Delphi SA10224 SKYFi 3 Portable XM Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit

by Delphi

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 2.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IZ78WK
• Item model number: SA10224
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,528 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The Delphi SKYFi3 XM Satellite Radio is the latest in the best-selling SKYFi family. The SKYFi3 offers optimum balance of compact size, screen readability and portability outside the vehicle.

Compact and lightweight, the SKYFi3 can be used as a portable digital audio player. Click to enlarge.

Fits in the palm of your hand. Click to enlarge.

The Delphi SKYFi3 comes with everything to start enjoying XM in any vehicle equipped with an FM radio. Click to enlarge.

View screen in landscape or portrait. Click to enlarge.

Optimized for Your Car
The Delphi SKYFi3 comes with everything to start enjoying XM in any vehicle equipped with an FM radio. A low-profile car dock with direct channel and preset-favorites access allows for both horizontal an vertical mounting options. The car dock also provides for a single auxiliary line input so users can listen to an external audio. SKYFi3's orientation flexibility, bright 2.8-inch display screen and ease-to-access car dock buttons offer improved readability and control for safer operation while driving.

30-minute Pause and Replay
In today's fast-paced, multi-tasking world interruptions while listening to our favorite songs are unavoidable. The SKYFi3 features a 30 minute Pause-Replay function that continuously and automatically saves the last 30 minutes of music, sports, comedy or talk--regardless of whether the user changes channels. At any point during live listening, users can pause a song or program with a single button press. As long as playback resumes within 30 minutes, users can enjoy what they would have otherwise missed.

Store up to 10 hours of XM Programming
The Delphi SKYFi3 can time-shift up to 10 hours of fresh and continuously updated XM programming on its non-removable internal flash memory. Recordings can be started anytime during the live listening mode or by using SKYFi3's scheduled recording feature. A subscription to XM must be maintained to listen to stored XM programming.

Additional Features

• Plug-n-Play architecture with integrated XM tuner provides live XM listening when docked to a number of compatible Delphi accessories.
• Vehicle-centric design featuring vertical or horizontal orientation and the largest display among all plug-n-play satellite radios.
• The first and only XM portable satellite radio to offer MicroSD card compatibility.
• Portable playback mode--listen to stored XM or MicroSD card content without running out of battery (with flexible recharging capabilities).
• XM+Napster allows XM subscribers to listen to more than 70 XM music channels on the XM Radio Online service and access Napster's massive catalog for on-demand listening, purchasing and downloading.
• Info Extras and Stock Ticker bring you personalized stock information, sports scores and more!
• TuneSelect alerts you when your favorite song is being played on any XM channel.

What's in the Box
SKYFi3 receiver, Full-function remote control, Earbuds for listening to stored content on the go, Magnetic mount car antenna, Car cradle with integrated back-lit number keys and vertical or horizontal orientation, Mounting accessories, Power adaptor

Product Description

Delphi SkyFi 3 with Vehicle Kit is the latest in the excellent line of SkyFi and XM radio plug & play portable receivers. It combines the best of plug-and-play architecture you can take the unit, with its integrated tuner, pretty much anywhere. The sleek, compact SkyFi3 satellite radio has the largest screen available and includes everything needed to enjoy XM or personal music files in any vechicle.

It features 30-minute pause and replay, storage of 10 hours of XM programming, sports and stock tickers, and microSD card compatability. Bundle all this together and you have one of the most versatile, best values on the market today.

Included in this package is a car kit, remote control, XM SkyFi3 receiver, Earbuds, USB Cable, Quick Star Gide, User Manual, and XM Channel Guide.

It is compatible with MP3, WMA, WAV and Napster files.

There is also an option for up to 2 gb of microSD storage. This means up to 500 hours of stored content (upgrade option above). This storage is separate from the included 10 hours of storage that is included for XM programming. It is intended for your favorite home music files which you can store on the cards and use the SkyFi3 as a portable MP3 player. You can easily switch from recorded programming, live programming, and your personal microSD for personal storage.

Other accessorries for the SkyFi 3 are the home kit and a portable wearable live kit.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Unit, If yours isn't, Do This..., August 19, 2008

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C. Fortier (Dayton, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Delphi SA10224 SKYFi 3 Portable XM Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit (Electronics)

Ok, I feel for people with a bad unit. Mine was working for two hours then locked up. I had another one arrive a few days later from another seller, it worked great! Difference was: THE FIRMWARE! I reset the first locked up unit by pressing the Volume+ button on the side while pushing the Mode (on/off) button on the front. The firmware version is shown at the bottom of the screen at startup, my first unit was version 1.03! Version 1.19 is the latest! (16 revisions of the firmware have obviously solved numerous problems) So I went to XM's firmware update page (http://fwupdt.xmradio.com/), hooked up the supplied USB cable from my computer to my SkyFi unit, clicked on the "XM Firmware Client (R2.26} (in red) at the bottom of that page and followed the simple instructions and let it do its update magic. Presto...my first unit works great now, no lockups, just smooth operations in all features. It's a great unit, just some of these have been sitting around on a shelf somewhere for a while (from the original $199.00 price days) and just need this simple fix to straighten them out. Best XM radio value out there!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Discovered "Fix" For Lock-up Issue, May 12, 2008

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Ron Burgundy (Warsaw Mo. Usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delphi SA10224 SKYFi 3 Portable XM Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit (Electronics)

For those of you wondering if you should purchase this XM Radio system and look to the reviews to decide, I will definitely recommend the SKYFI 3 to you. MP3 and live XM recording are both very easy to use. Most of the bad reviews mention that the radio locks up while in use. I work ten hour shifts driving circles around a small town, so I have put probably 3 to 4 hundred hours of use into my SKIFI 3 that I purchased 2 months ago. I did have the radio lock up on me twice in the first week of using the radio. I found out that it only locks up when you leave the radio on and have activated the auto shut-off timer. I disabled the auto shut-off the first week and the SKIFI 3 has not locked up since. I just last week I ordered 2 more for other members of my family.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Neatest Things I've Ever Bought, May 11, 2008

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FNU MNU LNU (Midwest, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Delphi SA10224 SKYFi 3 Portable XM Radio Receiver with Vehicle Kit (Electronics)

I use this device with awesome results in my vehicle. I use a cassette adapter to play it through my car stereo, rather than the built in FM modulator. I get much better results using the cassette adapter. I do not have the antenna mounted on the exterior of my vehicle. Rather, I simply lay it on a non-skid pad on my dashboard. This device has
many improvements over the Roady2, most notably the portability (you can use it like a Walkman with headphones purchased separately). The ability to record songs is great, as is the fact that the device has a slot for up to a 2 GB microdisk. (It will not accept a microdisk larger than 2GB). Basically, you can use this device as an MP3 player and as a satellite radio. I did do the firmware update on the product. This was no big deal to do the download online. It does freeze on a rare occasion. There is a reset option that fixes this--you simply press two keys simultaneously as directed in the manual. I got this product and a home and car kit free after rebate elsewhere, even as an existing XM subscriber. I've also purchased the headphones with built in antenna, and an extra car and home kit. I got those accessories for about $5 each on the Delphi site using a special code I found on Fat Wallet.