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(More customer reviews)I wanted a Sirius unit that would allow me to listen on my way to work. I take a short trolley ride from my apartment in Philadelphia to a train station, and then a 30-minute train ride to work in the suburbs. Therefore, I needed a portable unit. My options as of today were this unit (for the XTR1 receiver) or the XS043 for the Xact Rego. The XS043 is unacceptable because the antena is built into custom headphones, meaning I'd be forced to use their rather bulky-looking headphones instead of my own, and I've yet to own a pair of headphones that lasted longer then 3-4 months.
The reception: In my apartment its great. On the trolley its great (until I hit the tunnel). At the train station its great. On the train - not good. The signal is almost completely lost in north Philadelphia, and is at best sporadic the entire train ride towards Norristown, even with the antenna held by the window. And I get ZERO reception at work itself. Therefore, this unit is largely useless to me.
Speaking of "largely," this thing is "portable" in the sense that a bowling ball is portable. Its bulkier than the first generation of tape cassette walkmen, and is a bit heavy. I can't keep it in my pocket like my radio walkman, and there's not even a way to clip it to my belt if I were inclined (I'm not). I carried it around in my gym bag.
It uses a custom battery that only lasts three hours, but takes 8+ hours to charge. There's a battery power indicator on the unit, but it doesn't seem terribly accurate.
So, in all, I can at least listen while waiting for my train, but it wasn't worth the price just for that. I'd have been better off with just a home mounting kit (which, with its 20-ft antena, will hopefully let me get a signal at work as well).
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