Direct Number Access mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

ZONE 2 ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM/AM

l TUNING/CH h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURE DIRECT

MD/TAPE MONITOR

ZONE CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

MEMORY TUN MODE/DISP

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

12

A/B/C/D/E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

VOLUME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

8

INPUT

 

BASS

 

TREBLE

 

BALANCE

 

LOUDNESS

 

 

 

MAIN ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

4

PHONES

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

2

0

-dB

1Repeat step 1 in “Basic XM Satellite Radio operations”.

2Press SEARCH MODE on the front panel (or SRCH MODE on the remote control) repeatedly to select the All Channel Search mode or the Category Search mode.

ALL CH SEARCH or CAT SEARCH appears in the front panel display.

EDIT

 

or

MENU

 

 

SEARCH MODE

 

SRCH

Front panel

 

Remote control

3Press numeric buttons on the remote control sequentially to enter the desired channel number.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 0 10 ENT.

TITLE

MENU

BAND

SRCH MODE

 

ENTER

A-E/CAT.

A-E/CAT.

RETURN

DISPLAY

MEMORY

PRESET/CH

4Press ENT. on the remote control to immediately tune into the channel with fewer than three digits for the channel number.

ENT.

y

If no button is pressed within a few seconds after entering one- digit or two-digit channel number, this unit automatically confirms the entered channel number and tunes into the selected channel.

Pressing a button other than the numeric buttons or ENT. on the remote control cancels the Direct Number Access procedure.

XM SATELLITE RADIO TUNING

Setting XM Satellite Radio preset channels

You can use this feature to store up to 40 XM Satellite Radio channels (8 preset channel numbers in each of the 5 preset channel groups, A1 to E8). You can then easily recall any preset channel by selecting the preset channel group and the preset channel number as described in “Preset Search mode” on page 32.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,5

 

 

ZONE 2 ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

FM/AM

l TUNING/CH h

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PURE DIRECT

MD/TAPE MONITOR

ZONE CONTROL

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDIT

MEMORY TUN MODE/DISP

 

 

 

MASTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

A/B/C/D/E

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

VOLUME

20

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

8

INPUT

 

BASS

 

TREBLE

 

BALANCE

 

LOUDNESS

 

 

 

MAIN ZONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

4

PHONES

SPEAKERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

2

0

-dB

34

1Search for the XM Satellite Radio channel you want to set as a preset channel.

To search for the desired channel, perform the steps in “All Channel Search mode”, “Category Search mode” or “Direct Number Access mode”.

2Press MEMORY on the front panel or on the remote control.

The MEMORY indicator flashes in the front panel display for approximately 5 seconds.

MEMORY

 

or

RETURN

MAN'L/AUTO FM

MEMORY

Front panel

Remote control

MEMORY

Flashes

OPERATION

BASIC

 

 

33

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Yamaha RX-497 owner manual Setting XM Satellite Radio preset channels, Direct Number Access mode

RX-497 specifications

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