Samsung YP-X5X NeXus 25 XM Ready Digital Audio Player with 25-hour Playback
Samsung YP-X5X NeXus 25 - XM Satellite Radio delivers over 170 channels; including music, talk, sports, comedy, and news programming. Including unique offers like The Opie & Anthony Show and Major League Baseball. With the Samsung NeXus, you can listen to this content live and in realtime, wherever you go! It's an extremely portable unit that has 512MB of storage space. Use it to store up to 25 hours of XM radio content, or to play your favorite MP3 and WMA music files. Passport Tuner Chip Connects to a PC via USB 2.0 Unit Dimensions - 1.9 (w) x 3.4 (h) x 0.7 (d)
Get ready for total music freedom with the Samsung Nexus digital audio device. The Nexus takes the concept of a personal digital audio player to the next level with the addition of XM satellite radio. Using the supplied dock, and an included XM Connect-and-Play antenna, you can record your favorite XM programming to the device. 
The Nexus is the perfect way to carry all your favorite XM content and personal digital music files. View larger. | 
With the XM + Napster service, you can own the tunes you hear on XM that strike your fancy. |
XM radio offers an incredible selection of music, sports, talk, and more. |
Then, listen to your tunes and talk radio while you're on the go. In addition to handling XM content, you can also play songs from your existing library of MP3 and WMA music files (including purchased downloads). Plus, you can mix your recorded XM content with your music files -- create a playlist with XM recordings and your own digital music. Because the Nexus is an XM ready device, it's designed to interface with the XM Connect-and-Play antenna. Simply plug the home antenna into the Nexus and you're rocking to XM's 150-plus digital channels. No additional accessories or installation are required. In addition to charging the device's battery, the included home docking station lets you use the Nexus as an XM receiver to play live XM content through your home stereo (the dock features stereo RCA outputs). Featuring a full array of programming -- from talk shows, comedy programs, and live Major League Baseball broadcasts to just about every musical genre from bluegrass to jazz -- XM Radio is the fastest growing satellite radio network in the world. All XM metadata is displayed on the Nexus' front panel display, including full song title and artist name, as well as information extras such as stock and sports score tickers. At 3.4 x 1.9 x 0.7-inches, the Nexus is pocket friendly and designed to go wherever you go. The embedded 512 MB of internal memory gives you ample space for storing your music -- up to 25 hours of content will fit on the device. Music is transferred between your PC and the Nexus via a high-speed USB 2.0 connection. Another cool aspect of the Nexus is its support for the XM + Napster music service. If you hear a song you like on XM radio, simply "tag" it and easily purchase and download that artist or song via Napster. It's a great way to discover and own the music you like.
What's in the Box
YP-X5X XM radio/MP3 player, XM passport, battery, earbuds, remote control, home dock/cradle, home XM antenna, AC power adapter, RCA audio cable, USB cable, carrying case/holster, user's guide, and software CD-ROM.
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Samsung YP-X5X NeXus 25 XM Ready Digital Audio Player with 25-hour Playback Reviews
I am so pleased with this product, That I bought two more for a couple of friends.
As noted in other reviews, recording from XM has some minor irritations, such as sometimes getting the last few seconds of a previous song/interview before the thing you want to record and sometimes the last seconds of your song/interview get cut off, but hubby says the fact that you can start recording something up to 45 seconds after it starts and get the whole thing makes up for it. Works great as an XM receiver and the FM modulator works well, too. I was just about ready to purchase the Pioneer version, which was running about $180, when I found this one on sale for $40. He'd asked for an mp3 player and I wanted to get him a good one, but when I started researching and discovered that he could have both an XM radio receiver for his car and an mp3 player, I was sold. Remote buttons sometimes don't work and it has the annoying habit of turning on when you drop it in its cradle, but my husband has been happy with it overall. NOTE: You have to buy the car kit separately I got one through Amazon for $50. Great 3-in-1 device for the price. I bought this for my husband for Christmas and he's been thrilled with it so far.
Disconnecting the player from the base disconnects it from the XM antenna - so you don't get to access `live' XM radio - just the stuff that you recorded and whatever MP3 files you have loaded. Menu system is very intuitive. First thing I noticed was that the antenna / power transformer was the same as my existing XM radio (roady xt), so I quickly disconnected my one radio's cradle and hooked up this new one. Price was what initially caught my eye (about the same as what I paid here at Amazon).
You can also record the whole channel as well if you want - and each song recorded during that session is a separate item - each with it own title that you can scroll though. You can reconfigure the percentages, and even make it 100% XM (for 25 hours of space for recorded content). The remote for this unit is almost the exact copy of the one for my other radio - the old remote even worked with this new unit. Figuring out how to use the radio was a snap.
The player has its own rechargeable battery and I used mine today at work all day long and the battery indicator only dropped a little bit. First became aware of this particular radio several weeks ago - saw an ad for one in the local newspaper (one of the big name department stores after-Christmas sales). And like a VCR, you can set the unit to come on at a certain time / date and record a program / channel. You can also load your own audio files (MP3s) - either via the Napster software or directly.
Highlights of my initial experiences so far:. Just be aware that the unit comes with the memory partitioned into two separate areas - one for the XM content and one for music files (MP3s). Think of this device as an audio VCR. Turns out you don't have to sign up with Napster. Well for one it lets you listen to XM radio (duh), but it also lets you record XM radio. This is my second XM radio. Almost didn't buy this as from what I read about it seemed to say that you had to sign up with Napster and XM. Setting up a second account on the XM site was a matter of a couple mouse clicks and in ten minutes the radio was active (course that cost another $100 or so).
Player charges while in the base. When listening to the radio - you can record the song you are currently listening to simply by pressing the record button on the remote - the unit records just the one song and records the title / artist information too. Now for what this gizmo does. Like a lot of MP3 players, when you hook the unit up to your computer via the USB cable - it appears as a drive. I like it. What was in the `box': radio + battery, earbuds, dock/cradle unit, power transformer, XM antenna, remote control, soft plastic carrying case/holster, RCA audio cable, USB cable, and Instructions / software CD (Napster).
All in all, I'm really happy with this thing. Popped the battery into the radio and was good to go. Thought I would share some thoughts about this gizmo. The unit I bought was the 25 which has a total of 512MB of memory - out of the box this is split 50/50 with 256MB (half) available for MP3s, the other half holds about 12.5 hours of recorded XM content.
You must have a window that faces south in order to receive a signal. Good Luck. So check to make sure you have access to a south window or somewhere to mount the antenna to face south that also is not blocked by trees or tall structures. I live in an apartment that has windows only facing north and east and I can not get a signal and therefore this product is worthless to me.
Worked flawlessly on my last trip of 1800 miles. I have a Delphi and Pioneer so I find the needed passport module a little odd in that it creates xtra bulk when mounting in vehicles. One reviewer wrote that the nexus cuts off songs you have recorded, leaving space between songs, this is very true and somewhat annoying. But for the money I can live with it. Car kits are expensive so shop e-bay for deals. This receiver was dirt cheap for my 3rd xm radio, mounted it on my motorcyle using ram mounts.
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