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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 love the Roady2, but cannot believe that Toyzz is charging $169.99 for this unit.
Very easy to use but the best part about it is how rugged the little thing is. The screen turned black and I thought it was done for. If you are always on the move and always outdoors getting dirty this thing is perfect. I bought this receiver about 4 1/2 years ago when I first got XM. 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. I had trouble getting the water out once and accidently melted part of the faceplate trying ot remove it. If I "could" break the darn thing I would buy another.
It got snow on it many times and was subjected to temperatures down to about 5 degrees. It's not fancy, but Delphi did something right making it. Sometimes up to 120 degrees.This little thing is worth more than what you think. I brought it with me when I lived in Albuquerque NM where it was subjected to sand and dust almost nonstop. Now I live in Vegas and it has endured the extreme heat out here as well.
It is a straight foreward little receiver. 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. I can't count the amount of times I saw water in the screen and it still worked. I originally bought it in Pennsylvania and used it in my Wrangler during the cold winter months. I used it when I lived in Fort Walton Beach Florida when the unit got rained on every day at about noon.
Bill Barbee Great service and a great product. Worked perfectly and wouldbuy from them again.
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. 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.
This radio works great but I got tired of paying the xm radio fees and gave it to a friend.
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