Customer Reviews

GPX BCDW9815CNP CD/MP3/WMA Boombox with XM-Ready AM/FM Tuner

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I bought this GPX XM ready radio and it worked fine for a little over a month. Always had to be careful when moving the radio when I had the XM antenna connected to it. The antenna sticks out when connected to the XM jack and is very FRAGILE! One bump and your XM radio antenna jack is ruined but the AM and FM is still O.K. but who cares, no more XM. The Sound Quality was so-so even during the short time that it did work.

I have since bought a new XM AUDIO SYSTEM distributed by the Belkin Corporation. All I can say is I wish I would have spent a little more the first time and got the Belkin instead of the GPX. There is no AM or FM (who cares) and the XM music is crystal clear with the Delphi RoadyXT. It really sounds excellent and plenty of volume. Before I forget the XM antenna jack is recessed on the back of the case! Who ever that engineer was, must be a smart thinker!

P.S. I'll never buy another GPX product.

This radio is truly a cheap product. The first one I had never worked with the XM Antenna - I returned it and the seond one promtply stopped working as well. Don't waste your money on this one.

I bought this boombox knowing the possible XM antenna jack failure, It did not matter to me because I would not be moving it. If you are wanting a Mobile XM boombox to carry around with you get the Belkin F5X007 for the Roady XT or Audiovox Xpress. THIS IS NOT A "TRULY" MOBILE XM BOOMBOX!!

With a 50ft xm antenna cord and the jack sticking out so far It;s more a mini-home unit rather than a boombox. But for a simple ALL IN ONE XM/FM/AM/CD boombox ,this is a good radio.

PROS,

All in one unit (minus the XM antenna add-on)

Remote

CD/MP3/WMA player

XM Ready (with Antenna add on)

CONS,

Fragile XM antenna port (IF MOVING UNIT BE VERY CAREFUL!!)

One line display for XM Artist/Song info.

No TuneSelect

Not very mobile (XM BOOMBOX WISE).

CONCLUSION: GOOD BUY IF YOU WANT A "ALL IN ONE" XM/CD/FM/AM Unit, Just don't plan on moving this around alot.

I bought this for my grandmother so that she could either play a long running MP3 I'd made for her of her favorite music or just turn on an XM station and leave it there. It worked great for a week, then the CD player completely shut down, followed days later by the XM connection. Very disappointing.

No problems with this booxbox at all. XM comes through nice and clear. Only small gripe I have is that the backlight seems to be too bright and I have to force myself to look at it from an angle to know what station I am listening to.

it is cheap, and it is not even worth it at that price. Got it last year as a gift..then I had to spend extra money to get the xm antenna separately. Clumsy and awkward to deal with. I rarely used it, and as of yesterday it wont work at all.. not even am or fm signal. Forget this one unless you don't mind trhowing away your money.

This boombox is the best I have had it since it came out in 2005 and just purchased another one as a gift because I have had no problems with it at all. I mostly listen to it for the xm radio but the sound is great. Dont listen to all the other reviews never had a problems with mine.

I've had mine for about a year now. One of the 2 speakers stopped working the first month or two. It never sounded great and now became almost worthless, but I kept it because it plays MP3s & nothing else in the house does. This morning it stopped recognizing that there is a CD or MP3 in it at all. Now it's in the trash. I had tried taking it back to Best Buy where I got it when the speaker first went out but they wouldn't take it back. (They have a terrible return policy.)
As of this moment there are 3 1-star ratings and mine will be the 4th. We took time to write it so you don't waste your money. I hope you listen.