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Considering it has literally been on for about 3 years straight, I'm impressed that this $50 (original price at Walmart) device has never let me down. I am a courier that spends about 10 hours a day, 6 days a week on the road driving and I have NEVER had a problem with my unit.In fact, I've had this unit for over 3 years now and it only gets turned off once per week. It gets turned on Sunday nights, paused on my favorite news channel (so I can skip commercials - it will buffer for 1 hour 28 minutes) and will NOT be turned off until late Saturday afternoon.
The FM transmitter easily reached all the radios in my house and plays flawlessly on several frequencies on my car radio.I have two of these recievers since January and have had no problem. I especially like the TIVO-like ability to store song, seek material and rewind and fast forward.The display is large and impressive. I must have obtained a newer unit as I have experienced NONE of the drawbacks described by other reviewers. This is a remarkable feature laden model.
I bought the lifetime subscription and listen to it all the time. I bought the little boombox as well and that works awesome as I listen to it at home and its very easy to use.
Xact has horrible customer service, and after emailing them twice with ZERO response I bought an antenna on ebay. The only reason i didnt give this 5 stars is because about 2 months ago, the "antenna not detected" sign came up but figured out it was the antenna and not the receiver, since it still works 100% in my home unit.
After seeing an overall 2 stars from this radio, I decided to give my own little review considering I think this radio is great. Its unfortunate to hear the negative reviews, but I guess out of many, one.
Great Features on the radio, and I would recommend it. Ive had it since about august of 2005, and it still works perfectly.
After having XM for a little while, I switched to Sirius, because its obviously better, and this unit was available at the local walmart, so i picked it up and never looked back.
Also, I am sure the channel 1 preset button, right over the power plug in, being mashed all of the time didn't help. I only got this unit because it was in a bundled package at costco a few years ago. I liked the features of the player, but the power plug in became loose it was always cutting off and jiggling it a little seemed to work, then after some time I could not use it at all.I mainly ordered a second one only because the car mount was super glued to my car dash. It used to be for Stern, which was always getting mashed.I'd definitely get another player if you are new and shopping around. It is not very well made, and there are lots of other options out there now. That is mainly because the sticky pad was useless (as is with any other thing like that on my weird car dash shape). The player itself is OK, though watch the cables and how you handle them.
That was after only 13 months of ownership. Finally, the "acquiring signal" sign came on and never left. The item would get super hot too. I bought this radio when Howard first moved to Sirius. The antenna reception was never very good and I would often get the "acquiring signal" sign, even though I had 3 or 4 bars which showed that I should have had good reception.
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