SP-R2 Satellite Radio Receiver User Guide
CONGRATULATIONS! Your new Sirius Sportster™ SP-R2 Plug-n-Play Receiver kit lets you enjoy SIRIUS ® Satellite Radio’s digital entertainment anywhere you’ve installed the SP-H2 Home Docking Station, SP-C2 Mobile Docking Station, or the SP-B2 Portable Boombox (each sold separately). The SP-R2 Receiver is also compatible with the SPC1, SP-H1 and SP-B1 accessories. Use this manual to familiarize yourself with all of Sirius Sportster’s features and capabilities.
Safety Precautions Box Contents Unpack your Sirius Sportster Receiver carefully and make sure that everything listed here is present: 1 x Sportster Receiver 1 x Remote Control If anything is missing or damaged, or if your Sirius Sportster Receiver fails to operate, notify your dealer immediately. It is recommended that you retain the original carton and packing materials in case you need to ship your Receiver in the future.
• The installation and use suggestions contained in this manual are subject to any restrictions or limitations that may be imposed by applicable law—the purchaser should check applicable law for any restrictions or limitations before installing and/or operating this unit. • Failure to follow these safety instructions and warnings may result in a serious accident.
FCC Warning This equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy. Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifications are expressly approved in this User Guide. The user could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made. Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These rules are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference.
Receiver Controls and Features 1 8 9 5 4 3 2 10, 11, 12 6 7 1. POWER Button : Turns Receiver On and Off. 2. Rotary Knob & Select Button: Navigates through display screens and makes selections of items highlighted on the display. Rotating clockwise (CW) increases the channel number (down the list), and moves down in the menu. Rotating counterclockwise (CCW) decreases the channel number (up the list), and moves up in the menu.
3. CATEGORY Buttons: Navigates through Category List Screen which displays Sirius Channel Categories. 4. Display (DISP) Button: Changes text size of artist names and song titles. In list modes, toggles between channel name, artist name and song title. 5. Menu Button: Used to access menu options to make setup and feature changes. 6. Jump Button: Used to quickly switch to a favorite channel then back to the original program. 7. Preset Number Buttons (0-9): Sets and selects preset channels. 8.
Remote Control 1. POWER Button : Turns Receiver ON and OFF. 2. Channel Buttons: Navigate through channels and display screens. 3. Category Buttons: Navigate through categories and display 4 1 screens. 4. Mute Button: Mutes audio. 6 2 5. DIRECT Button: Accesses channels directly by number. 3 6. SELECT (SEL) Button: Selects items highlighted on the display; 14, 15, 16 hold-down to jump to the previously-received Channel. 5 7. MENU Button: Enters and exits the Setup Mode. 7 13 8.
Activating your SIRIUS Subscription Before you can listen to the Receiver, you must subscribe to SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s service. 1. Make sure that the Sirius Sportster Receiver is properly connected and that its antenna is oriented to receive the SIRIUS satellite signal (see Docking Station Installation and/or Boombox User Manuals for details). 2. Press the power button to turn the Receiver ON. After displaying the SIRIUS logo, the Receiver will update all the SIRIUS channels.
Basic Operation Display Button After you have successfully activated your SIRIUS subscription, the Normal Operation (Default ) screen will appear (Below): Use the Rotary Knob to select channels. Pressing the DISP button from the Default display toggles between the artist name/song title and large character displayed text. In doing so, this will change the character size and cause the field to scroll. This feature is useful when viewing the display at a distance.
Search Modes (Category, Channel, Artist, Song Title) The Sirius Sportster Receiver has four ways to search for and select music: by category, by channel, by artist, and by song title. Searching Categories If you want to listen to a different entertainment category, push the CATEGORY buttons to activate the Category Select screen (top right): 1. Use the CATEGORY buttons to scroll through music and entertainment categories. 2. When the category (ex.
3. Press and release the Rotary Knob to select the channel. To exit this mode without changing to a new channel, press and hold the DISP button for 1 second. Press and Hold the DISP button to enter the Channel List Mode Press DISP again to show the Artist Name Note: If you are in Channel List Mode and viewing a sports category channel list (NFL Zone, NHL Zone), pressing the DISP button will toggle between the team names and the current score of any live playby-play game.
Setting Channel Presets You can store up to 30 of your favorite channels as presets, for quick access. Presets are stored in 3 banks, A, B & C, each containing 10 channel presets. 1. Press the BAND button to activate the preset bank you want. The selected bank is shown in the lower right corner of the Default screen. 2. Select the channel you want to preset. 3. Hold the numbered preset button you want to store the channel in for at least 2 seconds.
• If your Jump Setting is set to traffic, pressing the Jump button will immediately begin searching for your desired city’s traffic report. The band indicator on the display will change to the Jump icon to indicate a Jump search is active. Once your local traffic is found, the Receiver will automatically tune to that channel. You may have to wait up to 4 minutes for your desired report. Pressing the Jump button while the receiver is searching will cancel the search.
To exit Preset Tune Mode and return to Channel Tuning Mode, press and hold the BAND button. Preset Tune List Mode In Preset Tuning Mode you can view your list of presets showing Channel Name, Artist Name, or Song Title just like in the Channel List Mode: 1. Press and hold the BAND button to enter the Preset Tune Mode (P.TUNE). 2. Press the DISP button for 2 seconds which will bring up the Preset Tune List Mode displaying up to 6 preset channel names.
Memory (MEMO) and Song Seek (S-Seek) Functions This feature allows the user to capture and store information about the programming (Artist/Song, sports team, or traffic city) on the currently tuned channel, up to a total of 20 listings. The receiver also has the capability to continuously search all incoming SIRIUS channels and alert the user when a saved program is being played.
Initial Game Alert Score Updates “Initial Game Alert” will sound an alert when the team you have chosen is playing a game. “All Score Updates” will sound an alert when the team you have chosen is playing a game, and also when the scores are updated for the team. Turn the Rotary Knob to highlight the type of alert you wish to have and press the Rotary Knob to select. 3. If the MEMO button is pressed and all of the memory spaces are full, “S-Seek Full” will flash on the display for 1 second.
Viewing Program Information stored in Memory Cancel: The Replace-Cancel prompt screen will disappear and revert to the original screen. Nothing will be stored. 1. Press and hold the MEMO button for 3 seconds to enter S-Seek Mode. The program information stored in memory will be displayed one-at-a-time in page format. 2. Use the Rotary Knob to scroll through the 20 page listing. This function allows you to review previously stored program information.
Deleting a Song Title Stored into Memory Activating the Song (S-Seek) Alert 1. Press and release the Rotary Knob while in SSeek Mode. A pop-up screen displaying two selectable options - “Delete” and “S-Seek” - is displayed. 1. Press and hold the MEMO button for 3 seconds to enter the S-Seek Mode. 2. Press and Release the Rotary Knob. A pop-up screen displaying two selectable options - “Delete” and “SSeek” will appear (below left). 3. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “S-Seek” option. 4.
An audible beep tone will be heard indicating that a match was found. The display then reverts to the SSeek Alert screen which displays the current matches. You can select the Artist/Song Title or game that you wish to listen to. No stored match alert is provided for the currently selected channel. To ensure that no duplicate entries are stored in memory, the Receiver will check the stored input data to ensure the information about to be stored is not already in memory.
Instant Replay The Sirius Sportster Receiver is capable of storing the audio of the channel to which you are listening for later playback, approximately up to 44 minutes depending upon the channel to which you are tuned. As soon as you tune to a channel, the Receiver automatically begins storing the audio, enabling you to rewind at any time to replay the audio again.
Forward button causes the Receiver to continue to move forward in the stored audio to the start of each next song or program until the end of the stored audio is reached. When the end of the stored audio is reached, a beep will be heard (if the Confirmation Tone option is enabled), the Instant Replay mode will be exited, and the Receiver will resume playing the live broadcast.
Note: When the Receiver is tuned to another channel, all audio stored in the Instant Replay memory is erased and the tuned channel begins to play. Tuning to another channel may automatically occur if another feature of the Receiver has been programmed to do so. • Progress Bar. While playing from Instant Replay memory, status information is shown at the bottom of the Receiver’s display screen.
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Should you press the Play/Pause button to pause the playback, the play position indicator will stop moving and continue to provide a visual indication of your current position in the Instant Replay memory. When paused and the Instant Replay memory is 10 seconds from becoming full, two beeps will be heard (if the Confirmation Tone option is enabled).
Menu Display Options To enter the Menu Options page, press and release the MENU Button. The “Menu Options” list will appear on the display (below). Using the Rotary Knob, highlight the option you wish to adjust and press the Knob.
Game Alert Game Alert allows you to store your favorite sports teams in memory. The Sportster Receiver will constantly scan the SIRIUS channels and will sound an alert when a team you stored in memory is playing, or when there is a score update for a team, depending on which option you have chosen for the team. Teams which you have selected and are currently playing will be displayed in a category called “My Game Zone”.
Jump Settings Alert Type Initial Game Alert All Score Updates When the SIRIUS receiver is powered on, and while it is playing, “Initial Game Alert” will sound an alert when the team you have chosen is playing a game. “All Score Updates” does the same but also sounds an alert when the scores are updated for the chosen team. To exit the Game Alert menu, press the MENU button.
Traffic JumpSet 1. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “Traffic” option. Press the Rotary Knob to select. 2. Scroll to the city for which you would like to hear Select JumpSet if you would like to use the Jump button for any channel other than a traffic channel. 1. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “JumpSet” option. Press the Rotary Knob to select. 2.
Display Settings Confirm Tone Options It is possible to adjust the Contrast, Dimming and Color of the Receiver’s display. While in the “Menu Options” list perform the following steps: The Sirius Sportster Receiver will sound an Audio “Tone” alert when the unit powers ON and OFF as well as when the S-Seek Alert is activated. The default is ON. To change the tone options, perform the following: 1. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “Display Settings” option. Press the Rotary Knob to select. 2.
FM Transmitter Options Channel Add or Skip If you would like to use the built-in FM Transmitter, you must turn ON the function and select an FM frequency: The Sirius Sportster Receiver will allow you to skip selected channels when changing channels via the Rotary Knob. At any time you may select to add or skip specific channels. While in the “Menu Options” List mode, follow the steps below to Add or Skip a channel: 1. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “FM Transmitter Options”.
Lock Options Changing the Lock/Unlock Code The Sirius Sportster Receiver has the ability to lockout the use of any channel, or channels you do not want others to access without your permission. Like the Skip feature, the locked channel will not appear when the user changes channels with the Rotary Knob. When the user tries to access the locked channel using the Direct Tuning function, the “Enter Code” screen will be displayed and the channel will not be accessed until the proper code is entered.
Audio Level Antenna Aiming The audio output of the Sirius Sportster Receiver can be adjusted to fine-tune the audio signal level for maximum performance. This is important when using either the optional Home Docking Station or the optional Mobile Docking Station. The following setting affects both the line output and FM output levels.
Memory Options Time-Based Features In this mode, the user can turn the Memory Search Function (S-Seek) ON or OFF. In addition, all 30 Preset Memory Locations can be cleared. To change the Memory Options, use the following procedure while in the “Menu Options” List mode: This Menu Option allows for adjustments of the following items: 1. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “Memory Options”. Press the Rotary Knob to select. 2. Select one of the following Memory Options: a.
• Time Zone: Since the Clock adjusts the time automatically, it is important to specify your proper time zone. Use the Rotary Knob to select the proper time zone.
will switch automatically when the AM or PM threshold has been exceeded. When the desired time is displayed, press the Rotary Knob. If Day is selected, the screen displays a default day of Monday, with selectable choices of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Use the Rotary Knob to increase (CW) or decrease (CCW) the desired day in a circular motion (default value: Monday). • Channel: Turn the Rotary Knob to scroll through a listing of all the Sirius channels.
the Rotary Knob. The Receiver will now turn off after the selected time has elapsed. Factory Default This Menu option will restore all original factory settings. To activate this feature, perform the following procedure while in the “Menu Options” List Mode: 1. Press Menu to enter the Menu Options List. 2. Use the Rotary Knob to highlight the “Factory Default” option. Press the Rotary Knob to select. “Restore Settings” will pop up on the Receiver’s display. 3.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 38 Auto Dimming On Display Contrast to 50% Display Mode to Auto FM Modulator to On FM Frequency to 88.
Troubleshooting FAULT Receiver does not turn on “ANTENNA NOT DETECTED” message Audio static or loss of clarity No signal on receiver display No Sound Sportster SP-R2 User Guide PROBABLE CAUSE REMEDY Blown Fuse, power cable not properly connected Check fuse, check power cable Satellite antenna not connected Check satellite connection to receiver Antenna or cable is faulty Contact system installer or vendor FM modulator frequency contains static Switch to another FM frequency Vehicle antenna n
Specifications Audio Output .................................................................................................................... 2.2V (Peak-to-Peak) Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) ........................................................................................................... <0.3% Signal-to-noise (S/N) .......................................................................................................... Greater than 75dB Fuse Requirement .....................................
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Optional Accessories for your Sirius Sportster Receiver Add one or all of these accessories to maximize your Sirius experience. SP-B2 Portable Boombox The SP-B2 is a portable docking station and audio system for use with the Sirius Sportster Receiver. With the built-in amplifier and speakers, the SP-B2 delivers rich, powerful sound indoors or outdoors.
SP-C2 Mobile Docking Kit The SP-C2 is a compact docking cradle that positions the receiver for easy wiring, viewing and operation. Designed for quick and easy selfinstallation, it includes all necessary cabling to connect to your car audio system.
12 MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (the “Company”) warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any part thereof, under normal use and conditions, be proven defective in material or workmanship within 12 months from the date of original purchase, such defect(s) will be repaired or replaced with new or reconditioned product (at the Company’s option) without charge for parts and repair labor.
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Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 (800) 869-5590 sirius.com © 2005 Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SP-R2-OM (Rev.
