Different experiences for different people.. I'm on a bunch of Jeep FB pages and see people who like it and some who had similar experiences to mine. A LOT of people like the Stinger, but then again you're dependent on your phone connection and that one requires an additional XM receiver which...
If you only had the trial it's likely that you don't know what the app is supposed to look like and perform. I have used XM for probably 15 years at this point on various players and in a multitude of cars. With the JL you could see the top portion of the app, but the lower half was cut off and...
I had both.. My 2020 came with the 5" that was garbage, I bought the IAJL3001 and it looked great, had some nice features, but the biggest issue I had with it was having to connect it to my phone every time I got in the jeep and the connection time could be 3-4 mins. Also the Sirius XM app was...
I had it in for a month.. couldn't stand the fact that to use anything you must be connected to your phones 4GLTE (or 5G). Sirius XM has half the screen cut off so you cannot surf through the channels. If you do any real off roading where you lose cell service you'll be relegated to FM/AM. It's...
I had the IA in for a month and returned it. Always had issues with it immediately connecting to my phones hotspot and that's the issue with the IA. It's completely dependent on your phones hotspot for anything aside from thumb drive, micro SD, and AM/FM. If you go out of service then you don't...
Thanks for that update. Does your Sirius XM work well and are you using your phone full time as the hotspot or did you buy a dedicated hotspot? I have an iPhone 12 and am a little concerned with the integration with Apple.
I know this is an older thread, but I just went down a long road of trying to decide between the Stinger, IA JL3001, or the OEM 8.4". After learning that the Stinger doesn't show album art while using XM, it not having any weather resistance at all, and the price I went with the IA JL3. I have...