What’s What

XM tuner

XM tuner

XM tuner

Head unit (e.g. DEH-P6400)

DISPLAY button

Press to select different displays.

FUNCTION button

Press to select functions.

/ / / buttons

Press to do channel select, recalling chan- nels and category select. Also used for controlling functions.

SOURCE button

Head unit is turned on by selecting a source. Press to cycle through all of the available sources.

1–6 buttons

Press for preset tuning.

BAND button

Press to select among three XM bands and cancel the control mode of functions.

 

Selecting a XM source

 

Press SOURCE to select a XM source.

 

Press SOURCE repeatedly to switch between

 

the following sources:

SELECT

Built-in CD playerTelevisionTuner

 

XM tunerMulti-CD playerExternal

 

unit 1External unit 2AUX

Turning the unit off

Press SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off.

Remote control (e.g. DEH-P6400)

You can operate in the same way with the remote control supplied with the head unit. For details, refer to the head unit’s operation manual.

Listening to XM

These are the basic steps necessary to oper- ate the XM.

Channel select mode indicator

Shows what channel select mode has been selected. CH.No is displayed when CH NUMBER is selected, and CAT is dis- played when CATEGORY is selected.

Channel number indicator

Shows to which channel number the tuner is tuned.

Band indicator

Shows the band which has been selected.

Preset number indicator

Shows what preset has been selected.

1Press SOURCE to select a XM source.

2Press BAND to select a band.

Press BAND until the desired band is dis- played, XM1, XM2 or XM3.

3 Press or to select a desired chan- nel.

The channel number move up or down step by step.

Channels that cannot currently be selected are skipped, and the next channel is selected.

If you press and hold or , you can increase or decrease channel number continu- ously.

You can also select a channel from a desired channel category. (Refer to “Switching the channel select mode”.)

4Press SOURCE and hold until the unit turns off.

Notes

It may take a few seconds before you can hear anything while this unit acquires and processes the satellite signal when you turn power on, change the source to XM tuner, or select a channel.

Display changes as follows when you switch channels or operate in other ways. The text of selected display* is automatically scrolled.

Channel number—Channel name—Selected display *

*For details, refer to “Switching the display”.

Storing and recalling chan- nels

If you press any of the preset tuning buttons 1–6you can easily store up to six channels for later recall with the touch of a button.

Memory and recall are for broadcasts. If you recall a memorized broadcast that has been moved to another channel, the channel to which the broadcast was moved is selected.

When you find a channel that you want to store in memory press a preset tuning button 1–6 and hold until the pre- set number stops flashing.

The number you have pressed will flash in the preset number indicator and then remain lit. The selected channel has been stored in memory.

The next time you press the same preset tun- ing button 1–6the channel is recalled from memory.

Notes

Up to 18 channels, 6 for each of the three XM bands can be stored in memory.

When channel number select mode is

selected, you can also use and to recall channels assigned to preset tuning buttons 1–6.

If a channel you have recalled cannot be selected, a message is displayed for 2 sec- onds and the unit returns to the operating status before the channel was recalled.

Switching the display

XM channels each have a channel number and channel name. XM programing also carries song or program title, artist name and category, when available.

Press DISPLAY.

Press DISPLAY repeatedly to switch between the following settings:

Channel name—Artist name/feature— Song/program title—Channel number— Channel category

Note

When you switch the display, the text is auto- matically scrolled.

Scrolling the text in the dis- play

You can scroll the text to the left so that the rest of the text can be seen.

Press DISPLAY and hold until the text begins to scroll to the left.

The rest of the text will appear in the display.

Introduction of advanced tuner operation

Function display

Shows the function status.

Press FUNCTION to display the func- tion name.

Press FUNCTION to display the following function:

MODE (Channel select mode)

To return to the XM display, press BAND.

Note

When using this unit with one of head unit group 2, press FUNCTION to display the follow- ing function:

FUNC1 (Switching the display)—FUNC2(Switching the channel select mode)—FUNC3(No function)—FUNC4(No function)—AUTO

(No function).

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Pioneer GEX-P910XM What’s What XM tuner Head unit e.g. DEH-P6400, Selecting a XM source, Turning the unit off

GEX-P910XM specifications

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