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"questions unanswered?" on by EFFred
Pros: No longer a lawsuit magnet.
Cons: XM caved to RIAA and removed features.
Summary: When it was introduced in 2006, the original Inno was the subject of a lawsuit by the recording industry, which hated its ability to "disaggregate" songs recorded from XM broadcasts, among other things. XM ultimately settled the lawsuit in 2008.
This CNET review doesn't tell us whether the new post-lawsuit Inno has given up the features that the RIAA hated in the original Inno. Can you still navigate recorded XM broadcasts by song and artist? Can you delete by individual song, rather than the entire recording? Early reviews at XMFan.com suggest those features are absent from the new Inno XMP3.
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"great for music as an MP3 not so good for recording" on by Texas_Midget
Pros: Good as a DVR of music to pause the play feature of ive xm. Small compact size, fairly easy to use provided you have good reception when off of the cradle. Holds a large amount of music, especially with the removable subchip.
Cons: Very difficult to use while driving if it needs to remain in the cradle. Controls are very sensitive. Lousy if you like to record music off of live xmradio by using scheduled recordings, there is NO ORGANIZATION feature.
Summary: If you want an MP3 player its great, if you like to use scheduling recordings off of live xm you can not organize any songs, only the recording of the entire length of time, including all the commercials and junk info. The first time it misses a scheduled recording by being off cradle, it has a tendency to drop the schedule permanently. The display is very small reading and needs to be within a foot or so of your eyes which means you generally have to remove it from the cradel, which in turn usually causes a loss of signal, and makes it impractical to schedule or change items. If your a truck driver or you vehicle is fairly rough riding it is difficult to change anything because the contols are very sensitive. If you are into book radio or features that run in a series of segments, its very difficult to locate all the segments since there is no organization feature. You can not pull out any individual song on any recording unless you use the "record this song" feature, never with the "record this channel" feature. Even using the xmManager. I switched from an Inno to this because of the DVR feature to pause live xm for up to 30 minutes and because my Inno broke. The Inno is a much better radio and I regret switching to a different type.
Another good feature is that it has the capability to record up to 5 channels at a time. Another Bad feature is that this radio has no FM modulator built in without purchasing XM direct. But I wouldn't recomend using any FM modulator only a direct connect, as large towns will almost always bleed into whatever channel your using.
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"I love it." on by jadd6810
Pros: its small, holds a ton of music when paired with an 8gb micro sd card. Going somewhere with no reception? No problem, leave auto record on and you'll have hours of recorded XM with you. I take it hiking and ATV riding and never lose signal.
Cons: Basically a beefed up Inno2. This is still satellite technology, figure where you can get a car GPS signal, you can get portable radio reception. Inside a house out of the docking port can be shady, but its made for outside.
Summary: If you have been curious about XM radio, you can get this unit online for less than 150 dollars. There are much cheaper units out there, some as low as 10 bucks if you look hard enough, but they dont have any of the features of the XMP3. You can either set your favorite stations to record or it will pick them for you based on your listening habits. With the included home docking station you should have no problem finding a signal.
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"Absolutely Great Reception... and it's Pioneer!" on by soulstice_x
Pros: Great Reception, excellent screen and beautiful styling. One of the few radios that do not have acquiring signal issues like some sirius recievers.
Cons: No car kit. Headphones are kind of cheap for the price and no wifi capability.
Summary: Bottom line is this is the all-in-one car, portable, and home player with great looks, features and I can finally listen to all my stations without a hiccup in reception every 5-minutes.
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"a disappointing piece of junk" on by bobmc59
Pros: Great size, great reception, great functionality
Cons: I have had two. Both units broke the same way... after 4 months, they completely froze (locks up on power up sequence)
Summary: To add insult to injury, XM wanted to charge me a $30 reconnect fee for the second radio (they waived it, but they warned me they would charge me next time). I'm done with XM and I'm done with the XMP3 !!
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