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Your cart is empty.You don't need bells & whistles to bring your drive alive. The Onyx EZ makes satellite radio simple to install, use and enjoy so you can focus on the best part -listening.
PhotoGraphics
2025-09-03 18:52:01
XM Radio and I go back a long way, pretty much since it was introduced. And I have a box literally full of old receivers to prove it. Some of them work but most have seen better days.Recently I wanted a new receiver to feed just one location, a small sitting area with its own dedicated sound system. I have a network radio receiver in there but for lots of reasons I have found that XM just works better and sounds cleaner than network radio. The room is small so I don’t want a lot of clutter, and fortunately one wall faces in exactly the right direction to aim the antenna at the satellite.After owning numerous brands and models of XM radios, this one is truly the most attractive and useful. The home kit model which I purchased has a small weighted base (older models were very lightweight) that has all cables exiting from the rear (older model’s cables exited from the side). The receiver slides firmly into the base and can be removed to use with my existing car kit (it has a built-in FM transmitter).XM has finally made a model with a bright, clear and easy-to-read display. I can read it from an easy chair half-way across the room. The button locations are logical (another improvement over older models) and all are illuminated. The backlighting has both brightness and contrast controls.The included remote control is more logical than older models and easier to read. It includes 10 preset channels.Installation was flawless, and despite the fact that XM changed their subscription options without telling me and I had to choose a different package, the end result is I got all the channels I want and need for the same price as before. But it is a 3-ring circus trying to deal with them. You would think by now they would have figured out how to run their business. But then again, I’m reviewing the radio here, not the company.I found no negatives, and based on the great styling as easy to use functionality, this receiver ranks as the best I’ve owned and earns 5-stars.
Scottie
2025-08-24 18:03:43
This radio does exactly what its described to do and it works well. I get good signal from the antenna despite it being inside a room with other electronics around it. Although with that being said, I recommend putting it higher up from the floor and near a window in order to achieve the best signal strength.If you enjoy SiriusXM in your car, then buy the home kit so you can listen to it plugged into your stereo. That is what I am doing and I am very content with it.
Tam_S
2025-06-27 12:31:59
I purchased this item as a Christmas present after doing much research and reading reviews. My plan was to renew Sirius XM in their vehicle and use that subscription with this portable home radio. Wrongo! The most obvious thing I missed was that if you have SiriusXM in a vehicle getting the home portable radio requires an entirely new subscription. This means I would have paid $25 for six months of Sirius in the vehicle AND $25 for six months for this home portable radio. After speaking with a not very friendly customer support agent, then her manager who both barely spoke English and neither knew what I needed I decided I would NOT turn on the Sirius in the vehicle and just have them activate it on the home radio. This way I could buy the car kit and use the home radio in the car as well...ALL WITH ONE SUBSCRIPTION.I began to follow the activation on the radio...well here it is 3 hours later and the radio is still not activated. This is even with another phone call to speak with someone who again didn't understand what was happening and who I couldn't understand to save my life. At this point I would have already had this thing in the mail to be returned and called customer service for the third time to tell them to cancel my subscription but it is a Christmas gift so I am trudging on trying to get it to work.On a positive note, something else I learned was that you do not need to plug this thing into your home stereo system. I bought a $20 portable radio from Amazon, works perfectly fine. I know because the one preview station is working on the radio while my actual stations are still trying to activate.I will provide another update if I can get this thing to actually work.
CroFam
2025-05-24 16:43:55
Our old XM radio died. This model was less expensive than I could buy it from XM. It installed very easily and works great! The only problem with install is how long XM customer service takes and that you always have to "barter" with them to get a good price!
Marilyn Piepho
2025-05-18 20:17:04
MY HUSBAND BOUGHT THIS TO LISTEN MOSTLY TO GOOD MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN HE IS DOING OFFICE WORK. HIS OFFICE IS IN THE BASEMENT, AND BELIEVE ME I CAN HEAR THIS ON THE MAIN LEVEL, AS HE LIKES IT LOUD. IT IS JUST SUPER NICE, AND HAS SUCH A VARIETY OF CHANNELS/STATIONS SO ONE CAN ALSO LISTEN TO NEWS OR ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, OR WHATEVER. GREAT BUY ! THE SOUND IS SO GOOD !!
Carl A. Maniscalco
2025-03-19 13:19:50
I've been a Sirius subscriber for about 12 years, since long before the Sirius-XM merger. Unfortunately, the recent batch of satellite radio receivers only seem to last a few years at best so I've been through a number of them and, until now, I always purchased Sirius receivers. Although it doesn't say so in the product description, its turns out that this is actually an XM rig. I'm not sure if it's just this particular receiver or if audio fidelity from the XM satellite is not as high as from the Sirius satellites but I noticed the difference right away. It's not terrible, but it's not as good as my previous Sirius receiver and since one of Sirius's selling points is (or, at least, used to be) “CD Quality Sound,†it's disappointing to say the least.Oh, well; I hear the XM rigs tend to last longer than their Sirius counterparts.
Francine Mousseau
2025-02-13 11:56:36
Good product at a great price & speedy delivery! My only beef is with SiriusXM who have changed the technology on these radios where it needs to be connected to my stereo via audio cables, therefore I'm only able to listen to XM on this one stereo. For the last 8 years, my XM radio could be heard on any stereo in my home, simply by tuning any radio to FM88.3.....this convenience is no longer available, and SiriusXM forces me to purchase a 2nd & even 3rd radio if I want the same convenience I had with only one radio in the past. I think this is totally wrong, going backwards with technology, instead of moving forward! I have let SiriusXM know how I feel & will definitely NOT be purchasing another XM radio!
Customer
2025-01-23 10:30:27
You will not get signal. Its of no use
Tracey Jay
2025-01-22 18:49:35
bought it as a gift. I am told its fantastic
Customer
2024-12-28 15:11:49
This was a gift for Christmas, it arrived before it's scheduled date and was a hit.....
Hyperion
2024-12-06 17:01:19
Even on maximum DIM it lights up half my bedroom but otherwise its a great satellite tuner.
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