Slacker Radio Tip for New Owners!

[theslimshadyist]

Hi all, I have a solid tip for all of you new or soon to be owners. I emailed [email protected] and asked them for my Slacker Radio username and password, which they quickly replied and provided back to me within a few hours. With that info, I went to the Slacker website on my Mac and logged in, went to account settings, and changed the low quality audio setting to high! Now I have the higher quality 320kbps streaming audio in my car!

Enjoy!

 

[JimmyMcNulty]

Nice, thanks for the tip.

So, do we know for a fact that the changes you make on your computer affect the stream quality in the car? I'm guessing you noticed a difference?

 

[theslimshadyist]

Nice, thanks for the tip.

So, do we know for a fact that the changes you make on your computer affect the stream quality in the car? I'm guessing you noticed a difference?

Yes, it absolutely does!!!

 

[GOTMEEV]

Do you automatically get an account with Slacker as part of the purchase so you can log into that account and upgrade the streaming? Or, do you have to create an online account and pay an additional subscription fee?

 

[theslimshadyist]

Do you automatically get an account with Slacker as part of the purchase so you can log into that account and upgrade the streaming? Or, do you have to create an online account and pay an additional subscription fee?

You automatically get one with the car and you don't have to login with the credentials, it's already done when you take delivery of the vehicle.

 

[theslimshadyist]

What I did to ensure that the higher audio kicked in was I made the changes on the website then went to the car and logged out of Slacker, then logged back in. This step may not be needed but I went ahead and performed this sequence just to make sure.

 

[Austral]

Nice. Was able to edit my favorite stations from my den with that factoid, Slim Shady. Thanks!

 

[theslimshadyist]

Nice. Was able to edit my favorite stations from my den with that factoid, Slim Shady. Thanks!

My pleasure!

 

[Hojo]

Worked for me as well. Thanks

 

[theslimshadyist]

When you go to log back into Slacker, there will be a box that you can check for "use higher bitrate".

 

[sbtz]

Are we sure that the quality settings actually change in the car? I toggled the setting on the website, but found that it had defaulted back to normal in the iOS app (for which I used the same login).

 

[theslimshadyist]

Positive. When you log back into the car there is a box right under the username and password that says, "Use High Bitrate". Check that box and log back in.

 

[Skipdd]

Thanks for the info! Am curious about 2 things. A few months ago there were postings about one of the new releases seemingly having caused the higher fidelity option to have been toggled. Did that somehow adjust back in another update? Or was the original supposition erroneous? Second, also curious to know if the use of the earlier 3G antenna makes a difference with the higher bit rate? Thinking not based on rated 3G capacity, but wondering nonetheless. I have the 3G antenna, haven't really seen a reason to upgrade, yet.

 

[FlatSix911]

Well done.

 

[BEEZR]

Hi all, I have a solid tip for all of you new or soon to be owners. I emailed [email protected] and asked them for my Slacker Radio username and password, which they quickly replied and provided back to me within a few hours. With that info, I went to the Slacker website on my Mac and logged in, went to account settings, and changed the low quality audio setting to high! Now I have the higher quality 320kbps streaming audio in my car!

Enjoy!

Thanks! With the upgrade to 8.0 (IIRC) the login details mysteriously disappeared. I would have expected Tesla service to be more proactive about sending this information to owners.

 

[FlatSix911]

I went to Slacker.com to reset my account settings after the Tesla 8.0 upgrade ...

 

[Footer]

I always wondered why Slacker didn't sound so good. Hopefully it will bring out the best in the UHF option. I just logged in to the website and changed the bitrate. Now I have to wait till I get home from China to try it out.

Thanks Scott. Great tip. Why didn't you buy a Tesla sooner? Then I wouldn't have had to listen to substandard radio the last 2 years.

 

[BEEZR]

Mods: This should be a pinned post! Or at least an entry into an owner FAQ...

 

[Ormond]

Positive. When you log back into the car there is a box right under the username and password that says, "Use High Bitrate". Check that box and log back in.

I sent off for mine just now. I have been meaning to do this. Thanks for jogging my memory!

 

[Pantoot]

Thanks for the reminder, just sent off my request.

edit: already got the response. very odd, my wife already had higher bitrate set, but mine didn't. Looking forward to seeing if I notice an improvement.