i f you wont install it due to no tuner, i think you are totally missing the point imho.

radio BLOWS compared to having 5000 of your own songs.. the only thing that would e nice is a traffic report or some stern in te morning. Even taht wouldn't make me give up my empeg.. you could also shell the $300 the tuner is going for especially if you just bought your player, i mean, if you just bought it from soming blue and then you buy a tuner for $300 from ebay, you are way ahead of most of us anyway.