Alpine Guide to Sirius Radio: Managing Alerts, Finding Radio ID, and Tuning Channels

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Change the passcode.

1Input the old passcode as steps 1 to 4 in “How to input passcode?”.

After the old passcode is entered, the new passcode input screen will be displayed.

2Input the new passcode as steps 1 to 4 in “How to input passcode?”.

A confirm screen will be displayed and the new passcode must be entered again for confirmation.

When the passcode is changed successfully, the unit will display Code Saved.

Note

•Keep a note of the numbers somewhere safe in case you should forget it.

Confirming the strength of the SiriusXM signal

You can check the signal strength through this setting item.

Setting item: Signal Indicator

Setting content:

Signal Indicator

Signal Indicator:

This menu item displays the SiriusXM signal strength as Strong, Good, Weak or No Signal.

Note

•If the Signal Indicator reports Weak or No Signal and your vehicle is parked outside with no obstructions to the southern sky, then your SiriusXM antenna may not be properly installed or may have become damaged.

Checking the SiriusXM Radio ID Number

To subscribe to the SiriusXM Satellite Radio service, it is necessary to locate and identify the Radio ID of your SiriusXM Tuner. The Radio ID contains 8 characters and can be found on the bottom of your SiriusXM Tuner or can be displayed on when selecting Channel 0 by following the steps below:

1While in the Satellite Radio Mode, press or to select channel “0”.

The unit displays “RADIO ID” and ID number at the same time.

Note

• The Radio ID does not include the letters I, O, S or F.

2To cancel the ID number display, select a channel other than “0”.

Storing Channel Presets

1Press BAND to select the desired band you want to store the preset in.

There are 3 Satellite Radio Preset bands.

Each press of BAND changes the band: SiriusXM1 SiriusXM2 SiriusXM3 SiriusXM1

2Tune to the desired channel, and then press and hold (for at least 2 seconds) one of the preset buttons (1 through 6) to store the channel.

The display then shows the stored Band and preset number (for example, SiriusXM1-3 is shown when preset 3 of BAND1 is selected).

3Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other channels onto the same band.

Notes

•A total of 18 channels can be stored in the preset memory, 6 Channels for each band (SiriusXM1, SiriusXM2 and SiriusXM3).

•If you store a new channel into a preset which already has a channel assigned, the current channel will be cleared and replaced with the new one.

Tuning Channels using Presets

1Press BAND to select the desired band of Presets you wish to access.

2Press the preset buttons (1 through 6) that has your desired Satellite Radio channel stored in memory.

Storing the desired Artist and Song Alerts

While listening to SiriusXM Satellite Radio, you can be alerted when your favorite songs or artists are playing on other channels. An interruption Alert will be displayed when a matching artist or song is found on another channel. For receiving interruption Alert information, refer to “Receiving and Tuning to an Alert” on page 45.

1Press and hold ENTER/OPTION for at least 2 seconds when a Song or the song of an Artist you want to store is playing.

The Option mode is activated.

2Turn the Rotary encoder to select Alert Memory, and then press ENTER.

3Turn the Rotary encoder to choose Save Artist? or Save Song? (when available), and then press ENTER.

Note

•If both the artist name and song title are not available to save, Artist/ Songe will be displayed.

4The new alert was stored in memory.

An “Artist/Song Saved” pop-up screen is followed by an “X U(sed)/Y E(mpty)”.

X is the total number of song titles or artist names stored in memory, and Y is the total number of memory locations still available for storage.

Notes

•If you try to store when the memory is full, “Memory Full” is displayed followed by “Replace/Cancel”. If you want to replace an existing alert item, select “Replace” by turning Rotary encoder, and then press ENTER, the existing alert list stored in memory is displayed. Select one of the stored alerts using the Rotary encoder. To replace the selected alert, press ENTER and an “Artist/Song Saved” pop-up screen is followed by an “X U(sed)/Y E(mpty)”.

•You can manage the stored Alert memory setting on Setup mode, for details, refer to “Managing Artist and Song Alerts” on page 43.

•If no operation is performed for 60 seconds, the setting mode is canceled.

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