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I have had the Commander for a little over 6 months now and have had no problems with it at all.

I purchased it at Circuit City in Fayetteville, NC and had them do the install. My X-Fire was the first one they had worked on and they were very sensitive about maintaining a clean look inside the cockpit.

They mounted the head unit just above where my right knee is on the lower dash. It's out of the way, which was the main issue for me. The micro-antenna is mounted just to the left of the center spine on the dash right up against the windshield.

No visible wires and everything works great. There is some static at different times of the day, probably because of the satellite LOS issues, but it quickly goes away.

I use the mini-remote control to do all the station changes, etc., so I'm not trying to look around the steering wheel. Once you get used to the stations you like, you won't have any problem with changing the station while driving.

Dont' have any pictures to share, but can take some and send them to you if you are interested.

Hope this helps.

Chris