XM Commander XMRVRFM001 Review

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(More customer reviews)Okay, XM is really, really cool. But this review is not about XM, the concept/service. It is about the XM commander.
1) This unit, when hooked with the FM antenna connector, sounds horrible. Somewhere between an strong AM radio station and a weak FM one. This is not related to reception, it is just the dymanic range of the output. Reception was always consistant no matter where I drove.
2) The face light on this unit is very bright and cannot be dimmed. It is distracting and unsafe. It literally is as bright as a small flashlight. What a huge oversight!
3) The output level of this unit is so low, you must turn up the level of your head unit a lot to hear it. That causes the following problems:
a) Distortion - even with a good head unit, distortion is higher the louder you turn it.
b) Loud Blast of Static when you turn on the car. The XM commander comes up a few second after the radio - since you have the FM radio turned to a blank station, you get a LOUD blast of static for a few seconds until XM comes on. This is worse than it might at first seem. And no, you will not remember to turn off the unit every time you turn off the car.
c) Switching from XM commander to FM etc. causes a HUGE volume difference. This requires lots of blasts of loudness all around, and is incredibly annoying.
(And yes, I am aware of the XM commander audio adjustment, but it does little to mitigate this problem)
A great concept (XM) but a horrible solution (XM commander)
Do yourself a favor and change your head unit to an all-inclusive system such as those from Clarion. Yes it costs more but you will be thrilled with XM when it works right.
I'm having my installer take this unit out of my car and putting in a head unit. I learned the hard way... I don't want you to.

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