XMp3i Radio
 

Just wondering if anyone on here has (or has had) one of these radios. Looks pretty cool, especially with the scheduled recording and the fact that it can record 5 different channels at the same time. There's some shows that are on that I just don't get to listen to because of my normal schedule, but would love to.

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i own one what did you want to know about it? it does everything you said. though i will say the remote is a little touchy. it will also record even when its turned off so it's more like a dvr as well.

Have you had any problems with it? I've read through some reviews that users posted on Amazon about it, and it's about 50/50 on whether it's good or not. I had an Inno, but it screwed up royally just after the warranty expired, so I lost money on that one.

I think it's a total piece of crap! light years behind the stilletto, which they dont make anymore. mine will not record when turned off, the pause function sucks, if it runs out of pause time, instead of starting from where you paused, it erases all of the pause time and starts from now. if it loses the signal during a recording, ( which is very frequent) it cancels the entire recording instead of resuming it, if you are scrolling through the channels to see what else is on, and you stop on one for more than a few seconds, it changes to that channel even though you dont hit enter, all in all, I think it an overpriced piece of crap. get yourself a used stilletto, or I will sell you this wonderful xm unit and get myself a stilletto! I have a stilletto 2 now that I was completely happy with, but it's dead and they say it cant be fixed. I wish I would have just bought a used one instead of this xm piece of crap... Did O mention that xm unit is a piece of crap? just my opinion..
Oh yea, one other thing that annoys me, when you first turn it on, it says powering up for about a minute, then it goes off and you have to hit the power button again to turn it on.

Saw something else that's stopping me from buying one: the software you use to set your recordings, transfer your music and such - it's for 32bit Windows only. My laptop is 64bit - it won't even install on the computer.

my computer is 64 bit and it worked okay, you can just drag and drop music into it, the recordings are set right on the unit,but it's still a piece of crap. maybe worth a hundred, no more, like I said, get a used stilletto2, it's superior in every way

That's a Sirius unit. Most of the shows I listen to are on the XM side and I don't want to pay the 'premium' rate for the XM stuff.

buy a used stiletto2 that works, and I will trade you even.

LOL - first you tell me how bad the XMp3i is, then you want me to trade for it ;-)

i have had no problems with it honestly but your right it's a 50/50 chance. you might want to look into insurance if it breaks they send you a box and you send it back and they give you a refund on the unit!! i had an inno it just died lol after 4 years

just trying to help :)

I havent had any problems with it, I just hate the way it works

As far as what fredog. I will say the remote sucks and I heard of the batteries having issues.

see post number 4

wow sorry your having all them problems with your xmp3i.sounds like you got a lemon wich sucks. there all made by audiovox now a crap company in my book as siriusxm is trying to make profits go up so there gonna build less reliable equitment!! i had an inno and i loves it id'e be happy if they put all the features in an inno with the reliability of an inno as well!!

malaki, i used to get the good units... i gave up on them. i have way better luck with the cheapo units. my last one lasted 3 years. i just got Audiovox onyX Receiver & Car Kit (PowerConnect) - Sirius XM Radio Receivers, Home Kits and Car Kits, Speaker Docks, Antennas, and more at MyRadioStore and i love it. BUT i do hate that there is no remote that came with it. i cant record shows but for the money you can not beat it. plug it in to the aux port and just enjoy. i've had it for about 4 months and not one problem ever with it.

I've got the Onyx already. My Roady2 died sometime in the middle of last year. I'd just like to have the recording functions of the mp3i.

I've had 2. I'm like you a lot of the shows I want to listen to are on at the same time. So I record about 10hrs a day and listen when I can later. It's no where near as good as the INNO was but if you want to record it's about the only viable option. If you install an external ant it will eliminate most of the problems with it stopping recording due to signal loss. The one complaint I have is if the wheel quits working which is what happened to my first one you are screwed as this is the only way to change channels and get to your recorded shows. I also wished the pause time was a little longer, on my last Sirius unit it would pause 1hr 45min this thing is about 35min tops, and it is annoying the way it skips to live programming at the end of the pause. Also another thing I hate about it is if you are listening to a recorded show and it's time for a scheduled recording it goes live to the recording and you manually have to go back and find your spot you were listening to on the recorded show, the INNO just went back to the place you left off, very frustrating. But much like everything else at XM since Sirius took over it's been pretty much down hill since. Don't call it a merger either it was a complete and total takeover.

does your record when it is turned off? mine wont

No. I don't think it is suppose to either.

that's what they told me, but someone said theirs would, but I think he is mistaken.. I miss my stilleto 2

after having mine for good while now, my opinion is.. when you first get it, you will be mildly disappointed, but after using it for while, you will learn to truly hate it..

At least they make it sound good on paper.

it's a POS. i can honestly say buying mine last september it is crap my battery is fried and powers down at half full wich means the battery has built up a memerory effect to it.. would i buy another probily not!!

now that I have had it for a good long while, I can say it is a piece of crap and they should be ashamed to sell such an inferior product, it is light years behind the Stilletto 2 a particularly annoying feature is that if it is recording and it loses the signal even for a milli second, it stops recording and erases what it has already recorded
I am going to buy a used Stilletto and hope I can find a sucker to sell this thing to

I had mine for 6 months and the battery imploded. what they didn't tell you in the distruction book is that the unit has and over charging problem and they never mention that you can run the unit without that battery to prevent it from over chaging and imploding. ( must be for revenue ) to keep the cash flowing in.i love my lynx better than that pos

I went through 2 of the current XM units that are 2 piece (radio that plugs into the base). The contacts on it can't handle the constant vibration in the truck. So, I bought a replacement stereo for the truck (it's a factory stereo) that has the SiriusXM capabilities, then bought the tuner, which goes behind the stereo, hidden in the dash. You control the XM with the truck's stereo.

Well, you can try apps that allow you to download the music they stream for offline play, but they are not available in all countries, as well as costs money. There is another way though, is to download mp3 from youtube online, so basically you choose the songs you want and the service converts it into mp3 format that you can download. It is very convenient especially because there are covers that are only on youtube, and this is the only way to get them. Cheers.