Delphi SA10085 Roady2 XM Satellite Radio Receiver with Built-in Wireless FM Modulator

Great System. Easy to set up. Had it going in less than 20 minutes, including activation and running wires. My only beef with the item, you can only select a certain few radio stations to broadcast through and most of the ones built in have a lot of static on them. Easy installation, very nice quality product.

I received the Roady2 XM Satellite Radio Receiver four days before I expected it to be here. The Receiver was new as advertised and the package was in perfect condition. I highly recommend this seller to anyone looking for this product. I will definately look at doing business with these folks in the future. Five Stars out of Five Stars.

What can I say? This is a great xm receiver. Simple, Basic, pretty straightforward and can hold 30 presets. The fm modulator is strong before they added that sureconnect that is weaker. I have had this for 5 years w/o any problems and works great, seems well built. Try to find on Ebay or Amazon if you can.

Had first gotten a brand new unit from XM Radio directly which had horrible reception. Then a friend that already owned this particular Roady2 model, which is a few years old, but worked perfectly in my car. So I was very happy to find this one online. It works great because it has the FM modulator built in, which makes all the difference. Thanks!!

I love the Roady2, but cannot believe that Toyzz is charging $169.99 for this unit. It originally sold for only about $69.99, and it sold off on eBay for $20 each after it was discontinued.

Buy the RoadyXT for less than $50.

I bought this receiver about 4 1/2 years ago when I first got XM. It is a straight foreward little receiver. Very easy to use but the best part about it is how rugged the little thing is.. I originally bought it in Pennsylvania and used it in my Wrangler during the cold winter months. It got snow on it many times and was subjected to temperatures down to about 5 degrees. I brought it with me when I lived in Albuquerque NM where it was subjected to sand and dust almost nonstop. I used it when I lived in Fort Walton Beach Florida when the unit got rained on every day at about noon. I can't count the amount of times I saw water in the screen and it still worked. I had trouble getting the water out once and accidently melted part of the faceplate trying ot remove it.. The screen turned black and I thought it was done for.. I fixed the melted plastic put in a new faceplate insert and in less then a few hours it was working just fine and it looked like new. Now I live in Vegas and it has endured the extreme heat out here as well.. Sometimes up to 120 degrees..

This little thing is worth more than what you think. It's not fancy, but Delphi did something right making it.. If you are always on the move and always outdoors getting dirty this thing is perfect.. My unit is over four years old, has been through more torture than any electronic device i've ever used in my life but still works like new.. If I "could" break the darn thing I would buy another.

Great service and a great product. Worked perfectly and would
buy from them again.
Bill Barbee

I agree with the 'positives' of other reviewers - it is a nice product, when the connections are functioning.However, after only a few months usage, the power jack of my FIRST Roady2 quickly became loose inside; and haphazardly gave power randomly on-and-off.With warrenty I received another module that lasted a little longer, but the same issue cropped up - bad connection between adapter power plug and module's jack. I've read that other Roady2 users have experienced the same defect. A Delphi associate reluctantly admitted that he's familiar with complaints of this weak link but a repair would cost me more than purchasing a new module.

This radio works great but I got tired of paying the xm radio fees and gave it to a friend.

I got a Roady 2 about 2 years ago and it performed well enough that my son bought one and got one free which he gave to my son-in-law. That one never worked, mine has been plagued with poor antenna and power connections and now has completely quit. So that makes two of three dead in under two years. Reliability and performance are both poor.

I certainly won't be buying another Delphi product to replace this one. The user interface wasn't very well thought out and the limited number of channels that you could use for the FM Modulator made it have limited use in Washington DC where you could not drive from outside the Beltway to inside the Beltway without having to change the channel selection. All in all one of the most disappointing pieces of electronics I have ever purchased.

Still using and working well over the last 4+ years. Great price at the time of purchase. Easily transferred between vehicles.

I have had this product for a couple years. I am an Over the road truck driver and it stays on 24/7. Bottom line Fantastic! Good price, always works. Best investment I ever made.

I love this receiver. I have it installed in my car and absolutely cannot live without it. The only problem is that one of the outlets is not secure, therefore I keep the receiver in my car and dont' take it into the house set. I don't want it to get broken.

From a feature / functionality / price perspective these are great radios. The only problem... I've gone through 3 of them in less than a year. Different problems. I wish that I could say it was all due to the same defect or that I abused them somehow.

Spend a little more on the xt. My parents have had ONE for about a year and it seems a more sturdy replacement.

My husband and I have each had the Roady 2 for more than a year now and have had absolutely NO complaints. Despite the advent of newer and "nicer" models, we have no wish to upgrade. This version is dated but works like a dream. I use mine with the cassette adaptor and get great sound. My husband has no cassette player in his JEEP, so he uses the built-in FM modulator. It took us awhile to figure out where to place his antenna, but that is simply because the JEEP has a soft top. Once we placed it and found a clear station, the Roady 2 has never failed him. Save your money and buy this version!

I got the Delphi receiver maybe 2 years ago. It's great for people who want to try satallite radio, but aren't great in the electronics department. Its simple to use and I like how you can change the colors of the backlight. The only time I get bad reception is if I'm in the back woods somewhere, but that is rare. The down side to this receiver is that the black faceplate came off, which is probably why they gave you two extras. The vent clip gets worn out over time and doesn't stay on the air vent half the time. And unless you get the unit professionally installed, there is an crap load of wires to stash in your glove box. I would recommend this unit to others, the only thing I would do differnt is get it installed. It's a great starter unit. It does the job, which is play satalite music.

This little receiver (and accompanying package) is really a cool setup ... HOWEVER ... the FM transmitter/modulator is the weak link. It has 2 serious shortcomings. (1.) The signal is pretty weak. Other items plugged into my other power outlets in my car interfere with the signal (especially charging my cell phone). To be fair, it's barely noticable with music channels, but with voice channels (news, comedy, etc.) it has an annoying hiss if I have other devices plugged in. (2.) It doesn't transmit on all FM channels. In fact, it only transmits on 88.x and 107.x I drive in areas where all the channels in these ranges pick up some sort of station, so my Roady2 competes with distant stations. Overall, I'm satisfied with it, but with a little more effort, Delphi could have had a home run with this little guy.

The Roady2 is compact and stylish. It is easier to find places to mount this unit than standard XM radio receivers. I especially like the variety of backlighting colors that are available and the capability to find the best FM frequency for receiving the XM signal.

Very Nice!

Since I don't have a cassette player in the truck, this was the way to go for using the satellite radio. It's great that you have enough choices as far as empty stations on the radio dial to locate one to use with the reciver.

The Roady2 is the simplest and least expensive of XM products to use. They no longer manufactor this particular item so I was thrilled to find them here. If you can still find them here I strongly advise you to buy them.

VERY GOOD RADIO HAS ALL THE SAME FEATURES AS THE NEW ROADY XT Accept it is a little bit thicker and the Price difference is about $50-$60.00. Thanks

This was a replacement for the original Roady. It is smaller and easy to use. Wouldn't leave home without it!

I've had the Roady 2 for about 1.5 years and have been very happy with XM radio performance (I move the unit from car to home to boat) and the performance has been great. My problem with the Delphi Roady 2 is the connections. First the yellow tip in the car DC power connection came off the plug and lodged in the power socket on the radio thus preventing me from using other power connections for home or boat. Delphi advised me to cut the tips off the other power connectors so they would make contact. This worked and put me back in business with all power supplys. Next the line out socket (center connector where the tape cassette adapter and line plugs for other stereo systems plug in) stopped working with all adapters. Dephi tech support informed me that there was internal damage which could not be repaired and since it was out of warranty, I should buy a new one. It seems to me that this unit which initially cost $100 should have lasted more than 18 months.

I originally purchased the unit during the winter because of a sale, but I didn't install it until the beginning of July for our cross country trip from Oregon to Wash. DC. During the trip, there was quite a bit of interuption from hillsides and tall trees in the Pacific Northwest. I kind of wondered how well the reception would work in the city. Once I got out of the NW, I had no problems picking up a signal unless I was in a long tunnel or deep valley.
I did notice the unit did get hot during the trip and I think that is why it is acting the way it is now (two months later).

It works fine when first turned on, but after 15 minutes, the signal flutuates and at times, no signal is received. The tech support said that I needed to check the wires, but since it is 'recently' installed and it doesn't happen when first turned on, I'm ruling it a receiver problem.

The unit is placed just below the radio head and has been exposed to direct sunlight when parked. I'm sure it didn't help.

I'm currently looking for a better unit and XM said they would transfer the remainder of the account to the new radio without inducing an activation charge.

I like XM, but I am giving 3 stars because of the cheap wiring. I have had the Roady for about 2 or 3 years now and I am on my 5th set of cables. I handle the unit very gently, but the cables are so flimsy that the wires break nevertheless inside the plastic coating. I am tired of buying new wiring over and over, why can't they make this more durable. Also, I have to use the radio feature the cassette accessory does not work in my car (Toyota Avalon); the unit keeps spitting out the cassette. (The same happened to a friend who drives a Honda Accord) Not a real problem for me since I don't travel much, but it may be a consideration for others, because you would have to find a new station constantly in order to get reception.

This is a good multi-purpose receiver for the price. The sound quality is great considering its size. Overall though, the unit is inconvenient to use at times, because lighting on the display is poor, the buttons are too small too close together (and poorly labeled) and you need to have a spider's nest of wires attached to it at all times. Reception is moderately good, though for some reason it used to cut out once on hour, on the top of the hour starting at 9pm. Not sure what cosmic enigma caused that. The remote is kind of useless, because its range is so limited that you have to point the remote in a very straight line at the receiver. Also, since you cant see the display from more than 6 feet away because of the awful backlight, you dont know what station your tuning in. Though really, my beef isnt with the unit as it is the service itself. Since you cant use one without the other, here is my take on XM. The quality of their programming is starting to decline. The music stations are becoming as repetetive as FM stations (if I hear freakin' Bon Jovi or Green Day one more time...) and their talk channel lineup is absolutely pathetic compared to Sirius. And now that O&A have sold out and gone terrestrial again, there's no reason to have XM for any exclusive talk content. Also their international programming is a joke. No BBC (except worldservice), no CBC...no international flavor at all. They have one "European" station called "u-pop" that sounds like it was programmed by someone who's only seen London in magazines. Also, XM used to boast commercial free music channels, but this is slowly starting to dissipate. Several of my favorite music channels have now started running commercials. This is the whole reason I switched to a paid service in the first place! I could almost live with it, but if you are going to bring in additional revenue from advertisers, then LOWER THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES. Also, XM customer service is horrendous. On the rare occasion you do get an English speaking associate, you have to wait on hold for interminable periods of time to reach them and they are often rude or clueless. Also you cannot access any of XM's online services (including account management) unless you are using Windows, Internet Explorer (no Netscape or Firefox) and Windows Media Player. As an audio professional, I'm sorry but Macs are better. I should not be denied access to content that I am paying for because I use a better OS. I am though with satellite radio. I have tried both companies and they both have a long way to go if they want to get any serious attention or subscriber base. They really should merge...if we had Sirius' stellar programming lineup combined with XM's sound quality (Sirius' audio quality is horrendous) that would be the best thing. Here's hoping. Until then, I'll stick with my podcasts and iTunes radio streams, which are free, sound better and mostly have no commercials.

not a bad price so I bought 3.....they will make nice Christmas presents for the kids..should have waited because I found them cheaper elsewhere.for the same exact thing.

I planned to subscribe to XM Radio. But after reading the review by FOX, I decided not to subscribe based on the fact that XM lowered the audio quality after Apr 2006 by adding more channels. If you listen to XM mainly in your car, then the poor audio quality may or may not affect you.

I purchased three of these. One for my family vehicle, one for my dad and one for my mother. They are great!! The fact that the FM modulator is built-in is what makes this an exceptional option. And you don't have to have it professionally installed. You can do it yourself just by routing the cords into the seams of the dashboard. It's a clean install. I did it - and I'm a female:).

Bought this unit so I could have XM in my office. Live in a semi-rural area and public radio reception is hit and miss. Have Direct TV at home and they use XM for the music channels so decided to pay to have at work.

Have pointed the antenna south, north, east, west and upside down and still no signal. And yes before anyone chimes in I have a window and a clear view of the southern sky.

All I have is an expensive paper weight that says no signal. No signal is no music, no music is no rating and no rating means one star.

The Roady2 XM Satellite Radio is a must have for long road trips or music maniacs! With a touch of a button, you can select the type of music or talk show you are interested. We do a ton of driving and wouldn't consider leaving the house without this system! This system is so valuable when you're driving through remote areas that don't get normal radio coverage, like uninhabited areas of New Mexico and Texas. I'm very happy with our Delphi system, this model was the first I'd had of the satellite radio craze. The unit is very affordable, both initial purchase and monthly fee, was super easy to install, and took about 5 minutes to initiate service over the phone! We have had great service with XM and any questions we needed answered. It comes with a mounting ball that is easily placed anywhere on or below your dash and allows quick and easy disconnect. This unit gets great reception, nice easy ready controls, small controls though, hard to manuever as you're driving...but it'll make a pro out of any radio channel surfer! We now own the newer version of this model because the other was stolen. Although we had great service overall with XM, we were dissappointed that even after having cancelled the original radio service off of our bill for the Roady2, XM failed to shut that system off and allowed the person who stole the unit to have free service for several months. Who knows, they're still probably still listening to it right now! The Delphi XMSKYFI2 is so much better! Most everything is improved on this model. It has everything the old version had except it includes a remote control and a better screen layout and more vivid color where you can view 5 channels ahead on the screen, incase you don't have your flimsy paper channel selector with you or can't remember what all the channels are. The newer one is much easier to control while you're driving. You can hold the stearing wheel with your left hand and hold the remote with your right hand resting on your console/arm rest. I don't like the new mounting bracket, it's bulky and hard to disconnect the unit, but the improvments are whole that small detail. It also has a larger tuner dial for channel selecting, better fit to large clumsey fingers, much better than the Roady 2!!

I was very pleased with the ordering process, response and delivery on this item. I may never go back to retail stores!

I bought my husband this item for Fathers Day last year. Just so happened to be buy one get one free so we both have one. He loved it so much, he bought the adaptor kit so that he could bring it to work with him to keep him company on the long night shifts. Just recently, someone stole his unit. He was very upset. I said no worry, we will just buy another one. Well, it was not that simple. It seems that a newer version had come out that would require a new home kit to be purchased as well. I then began to search to find a replacement for the stolen one so he could use it with the current accessories. I searched all over on line, in stores, even tried to buy a display. No luck. I then went to Amazon and there it was and in time for Fathers Day. Thanks AMAZON!

I just want to warn people about the shady practices of XM Radio.
You have to explicitly ask them to not include automatic renewal.
If there is not indication of this (either approved or not approved), they will keep your credit card number and charge you without warning. When you try to cancel, they will be pretty nasty and sell at you like a used car salesman. Not the type of company I want to deal with. Their product should sell itself and if people cancel they should try to find out why.

Mine wouldn't work if it got hot until I cooled it off with the car's air conditioner.

I purchased this unit about six months ago. I was fed up with the ever-increasing advertising on the commercial FM stations in the area, and finally decided to try satellite radio. I chose XM because of its music selection and MLB coverage. And I chose the Roady2 because it was cheap (>$50 at the time) and portable. (I didn't want to pay for a second unit and subscription just to listen away from the car.)

My Roady2 has been great. Every once in a while the antenna connection gets a little cranky (momentarily losing the signal), but that's probably because I'm always moving the unit between the house and car and thus have to unplug and replug the antennas a lot. All the connectors still fit very snugly in spite of all the times I've plugged and unplugged stuff.

I love the TuneSelect feature. The Roady2 can store up to 20 song IDs in TuneSelect, and I only wish it could hold more because I can easily come up with 20 "favorite" songs listening to just one or two music channels! If you are listening to one channel and another channel begins to play one of the songs you've saved in TuneSelect, the unit will beep and give you about five seconds to accept its offer to redirect you to the other channel. VERY nice.

Like one of the other reviewers, I keep the Roady2's antenna inside my car. I put mine on the rear dash (under the back window). I do tend to momentarily lose the signal when I get into thick tree cover, but I suspect having the antenna on the roof wouldn't net much improvement in those situations. Otherwise, it works flawlessly. I'd recommend trying interior mounting places first; if it works, it will save you the hassle and risk of an external mount that has to be routed through the vehicle frame.

I've since added the home and portable kits, and am very pleased with both. The home kit includes an antenna (larger than the one in the Roady2 kit, and with a base) and a remote (very handy indoors, but not necessary in the car). The portable kit includes a docking unit, headphones (w/built-in antenna), Li-Ion battery, and charger, and basically lets you treat the Roady2 like an oversized Walkman. It even has an FM tuner, just in case you end up in a place where you can't pick up the XM signal. I also purchased the Roady2 carrying case, which is good for protecting the Roady2 and makes the portable setup easier (and safer) to use.

There is one other thing I'd like to mention about XM that surprised me: the channels (at least the ones I've listened to) don't compete with each other for listeners. You'll never hear an FM DJ suggest you check out another station, but the XM DJs frequently recommend other channels! It feels a lot like one big happy family, and in some respects it kind of is.

And to think I used to tell myself I'd never pay to listen to the radio... Now, I tell everyone XM is 100% worth it!

I'm very happy with my purchase. I got my Roady 2 for free, then went on Amazon and bought the home unit. If you're going to pay for the XM service you should not be limited to Vehicle use. The home unit antenna is the same you can use with the MyFi. It put's out a very powerful signal,I recommend direct connect. You may get static on a very rare ocassion, though it's never been an issue. Over all, Satellite radio is still very new technology. It will only get better with with time. The roady 2 car and home unit kit's are great products you will end up using daily.

I have a Roady, not the Roady2, and have had no trouble with it (knock on wood!). I bought my husband a Roady2 for Christmas and had it "hard wired" into his truck the first of January. He loved it....until recently. It started cutting out and then saying "no signal". I knew it couldn't be the service because mine was working great. After calling Delphi's helpless desk, and waiting for someone to finally answer, all we got was a girl who was obviously reading her answers. She finally decided that we had a bad antenna and gave us a number to call. I called Delphi's number the next morning and timed my "hold", it took 30 minutes for a human to pick up. The person gave me instructions to send the antenna back to them. Yeah, right. I finally took it to an local satellite installer and they hooked up another antenna to the radio and guess what, it wasn't the antenna, it was the radio! After reading the other persons comments on his experience with trying to get another one, or get it repaired, I think I'll just go out and buy a new one.

I got this reciever for Christmas 05 and within 3 weeks it did not work. The problem is not with XM Radio. They have a fablous line up of stations and their service department is easy to deal with. However Delphi's service department is not knowledgeable, difficult to deal with, and down right rude, not to mention the 20-30 min wait time everytime I call b/c there's only like 1-2 people working in the call center. If there are more then somehow I keep talking to the same person. I had to mail the product back to Delphi at my cost. It two weeks to be returned. The returned product only worked 3 days, then I had to deal with the service department again. I mailed it back, took two more weeks, and worked 5 days this time. I called and asked if I could trade models since this one keeps breaking and was told the problem was on my end, they would not exchange for diff model. All in all I had this model 60 days, it only worked abt 20 of those. Finally I threw in the towel and bought an Audiovox reciever and am finally pleased to be able to listen to XM in the car.

I traded in my 2003 GMC Yukon on a new Toyota Sienna. I thought I'd lost my quality XM Radio reception forever, but gas mileage being what it is......

I took a chance with this Roady2. I am not technically inclined and worried what I was getting into. I received the receiver as advertised. I followed the directions within the box and was pleased how easy things went.

A previous review suggested how to use the vent clip mount. That was sooo easy! Another reviewer said he put the antenna on the dash, so I did the same.

I called XM Radio and transferred my XM Radio account to this new receiver. It took about 45 minutes, but when the connection took place I was extremely pleased with the reception. The sound is the same quality as received in my GMC Bose system.

I am a happy customer. Thanks as well to Amazon!

I bought this item because it was well priced and had a wireless fm transmitter. It was mainly used in my car then I eventually decided to get the home kit. Using it through the FM radio stations worked fairly well. Sometime static and interference would come into play if a statiion was nearby. If you can direct connect it in any way the sound quality improves a great deal. I now have it connected through a aux input when I use it in the car. If you are looking for a quality product at a budget price this is it.

I bought this for my husband who found it easy to install and easy to use. He doesn't have to be a techno guy to find his favorite music and when he travels he can now listen to what he wants without annoying radio talk.

I bought the roady2 at sears as a Christmas present and now the faceplate has no display. The light comes on and the channels change, but there is nothing on he screen. I can't return it to the store and Delphi says I have to send it in to be fixed. How annoying!

It was so easy to install. I listen to it all the time. I would recommend this to everyone. If I can install it anyone can. Buy now.

You have to love those anti-satellite commercials. They have actors pretending to be real people with real problems, complaining about how difficult it is to set up a satellite (took my family about five minutes) and how much trouble it is to get reception (again, five minutes worth of time) as well as reception difficulties. (we got reception during the worst thunderstorm Virginia ever had) You'd expect one of those commercials to show a poor Sudanese immigrant family claiming how armed satellite dishes burnt their village. What the commercials should really say, of course, is "Hi this is your cable company, please don't get satellite because we enjoy the monopoly we have in your region." Similar mudslinging has been done about satellite radio. Can't get reception under a bridge, fizzles out in rainy weather, my satellite radio knocked up my daughter, etc etc etc...

Well this Christmas my family gave me a satellite radio. They had already each gotten one for their car, and figured it was time I got one for my long drives. Before I continue, let me explain: I am a military brat, so for one thing my family moves around. A lot. I always get a kick out of civilian kids who make a big deal about that one big move across the neighborhood they have to make - try moving across the nation every year. As you may infer, I go to a college not in the same state of my family. This means during holidays, summer, and sometimes during spring break I'm moving back and forth. Right now I only have to drive six hours, but three years ago it was a two day drive. Driving that long you realize something: radio really is bad. In the rural parts of America you have limited choices (let's see, do I want to listen to country or religion?) and when you get around a city you get an oldies station, a rock station, (if you're lucky) and a corporate station that plays the same ten songs over and over again. What's worse is just when you find the station you like...bam! Out of range.

XM Radio doesn't do that. Any where in America you can get connection to over 200 stations to choose from, most of them categorized by genre or what they broadcast. Do you like those corporate stations? They have the popular songs of the day playing on one channel. Like bluegrass? They got a station for that too. Like listening to talk radio? They have one for conservatives and one for liberals. Like sports news? They have it all, even one playing old dramas from the golden age of radio. What's also nice is, like a normal radio, you can customize your radio to preset channels you want to listen to the most. (you know, hit "1" for this channel, "2" for the other, etc)

Some of those anti-satellite commercials have tried badmouthing XM radio saying that you'll have trouble with reception. The only trouble I've ever had was driving through a tunnel that went deep under the Chesapeake River...and even then, it wasn't that bad and only a rare thing. I drove back to college in a rainstorm and got perfectly fine reception. The only thing I should warn is, depending on the channel, there ARE commercials. I'm not counting the "You're listening to the blah blah network," I mean like normal radio commercials. I know the talk radio stations have them, some of the others are pretty mild. I just find it odd when I'm listening to the Old Time Radio station and suddenly a commercial for NHL news comes up.

Overall I'm very pleased with this little radio. Incidentally, find a decent place that will install it. There was a small car lot that did these things where I lived, and they made it so the radio was at a convenient place and didn't fly all over my interior. And by the way, avoid trips to Africa because I hear conflict between the Tutsis and satellite dishes is worstening.

I bought this device from Amazon and it was DOA. Be prepared to send it back.

I love my XM. And most of the time this little unit is a cheap and servicable way to get it going.

However - I have serious reliability problems with it in my car whenever the temperature gets too hot or too cold. I live in the Boston area and from June through September every day after work the receiver (which had sat in a hot car all day) would refuse to come on after work.. 5 or 10 minutes later after the car temp came down with the AC or windows open all would be good again.. It has a similar but less severe problem on cold winter mornings.. it has to be down around 0 degrees or so, but again it wont operate correctly until the car gets up to a more reasonable temperature.

I understand the difficulty of building cheap consumer electronics that work over wide temperature ranges, and I wouldn't expect my laptop for instance to respond gracefully to the same conditions - for instance. However, this is a CAR unit, and these conditions are perfectly expected for a car environment.

I'm sticking with XM, but I'm pondering different receivers.

Always wanted XM Radio but I never wanted to spend more than twenty dollars on a reciever. Spend "real money" on car stereo equipment in a major city never makes a lot of sense since you are one parking lot away from having something stolen.

The Roady 2 is a great, small, cheap solution for anyone that wants satellite radio. Nice design, about the size of an IPOD and a bit thicker it works great. No problems with the FM Modulator even though I live in the heart of L.A.

XM Radio is everything that's been promised. The subscription set up is a breeze.

I bought the Roady 2 XM receiver kit and set it up first at home using the Home kit which I also purchased. Even though the instructions warned to make sure the antenna was set up properly, I found that the Roady 2 worked right out of the box once I attached the antenna (wire still coiled), the power supply, and plugged in a set of headphones. I was amazed with the clarity of the signal received and the variety of programming available.

Not having time to properly install the Roady 2 in my van before a trip, I nevertheless resolved to try it out. I uncoiled about 6 feet of the antenna and placed the tip on my dashboard. I plugged everything in, set a FM frequency for the Roady to use, and Voila! - it worked.

As the directions stated, there was some minor problem with reception outage when driving if I was close to the side of a south facing hill (happened twice in a 500 mile round trip). Other than that, the only "problem" was having to tweak the setting for the FM modulator (push a couple of buttons) due to local stations broadcasting on the same frequency I was using.
My wife and I cruised through western and central PA on the Turnpike listening to a variety of programming including a couple of old time radio dramas.

I can't say enough in praise of the Roady 2 other than I just bought 4 more to give as Christmas presents. That should tell you how pleased I am.

I was slightly nervous buying this receiver from some of the reviews that I had read on Amazon and elsewhere; however, those fears have been relieved! This is a very good product, and for less than $30 it CANNOT be beat!

PROS:
Very cheap, effective way to ease into Satellite radio
Easy to install, I had it completely installed in about 10 minutes.
Comes with several installation options. I used the vent clip which works well. It does not fit my vent perfectly but playing around with it got it in there pretty good regardless.
I like that you can switch the background color to match your own interior lights
Tunes very well. I did not put the antenna on the outside of my car like Delphi instructs you to. I sat it up at the top of my dashboard and it works fine up there (I usually get all 3 bars). I think though that it works well because my windshield is very slanted and can get a lot of sun - mounting it inside I feel would not work very good on pickup trucks or anything with a steep windshield (it can't see the sun as well then).
The Wireless FM Modulator really works good. In the Kansas City metro all of the 12 FM stations they give you to choose from at least have hints of other stations programming on it, so I chose the least affected and it works fine. The only time I've had a problem with it was when I large building was blocking the southern view (driving close to a store in the parking lot).

CONS:
The tuner wheel will eventually annoy you. I've had it long enough now to memorize a lot of the station numbers I frequently use and try to type them in instead of scrolling. The wheel isn't bad but the newer models make it easier to go through the stations.
I wish I could get the song titles to scroll so I could see the entire title. As far as I know you can't do it on this model.
The way the whole thing is set up leaves wires hanging around. Since the wires attach to the left side of the receiver you end up with wires hanging and crossing stuff. If they were on the right side it would have been easier to hide the wires. You could mount your radio in different spots to lessen that affect though - but in a small car it kinda stinks.

I had really wanted sateliite radio but thought it was cost prohibitive, this really proved me wrong. It's a great radio at a great price.

On the note of XM's service, it is also very good. I enjoy their programming (they have very good alternative stations) and the talk radio as well. Overall I am very happily and strongly reccomend this model. However, if you have more money to spend you might try Delphi's next step up just to have the better tuning wheel !!