SIRIUS Satellite Radio Receiver and Car Kit Package

(SIR-CMB3 - MPN: SIRCMB3)

Description: Audiovox SIRIUS Satellite Radio Receiver and Car Kit Package Features: Digital wireless FM transmitter with 35 selectable frequencies built-in, Large 6-line LCD display with amber backlighting, Dedicated jump button for in & out access to y.... Read More

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Date Reviewed: 10/18/2006
wise2208 from TN Member Since: Oct 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 5 Weeks	Sorry Strengths: none - the product has never been opened Weaknesses: none- the product has never been opened Summary: Did not receive a SIR-CMB3 as ordered. Sent SIR-PMP3 instead of advertised product. Have unsuccessfully attempted to get refund as of this date. Will not use Price Grabber again as a source for comparison. Jack Wiseman 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 07/24/2005
schultzkp from CA Member Since: Aug 2002 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Months	Nice receiver, but don't plan on moving this car kit between cars. Strengths: Easy setup, multiple ways of mounting in your car. Weaknesses: Not very rugged, breaks easily if you move it from one car to another. Summary: My wife bought me this for Father's Day (2005). It was very easy to setup and install. There are multiple ways you can mount it in your car. I used it in my car that I drive to work every weekday for a month and really enjoyed it. The display is easy to read, and it's nice to be able to see the artist name and song title of what you're listening to. I also like having the "jump" button set to provide my local traffic report, so I can "jump" over, listen to the traffic and weather, and "jump" back to what I was listening to before. I've had some minor difficulties in finding clear FM frequencies to use in the DC area. I'll be using one frequency fine, but then I'll have to drive to the other side of DC for a meeting, and there will be a lot of static on that frequency, so I'll have to go through the setup and change the frequency to one that's clear in that neck of the woods. It's a little frustrating, but the controls are easy to operate, and I can do it while I drive. It's just annoying. So then we decided to drive up to New Hampshire for vacation, and I tried to transfer it over to our family car for the drive up and back. Big mistake. I don't know what I did or what went wrong. I thought everything went fine installing it in the other car. It became extremely sensitive to any wiggling of the antenna cable after that. Every ten minutes or so, I would have to reach up and wiggle the antenna cable in the antenna plug in the back of the receiver. So if you plan to use it in more than one car, I would recommend buying another car kit rather than try to transfer the car kit. The receiver itself slides right in and out of the car kit and would transfer easily if I had two car kits. 95% of People (18/19) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 09/05/2006
Rival100 Member Since: Jan 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 1 Month	Unacceptably flawed given my particular circumstances. Strengths: Ability to remove tuner from cradle, and by extension, one's car. Weaknesses: Pins at bottom of cradle are prone to displacement. Summary: I live in an urban area where only curbside parking is available, and where the possibility of vehicle break-in is higher than average. As such, leaving the tuner in the car is not an option. Unfortunately, I soon found that repeated insertion and removal of the PNP3 shuttle will eventually bend the pins at the bottom of the cradle. Admittedly, I could have bent them back into place, but generally pins are not designed to withstand such stress, especially over the long term. So, while I have no other complaints concerning the tuner, this problem forced me to find a different model. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 08/07/2006
profile Member Since: Sep 2004 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 19 Months	So nice, bought it twice. Strengths: Feature set. Weaknesses: Unfortunately, the display fades over time. Summary: 2006-08-07 20:45:25 Needing to replace my stolen tuner, I delved into the latest Sirius models. However, after determining the newer (generation 3 -chipset) plug-and-plays offered little additional functionality other than the ability to record (or, in the case of the Directed Electronics S50, featured too-high a price tag) I decided to purchase the same model I had previously owned: the Audiovox SIRPNP3. Of course, influencing my decision was the fact that the price had dropped substantially since my original purchase a year earlier. (Note: as of this writing, it appears Audiovox has made the decision to discontinue production of Sirius tuners; and a SIRPNP4 is not likely to come to market.) In any case, the tuner's features remain more than adequate: 24 S-seeks (which notify the user when the designated songs are being played on any Sirius channel), 30 channel presets (10 buttons x 3 bands) plus Jump button (designates a channel which remains unchanged regardless of preset band; switches forth or back with each press; often used for local traffic reports), a large monochromatic five-line display (usually, the three middle lines are reapportioned into two to display the artist and song title in a larger, boldface font), and a small, full-function wireless remote, which amounts to a second interface (very useful for drivers, provided they can learn to negotiate the button layout via touch). Note that this version of the tuner (SIRCMB3 JamPack) comes with the SIRCK3 car kit, so those planning a vehicular application will be ready to go. Unfortunately, one shortcoming has been the screen. Although I still favor its usage of amber characters on a dark background, I have found that the display fades over time. My research indicates this is a problem most backlit PNP satellite tuners exhibit, so I consider it almost unavoidable. Other than this, the tuner has served me well. I would still buy it -- again. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.