Comments on: Delphi SkyFi3 XM Review

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:32:10 +0000

I purchased this device because I traded my car that had a built in XM radio…liked the description and XM Radio was offering a special, I CAN NOT figure out how to channel up or channel down on this device!!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:32:10 +0000

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:49:13 +0000

The SKYFi3 is a total piece of junk. It’s one of the worst products I have ever purchased. The thing hangs up very frequently, which requires doing a reboot, sometimes up to five times. It records and plays songs off of the air ok, but can’t seem to find the songs that you load into it via the USB. It shows the titles for them ok, but when you select a particular song, something different always plays.

The bottom line is - don’t buy this radio!

By: Luis Villa

Luis Villa — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:04:05 +0000

Thanks for the Post! I was not able to connect the car unit until I read your explanation of the SureConnect.
Now all’s working and the sound is very good pus I’ve got a whole lot more radio options.

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:51:00 +0000

The skyfi3 DOES have presets. While you are on Live XM mode, you have to go to the channel you want to add to you presets, then go to the menu and find Favorites>Add Channel>Favorites(choose ABorC), then pick which number preset you want your channel on.

I will say that the “instruction” manuals that came with the radio were sadly lacking in instructions–most of what I know about the thing I learned from trial and error and just being willing to mess around and figure it out. That includes the Sure connect stuff. I’m not a techie, but I’m not totally ignorant either–just be willing to dink around with it a lot.

I have had my Skifi3 for about 3 months after about 3 years of Skifi1 and Skifi2–I MUCH prefer it to Skyfi1. I LOVE that it is portable and can be removed from the car and used as an mp3 player (and that I can record–only while the radio is plugged in and turned on–and listen to recorded XM programming outside of my car!!). Would be great if I could listen to Live XM while it was on battery, but oh, well. Also wish you could search for channels like on Skyfi2, but can’t have it all I guess. Other than that I have been VERY happy with it. We can use the same antenna in the car so we didn’t have to restring all the old antenna wires.

For the price (I paid about $40 for the radio with car kit, but you certainly ought to be able to get it for less than $75) this is an awesome deal and a pretty great radio.

By: John

John — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:26:41 +0000

If you like to take long walks and listen to XM Live, only buy this product if you are willing to pay between $69-$99 to add the Wearable Kit with Extended Life Battery. You will only get about 45 minutes of operation with a full charge from the standard battery listening to XM Live; with the extended battery you get up to seven. Fortunately, you can find this product online for as little as $120 so even adding the wearable kit, it’s a pretty good bargain. Find someone who already has XM and add yourself to their family plan for only $6.99 a month and the deal gets even better.

The best things about this product are the huge, easy to read screen (not color, but I don’t mind) and ease of use. I have an XM2 in my car so I can’t attest to how well it works in autos, but it makes a very nice walkman.

By: The Wud

The Wud — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 04:48:47 +0000

The thing is junk. Wasted money and time on this. Four months and it never worked on the car deck and now won’t work in the home deck. Plain junk!