Customer Reviews
Delphi SA10224 SKYFi 3 Portable XM Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit 
2008-07-19
I am really impressed with the Skyfi3 XM Satellite Radio. It is lightweight, the right size to fit in you shirt pocket or pants pocket and has the right functionality to serve its purpose. The sound quality is good with enough volume to overcome most external sounds, in particularly for me, a lawn mower. Its mobility allows it to be used in your home, car and outside walking or jogging. You have to purchase the accessories for the home and outside functionality. I also purchased the home kit since the SKyFi3 comes with a car kit. I purchased the wireless router in order to transmit the signal from the south side of my house to a location inside my house. It is absolutely necessary to have clear view of the southern sky in order to receive the satellite signal. It has worked wonderfully after setting up the antennae outside in a covered plastic container. The antenna is supposed to be weatherproof but I am not taking any chances. It took me about 2 hours to read the directions for each device and get everything working. Even the car installation was very easy and worked once all the parts were connected. I have had one glitch with the device. I tried to turn it on one day after not using it for a week and it wouldn't come on. After much anxiety I read the manual and it explained how to reset the device. I like most it ability to set up recording schedules for your XM stations. These can then be sorted by various means to access the recordings. The device has many functions and for the $26.99 including S&H for the car kit it was well worth it. I highly recommend this device and its accessories.
Buy something else 
2008-07-19
This is the second one of these units I have had. They both suffer from the same problem of locking up when they are booting thier firmware. There is no way to reset them other than to let the batterie die ~ 4 hours of uslessness. caveat emptor
Great product 2008-07-17
This is a great product. I saw the video review and I don't think that it is cheap at all. Definitely satisfied after doing much research. Why Best Buy or Circuit City don't carry Delphi anymore is beyond me. I haven't hooked it up to the car yet however. The home unit works great. No problem with signals, etc.
What a Piece of Junk 
2008-07-02
I bought this to Replace a Worn Out Skyfi2 that wouldn't work anymore. I have a Roady XT in my other car, So in Hindsight I should have gotten another Roady XT. I went with the SkyFi3 cause I found the SkyFi2 to more than sufficient.
What I don't Like.
(1)Unit Constantly Locks up from Day 1 -- Still Locks up after updating the Firmware. It gets tiring having to keep resetting the unit.
(2)Delphi used the cheapest materials they could possibly find when building this unit, The Buttons don't always work when pushed, then You find yourself pushing real hard just to be able to change stations, And forget about the remote, It's the same story here.
(3)To this day I've yet to be able to save anything to channel '1' or '9' When you are in the "channel save" mode, pressing either of these 2 channels only causes the unit to revert back to the XM preview channel.
(4)The fact I need to connect to the internet and 'update' the unit. The Skyfi2 wasn't designed to do this and I never, ever had a problem with it until it quit working after 3 years of daily use.
(5)The SD Card Mp3 player, If I wanted to listen to MP3's I'd buy an MP3 player instead of a Satellite Radio. I bought the radio to listen to XM why would some idiot think this was a great feature to include? I'm beginning to think this is what causes the unit to Lockup consistently, cause when it Locks up, It is always on the "Checking For Media" screen at startup.
What I like about the Unit:
Absolutely nothing other than it does occasionally tune in XM Radio.
In Short STAY AWAY from this Junk -- Find a Roady XT or even an old SkyFi2 if you want a good radio. It seems the idea was to offer something more, But the idea failed Big Time.
Hit or Miss 2008-06-30
I purchased the skyfi for use in the office. I got tired of my office radio and listening to the same 5 or 6 commercials followed by the same 5 or 6 songs. I am to lazy to download songs into an IPOD. This is the car unit and does not come with the home setup which I had to purchase separately for $25. It worked poorly in my car and not at all in my home but flawlessly in the office. Yes, I had problems with the unit locking up and there is no clear way to reset the unit. I think the locking up has to do with signal strength. In my office I am lucky enough to be on the right side of the building where the signal is strong and hence the unit is performing as expected.
Ok product 
2008-06-27
plug-and-play XM satellite radio with MP3/WMA player * car mounting kit includes: roof-mount antenna, cradle, mounting brackets, power adapter, remote control * internal memory for storage of up to 10 hours of XM programming, including individual songs and blocks of XM programming * 30-minute memory buffer for pause and playback of live broadcasts * microSD card slot for MP3/WMA file playback *
okay 2008-06-17
This is a very goode little gadget. It's a great way to listen to radio...but it's commercial free. That's a good thing about this. But, it does freeze up at lease a couple times a week. It still plays the song while it's frozen but you can't use any of the functions at all. So, usually what I have to do is unplug it and plug it back in about 2 minutes later that way it can refresh itself. Other that that. I like it. You can also record songs off the radio so you can listen to them on the go if you don't have the antenna with it.
customer service is a joke 2008-06-15
Radio takes alot out of you when trying to deal with XM "listener care"
skyfi 3 has lots of bells and whistles but have fun trying to dial them in. thats why XM is dumping them for a low price, delphi made another bad product. Once XM gets your money and overcharges you for socalled 3 month prepay and 6.99 a month for additional radio lies, your on your own. the best way to deal with this radio is have it professionally installed with an FM direct module (i installed this myself) and play with it using the manual. the asian listener care personnel are zero help in any category. this is true for and part of XM. 800-XMRADIO gets you only to the phillipines and have fun trying to get thier broken english, frustration level......98 out of 100
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Delphi Skyfi3 XM Receiver 2008-06-13
Excellent receiver and works great in my car. Price on the receiver was just fantastic and was shipping was fast and professional. Excellent little portable player to! Highly recommend Crutchfield for all of your component needs
WHY ALL THE BAD REVIEWS ???? 2008-06-07
Why all the bad reviews, I bought this product in spite of all the bad reviews I read, I figured that for 39.95, what the heck. As soon as I received it I plugged it to my PC and put in the new upgrade that is supposed to take care of the problems, I put a 2 gig card in it for the mp3's. Now I am assuming that all the complaints were coming from people who dont know what their doing, because I mounted mine on motorcycle handlebars, which has 10 times the vibration of a car. I took a 600 mile trip with no problems at all, 00, natta, none. I love the way it works, and I used all the same wires, antenna, power, audio out, etc., the same wires I was using on my roady xt. I am totally satisfied with the skyfi 3 and would give it more than 5 stars if I could.
