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SKYFi Portable XM Satellite Audio System Named Best of CES Finalist

DETROIT, and WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2003; Delphi Product & Service Solutions, part of Delphi Corporation , and XM Satellite Radio announced today that the new SKYFi(TM) Audio System was named a finalist for the Best of CES award for 2003 in the portable audio category.

The SKYFi Audio System, a self-contained "boom box," provides the flexibility to take XM anywhere a subscriber could enjoy XM's 101 channels of revolutionary programming. Delphi, a pioneer of in-vehicle entertainment and electronics, and XM, America's leading satellite radio service, recently teamed to offer the Delphi XM SKYFi (TM) Radio receiver, an attractive, compact unit that provides the most advanced user features of any satellite radio on the market today.

The SKYFi Audio System with the SKYFi receiver retails for $229.99 (MSRP). The System contains a pair of high-quality speakers with an integrated high gain antenna and a port for the SKYFi receiver. It can be powered by an A/C adaptor to create a high quality countertop/ bookshelf XM system for the home or office, or used with six "D" batteries to experience XM in virtually any location. XM listeners who already own the SKYFi receiver can purchase the boom box portion alone for $99.99 (MSRP).

The SKYFi receiver, an affordable next-generation XM radio, offers the most advanced user features of any satellite radio on the market today, and all the features XM fans have been demanding most: portability, a large display, direct channel entry, the ability to preview and search XM channels by artists and song titles, and 20 channel presets. The compact receiver, along with vehicle and home accessory kits, arrived at major retail outlets in October.

XM won "Best of CES" in the automotive category in 2001.