Listening to the Radio—Continued

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To sign up, go to:

 

 

http://activate.xmradio.com

 

Or call: 1-800-967-2346

 

For XM Canada, go to:

 

http://xmradio.ca

 

Or call: 1-877-438-9677

 

 

Notes:

RADIO ID cannot be selected in Category Search mode. You must select Channel Search mode (see right column).

The following letters are not used in XM Satellite Radio IDs: I, O, S, F.

XM Satellite Radio will transmit a special signal to your AV controller to activate the full channel lineup. Activation normally takes between 10 and 15 minutes, but during busy peak periods, you may need to leave the AV controller turned on for up to an hour.

Category Search Mode

1Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE MODE button, and then press the

RECEIVER

[ENTER] button repeatedly to

 

select Category Search mode.

ENTER

 

2

Use the Left and Right [

]/[

]

 

buttons to select a category, and

 

use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

 

ENTER

 

 

buttons to select a channel in that category.

Selecting XM Radio Channels

There are three ways to select XM radio channels:

1.Channel Search mode: select any channel.

2.Category Search mode: select channels by cate- gory.

3.Direct tuning: enter channel number.

Note:

You can’t select Channel Search mode or Category

Search mode while the Tuning Arrow indicators are flashing, as tuning is in progress.

Channel Search Mode

1

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

MODE button, and then press the

Direct Tuning

You can select an XM radio channel directly by entering its number.

1

 

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

 

 

 

RECEIVER

MODE button, followed by the

 

[D.TUN] button.

 

 

 

 

The [RECEIVER] button flashes.

 

D. TUN

 

 

CLEAR

 

2

 

Within 8 seconds, use the num-

 

 

 

 

ber buttons to enter the channel

RECEIVER

[ENTER] button repeatedly to

 

select Channel Search mode.

ENTER

 

2

Use the Up and Down [ ]/[ ]

 

buttons to select a channel.

ENTER

Channel number

 

 

Channel name

 

You can also use the Left and Right

 

[ ]/[ ] buttons to select a category.

DVD VCR/DVR CBL/SAT

1 2 3

GAME/TV AUX1 AUX2

4 5 6

TAPE TUNER CD

7 8 9

D. TUN

0CLEAR

11 12

number.

For example, to select channel #20, press 0, 2, 0, or 2, 0, [ENTER].

Note:

While the [RECEIVER] button is flash- ing, you cannot select another input source with the remote controller.

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PR-SC885 specifications

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