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Pioneer Inno Portable XM2go Radio with MP3 Player Features |
Pioneer Inno Portable XM2go Radio with MP3 Player Specifications
Amazon.com Review The original lineup of XM2Go products (the MyFi, Tao, and Airware) were the first attempt from either XM or Sirius at providing a truly portable satellite radio receiver. As first-generation products, they offered such tantalizing features as a built-in antenna for receiving live XM broadcasts on the go and the ability to record content for playback later. But, like many first-generation products, these technologies were not yet perfected. With the Inno, you can receive and play live satellite broadcasts while you're on the go. View larger. |
 XM radio offers an incredible selection of music, sports, talk, and more. |
That's important because not only does the Inno receive all of XM's great content, but it also has built-in storage for your MP3 collection. You can either record up to 50 hours of live XM content into memory, or split it for 25 hours of XM and 25 hours of your personal tunes. Having the option to load a few hundred songs is the perfect antidote for when you're in an area where the Inno can't receive a live signal.
Having some backup entertainment is great, but rest assured that with the Inno, antenna reception is much improved. The Inno's stubby antenna (think a slightly thicker antenna than on your mobile phone) pulled in rock-solid reception all around downtown Seattle, even when placed inside a jacket pocket. Performance will vary depending on your location relative to XM's satellites and network of ground-based repeaters, but it's way better than any of the original XM2Go units. Adding XM's antenna headphones can improve your experience even more.
Thanks to a 10-minute buffer, the Inno is also able to download an entire song from XM, even if you decide to hit record at the end of the song. Connect your player to your PC once you're at home and you'll instantly have the option of downloading that song for keeps via XM's new partnership with Napster.
Another highlight of the interface is the navigation pad. To go directly to a channel, hit the left arrow and then use the virtual keypad to punch in the channel number. If you just want to surf around, hit the right arrow and the display groups the channels by category (Rock, News, Sports, etc.).
The Inno comes with a remote control, a home dock with relevant cables and antenna, nice earbud headphones, software, and more. The rechargeable battery lasted about 4 hours when playing live XM programming, and it will last longer for MP3 playback. An adjustable color screen is another great addition, as it's much easier to see in sunlight and it gives the Inno a high-end feel.
Pioneer Inno Portable XM2go Radio with MP3 Player Overviews
XM Radio is a satellite based radio system. It requires a monthly subscription fee for reception. Pioneer's Inno is the complete entertainment package. It's a satellite radio that lets you listen to live XM broadcasts at home, on the go, and even in the car (car kit sold separately). The Inno lets you store individual songs or entire blocks of XM programming and listen to them anytime you'd like. Or you can upload some of your favorite MP3 and WMA files, and create playlists that include MP3s/WMAs and the songs you've recorded from XM.The Pioneer Inno offers the long-awaited combination of MP3 and live XM Satellite Radio reception in a sleek, handheld device. The wearable radio delivers XM's over 170 digital radio channels of commercial-free music and premier sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming live and nationwide. It plays MP3s and WMAs, and it has a time-shifting memory mode for storage and playback of XM content. A particularly innovative feature of the Inno allows the user to ?bookmark? songs heard on XM, connect the Inno to a personal computer, and instantly purchase the songs from the XM + Napster online music download service.
The Pioneer Inno has 1GB of memory storage for MP3 files, WMA files, and XM programming, to hold up to 50 hours of content. At only 4.4 ounces and 3.4? x 1.9? x .67?, the Inno is extremely light and easy to take along anywhere. In addition to the XM + Napster feature of the Inno, it has a full-color 180 X 180 pixels TFT display and a user-friendly interface for saving and deleting content. Users can build personal playlists using a mix of XM content and tracks from their own digital music collection. The Inno has a memory buffer to make it easy to store an entire track heard in XM, even if the user starts storing it in the middle of a song.
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[if Not too much to complain about here.The only significant advantage that the XMP3 has over the Inno
2 Go is its capability of recording 3 or 5 different
programs simultaneously.
However,whenever I have something else to do,I am allowed the freedom of erasing all of those horrendous commercials after using Record Channel,with the Inno 2 Go,on an hour talk show-something that the XMP3 is incapable of.
I already knew what the Inno 2 Go was capable of doing before I purchased it from Al and Ed's,since I bought the same product a year-and-a-half ago and now have two Inno 2 Go accounts open with XM. ]
Customer Review
Not too much to complain about here.The only significant advantage that the XMP3 has over the Inno2 Go is its capability of recording 3 or 5 different
programs simultaneously.
However,whenever I have something else to do,I am allowed the freedom of erasing all of those horrendous commercials after using Record Channel,with the Inno 2 Go,on an hour talk show-something that the XMP3 is incapable of.
I already knew what the Inno 2 Go was capable of doing before I purchased it from Al and Ed's,since I bought the same product a year-and-a-half ago and now have two Inno 2 Go accounts open with XM.
The best purchase I've ever made!!!! - Joe -
If you love music, this is amazing! Not only is it an MP3 player like an iPod, but it's even better because it has LIVE XM radio on it, all the channels, everything! AND, get this: It lets you record the song you are hearing live on XM right to the device. Even if you hit record at the end of the song, It still captures the ENTIRE song (due to the buffer)! I've never been happier with any purchase in my entire life, and I highly recommend that anybody who loves to listen to music (or news, or anything) to purchase this wonderful product! Thank you Pioneer and Thank you XM!!!
Love It! - Carl Martin -
I love this device, its great! What really makes it for me is the record feature. I can make my own song list and cut out all the stuff that I don't want to hear.
I have had no problem with reception. Everywhere I go Ihave been able to get great reception.
I have no problem with the inno. I have a problem with some of the SeriusPioneer GEX-INNO2BK Inno 2 Portable XM Satellite Radio with MP3 Capability radio dj's who talk over the songs.
Five Stars for the Radio, One for the Battery - Terry Knapp - Santa Rosa, CA United States
I have been an XM fan for years (my original boom box still gets a daily workout). The Inno itself is superb but battery life is just awful. I have tried new batteries but keep getting the same results: play time is only a couple of hours. Also, when I recharge the battery all night and take the Inno into work so that I may listen to it at lunch, the battery is dead when I turn it on! In order to maintain the previous night's charge, I must remove the battery from the radio and reinstall it when I want to listen to it! Please, whoever is going to be in charge once the merger takes place (XM or Sirius), correct this!
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