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    Pioneer GEX-XMP3 Portable XM Satellite Radio Receiver w/ Home Kit

    • No longer can you program 3 different banks of 10 favorite channels, each with it`s own button to push
    • The ability record multiple channels is great
    • While scrolling you have to see the channel icon and/or number of the channel you want on a very small screen and then press another button to select it
    • You can add favorite channels, but accessing them is not nearly as easy as with the Inno
    • XM channels are now polluted with insipid talking
    • I also like the 5 channel always record feature as well as the advance scheduler and recorder features
    • I'm in, what my favorite channels are and then redo all my scheduled recordings.
    • 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
    • Now there is one bank of up to 99 favorite channels which you have to scroll through to find the one you want
    • You can add favorite channels, but accessing them is not nearly as easy as with the Inno
    • The price is high but then it works as it is supposed to.
    • Everything works as it should and no change with the features or operation of the basic radio over the last hundreds (thousands?) of hours it has been on
    • The navigation could be improved as it takes several clicks of different buttons to get to the
    • It is very small and light, acquires an excellent signal, has reasonable battery life (I have been getting the advertised 4-5 hours per charge), and many interesting features (which I haven't fully exploited as yet).