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Customer Reviews for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Model: SX1EV1
SKU: 3153083
UPC: 884720012778
Edge is the first satellite radio that receives SiriusXM Xtra Channels, new channels not available on other radios. Edge lets you pause, rewind and replay live SiriusXM Radio. And on its large, color graphic display, you can view the artist name, song or program title and channel info.
Average Customer Rating:
4.1
out of 5
(16 Reviews) 16
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81% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Review 1 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Nice look and features.
Customer Rating
5.0
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: Most Everything
What's not so great: N/A
Nice features and reception. I use it in the house and the car, and the display is bright and clear no matter what lighting it's in. More than 8 presets would be nice, but that's my only complaint, especially considering the price of this unit.
About me... Casual listener, Frequent car commuter, Audiophile, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
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Review 2 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Great product
Customer Rating
5.0
Performance
4.0
Reception
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
What's great about it: big display
What's not so great: nothing
My edge works perfect, easy install. sound quality is good. Works as described.
About me... Frequent car commuter, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
NOT HAPPY
Customer Rating
1.0
What's great about it: nothing
What's not so great: not easy to install. would have wires hanging from the car.
the sales person told us that it was very easy to install by are selves. it was not. we returned it after 2 days.
About me... Frequent car commuter
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-10points
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Review 4 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
It's okay.
Customer Rating
4.0
Performance
5.0
Reception
3.0
Sound Quality
5.0
It loses reception even on a clear day in some spots
About me... Casual listener
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-2points
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Review 5 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Highly Recommended
Customer Rating
5.0
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: easy to use, easy to swap to different locations, good sound
What's not so great: FM modulator
It's a great radio if you want something that swaps easily from car to home/office, other car, etc. without having to buy multiple radios and multiple subscriptions. I was able to install easily by myself and it takes up very little room on my dash area. The ability to pause live radio and rewind is quite nice, especially in the office when I have to take a phone call or leave my office for a few minutes.
If you're on the fence about Sirius or XM, just buy this and get the best of both. The SiriusXM package is especially good if you like talk and news channels since some of them are on either Sirius or XM, but not both.
The only drawback is if you have an older vehicle with no aux ports. The FM modulator is garbage so you have to spend the extra money to get the FMDA, but it is totally worth it for crystal clear sound from your radio. I have this coupled with a Monsoon audio system and the sound, especially the bass, is just as good if not better than my CD player.
FYI, the install instructions state you need to have the antenna installed outside the car; however I have a coupe with a huge back window and my antenna is installed inside on the rear speaker deck. It still gets great reception except where it shouldn't. I would definitely play around with the antenna before you permanently install it, especially if you're squeamish about routing wires through your trunk and/or doors.
About me... Casual listener, Frequent car commuter, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Ve
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: pokdavec
from Poughkeepsie
on 02/08/2012
Performance
5.0
Reception
4.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: Many stations to choose from!!!
What's not so great: Not enough presets.
I actually am enjoying siriusXM - have thought about getting it for a long time and was finally fed up listening to FM. The installation went well. I wanted the unit installed on my dashboard but the installer talked me into having it in a compartment on the console between the driver's and passenger's seats. Good spot for security reasons because there is a door that hides the unit. Other than that, the install was great. Now for the unit itself; excellent reception, easy to read screen but only wish it had more presets.....enjoying all those stations!!!!
About me... Avid listener, Frequent car commuter
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
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Review 7 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Great quality.
Customer Rating
5.0
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: The new latin channels
What's not so great: No remote
I love the new channels, i bought it to replace my old XM XpressEZ radio.Sound is better than i though.I like the new screen menu, it shows clearly name of the artist,song and channel, better than my old radio.Another great feature that i found useful is that you are able to rewind radio programming if you want to.If you want to buy this radio to replace an old one, just wait until the price drops.But if you want to listen the new channels, like the new Latin channels, that pretty much cover every single genre, from ROCK En Espanol, POP-ROCK, REGIONAL MEXICANO, REGGAETON,SALSA, just buy it ,you won't regret it, is worth it, all the new channels offer new and old hits.
About me... Music is my life, Avid listener, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 8 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Love Satellite Edge Radio
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: Good listening music, and reception is great.
This is the second XM Edge Radio that I bought, because I enjoy it. Each of them is hooked up to my Bose Radios and it sounds great. I have one in the Living Room, and one in the Dinning Room. I enjoy XM music, and I also have XM in my car. I would recommend XM Radios to everyone.
About me... Music is my life, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
-4points
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Review 9 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Not bad but not great.
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: Eroc2376
on 01/15/2012
Bought this radio to replace an older Delphi skyfi that stopped working. The radio is nice and sound quality is ok. The screen is is really nice as well untill you try to actually read what station you are on or trying to find. With such a nice screen you would think it would be easy to read, but I found myself squinting to understand what was actually written on the screen. If you don't know what the logo of your favorite station looks like its pretty hard to see while driving. A shame considering the screen is really nice. Fit and finish is a c+ good quality but not the best considering the price. Big down side is no remote. This should be standard with all radios, especially these days. My other pet peeve is no clock. Really... I guess this was too hard to impliment in the software programming. Not that my radio doesn't have one, but would still be nice. Another thing, my two other xm radios had sports tickers that scroll info across the screen. Not this one. New stations are ok doesn't make or break it for me. Rewind is nice though. Was one of the reasons I bought this radio as my previous radio had it as well. This radio could have been great. High price for a very basic radio.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 10 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
It's a quality satellite radio.
Customer Rating
4.0
Performance
5.0
Reception
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
What's great about it: Easy to install. Good quality sound
What's not so great: Tuning knob. Loose on mount.
I really like it. It's easy to use, is good quality and does the job. Easy o install and setup. The two things I don't like about it isn't a tight fit on the mount. It rattles a tiny bit. The other thing is that the knob for turning the channels is slippery. It should be coated with rubber so you get a good feel of it.
About me... Frequent car commuter, Installed myself
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 11 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Good after market add on.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Jafo58
from Texas
on 01/09/2012
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: Size and good number of presets
What's not so great: power button location.
Bought for my Ford pickup. Best Buy installation was money well spent. Only complaint would be the location of the power button. on top. It's easy to power it off when adjusting the angle of the mounting bracket. Not a big deal as it powers up quickly. Like the ability to pause and rewind.
About me... Frequent car commuter
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 12 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Even the name is appropriate
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Bromista
from San Diego, CA
on 11/16/2011
Performance
5.0
Reception
4.0
Sound Quality
4.0
What's great about it: Easy to use, additional channels included
What's not so great: No remote, can only hold 10 favorite stations
This is an attractive unit that is easy to pop in and out of the the base. This is useful for transferring your radio to different cars or to your in-home unit. This radio has room to store only 10 of your favorite Sirius and/or XM stations. Like denb45 mentioned, I do like the fact that I have access to the 300s now. The one part I will critique is it's lack of a remote. No remote means I have to either pull off to the side of the road to manually dial in a station or blindly rotate the dial until I hear my station. It goes with out saying that you should never take your eyes off the road while using this unit.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+13points
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Review 13 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
awesome unit !!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ASteelguy
from Houston
on 11/07/2011
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: great content
What's not so great: nothing
Awesome unit. Worth the money!
The new channels are a cool and it's easy to install.
The content is so much better than AM/FM.
The new channels are a cool and it's easy to install.
The content is so much better than AM/FM.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 14 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
It has the EDGE
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: DAVE7113
from ELKTON MD
on 10/24/2011
Performance
5.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
What's great about it: the technology
What's not so great: some wont like price
Just bought mine today. I love it. wow I also bought a new speaker dock to go with it. It rocks in my book. Well worth it. The sound is there!!You wont be disappointed here.Just one big FYI. If you are a long time Sirius subscriber you cannot add it to your existing Sirius account. It is an XM radio so one has to open an XM account. I did and didnt bat an eye it was what I wanted and there are more channels here than meets the eye. To make it easy compare the channel line ups for all 3,XM ,Sirius and Sirius XM-The EDGE falls into this line up},you will see the difference.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+16points
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Review 15 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
Poor Sound Quality
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: Richlove
from Driftwood,TX
on 10/20/2011
Performance
4.0
Reception
5.0
Sound Quality
1.0
What's great about it: Looks nice
What's not so great: Sounds bad
The sound quality is really bad. It sounds like a low bit-rate mp3.
I don't know if it is because this new Edge receiver uses the XM 2.0 sound stream and has more compression or not. (I have not compared it to another XM receiver).
Hard to describe the sound, but the best way I can, is to say that it is an empty sound with many important frequencies missing. It would be the opposite of a spacious sound. When you first start listening, you think it is going to be OK because the sound is very clean. But after a couple of minutes you realize that it is quite irritating.
I don't know if it is because this new Edge receiver uses the XM 2.0 sound stream and has more compression or not. (I have not compared it to another XM receiver).
Hard to describe the sound, but the best way I can, is to say that it is an empty sound with many important frequencies missing. It would be the opposite of a spacious sound. When you first start listening, you think it is going to be OK because the sound is very clean. But after a couple of minutes you realize that it is quite irritating.
Note that I am using the aux output (not FM).
I had been using a Sirius Sportster for years, in this same car (good quality BMW sound system with 600W amp). My Sirius Sportster sounded much better than this XM Edge receiver. So I went back to Best buy and got the Sirius Starmate 8 and it sounds great.
I had been using a Sirius Sportster for years, in this same car (good quality BMW sound system with 600W amp). My Sirius Sportster sounded much better than this XM Edge receiver. So I went back to Best buy and got the Sirius Starmate 8 and it sounds great.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-1point
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Review 16 for SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio + PowerConnect™ Vehicle Kit
SiriusXM Edge Dock & Play Radio
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: denb45
from ALBUQUERQUE, NM
on 10/20/2011
What's great about it: Can receive all of the New Sirius XM 2.0 Channel-lineup up in the 300s
What's not so great: price tag of this radio
Same as the XM-Onyx, but w/ a color-screen, and it's Sirius XM 2.0 compatible Dock & Play Radio, that means it's the only XM-radio that can receive all of the New Channel-lineup up in the 300s, the 1st one I bought wouldn't stop booting up & powering down ( it was defective)
I exchanged it for another one w/ my 2 yr. protection-plan for $14.99
This radio is good, for an XM-Dock & Play Radio, but I don't think it's worth the $139 price-tag, be aware, some of these units might be defective..........for some piece of mind, better purchase a protection-plan
I exchanged it for another one w/ my 2 yr. protection-plan for $14.99
This radio is good, for an XM-Dock & Play Radio, but I don't think it's worth the $139 price-tag, be aware, some of these units might be defective..........for some piece of mind, better purchase a protection-plan
I would recommend this to a friend!
+13points
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