Activating SIRIUS Satellite

Radio™ subscription

Before using the SIRIUS Satellite Radio feature, you need to activate your SIRIUS Satellite Radio subscription. To activate the subscription you need the Sirius ID which is uniquely assigned to the SiriusConnect tuner. Sirius ID is 12-digit number and it appears on the package of the SiriusConnect tuner, on the label of the SiriusConnect tuner, and when you tune into the SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel “0” (see below).

■Displaying the Sirius ID of your SiriusConnect tuner

1Set the operation mode selector on the remote control to FSOURCE and then press

4SIRIUS.

2Press 60 and then HENT to display the Sirius ID of your SiriusConnect tuner.

“000 Sirius IDxxxxxxxxxxxx” (“xxxxxxxxxxxx” indicates the 12-digit Sirius ID of your SiriusConnect tuner) appears in the front panel display.

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To scroll the message again, press GINFO (or 0INFO).

Write the Sirius ID below.

ID:

3Contact SIRIUS Satellite Radio to activate your subscription.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio online information

Contact for activation

URL: https//activate.siriusradio.com/

Phone: 1-888-539-SIRIUS (1-888-539-7474)

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Status messages appear in the front panel display or video monitor during the activation. For details, see “SIRIUS Satellite Radio” section on page 118. Once the activation is finished, “SUB UPDATED” appears.

SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ tuning

Basic SIRIUS Satellite Radio™ operations

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

1Rotate the RINPUT selector (or press

4SIRIUS) to select “SIRIUS” as the input source.

The cursor on the left of the SIRIUS indicator lights up in the front panel display and the SIRIUS 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 “SIRIUS” as the input source, this unit automatically recalls the previously selected channel.

Notes

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

•When you have not activated your subscription yet, you can only select “184” or “000”.

•If a status message or an error message appears in the front panel display or in the OSD, see the “SIRIUS Satellite Radio” section in “Troubleshooting” on page 118 for appropriate remedies.

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

•To select a channel from the all channel list, see “All Channel Search mode” on page 66.

•To select a channel by category, see “Category Search mode” on page 66.

•To select a channel from the preset channels, see “Preset Search mode” on page 66.

•To select the desired channel directly by entering the channel number, see “Direct number access mode” on page 66.

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•If you tune into a channel that you do not subscribe, “CALL 888-539-SIRIUS TO SUBSCRIBE” appears in the front panel display. To scroll the message again, press GINFO (or

0INFO).

•You can set the SIRIUS Satellite Radio preset channels (see page 67).

•You can display the SIRIUS Satellite Radio information in the front panel display or in the video monitor (see page 69).

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RX-V863 specifications

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