XMDirect XMD1000 Satellite Radio Universal Tuner Box

This item worked with the XM Kenwood adapter I purchased but, I'm not sure if it's the adapter's fault or the XM radio unit's fault that the sound, while seeming full with bass and such, seems to be in mono. The songs all seem to appear unseperated and tunes I know to have a definite right and left seperated sound in them seem to all play through the center and don't seem to go to the right or left speaker at all. This has me very disappointed in the unit. I am not sure what year it was manufactured but while the sound can be full of bass and sound full, if each left and right track is not seperated as the artist inteded it to sound, then it's not good sound. What good is it? That is why I gave it three stars on the sound. I hope newer such units have updated their electronics and concentrated on a definite good sounding unit all the way around. I mean, isn't that what digital satelite radio was supposed to be about? Good, clear digital STEREO sound?

This is old technology, but it works great with the right DIY cable and SXMrecorder software. I mounted this one inside my PC, and now I can record the XM transmissions into MP3s. I've saved SO much not having to buy music over the years. These are great.

While I can't speak for other people who may be buying a Terk XM Direct kit for their brand of stereo, I can speak for those considering buying this device for their Sony. Simply put, it SUCKS! First of all, when having it professionally installed, I was told that I would loose my auxillary input, which is the main reason I originally bought my Sony stereo, so I could plug my ipod and Sirius satellite into it. Now, I was told, I would need to go to Radio shack and get one of those tacky A/B switches and mount it under my dash if I wanted to use the auxillary input. This was unacceptable to me, so I just gave up my aux input and let them install the Terk Sony XM Direct kit.Once the install was complete, the next wave of pain began! The activation process that XM uses completely sucks! They instructed me that I need to leave my car on for a minimum of 30 minutes, and up to 4 hours to receive the activation signal. Of course, this is a problem for someone who drives 10-15 minutes each way to work, and most of my trips are fairly short, so I found myself sitting in my car in a parking lot waiting for the stupid thing to activate, and it never did. 3 or 4 days later, and several phone calls, I finally decided to just leave the keys in my ignition, in the accessory position, and leave my radio on and hope and PRAY that my car does not get stolen. Thank god it didn't, but my XM Radio finally activated. Now this probably doesn't speak for this perticular product, but I just wanted to warn anyone who is getting XM for the first time, make sure you're planning a road trip, or you don't mind sitting in your car!Continuing my list of disapointments came when I realized that EVERY SINGLE TIME I turn my car off, or switch from XM to CD, the stupid Sony unit looses my DSP and EQ selections, I have to press the DSP button and the EQ buttons each time I turn the car on or switch to XM! Who the heck invented this anyway?Lastly, the stupid thing only displays the artist on the display of my radio, and sometimes that doesn't even work. That being said, this is the WORST in dash integration for XM I have ever seen. And to make matters worse, in January of this year XM made a terrible decision to further compress and process the audio, so the audio quality of the XM is MUCH worse then listening to streaming radio on the internet, or even Sirius for that matter. In fact, if you take out all the static, FM SOUNDS BETTER THEN XM. I'm about ready to rip this thing out of my car and just go back to my exteranal Sirius and IPOD units! Oh and one final thing, this thing takes up BOTH the line input and the CD changer, so don't even think about having a CD changer if you're going to use this thing!

I purchased the XMDirect XMD1000 Satellite Radio Universal Tuner Box, and along with the corresponding adapter for a 2005 Ford Escape OEM radio, installed it in a 2005 motor home that has a Ford radio with a 6 CD changer in the dash of the cockpit. I didn't want one of those separate units that you have to hang on a clip on the vent. I wanted it invisible, and plugged in to the satellite ready head unit.It works perfectly! I get the maximum amount of display possible with the 2005 technology. I love it.

Installed in a 2004 Ford Explorer Sport trac. Install was very easy with the Terk direct adapter and sound is much better then with just the portable unit.

This receiver and the proper adapter made adding XM radio to my wife's truck easy. She is very happy with it.

WORK GREAT

Everything was great