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The Delphi XM SKYFi Radio combines the advanced features with a compact design and ease of installation, all at an affordable price. SKYFi allows access to XM's 101 channels of music, news, sports and entertainment programming in the vehicle or at home. Enhanced features, such as the large 5-line display, 10-button direct channel entry and 20 channel presets help users easily navigate XM's award-winning radio service. SKYFi also gives listeners the ability to preview and search XM channels by artist name and song title. Accessory kits for the home, vehicle, or on-the-go Audio Systems (sold separately) make SKYFi portable and fun.
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Delphi's XM SKYFi Radio Receiver gives you plug-and-play satellite radio for the car, home, office, or virtually anywhere you want to enjoy XM's 101 channels of programming. SKYFi is your XM satellite-radio interface, pulling in the radio signal and letting you navigate between channels. Besides a monthly subscription to XM Radio ($9.99 per month), you'll need a home or vehicle kit in order to listen to the SKYFi receiver.
The SKYFi receiver's large display concurrently shows channel number, channel name, artist name, song title, and channel category. SKYFi also comes with a remote control for convenient channel navigation. Select a large font size for viewing the song title, artist name or channel number from across the room.
You can navigate through direct-channel entry from both the receiver and the remote, and you can program up to 20 channel presets for one-button tuning to your station of choice. The channel guide lets you view 5 channels at a time while scrolling through the channels by channel name, number, artist name, or song title. You can also skip or add channels while scrolling. In addition, a "favorites" mode lets you preview the artist name and song title currently playing on your favorite channels before you select one.
SKYFi accessory kits for the home and vehicle let you enjoy uninterrupted XM radio service in any vehicle, at home, or at the office. The SKYFi vehicle adaptor kit can adapt to any existing car stereo system with mounting options, and the SKYFi home adaptor kit is adaptable to most home or workplace audio systems and multimedia speakers.
XM's digital programming lineup features 70 music channels, many of them commercial-free, from hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; and 31 channels of sports, talk, children's programming, and entertainment.
What's in the Box
Receiver, remote control, remote battery, a user's manual, and warranty information.
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Good hardware, difficult to cancel subscription -  |
Delphi SA50000 XM SKYFi Radio Receiver Review |
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I was an XM customer for 4 yrs. I used this radio during that time and it works fine. However, I no longer listen to XM. I mostly bought it for a few specific stations and last year, those stations just being being as good.
You can manage your XM account online with one exception: You have to call to cancel your account, and you cannot call 24 hours a day; they have 9-5 Eastern business hours. Very inconvenient. When I complained to the customer service rep that they had charged me on a credit card number that they never had (the web account shows my old card #), she literally laughed at me and told me to take it up with Amex. Would you really want to buy a product from soneone who laughs at you when you have an issue? Just use Pandora and save yourself the aggravation. |
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Tarzan Say: XM Good Delphi Bad -  |
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Satellite Radio Good. If you spend much time in the car I would almost say it is a must have. The channel variety, super clear reception. Gotta love it.
Delphi Bad. The first Skyfi I received did not work at all. The replacement worked for a while but now the tuning knob functions erratically. It will skip stations and if you land on a station for more than a few seconds it will automatically change the channel. The volume knob on the boom box no longer works as intended. No matter which way you turn it the volume goes down. If it wasn't for my remote control both the receiver and boom box would be completely worthless. Speaking of the remote control. The clip mounted to the back of the remote control is inserted under the battery cover. Occasionally when trying to clip the remote to something the clip will pop off and take the battery cover and sometimes the battery with it. What a heap of junk. I will never purchase anything from Delphi again. If that means I have to switch satellite providers so be it. |
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Great Radio -  |
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Xm radio, although pricy, offers so much more than standard radio. With non-stop music, news, sports and comedy, there is something new to listen to everyday. On the road or in the home, the xm radio SKYFI is easy to use. The car adapter offered for the SKYFI plays through a tape deck, so there isn't any interference that is common with adapters that play through an unused radio frequency. The boom box style home audio system plays loud clear digital sound, and the SKYFI plugs right into it. The boom box can run on batteries so it can go anywhere in the world and play clear audio.
Xm radio's musical variety literally offers something for everyone. From mainstream to underground, Christian to Urban, and Rock to Classical, there are too many to list. The music channels are commercial free, and there are very few repeated songs. With that fact alone, you hear something new everyday. There are sixty-seven music channels, which play a certain type of music, so there isn't overlapping. The music channels also have special programs that play a certain artist or sound. The xm radio receiver also displays the name of the song and artist name, so waiting until the end to find out who is the artist is not nessesary. Xm radio is also available online, so when an xm radio account in activated, the radio is available at a desktop or laptop. Many music channels on xm are uncensored as well. The non-music channels offered by xm radio are mostly nationally syndicated broadcast stations such as Fox News, CNN, ABC news, ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, and C-SPAN. These stations are not operated by xm radio so they have commercials. Xm radio also offers non-stop weather channels for every major city in the continental United States. Xm radio also broadcasts every single Major League Baseball game, from opening day to the World Series. There are also family oriented channels, uncensored comedy channels, and talk radio channels. Compare this variety to standard FM AM radio, and there is a clear line between them. Standard radio has nothing xm radio offers and besides being free there is no reason to keep listening to it. Standard radio plays generic music and there isn't any variety. Standard radio looses clarity if the listener is too far from the radio station. After listening to a FM radio station for a few hours, every song on their rotation has been played. The news stations on AM radio are sometimes very static, and mostly local. All of standard radio is censored, which can be rather bland after awhile. If an alternative is need from standard radio, xm radio is the only choice. The variety of music alone puts itself above the competition. Easy to use, fun to listen to, xm radio has clear upper hand on the radio industry. Standard radio does not have nearly anything xm radio offers, so the decision to purchase one should be rather simply. Xm radio continues to grow in listeners, and it's no mystery why, it is clearly the best way to listen to the radio. |
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Delphi SA50000 XM SKYFi Radio Receiver Review |
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I live in Bermuda and with the aiming advice it gets full signal strength and the sound is really good. |
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It's okay -  |
Delphi SA50000 XM SKYFi Radio Receiver Review |
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If you're busy you may find yourself walking back and forth to look at the little amber display to see who the artist / song is. I ended up aiming a cheap video camera toward the display and patching it through to a 20" LCD panel so I can see this information from most any distance. Other problems are not enough presets (only 20). Customer service isn't very good. As for the programming, it's a good value for 10 bucks per month (NOTE: PRICE HAS GONE UP!). I don't care how some of the channels - ones I WANT to like - are programmed, but there's always something else playing. There are only so many characters available to see on the display, meaning that some song titles are abbreviated or clipped off entirely. You only get 20 ft of antenna cord, which is hardly enough but they will SELL you extensions, of course. Overall the sound quality is very impressive. If you get the kit for your car you will be in for a real treat. |
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