Alpine Electronics and XM Satellite Radio have teamed up to produce the new CDA-9820XM in-dash receiver that eliminates the need for a separate XM satellite tuner box. Oddly, you still need to purchase an XM antenna separately to use the reciever.
The CDA-9820XM features a bright, two color, eight character display, that shows XM channel number, name, category, song title or artist. XM channels are available over three bands and you can program pre-sets for up to 18 channels. An optional remote control enables users to directly input channel numbers.
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XM's programming features 100 coast-to-coast digital channels: 71 music channels, more than 30 of them commercial-free, featuring every genre; and 29 channels of sports, talk, children's and entertainment. XM brings to the car the same diverse selection of news sources available in the home on cable and DIRECTV. The 50W Max x 4 / 18W RMS x 4 amplified unit will be available in January for for a target retail price of $ 349 dollars. You can go here to see the press release.
Source: PR Newswire
