.

Small Size, Great Features
Because it features the input/output
options of the Model Two, this modest-looking mono radio can be expanded
into a full-blown, compact system. With the simple addition of the
Tivoli Model CD Player, the Companion Speaker, and Model Subwoofer,
you'll have a powerful system on your hands.

A total of 20 presets (five for each of the radio's four bands) is an
essential convenience when you have over 150 channels to keep track of.
A remote control allows you to manage most of the radio's functions,
although you still have to change the band selection, tune in AM and FM
stations, and--most inconveniently--set the volume the old-fashioned
way. An alarm clock with sleep mode and an option for a digital or
analog clock display rounds out the radio's features.

Pros

• Elegant, yet simple, design features
• Clear, easy-to-read,
  adjustable LED display
• Outstanding variety of music and news from the
  Sirius Satellite Network

• Volume control not included on remote
  
• Lettering on radio casing difficult to read