Delphi XM 'Roady' Satellite Radio Receiver Now Available at Retail Stores Nationwide
New Product is First Complete Satellite Radio Solution for Under $120
WASHINGTON, and TROY, Mich., Oct. 8 -- XM Satellite Radio , America's #1 satellite radio service, and Delphi Product & Service Solutions, part of Delphi Corporation , a pioneer of in- vehicle entertainment and electronics, today announced that their latest product -- the Delphi XM "Roady" -- is now available at retail stores nationwide. The Roady is the first complete satellite radio solution for the vehicle for under $120.
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With the Roady on board, drivers can tune into XM Satellite Radio's award- winning 100 digital radio channels of music, news, sports, talk, and entertainment from coast to coast. Subscribers pay just $9.99 a month for the XM service. The Roady ($119.99 MSRP) has several unique features, including the new ultra-thin XM Micro Antenna, the smallest satellite-radio antenna on the market. The compact, customizable Roady unit comes with three interchangeable faceplates and seven different options for screen-display colors.
"The Delphi XM Roady is designed for consumers who want a very stylish radio at a very attractive price," said Hugh Panero, President and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "The Roady is destined to be a must-have gift for the holidays. As XM nears 1 million subscribers this fall, we are excited to join with Delphi in introducing the Roady as the newest member of our best-in-class group of satellite radios."
Weighing just five ounces, the Roady is nearly 40 percent smaller than previous portable models. Roady's small size makes it simple to integrate into the vehicle's control panel with a wide range of placement options. The easy-to-install Roady receiver plugs into the cassette player of a vehicle's stereo system. For vehicles without cassette players, a wireless adaptor for the Roady will be available next month for only $29.99 (MSRP).
"We are excited to expand our product portfolio with XM Satellite Radio," said Francisco A. (Frank) Ordonez, president, Delphi Product & Service Solutions and vice president, Delphi Corporation. "The Roady is the next in what will be an extensive line of Delphi XM Satellite Radios."
The Roady receiver has a display screen with options to show the name of the artist, song and channel currently playing on XM Radio. It has a scroll wheel that allows immediate access to adjacent channels, ten direct-entry buttons, and capability for 30 preset channels. The unit has a special feature called TuneSelect(TM) that remembers songs that you hear on XM and alerts you when they appear on another channel.
In addition to the Roady, Delphi manufactures the critically acclaimed Delphi XM SKYFi receiver, the best-selling product in the industry, for use in the home, vehicle or with the SKYFi Audio System boombox. With Roady at $119.99 and the SKYFi systems starting at $199.99, Delphi and XM have both the smallest and the most feature-rich assortment of products in the industry, along with the most market competitive price today when combining subscription and hardware costs.
For more information about the Roady, visit www.xmradio.com/roady and to find out more about XM Radio's 1-million subscriber campaign, visit www.xmradio.com/million. For more information about Delphi, please visit www.delphi.com.
About XM Satellite Radio
XM is America's #1 satellite radio service. With nearly 930,000 subscribers, XM is on pace for 1.2 million subscribers later this year. Broadcasting live daily from studios in Washington, D.C., New York City and Nashville, Tennessee at the Country Music Hall of Fame, XM provides its loyal listeners with 101 digital channels of choice: 70 music channels, more than 35 of them commercial-free, from hip hop to opera, classical to country, bluegrass to blues; and 31 channels of premiere sports, talk, comedy, kid's and entertainment programming. Compact and stylish XM satellite radio receivers for the home, the car, the computer and even a boombox for on the go are available from retailers nationwide. In addition, XM is available in more than 80 different 2004-car models. XM is a popular factory-installed option on more than 40 new General Motors' models, as well as a standard feature on several top-selling Honda and Acura models. For more information about XM, visit www.xmradio.com.
About Delphi
From 1936, when Delphi was the first company to integrate a radio into the dashboard, to 2001, when the company introduced the first satellite radio receiver systems for the automotive market, and beyond, Delphi has continued to expand its in-vehicle and consumer electronics technologies. Delphi has a broad portfolio of products to answer a wide variety of information and entertainment needs. For more information about Delphi and its subsidiaries, visit Delphi's media room at http://www.delphi.com/media.
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