News December 16, 2008

Sirius Radio streaming to your BlackBerry Bold (How To)

Yesterday afternoon I had a few minutes in the office before dinner and decided to to tackle a task I thought was only for people with a lot more technical skills. I’m a diehard Sirius Radio Howard Stern listener. Until recently I’d been using two receivers at $10/mo each to listen at home and the office. This was wasteful so I cancelled the extra subscriptions. When I’m near a computer I stream Sirius over the Internet. The problem I had was there’s no official Sirius client for iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows Mobile that gives access to all channels.

My solution was to use Orb – a free service that streams audio and video remotely from your Internet connected Windows PC (there is NO Mac version). To use Orb you create an account, download a small ORB client to your Windows PC and download the uSirius software to setup your Sirius radio stream. This is all free except you MUST have a paid Sirius radio account with online access. The setup was remarkably easy – you can watch my (admittedly grainy poor) video that shows the service in use. To set it up on your BlackBerry – see the instructions in the link below which I used last night and found to be the most complete on the Internet at explaining the steps in detail.

Instructions: How To Stream Sirius to your BlackBerry

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Wayne is a diehard Blackberry user and consultant specializing in Sage MAS90 Accounting Software. He lives in Glastonbury CT with his two children. When not helping them with their homework or pushing the latest school fundraiser off on his co-workers, he is active hiking, Scuba Diving and investigating all manner of technology.

LARRY

Wayne- I followed your instructions and it seems to work well for my bold at home on Wi-fi-but as soon as I leave the house- and try to connect the media player just hangs and says its loading but never does. I live in the NY metro area. Do I need a media plan with ATT? Or am I missing something? Thank you for your time and information. (I too am a die hard stern listener)
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malbert

Larry,

When you are home and connected via your Wi-fi. Therefore the BB Orb client is connecting to your PC on your internal network. I would guess you have a firewall issue preventing your BB Orb client from connecting to your home PC from over the internet.