Customer Reviews

Garmin GXM 30 Antenna NavTraffic and XM Satellite Radio reception for your Garmin navigation system

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I have been using a GXM 30 with my Garmin 2739 for over 2 years now. I am very pleased. I use if for music as well as subscribing to the traffic and weather services from XM. I take the unit wherever I go. The 2730 goes from car to car as well as two motorcycles. The GXM I only use in the cars as I have hard wired a Delphi Sky-Fi II mounting bracket onto both bikes and take the head unit with me as I need it. For those of you who are thinking about buying a car dealer navigation system in the car as well as XM - don't wast your money. The Garmin is a whole lot less (I paid $181 for a refurbished unit), it is more easily updated and for less than the dealer systems, and it is portable. OK, it is not as cosmetically appealing as a in dash screen but I can live with that and the $2000 I saved. I agree with the previous poster, the first person should have researched the product. His complaint is not a valid one.

I purchased the GXM-30 in order to have XM radio through my Zumo, both in the car and on the bike. Works very well in both cases! The antenna is not very compact - about the size of a hockey puck, bigger than what you might expect compared to a standard XM antenna. Finding a suitable mount for car or bike also takes some looking, though good ones are available from third-party sellers and are not expensive (a windshield-mount is sold on eBay, and a metal bike mount compatible with RAM mounts from CycleGadgets.com, both under $10).

And in regards to the previous reviewer, even a little research on your own would reveal that XM doesn't run through Bluetooth, and who spends $300 on a product without even a quick Google? That was one of the first things I learned about the GXM 30 when I started looking into purchasing it.

This product combines both XM and XM Nav service. When connected to a supported radio, XM works with the XM Nav options, limiting some of the XM channel information. Additionally Radio enters standby mode for no apparent reason.

Picking up the XM Sat info takes anywhere from 15 to 45 seconds

This thing is crap! The only reason to spend all this money on the Zumo is for the hands free bluetooth features in your helmet, otherwise there are lots of cheaper products to use. The XM radio is restricted from playing music on your bluetooth headset, which renders this thing less than useful. Garmin doesn't bother to tell you this in the product info either. CRAP!!!!