Yamaha MCX-2000 Activating Your XM Satellite Radio Account, Receiving XM Radio Broadcasts

Activating Your XM Satellite Radio Account

To sign up for an XM Satellite Radio service account, you need to have your XM Satellite Radio ID number. Follow the procedure below to check your ID number, and then access the website (activate.xmradio.com) or call 1-800-XM-RADIO (1-800-967-2346) to sign up for the service. (A major credit card is required.)

1Press the RADIO button several times on the remote control or on the MCX-2000 front panel, until the MCX-2000 shows the XM Play Information screen. You can also open this screen from the menu (Top Menu > Library > Radio > XM).

Receiving XM Radio Broadcasts

Once you’ve activated your XM subscriber account, you can start enjoying XM Satellite Radio as another radio source on the MCX-2000. Follow the procedure below.

1From the Radio menu screen (page 54), select XM. The Play Information screen appears and starts playing the radio station last selected. (You may hear no sound if the selected channel has no radio station assigned.) It also shows information of the music currently playing.

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When you first access the XM radio function, Channel 1 is automatically selected.

nIf the “CHECK ANTENNA” message appears on the screen, your XM Connect-and-Play antenna may not be connected to the XM jack on the MCX-2000 back panel. Make sure the antenna is properly connected.

2Select Channel 0 using the skip backward or forward button

(b/a) on the remote control. Check your XM Satellite Radio ID number shown in the screen and write it down. Now you can activate your XM Satellite Radio account.

Your ID number

nIf you cannot change the channel, first select Search all channels mode (page 57). Then attempt the above steps once again.

1Song title

2Channel number and radio station name

3 Search category mode (icon)

4 Artist name

5 Category name

2Use the remote control to tune in to a desired radio channel. Press either group selection button (–/+) to select the previous or next category, or press the skip backward or forward button (b/a) to select the previous or next radio channel. You can even select the desired channel specifically using the relevant Submenu commands.

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