XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING

 

Controls on the remote controls

5 ENT. (ENT) (ENTER)

POWER

POWER

STANDBY

POWER

 

 

TV

AV

 

 

 

 

CD

MD/TAPE

TUNER

XM

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

DTV/CBL

VCR

PHONO

 

POWER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CODE SET

SPEAKERS

 

ZONE 2

REC

 

 

 

 

 

 

A

CD

PHONO TUNER STANDBY

 

DISC SKIP

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

 

 

MD/TAPE

VCR

DTV/CBL

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLEEP

 

8

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

4

5

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

XM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

8

9

0

 

 

VOL

CH

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTE

INPUT

 

 

 

 

u

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTE

 

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET

 

 

1

2

3

4

 

 

d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

5

6

7

8

 

 

A/B/C/D/E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MUTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

0

10

ENT.

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

lA-E/CAT.

k

A-E/CAT.h

 

7

 

TITLE

 

 

MENU

6

w

e

f

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET/CH

 

 

 

 

BAND

 

 

SRCH MODE

9

ALL

PRESET

CAT.

A

2

 

ENTER

 

 

 

b

s

a

DISC

A-E/CAT.

 

A-E/CAT.

 

 

 

n

 

 

B

3

 

7

 

ID1 ID2

 

 

CD XM

RETURN

 

 

DISPLAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p

 

 

MEMORY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESET/CH

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER

 

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote control

 

 

Zone 2 remote

 

 

(supplied)

 

 

 

control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(sold separately)

 

Confirms an entered channel number when this unit is in the Direct Number Access mode (see page 33).

6SRCH (SEARCH) MODE

Switches between the All Channel Search, Category Search, and Preset Search modes. (see page 31)

7DISPLAY

Switches XM information such as channel number/name, category, or artist name/song title displayed in the front panel display and on-screen display. (see page 30).

Zone 2 remote control (sold separately) only

8Input selector/numeric buttons

All Channel Search or Category Search mode

Use 1 to 9 and 0 to enter a channel number directly. Also refer to 0 NUMBER.

Preset Search mode

Use 1 to 8 to enter a preset channel number directly. Also refer to 0 NUMBER.

1Numeric buttons

All Channel Search or Category Search mode

Use 1 to 9 and 0 to enter a channel number directly.

Preset Search mode

Use 1 to 8 to enter a preset channel number directly.

2A-E/CAT. (CATEGORY) j / i (l / h)

All Channel Search mode

Switches between channel categories while staying in the All Channel Search mode.

Category Search mode

Switches between channel categories.

Preset Search mode

Selects the preset channel group (A to E).

PRESET/CH u / d (k / n)

All Channel Search mode

Searches for a radio channel within all channels. Press and hold for quick search.

Category Search mode

Searches for a radio channel within the selected category. Press and hold for quick search.

Preset Search mode

Selects the preset channel number (1 to 8).

3MEMORY

Stores a radio channel in the system memory.

4XM

Selects XM as the input source.

Note

You must press and hold 0 NUMBER before you press any of these buttons to enter numbers.

9ALL

Selects the All Channel Search mode.

0NUMBER

Press and hold before you press the input selector/numeric buttons to switch the function to enter numbers.

ACAT. (CATEGORY)

Selects the Category Search mode.

BPRESET

Selects the Preset Search mode.

CCD/XM switch

Switches the function of the control buttons on the Zone 2 remote control numbered 2, 7, 9, 0, A and B between controlling YAMAHA CD players and controlling the XM Satellite Radio features.

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Yamaha RX-497 owner manual Zone 2 remote control sold separately only, All, Number, CAT. Category, Preset

RX-497 specifications

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