| Pioneer GEX-XMP3 Portable XM Satellite Radio Receiver w/ Home Kit | 
| Brand: Pioneer
Category: CE
List Price: $309.99
Buy New: $219.00
You Save: $90.99 (29%)
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 674
Color: black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.7
Dimensions (in): 16.8 x 8.4 x 1.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: GEX-XMP3
Model: GEX-XMP3
UPC: 012562903361
EAN: 0012562903361
ASIN: B001I70YRI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Record up to 100 hours of XM programming. | | • | Store XMP or WMA files on a removable microSD card. | | • | Record up to 5 channels at the same time and pause and replay up to 30 minutes of live XM. | | • | Portable Highlights: See what's playing on XM | | • | Set your favorite XM channels and mange your music with the XM2go Music Manager software. |
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Product Description
Loved that Waterboys song, really want to hear it again? Miss that MLB triple play or that controversial joke last night? Pause and replay it. Know you'll miss the game or that special interview? Record it and play it again the next day, or on the drive home. You're driving in the car with your kids? Listen to 20 on 20 or XM-KiDs - while simultaneously recording the game, your favorite show, or the station you can't get enough of to listen later. Now with more ways than ever to record up to 100 of your favorite XM programming with up to 15 to 30 hours of automatic recording and five channels at the same time! It even has the DVR like feature where you can pause and replay 30 minutes of live XM! The XMp3 is microSDHC compliant and works with standard or high capacity microSD cards (up to 8GB) to add your own mp3's. Note - Required subscription sold separately!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 An improvement over the excellent Pioneer Inno October 15, 2008
Jmark2001 (Florida)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
The Inno was the best portable xm radio until now. This improved version is thinner, lighter, has a bigger screen, can record several channels simultaneously, has more memory, an sd card slot, and the best of all, now lets you look at the program guide on the screen so you can see what programs are coming up. The old push buttons have been replaced by a touch wheel. Pioneer does it again!
10/27/08 UPDATE I have since learned that you can no longer schedule recordings and then skip through the songs one by one and save the ones that you like. You have to listen to the entire recording session from beginning to end - commercials included. This was a big disappointment and appears to be a DOWNGRADE from the previous Inno. I only found out about this because someone left a comment on this review to alert me to this. I now give this product three stars instead of five.
Great Portable XM Player October 30, 2008
T. G. Conley (Central FL USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The XMP3 is my first portable XM satellite radio receiver. I've had XM radio in my cars for several years and love it, and wanted to be able to listen while in my sunroom or on my patio. The XM signal is fine with the radio alone outside of my house, but, as I expected, I need to use the home docking kit with external antenna when listening in my sunroom. Placing the antenna was sort of hit-and-miss until I discovered the XMP3's antenna placement option with its signal strength indicator, then it became a snap.
The XMP3 is a nice-looking, well-built radio. I would have no problems recommending it to anyone looking for a portable XM radio. Both the looks of the screen and the sound quality are excellent. The included earbuds are much better sound-wise than those that came with my iPod Touch. These earbuds will be sufficient for most users I believe, but the sound quality really jumped when I plugged in my Shure SE530 Sound Isolating Earphones or my Shure E3g Gaming Edition Sound Isolating Earphones for Portable Gaming Devices. Overall I'm very happy with the XMP3.
 Disappointing unit November 28, 2008
Lugosi (Northern Virginia)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
The good news is that if you set the XMP3 up to timer record favorite shows, it will come on and record your show even if it's in the car dock. Once the recording is done, however, it will not turn back off.
This also brings up the unit's major flaw: The unit will automatically add a fade at the beginning and end of every song. This may be be a nice feature if you're saving an individual song to add to your on-board playlists; Unfortunately, it's also extremely annoying if you're recording something like a three hour countdown show on the 80s channel. There is no way to turn this feature off. I can't believe someone at Pioneer thought this was a good idea.
When in the car dock, and even with the "line out" set to maximum, I still have to turn the car radio volume up high. That means having to turn it back down if I switch back to the regular FM for some reason. Otherwise I get blasted by the volume.
The car dock does NOT have any presets. The Sirius Stiletto was able to do this with its car dock two years ago. Why couldn't it also be done with the XMP3? considering the dock retails for almost $70, you'd think it would have been included.
You can add favorite channels, but accessing them is not nearly as easy as with the Inno. The XMP3 requires you to hit the menu button and scroll to the "favorites" option, then click again, then scroll to the favorite channel and click again. Entirely too many steps to access something that should be much simpler to do, especially in a car.
The scroll wheel is not very intuitive. Unless you keep your eyes glued to the screen, you will end up missing your option.
Most of these other issues I could live with, but the fading between songs is a deal killer. I'm taking the unit back.
Nice upgrade from what I was using before November 12, 2008
M. E. Algaze (Los Angeles, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I replaced my Delphi MyFi XM2go Satellite Radio with this radio and the old one just now looks like a boat next to this new sleek Xmp3 from Pioneer. I had big power/battery problems with the Delphi even after the battery recall and so far that's the only problem I'm having with this new radio, it seems to burn through battery power quickly (4 hours for live play isnt enough for me). Everything else is terrific. it's very easy to use, very intuituve once you get the logic of it. I love the small size, the low and the low weight. The built-in antenna is great. The ability to record more than one program at a time is terrific. This is a great player at a good price.
Great Product for XM listener's on the go November 29, 2008
S2E
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love XM/Sirius, so I'm pretty easy to please. But I think this is a great product. Record 5 channels, then take the thing with you and listen to one of those 5. My last "ToGo" XM player was the MyFi, so this is obviously a big improvement, but I am constantly pleased with this product.
Also very small and light.
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