09Other connections

Chapter 9:

Other connections

Caution

Before making or changing the connections, switch off the power and disconnect the power cord from the power outlet. Plugging in should be the final step.

Using XM Radio

XM is North America’s number one satellite radio company, offering an extraordinary variety of commercial-free music, plus the best in premier sports, news, talk radio, comedy, children’s and entertainment programming, broadcast in superior digital audio quality coast to coast. For more information, or to subscribe, U.S. customers visit xmradio.com or call XM Listener Care at 1-800-XMRADIO (1-800-967-2346); Canadian customers visit xmradio.ca or call XM Listener Care at 1-877-GETXMSR (1-877-438-9677).

For more details, see About XM on page 127.

Connecting your XM Radio receiver

After purchasing an XM Mini-Tuner (sold separately), you will also need to activate the XM Radio service to begin receiving broadcasts.

1Connect an XM Mini-Tuner to the XM IN jack on the rear of this receiver.

You will also need to activate the XM Radio service.

2Press XM to switch to the XM RADIO input.

For best reception, you may need to move the XM Mini- Tuner antenna near a window (the southernmost window should produce the best results).

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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top Menu

 

Candle In the Wind

Preset

 

 

Signal strength

Preset Class : A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elton John

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Blend

 

 

 

 

Channel name

A 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 1 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preset Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category : Hits Category

Preset class

LAN(10/100)

 

 

 

 

 

XM

 

 

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

COAXIAL

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

 

IN 1 (DVD)

 

HDMI

 

 

BD

IN 2 (CD)

 

IN

 

 

 

 

IN 3 (DVR2)

 

IN

 

 

1

 

 

IN 1

 

 

 

 

(TV/SAT)

 

IN

IN 2

 

(DVR1)

 

2

 

 

IN 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(VIDEO1)

 

IN

3IN 4 (CD-R)

ASSIGNABLE 1 - 3

ASSIGNABLE

 

 

 

ZONE3/

 

OUT

SOURCE

1OUT

(HDMI

CTRL)

SOURCE

OUT

OUT

2OPTICAL DIGITAL

SC-07

12 V

1

 

IN 1

 

 

TRIGGER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DVD)

 

 

(VID

MAX)

2

PR

PB

Y

PR

 

ZONE 2 OUT

 

SIRIUS

 

 

R

 

L

IN

 

 

 

 

Z

 

 

 

 

 

IR

 

 

 

 

Z

IN

 

 

PHONO

 

CD

1

 

 

IN

 

IN

IN

 

SIGNAL

 

 

 

GND

L

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

IN

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTION:

 

 

 

 

SPEAKER IMPEDA

 

 

 

 

ATTENTIO

 

 

 

 

ENCEINTE D'IMPE

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTAB

 

 

 

 

 

SEE INSTR

 

 

 

 

 

MANUAL

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTAB

RS-232C

 

 

 

 

VOIR LE MO

 

 

 

 

D'EMPLOI

 

 

 

 

 

SATELLiTE

 

 

 

 

 

RADiO

Category

Selecting channels and browsing by genre

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

your channel search by genre.3

Top Menu

Candle In the Wind

Preset

 

Top Menu

Channel Guide

Preset Class : A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A/V RECEIVER

 

 

Elton John

 

 

0 RADIO ID

 

 

 

 

 

The Blend

 

1

Preview

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Highway 1

 

 

A 1

 

 

 

 

 

1 1 1

3

America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 Hank’s Place

 

Preset Number

 

 

 

 

 

Channel Number

5

Fifties (50’s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Sixties (60’s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category : Hits

 

7

Seventies (70’s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

1 Set the operation selector switch to SOURCE.

SATELLiTE RADiO

XM Mini-Tuner

2Press / 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.

Note

1You can check the strength of reception in Using the XM Menu (page 61).

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

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