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(More customer reviews)I am using this device with a 2008 General motors factory stereo. It is not a navigation unit, but it is XM ready. It is premium Harmon Kardon stereo available in the Buicks. This product has not shown itself to be user friendly.
The installation requires a vehicle-specific harness which simply plugs between the factory stereo and existing wiring. It's easy, which is good since I have had to open up the dash THREE TIMES!
The plugs don't fit well. The first time I lost all sound and had to re-seat and tape the harness into the stereo even though the plugs had snapped in. Plus, the cable running to the ipod will almost fall out of the PXAMG under it's own weight. I had to open up yet again to re-seat and tape that wire.
The last time was to update the firmware on the unit. All firmware on the unit and my ipod are up to date, but I am still having problems. When it works, it is nice, but the unit has a tendency to freeze up the display and so you have no idea what songs you are selecting. You can still hear music, but you can't select. The only way to get it back to normal is to reboot the ipod. This happens OFTEN! I think I have discovered that if you leave alone for the first 60 seconds or so when you turn on the stereo, it will be OK. But, if you touch a control before then, you'll crash it.
I know there are competing products out there from other companies. I wish I would have selected one of them instead.UPDATE: (8/25/2009)
I did want to update this, as I had not given this product a favorable rating. After writing this review, I was having so many problems with the device that became far more insistant with Peripheral to be of assistance. They were very helpful. It turns out that the harness that I was using was defective. Once I replaced the harness, the device functions absolutely perfectly. It really is the ideal ipod solution. It's completely hidden, works very well and even provides power to the ipod.
Further, I recently swapped vehicles and before I did so, I removed the Gateway. I ordered another harness and just installed it in my Ford Explorer. It works perfectly in that vehicle as well!! Given a do over, I would give the PXAMG five stars, and I'd give Peripheral five stars as well.
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