Basic XM Satellite Radio operations

■Selecting the XM Satellite Radio mode

PRESET/TUNING

FM/AM

A/B/C/D/E

l PRESET/TUNING/CH h

MEMORY

TUNING MODE

SEARCH MODE

XM

 

CATEGORY

 

 

DISPLAY

EDIT

 

 

NEXT

LEVEL

MAN'L/AUTO FM

AUTO/MAN'L MONO

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

 

STRAIGHT

l

PROGRAM h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT MODE

 

MULTI CH

 

 

 

 

 

 

INPUT

TONE CONTROL

 

BASS/TREBLE

 

 

 

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1Rotate INPUT (or press TUNER on the remote control) to select TUNER as the input source.

INPUT

TUNER

or

Front panel

Remote control

2Press XM (or BAND on the remote control) to select “XM” as the reception band.

Information (such as channel number/name, category, or artist name/song title) for the channel currently selected appears in the front panel display and the XM indicator lights up.

FM/AM

 

LEVEL

 

XM

or

TITLE

 

 

 

 

 

BAND

 

Front panel

 

Remote control

VCR V-AUX DTV/CBL

 

DVD MD/CD-R TUNER

CD

SP

 

XM

Lights

A

 

[001]Preview

y

•Selecting the “XM” band automatically recalls the channel previously selected.

•You can change the kind of XM information by pressing DISPLAY repeatedly. (For details, see “Switching XM information” on page 43.)

Note

XM Satellite Radio signals cannot be output from the AUDIO OUT (REC) jacks.

XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING

■Switching XM information

You can display XM information (such as channel number/name, category, or artist name/song title) for the channel currently selected in the front panel display.

Press DISPLAY on the unit (or remote control during the TUNER mode) repeatedly to toggle between the following XM information display modes.

TUNING MODE

DISPLAY

Channel name/number

AUTO/MAN'L

 

Front panel

 

or

Channel category

DISPLAY

 

Remote control

Artist name/Song title

 

When the channel number/name is displayed:

VCR V-AUX DTV/CBL DVD MD/CD-R TUNER CD

SP

AXM

[040]DeepTra

When the channel category is displayed:

VCR V-AUX DTV/CBL DVD MD/CD-R TUNER CD

SP

AXM

<CAT>Rock

When the artist name/song title is displayed:

VCR V-AUX DTV/CBL DVD MD/CD-R TUNER CD

SP

AXM

Coldplay/Clo

y

•The front panel display can indicate up to 14 alphanumeric characters at once. If the information contains more than 14 characters, the information scrolls from right to left.

•If the information contains a character that cannot be recognized by the unit, the character will be displayed with an underbar “_”.

Note

If a status message or an error message appears in the display, see “Status and error messages” on page 49.

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

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