Pioneer VSX-918V, VSX-818V Listening to XM Radio, Using XM HD Surround, Saving channel presets

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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.1 The information displayed is as follows:

					Preset class
XM Satellite		Radio	A		Signal strength
					Category
H i t	s			A1	Preset number
T h e B l e n d			XM025		Channel number
		Elton John			Artist name
	Candle In the Wind				Song name
					Channel name

•The currently selected channel is automatically chosen (without pressing ENTER) after 10 seconds.

Using XM HD Surround

XM HD Surround uses Neural Surround™ technology to achieve optimal surround sound from XM radio.

•While listening to XM Radio, press AUTO/ DIRECT for XM HD Surround listening.

See About Neural Surround™ on page 59 for more on this.

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.2

Saving channel presets

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

1Select the channel you want to memorize. See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above.

	XM Satellite Radio	A		XM Channel Guide
					UP
	H i t s	A1	000			RADIO ID
			001			XM Preview
	T h e B l e n d	XM025			004	The 40s
			[		005	The 50s		]
	Elton John		006			The 60s
			007			The 70s
	Candle In the Wind		008			The 80s
					DOWN
							: Exit
• Use the		buttons 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.

Tip

•You can select channels directly by pressing D.ACCESS (SHIFT+ENTER) then the three-digit channel number.

•You can press TUNER DISP (SHIFT+1) to change XM Radio information in the front panel display.

2 Press T.EDIT.

The display shows a blinking memory class.

3 Press CLASS (SHIFT+2) 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

apreset.

•The default for all presets is XM001.

4 Press ENTER.

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

Tip

•You can also press MEMORY during reception display to save the information of up to 5 songs. See Using the XM Menu below to recall this information.

Note

1It’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.

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

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