Listening to the radio —continued, Signing up for xm satellite radio, Selecting xm radio channels – Onkyo TX-SR8450 User Manual

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Listening to the Radio

—Continued

Signing Up for XM Satellite Radio

Before you can use XM Satellite Radio, you must first
sign up for an account. You’ll need a major credit card
and your

XM Satellite Radio ID,

which you can get from

the AV receiver, as explained below, or from the Passport
System package and itself.

Notes:

• Channel 0 cannot be selected in Category Search

mode. You must select Channel Search mode (see
page 43).

• The following letters are not used in XM Satellite

Radio IDs: I, O, S, F.

Selecting XM Radio Channels

There are three ways to select XM radio channels:

Channel Search mode:

select any channel.

Category Search mode:

select channels by category.

Direct tuning:

enter channel number.

Note:

You can’t select Channel Search or Category Search
mode, while the Tuning Arrow

indicators are

flashing, as tuning is in progress.

Channel Search Mode

Category Search Mode

Direct Tuning

You can select an XM radio channel directly by entering
its number.

1

Use the TUNING Up and Down
[

]/[

] buttons to select

channel 0.

Your XM Satellite Radio ID number is
displayed. Write it below.

ID

2

To sign up, go to:
http://activate.xmradio.com
Or call: 1-800-967-2346

For XM Canada, go to:
http://xmradio.ca
Or call: 1-877-GET-XMSR

TUNING

PRESET

MUTING

PREVIOUS

MENU

GUIDE

TOP MENU

SP A / B

SETUP

RETURN

PLAYLIST/CAT

PLAYLIST/CAT

--/---

TAPE

M D/CDR

HDD

CABLE

ON/STANDBY

DIMMER

ENT

D TUN

SLEEP

10

11

12

INPUT SELECTOR

REMOTE MODE

V

1

V

2

V

3

C D

TAPE

TUNER

DVD

MULTI CH

T V

VOL

VOL

SAT

VCR

T V

DVD

RECEIVER

C D

INPUT

+10

0

CLR

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

ENTER

CH

DISC

ALBUM

ENTER

RECEIVER

RETURN

ENT

D TUN

Number

buttons

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button,
followed by the [ENTER] button
to select “Channel Search”
mode.

2

Use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

buttons to select a channel.

You can also use the Left and Right
[

]/[

] buttons to select a category.

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button,
followed by the [ENTER] button
to select “Category Search”
mode.

2

Use the Left and Right [

]/[

]

buttons to select a category, and
use the Up and Down [

]/[

]

buttons to select a channel in
that category.

1

Press the [RECEIVER] button,
followed by the [D TUN] button.

The [RECEIVER] button flashes.

2

Within 8 seconds, use the num-
ber buttons to enter the channel
number.

The channel is selected.
For example, to select channel #20,
press 0, 2, 0, or 2, 0, [ENT].

Note

: While the [RECEIVER] button is

flashing, the input source cannot be
changed by using the remote controller.

Channel name

Channel number

D TUN

DIMMER

ENT

SLEEP

11

12

V

1

V

2

V

3

C D

TAPE

TUNER

DVD

MULTI CH

0

CLR

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

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