Basic playback

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Naming station presets

For easier identification, you can name your station presets.

1 Choose the station preset you want to name.

See Listening to station presets on page 52 for how to do this.

Family friendly packages are also available to restrict channels featuring content that may be inappropriate for children.

To subscribe to XM, U.S. customers should visit

xmradio.com or call 1-800-XMRADIO (1-800-967-2346); Canadian customers should visit xmradio.ca or call XM Listener Care at 1-877-GETXMSR (1-877-438-9677).

2 Press T.EDIT (TUNER EDIT).

The display shows PRESET NAME, then a blinking cursor at the first character position.

3 Input the name you want.

Use / to select a character, / to set the position, and ENTER to confirm your selection.

Tip

To subscribe to SIRIUS, U.S. and Canadian customers can call 1-888-539-SIRI (1-888-539-7474) or visit sirius.com (US) or siriuscanada.ca (Canada).

Listening to XM Radio

For details on XM Radio, see About SIRIUS and XM on page 137.

To erase a station name, simply repeat steps 1 to 3 and input eight spaces instead of a name.

Once you have named a station preset, you can press DISP when listening to a station to switch the display between name and frequency.

Listening to Satellite Radio

To listen to Satellite Radio, you’ll need to connect either a SIRIUS or XM Satellite Radio tuner (sold separately) to your satellite-ready receiver. Satellite Radio is available to residents of the US (except Alaska and Hawaii) and Canada.

Satellite Radio delivers a variety of commercial-free music from categories ranging from Pop, Rock, Country, R&B, Dance, Jazz, Classical and many more plus coverage of all the top professional and college sports including play by play games from select leagues and teams. Additional programming includes expert sports talk, uncensored entertainment, comedy, family programming, local traffic and weather and news from your most trusted sources.

Whether you purchase a SIRIUS or XM tuner, you’ll need to activate and subscribe to begin enjoying the service. Easy to follow installation and setup instructions are provided with the satellite tuners. Whichever service you choose, there are a variety of programming packages available, including the option of adding “The Best of SIRIUS” programming to your XM tuner or “The Best of XM” programming to your SIRIUS tuner, enabling you to enjoy the most popular programming among both services. The “Best of” packages are not available to SIRIUS or XM Canada subscribers at this time.

1SC-37 only: Set the remote control operation selector switch to SOURCE.

2Press OPTION 2 (SC-37)/XM (SC-35) 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 OPTION 2 (SC-37)/XM(SC-35) the display shows Check XM Tuner or Check Antenna, try disconnecting the receiver and tuner connections, and then plugging them back in.1

After connecting, you will be able to use this receiver to select channels and navigate categories using the GUI

screen.2

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

1Press /to enter the XM Channel Guide, navigate through the channels one at time with /, 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.

Tip

You can select channels directly by pressing D.ACCESS, then the three-digit channel number.

You can press DISP to change XM Radio information in the front panel display.

Note

1You can check the strength of reception in Using the XM Menu on page 54.

2It’s easiest if you have your TV switched on to take advantage of the GUI screens. You can, however, use just the front panel display to do everything if you prefer.

3Select 0 (RADIO ID) from the GUI to check the Radio ID of the XM Mini-Tuner.

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Pioneer SC-35 manual Listening to XM Radio, Listening to Satellite Radio, Naming station presets

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