I got the the XM 6 CD in Dash Radio.
Review
I'm happy with the presets. I enjoy having contests with my friends in the car trying to guess the name of the song. The I button is great. Having the ability to control the volume from the steering wheel, and channel is great too. For having a Radio mute on the steering wheel as well. The aux jack is another 's up. I enjoy using my psp to entertain myself and others while driving. It also allowed me to find a lot of hot spots (WI-FI Free internet access with my psp). The only issue I have is the CD changer. I do not like the loading time in between the CD's. I have not yet made an mp3 cd yet to try. Soon I shall.
I also had the chance to Drive an LS with the basic Stock Radio. After spending over month driving my car in New York. While in Florida driving an LS Rental for vaction I was so use to press the steering wheel which did not have any of the controls and I hated not having XM from the basic stock radio. I found the display to be to plain and boring. There were more features with the XM eddition.

 

That is why there is an upgrade price difference, more features more cost. I also have the 2LT model with the XM/Pioneer radio and love it. I can't see where anyone would want to attempt to upgrade/change the premium radio setup.(1 cd radio that is)

 

I have the same radio minus the XM. I'm happy with the head unit but the amp isn't powerful enough and the quality of the speakers is s**t. That is the next thing I plan on doing to my HHR. The Mustang I had before my HHR had over 1000 watts from the factory (mach 1000 system) and the sound quality from the speakers was good. Chevy should have followed suit with a more powerful stereo option. I'll be happy when I have a more powerful amp or two and I replace the speakers with a higher quality speaker than pioneer. Also the sub is too small. Otherwise I love my HHR with the exception of the window switch location.

 

I'd rather go with aftermarket speakers anyday

 

with talk radio on XM, I don't need much!

 

Window Swithes is another good comment to make. I'm not two happy about them either.

 

I'm not oposed to putting the switches in the center of the car but they should have put them behind the shifter. I have to break my wrist just to put the windows up while in park. My buddie has an Volvo with the window and sun roof switches in the middle and the engineers at least had enough common sense to put the switches in an easy to reach location behind the shifter.

 

I love where the windows controls are, but I do think behind the shifter would be a much better idea.

 

I have the same system in my 2LT and really like it. I wasn't sure if I wanted the multiple CD changer, but now that I have it I do like it.

On my fun car 325i the changer is in the truck and I have a couple of CD packets that hold 6 CD's each. So to change over all I have to do is stop the car, open the truck. open the lid on the CD chager, remove the packet and replace it with a different packet. EASY! Get back in the car and we are ready to play the new CD's.

Only have changed it once or twice while out on the road.

As for the window switches I sort of like them in the center up front. On the BMW they are located between the two front seats. Find myself fishing for them while driving. One thing that would be nice is to have the windows include auto up! I know GM feels this is a safety feature, but it is a pain in the butt to keep your finger on the button to close the window.

And then there is the darn door locks! I really like the VW Jetta locks and they also include a little red LED to tell you the securing system is activated. Neat Stuff.

XM radio is nice, but I have found there is a lot of time in New England when it will not function. Too many clouds, trees, whatever blocking the signal.

Wayne

 

I mainly use a mp3 player and mp3 cds. Does the cd changer work with mp3 cds