Style: Onyx EZ w/ Vehicle KitPackage Type: Standard PackagingChange
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on January 22, 2017
It's simple to use. I transfer it between my truck and travel trailer since it is small and portable. I have it attached to the supplied flat round mount. I them zip-tied the mount to a large diving belt lead weight. This allows it to stand on its own without screwing it down to anything.
on April 21, 2015
This makes a perfect gift, and honestly works wonders. I provided it to my wife because she did not have a good radio in her car, plugs into AUX and works perfectly.
I did have to down it a few stars for a few things though.
1) The clip that looks like it's meant to hold it in a fan or something is flimsy, and honestly got stuck when we tried to install it.
2) The adhesive supplied is horrible and doesn't hold down the radio for anything.
3) There is nothing to really secure the antenna down which basically slides everywhere on the dash.
4) I believe the antenna is magnetic, but this does not help much as the magnetic part isn't very strong, and her dashboard is not metal, so basically it slides everywhere, and if its not out in the open it will not get very good signal.
Besides that, she's learned to deal with and make things work right, so she loves it. Just wish it was a better car kit. The radio itself is great, the car kit portion of it is the problem.
I did have to down it a few stars for a few things though.
1) The clip that looks like it's meant to hold it in a fan or something is flimsy, and honestly got stuck when we tried to install it.
2) The adhesive supplied is horrible and doesn't hold down the radio for anything.
3) There is nothing to really secure the antenna down which basically slides everywhere on the dash.
4) I believe the antenna is magnetic, but this does not help much as the magnetic part isn't very strong, and her dashboard is not metal, so basically it slides everywhere, and if its not out in the open it will not get very good signal.
Besides that, she's learned to deal with and make things work right, so she loves it. Just wish it was a better car kit. The radio itself is great, the car kit portion of it is the problem.
There's a reason the warranty only lasts 90 days: Cheap, semi-disposable receiver only lasted about a year
on July 16, 2016
My Onyx EZ worked OK while it worked, but with only about 4-5 hours use/week, it has now stopped working after one year. I have ordered another one just to have satellite radio on long commutes and car trips, but the cheesy plastic construction and flimsy wiring don't inspire confidence in the receiver's durability. The power cord has a very thin wire running to the receiver and is already frayed with only modest handlng. The need to replace the receiver every year or so amounts to an effective increase in your subscription about about $5 / month, since you have to replace the receiver every year and they sock you with a $15 fee to move your subscription to the replacement unit.
on February 10, 2015
Antenna has to be repeated pushed back into socket, fades and you have to take your eyes off the road to push it back in, even though it doesn't feel loose. Blue screen SUPER distracting ING the dark and you either cannot read the display or it practically negates night vision with blue light... No matter how low you set the brightness. Even my 10 year old Road you had color changing display...
on November 23, 2014
I really love this radio. This is my second purchase for my other car. I am on the road a lot and many of my trips take 7 to 8 hours in areas that are very remote. It's so nice to have access to uninterrupted satellite radio during the entire time. I love the ease of use and the display is easy to see at a distance from where I placed it on my dash. I do get occasional radio noise but I just need to buy a noise filter and it will be fine.
on April 2, 2016
I bought this to replace another radio. It had a compatible dock and all I had to do was slide this one in the existing dock. I leave them in the car year round and they tend to last about 3-5 years each depending on the weather. This is my third one. Turns out that they want to charge you another $15 to swap unless you say the old one broke and they give you a $12 credit (one time I have recieved twice now) so you still pay another $3 to swap if you already have an account. They do it to keep you on the monthly plan. You could fight for more but I did not.
I like the larger display and this is less busy than the previous radio but the blue numbers are very difficult to read. Any other color would have been fine. I am sure they were trying to match colors for many cats but my dash is green. I am also not sure why they insist on making the buttons so small but all three have the same configurations.
This dock and my previous dock both work with this radio but the power connector and sat antenna both are different. Rather than rerun all the wiring I just used the old dock. The new one also seems to not work as well as the old one did as it requires a much larger area to stick to the dash. I have it on the ash tray so it is lower and out of the way.
Xm recently changed codecs i believe and all of my radios tuned to a deeper base as a result. This one at the default level (and the old one) would clip and distort on talk radio. I turned the gain down a notch to resolve this. Music sounded good still. This happened on my embedded radio at the same time as well where bass was deeper and I had to adjust but i didnt have the distortion or clipping. I should not that I use a tape adaptor and not the fm connection...yes my car is that old.
These units are the sometimes freebie radios when you get a new account on XMa website. $50 is pricy for a replacement at normal prices but on a daily special $20 worked well.
I like the larger display and this is less busy than the previous radio but the blue numbers are very difficult to read. Any other color would have been fine. I am sure they were trying to match colors for many cats but my dash is green. I am also not sure why they insist on making the buttons so small but all three have the same configurations.
This dock and my previous dock both work with this radio but the power connector and sat antenna both are different. Rather than rerun all the wiring I just used the old dock. The new one also seems to not work as well as the old one did as it requires a much larger area to stick to the dash. I have it on the ash tray so it is lower and out of the way.
Xm recently changed codecs i believe and all of my radios tuned to a deeper base as a result. This one at the default level (and the old one) would clip and distort on talk radio. I turned the gain down a notch to resolve this. Music sounded good still. This happened on my embedded radio at the same time as well where bass was deeper and I had to adjust but i didnt have the distortion or clipping. I should not that I use a tape adaptor and not the fm connection...yes my car is that old.
These units are the sometimes freebie radios when you get a new account on XMa website. $50 is pricy for a replacement at normal prices but on a daily special $20 worked well.
on May 17, 2015
Everywhere I looked in the ad for this item it said that it was a Sirius radio. However when I received the item it turned out to be a XM radio.
Instead of sending it back I installed it. It works fine and is a decent looking item, but the BS that I had to go through between Sirius and XM almost made the item not worth the price.
Instead of sending it back I installed it. It works fine and is a decent looking item, but the BS that I had to go through between Sirius and XM almost made the item not worth the price.
on April 21, 2017
this is my 2nd one, very nice product, my husband uses it all day as he drives truck, however the boost box set for the home does
not work as well. very poor reception.
not work as well. very poor reception.
on October 20, 2015
Fantastic setup - plugged right into my stereo receiver and the preview channel came up once I located the best place along my window for the antenna. The only annoying part was actually purchasing the service from XM ($25 for 6 months is always a deal - never go for the monthly they advertise, and make them waive the $15 activation fee). I bought this for my dog so he can listen to music when I'm not home (and white noise so he doesn't bark - we live in an apartment complex). He seems to love it, although he hasn't expressed so directly.
