| | |  | Coffee, Tea & Espresso | Home » » » » Delphi SA10271 SKYFi3 XM Radio Receiver Car Kit w/Free Portable Kit Offer | | | | | | | Description: | | The Delphi SKYFi3 comes with everything to start enjoying XM in any vehicle equipped with an FM radio. A low-profile car dock with direct channel and preset-favorites access allows for both horizontal and vertical mounting options. The car dock also provides for a single auxiliary line input so users can listen to an external audio. SKYFi3's orientation flexibility, bright 2.8-inch display screen and ease-to-access car dock buttons offer improved readability and control for safer operation while driving.In today's fast-paced, multi-tasking world interruptions while listening to our favorite songs are unavoidable. The SKYFi3 features a 30 minute Pause-Replay function that continuously and automatically saves the last 30 minutes of music, sports, comedy or talk - regardless of whether the user changes channels. At any point during live listening, users can pause a song or program with a single button press. As long as playback resumes within 30 minutes, users can enjoy what they would have otherwise missed.The Delphi SKYFi3 can time-shift up to 10 hours of fresh and continuously updated XM programming on its non-removable internal flash memory. Recordings can be started anytime during the live listening mode or by using SKYFi3's scheduled recording feature. A subscription to XM must be maintained to listen to stored XM programming. | | | Features: | |
• Includes XM receiver, car kit cradle with mini-jack audio output, power adapter, roof-mount antenna, remote, earbuds & USB cable
• 2.8-inch large screen with horizontal or vertical mount
• Plug-and-play XM satellite radio
• Stores up to 10 hours of XM programming with built-in memory
• Accepts and plays MicroSD cards
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.7 inches | | Product Width:
| 8.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.7 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 50 reviews |
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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Search for great personal portable radioApr 14, 2009
Summary:
Xm & Sirius great but personal portable radio models are way too expensive for the technology you get. Slacker G2 good concept but too new with inadequate support and bugs not worked out. iPhone/iTouch I am the happiest. Read on for more detail:
I first started with satellite radio xm to be exact.
What I like: unlike an iPod you can unlimited streaming music. And a selection of 100's of radio stations to choose from. And what was really great was based on what model of handheld you have you could store your favorite songs and make playlists right from the unit. And you get all this for a quarterly fee of under $40. Also depending on the model you can transfer your own MP3 songs to the unit.
What I didn't like: The portable radios where extremely expensive and low tech compared to an iTouch, or Slacker personal radio. I have owned several models through the years starting Pioneer XM2Go original model which was good. Then bought the Samsung Helix which was more small and compact with more features however lost the tuner cartridge which you needed to get satellite radio and it was just too many pieces to have and lose to make it work. Then my final purchase was the Delphi SkiFi radio. If you are reading this DO NOT BUY THIS! It was complete junk. It constantly froze up worked 25% of the time. Tried updating the software and it did not take. Sat on the phone for 1 hour for tech support and was still on hold. And the reception was horrible in the vehicle. And for paying over $150 and having it less then a year I had enough.
This then brought me to the store to shop for a new xm or Sirius radio. I then was introduced to Slacker radio G2.
What I like: Is that you had streaming music just like satellite radio. However you didn't need a separate receiver to make this happen it runs off wifi. So if you have a wifi connection your good to go and if you didn't have a connection if you where traveling etc. it has 15 hours stored of music for you to listen to. And what was cool was you can make customized radio stations. All you had to do was type in an artist you liked for example Madonna and it would add similar artists you might like such as Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilar, Pink, etc. This was all for free and if you wanted to pay extra you can store songs to and create play lists.
What I didn't like: Of course I wanted it all so I bought the premium plus subscription. What I didn't know was that the G2 was not compatible with Apple computers so if wanted to download my MP3, create playlist, etc. that was not possible with an Apple computer. That's o.k. I had two other Windows based computers. However the firmware that you need with from Slacker would not download on either one of those computers. I tried contacting the tech support however you can only do it via e-mail or chat which is only available during the weekdays. And trying to solve a problem that way can be quite frustrating. I paid close to $180 and for that I should get the service I deserve. I feel the concept of this is good however it's so new and there problems have not been worked out yet and they do not have adequate support. I was at my friend's house and saw her iTouch and for what she paid was close to the Slacker but more function in addition to radio.
So I returned my Slacker G2 because it did not do what it said it was to do and exchanged it for an iPhone.
What I like: It does everything and anytime anywhere no additional gizmos needed. Keep this in mind the difference between the iPhone and iTouch is that the phone of course is a phone but you can get internet wherever you can get phone service and phone plans have a fee. iTouch has all the same options but you need wifi to do any internet functions. I just bought the iPhone because I needed a new phone too. So in addition to streaming radio you can get other applications like facebook, podcasts, games, etc. There are so many to choose from, some of them are free, some of the are not. It's virtually a personal computer in the palm of your hand.
What I didn't like: I can still use Slacker streaming radio however you can't save or store songs you have to purchase them from iTunes then make a playlist. And battery life isn't the longest but what do you expect with all you get?
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
DON'T BUY THIS PIECE OF CRAP!!!Mar 26, 2009
I love the music on XM, but the Skyfi3 is awful. It constantly gets frozen, and you have to "reboot" it all the time. I have stopped recording and downloading music because I have lost the memory twice. I will also store my favorite channels, and then for some unknown reason, the channels are erased along with the frequency channel I had previously set.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
not as advertisedJan 24, 2009
After 3 years of enjoying Delphi's MyFi, I had to replace it. The SkyFi3 was my gamble and it did not pay off. The reviews were mixed but, I chose to try this model. Within the first hour after activation, I realized that the FM transmitter did not work then it locked up. Exactly as reported by other reviewers. It did work with the hard antenna connection but, this is impractical for home stereo units or with other vehicles. The following morning it locked up again after just a few minutes of use. Without a reset button or removable battery, you must wait for the battery to die before you can get it to work again. Don't waste your time or $$ on this unit.
 SkyFi3 pretty nice.Dec 19, 2008
I got this to replace my MyFi which failed recently (won't charge) after a little over two years. I have to have one that records, since I like to listen while biking and hiking, and the standalone reception isn't very good when moving around. I've only had it for a month, but I really like it... It has some great features, like replay and replay record. The ability to rotate the display is excellent! It records three different ways (single song, channel, or scheduled) and has nice features to allow you to find, organize the recorded songs. Even creating playlists, and saving songs, so they don't delete when your record more. It weighs less than half of the old MyFi (keeps my shorts fro sagging, while I cut the lawn). I don't find it to be cheaply made. And I like the fact that they increased the menu complexity in order to get rid of all the buttons the MyFi had.
Only 5 stars because I'm not sure but I don't think the sound is quite as good as the MyFi. I don't notice it in the house or car (over speakers); but with earbuds, I think both the separation and dynamic range are lower. Does have a nice EQ, with 8 or so presets. AND (I don't know about you, but I am glad) that it automatically reduces the volume to mid level when you cycle the power. I used to blast my ears regularly, with my MyFi.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Jeez....Dec 17, 2008
Ordered two, one for the wife, one for myself. UPS is sceduled to deliver tomorrow. After reading these reviews I think I'll return them unopened..
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