Electronics : Delphi SA10101 SKYFi2 XM Satellite Radio Receiver and Remote Control |
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Rating: - * SKYFi2 ... This is a replacement unit for a 4yr. old SKIFi2 that no longer worked. So far it is working fine. I like the features on this unit; it's larger print display allows a quick glance to view info so less time is taken away from attention to driving. Rating: - * Delphi xm radio ... This is our second xm radio. My husband wanted it to take to the assisted living home. We both enjoy the music so much, especially at night before we go to sleep. The Skyfi 2 is excellent. It is so much easier to read the song titles and seems to come in better (it wasn't as hard to direct the satellite disc). We only listen to a couple of channels but really like them. Rating: - * Nice home unit for XM radio ... I use this unit with my stereo in my living room. I love to hear music and sports with minimal interupption through throught the great speakers of my onkyo stereo. Great features are the wireless connectivity and the memory that allows you to go back to a song that just played to hear it again. Good, inexpensive entry level product. Rating: - * Avoid Delphi Skyfi 2 ... Impossible to use anywhere near a city unless it is hard wired. Unlike its predecessors this unit doesn't play into the FM radio unless you can identify and tap into the FM ANTENNA that is in your car. It is equally useless in the home without a radio or stereo sytem that has RCA plugs. All in all its a bust compared to previously released units that you could plug in and play near any FM radio without any additional wiring. avoid this unit if you don't intend to have it professionally installed. That being said, nothing is bettter than XM radio. Rating: - * BEWARE!!!! ... This unit comes in plain white box packaging without: an antenna a power cord any mounting device whatsoever any detailed manual. Here is exactly what you get: XM unit Remote 2 aaa batteries photocopied manual hard to open plastic shell (not OEM packaging). I suspect this unit is stolen, or a minimum black market goods. |




Marie opens the show with an outdoor rendition of "We Need a Little Christmas" and then moves into the studio where Kirk Cameron arrives on a snowmobile (fresh from rescuing a trio of blonde snow bunnies) to read "The First Christmas Story." Lee Greenwood performs "Christmas to Christmas" and later a duet with Marie. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is sung by Sally Struthers and daughter with help from the Osmond Boys--six stepping stones ages 4 to 12 who have the senior Osmonds' moves down pat. The adorable award, though, goes to Marie's 5-year-old son, Steven, who performs a rockin' version of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" (clapping on the off-beat nearly the whole song).
Marie has a good, strong voice, but many of the songs are overproduced and melodramatic. This, most likely, is a product of the big, pouffy '80s (her hair and outfits are also bigger-than-life) rather than a reflection of her talents. The closing number, "O Holy Night," sung by Marie alone, is quite lovely. --Dana Van Nest