Polk Audio has released the XRt12 which is the world’s first component-style XM Satellite Radio tuner. You just need to add this component to your stereo system and you have access to all of XM Radio’s programming from there (provided you have an XM subscription!).
One nice feature is that there is a TV text video output which displays the channel, artist, and song information on the TV screen!
Set it up once and the XRt12 is ready to serve up true high fidelity XM programming in your home anytime you want to hear your favorite XM programming. You no longer have to remember to take your plug n’ play XM tuner out of the car and hook it up to a kluge home adapter. Its component-standard 17-inch wide chassis looks right at home among your cherished audio gear. No more squinting and running up to the teeny weenie little display to see who is performing that awesome song. And when you hear something new and cool and you want to remember the artist and song you don’t even have to find pen and paper-just hit the Memory button on the front panel and the XRt12 will record up to 10 records of channel, artist and song data for later retrieval.The Polk XRt12 comes with everything you need to enjoy XM radio the day you bring it home -a high gain XM antenna with 20 foot cable (an optional 50 extension is available), a digital optical cable and a 3 cord RCA-type analog audio/video cable are all included in the carton. Hooking up is a snap. It features both Optical and Coaxial digital outputs for easy connection to surround receivers and processors. If XM goes multi-channel-you’ll be ready! The XRt12 also features standard RCA jack analog stereo outputs so you can hook it up to ANY stereo receiver or amp.
Price: $199.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)