08Other connections

Using XM Radio

Connecting your XM Radio receiver

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

Receiver subwoofer

Side panel

IN

XM

SATELLiTE

RADiO

SATELLiTE RADiO

XM Mini-Tuner

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

You will also need to activate the XM Radio service.

2 XM Press 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 RADIO the display shows Check XM Tuner, try disconnecting the receiver and tuner connections and then plugging them back in. If the display shows Check Antenna, try disconnecting the tuner and antenna 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 display.

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.

 

ENTER

Press / to display the XM Channel Guide

then / and ENTER to select the channel of the XM radio broadcast you want to hear.

To browse by genre, first press CATEGORY, use / to select a genre then press ENTER.2

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 display.

The currently selected channel is automatically chosen (without pressing ENTER) after 5 seconds.

Saving channel presets

This receiver can memorize up to 30 channels, stored in three banks, or classes (A, B and C) of 10 stations each.

1 Select the channel you want to memorize.

See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above.

2 T.EDIT Press T.EDIT.

The display shows a blinking memory class.

3CLASS Press to select one of the three classes then press / to select the channel preset you want. You can also use the number buttons to select a preset.

The default for all presets is XM001.

4ENTER Press ENTER.

After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop blinking and the receiver stores the XM channel.

Tip

• You can also press MEM during reception display to save the information of up to 5 songs. See Using the XM Menu on page 41 to recall this information.

Note

1You can check the strength of reception in Using the XM Menu on page 41.

2Select XM000 (RADIO ID) from the display to check the Radio ID of the XM Mini-Tuner.

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Pioneer SX-LX70SW Other connections Using XM Radio, Connecting your XM Radio receiver, Listening to XM Radio

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