The End...?

So here's the story...

While back in Michigan over the holidays, I rented a Mustang from Hertz that just happened to have Sirius Satellite Radio. I was able to listen to a couple more channels over the course of the holidays...and glanced ahead a little to see how far I still had to go. So, I reported on Channels 183 and 184, and figured I'd pick up with Canada Weather (Ch. 185) and Hardcore Sports Radio (Ch. 186) when I returned to California.

Strangely, I get in the car this morning, turn the dial past 184...and end up back at Sirius Hits 1. What the...? I bring my radio into work, hook it up to the Internet with the USB jack, and update the handset. Okay, so maybe now it will work after I hook it back up to the docking station and receiver...after the radio updates both of those upon reconnecting.

But...no dice. No further update took place...and I see from the Sirius Channel Guide that I should be getting six more channels:

• 185: Canada Weather
• 186: Hardcore Sports Radio
• 188: RCI plus (International Talk Radio)
• 192: Rock Velours (Canadian Soft Rock)
• 193: Energie 2 (International Pop, Rock and Urban Music)
• 198: Playboy Radio

But...no dice. Well...I can either make a stink to Sirius about those missing six channels...or I can just end the six-month long experiment in peace (and finally listen to the thirty channels I've been bookmarking).

So long, experiment...until next time...