Product ReviewsSirius XM Personal Portable Satellite Radio XMp3i Home Kit XPMP3H1 TESTED WORKS

General impressions and tips after my first week with a Xmp3i.

Why did I buy one? I had a Mi-Fi for awhile but the old unit was breaking down.

After having the unit for a week now my general impressions are as so. It's a nice clean package. It's smaller than a Iphone. Easy to carry and the battery life appears to be around 3 hours with this unit. But I could probably tweak the screen settings and maybe get a bit more from it.
Speaking of the screen it is bright and colorful. Almost a waste considering there's no videos or way to change the background.

Drawbacks. Unless you get the fancy headset with the built in antenna you are not going to be able to listen to live XM without a external antenna. But you can record a 100 hours of various XM channels so just remember to record a channel every night and that's no problem.

Home and car kits are expensive. Approx. $20 to $45 as I type. However I did find a kludge for that. My old My-Fi accessories fit and work with the Xmp3i. You just have to cut off the two mounting pins on the connectors and the Xmp3i fits right on that. However the on-board transmitter in the Xmp3i doesn't work this way. Some proprietary circuit in the car kit. BUT. A $3 external transmitter fixed that problem.

Other problems appear to be is that the package appears to be a bit flimsy. One good drop looks like it would destroy it. At least damage the screen. So I did buy two bad Xmp3i units for a dollar and I'm keeping them for parts.

And the XM to go music manager software is usable but a bit basic. Added a 8gb micro sd card so it would work as a 8gb mp3 player as well.
Also the stored XM radio files are encoded and are not transferable off the radio. I'm afraid you'll be stuck playing the songs into your computer sound card and making your own mix tapes that way.

So in general if you wanted to get a XM radio for general use and in the health club or other fitness activities it's a suitable candidate.
But if you have a Smartphone and unlimited data just getting the XM app for the phone may be cheaper.Read full review...

Great radio

Works well does what I wanted as a real portable cmon radio plus recorded content when not in service

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Nothing like it!

Incredible quality, diverse features, and easy to use; cannot beat this!

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Last of its kind

Satellite radio downplays use of the recordable MP3 player. So get em while you can. I record content for listening when out of range of satellite and in lieu of streaming. Easy to use and convenient compact size with great rechargeable battery life.Read full review...

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Broken dial...good thing remote worked

The dail grinds but doesn't work...good thing there was a remote...

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business

I use it for cnbc, and bloomberg financials, so it helps with investing.

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My favorite XM receiver.

If you're looking for a portable Sirius or XM radio, this is one of your few choices. These are not the most durable, however, as the early firmware had an issue where the radio would lock itself in an unrecoverable state. This is my favorite portable XM radio, and I've owned many different satellite receivers, both Sirius and XM. This radio was released before the merger, so it does not receive the "extras," being the broadcast channels above 255.Read full review...

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Base dock unit for Sirius XMp3i

It works great on my Sirius radio

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They don't make it anymore!

Great system! Excellent sound and easy to read the screen!

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Love it

Bought as replacement for my old one. Love the recording feature.

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