Listening to the Radio—Continued

Signing Up for SIRIUS Satellite Radio

Before you can use SIRIUS Satellite Radio, you must first sign up for an account. You’ll need a major credit card and your SIRIUS Satellite Radio ID, which you can get from the AV controller, as explained below, or from the SiriusConnect Home tuner package.

1

Use the TUNING Up and Down

 

 

[ ]/[ ] buttons to select

TUNING

channel 0.

 

 

Your SIRIUS Satellite Radio ID num-

 

ber is displayed. Write it below.

TUNING

 

 

ID

2

To sign up, go to:

 

 

http://activate.siriusradio.com

 

Or call: 1-888-539-SIRIUS (7474)

Note:

•Your ID is also displayed on the Satellite Radio screen. See “Positioning the SiriusConnect Home Antenna” on page 73.

Selecting SIRIUS Satellite Radio Channels

There are three ways to select SIRIUS Satellite Radio channels:

1.Channel Search mode: select any channel.

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

3.Direct tuning: enter channel number.

 

ON

STANDBY

 

 

 

TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

DVD

VCR/DVR

CBL/SAT

 

 

buttons

1

 

 

2

 

3

 

 

+

 

GAME/TV

 

AUX1

AUX2

TV CH

 

 

4

 

 

5

 

6

 

 

-

 

 

TAPE

TUNER

CD

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

8

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

PHONO

 

 

 

 

D. TUN

TV VOL

 

 

+10

 

 

0

CLEAR

 

D.TUN

 

--/--- 10

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

12

 

 

INPUT SELECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MACRO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

3

 

 

ZONE3

 

 

 

 

REMOTE MODE

 

 

 

 

DVD

 

VCR

CD

 

 

ZONE2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDR/MD

 

RECEIVER

 

TV

CABLE

DOCK

RECEIVER

 

 

 

SAT

 

 

 

 

TAPE/AMP

 

 

DIMMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENU

M

EN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

 

U

 

 

 

 

OP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTER

 

CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOL

 

DISC

 

 

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

 

ALBUM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UIDE

IT

 

 

 

 

 

PREV

 

 

 

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S

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TUP

 

 

 

N

 

 

 

CH

 

 

U

 

 

 

 

 

 

RET

 

 

 

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTING

 

 

REC

 

 

 

PLAYLIST

 

 

 

RANDOM

 

■ Channel Search Mode

1

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

 

RECEIVER

MODE button, and then press the

 

[ENTER] button repeatedly to

 

 

select Channel Search mode.

 

ENTER

 

 

 

2

Use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

 

buttons to select a channel.

 

 

Channel number

 

ENTER

 

 

 

 

Channel name

 

 

You can also use the Left and Right

 

[ ]/[ ] buttons to select a category.

■ Category Search Mode

 

 

1 RECEIVER

Press the [RECEIVER] REMOTE

MODE button, and then press the

 

[ENTER] button repeatedly to

 

 

select Category Search mode.

ENTER

 

 

 

2

Use the Left and Right [

]/[

]

 

buttons to select a category, and

ENTER

use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

buttons to select a channel in

 

that category.

■Direct Tuning

You can select a SIRIUS Satellite 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

 

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