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XM's First Radio With Color Screen

by Tom Conlon on August 15, 2007 at 12:42 PM

XM's First Radio With Color Screen
This week, XM announced its first ever radio with a color screen, the XpressRC. The unit, to be manufactured by Delphi, features a split-screen with one half showing the song that is currently playing and the other half showing what's playing on up to three other channels.

In addition, the receiver allows you to pause for up to an hour and pick back up where you left off, which doubles the pause time of previous units. The XpressRC also lets you record up to 10 favorite songs for later listening.

Perhaps the most important new feature, though, is the new FrequencyFinder option, which automatically finds the best empty FM frequency for playing XM over your car stereo speakers. This nice addition follows last year's FCC investigation into XM, which found that some XM units were not compliant with signal strength laws and that the FM transmitters on them operated outside of transmission limits. Hopefully, it actually works. We've tested our fair share of FM transmitters for satellite radio, MP3 players and iPod peripherals and have yet to be satisfied with a single one.

The XpressRC will be available in October for $170.

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