Listening to XM Radio, Using XM HD Surround

08Other connections

•If after pressing XM the display shows Check XM Tuner or Check Antenna, try disconnecting the receiver and tuner connections, and then plugging them back in.1

Listening to XM Radio

After connecting, you will be able to use this receiver to select channels and navigate categories using the on-

screen display.2 The information displayed is as follows:

					Current preset class
					Current preset class
XM Satellite		Radio	A		Signal strength
					Category
					Category
					Preset number
H i t	s			A1
H i t	s			A1
T h e B l e n d			XM025		Channel number
T h e B l e n d			XM025		Channel number
		Elton John			Artist name
		Elton John			Artist name
	Candle In the Wind				Song name
	Candle In the Wind				Song name
					Channel name
					Channel name

•While listening to XM Radio, press AUTO/DIRECT for XM HD Surround listening.

See About Neural – THX Surround on page 94 for more on this.

XM HD Surround can be selected also with the STANDARD button.

Saving channel presets

This receiver can memorize up to 30 channels, stored in three banks, or classes, (A, B and C) of 10 channels each.

1 Select the channel you want to memorize.

See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above.

2 Press T.EDIT.

The display shows a blinking memory class.

3Press CLASS to select one of the three classes, then press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a preset.

•The default for all presets is XM001.

Selecting channels and browsing by genre

From the XM Channel List, you can browse XM Radio channels in the order that they appear, or you can narrow

your channel search by genre.3

4 Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the XM channel.

XM Satellite	Radio	A		XM Channel List
					UP
H i t s		A1	000			RADIO ID
			001			XM Preview
T h e B l e n d		XM025			004	The 40s
			[		005	The 50s	]
	Elton John		006			The 60s
			007			The 70s
Candle In the Wind			008			The 80s
					DOWN

ENTER : Exit

•Use / to select a channel, then press ENTER to listen to the XM radio broadcast.

•To browse by genre, first press CATEGORY, use / to select a genre, then press ENTER.

•To cancel and exit any time, press RETURN.

Tip

•You can select channels directly by pressing D.ACCESS, then the three-digit channel number.

•You can press DISPLAY to change XM Radio information in the front panel display.

•The currently selected channel is automatically chosen (without pressing ENTER) after 5 seconds.

Using XM HD Surround

XM HD Surround uses Neural Surround™, THX® technologies to achieve optimal surround sound from XM radio. XM HD Surround Sound is available on select XM channels only.

Tip

•You can also press MEM (Memory) during reception display to save the information of up to five songs. See Using the XM Menu below to recall this information.

Listening to channel presets

You will need to have some presets stored to do this.

1Press CLASS to select the class in which the channel is stored.

Press repeatedly to cycle through classes A, B and C.

2Press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use the number buttons on the remote control to recall the channel preset.

Note

1You can check the strength of reception in Using the XM Menu on page 57.

2It’s easiest if you have your TV switched on to take advantage of the OSDs. You can, however, use just the front panel display to do everything if you prefer.

3Select XM000 (RADIO ID) from the on-screen display to check the Radio ID of the XM Mini-Tuner.