Activating XM™ Satellite Radio

Checking your XM Radio ID

Once you have installed the XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock, inserted the XM Mini-Tuner, connected the Home Dock to your XM Ready home audio system, and installed the antenna, you are ready to subscribe and begin receiving XM programming. There are three places to find your eight character XM Radio ID: on the XM Mini-Tuner, on the XM Mini-Tuner package, and on XM Channel 0 (see page 58). Record the Radio ID in the following eight squares for reference.

Note

The XM Radio ID does not use the letters “I”, “O”, “S” or “F”.

Subscription of your XM Satellite Radio service

For U.S. customers

URL: http://www.xmradio.com/

Phone: 1-800-XM-RADIO (1-800-967-2346)

For Canadian customers

URL: http://www.xmradio.ca/ Phone (XM’s Listener Care):

1-877-GET-XMSR (1-877-438-9677)

Note

You will need a major credit card. XM will send a signal from the satellites to activate the full channel lineup. Activation normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, but during peak busy periods you may need to keep your XM Ready home audio system on for up to an hour. When you can access the full channel lineup on your XM Ready home audio system you are done.

XM™ Satellite Radio tuning

Basic XM™ Satellite Radio operations

Before performing the following operations, set the operation mode selector on the remote control to DSOURCE.

1Rotate the CINPUT selector (or press

1XM) to select “XM” as the input source.

The cursor on the left of the XM indicator lights up in the front panel display and the XM Satellite Radio information (such as channel number, channel name, category, artist name, or song title) for the currently selected channel appears in the front panel display.

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When you select “XM” as the input source, this unit automatically recalls the previously selected channel.

Note

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

2Search for a channel by using one of the XM Satellite Radio search modes.

To select a channel from the all channel list, see “All Channel Search mode” on page 58.

To select a channel by category, see “Category Search mode” on page 58.

To select a channel from the preset channels, see “Preset Search mode” on page 58.

To select the desired channel directly by entering the channel number, see “Direct Number Access mode” on page 58.

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You can use the Neural-THX Surround decoder to enjoy the XM HD surround sound content of the XM Satellite Radio broadcasts in multi-channels (see page 72).

You can set the XM Satellite Radio preset channels (see page 59).

You can display the XM Satellite Radio information in the front panel display or in the OSD (see page 60).

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RX-V3800 specifications

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