User's Guide

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Find Available FM Channels in Your Area
Before attempting any of the procedures below, you should park your
vehicle in a safe location. Do not attempt to set up your FM channels or any
Xpress
RCi
function while driving.
PowerConnect allows you to listen to XM audio through your vehicle’s FM
radio. You will first need to find an available FM channel, which is a channel
that is not being used by an FM radio station in your area. When you tune
your FM radio to an available channel, you should only hear static or silence
– not talk or music.
Once you have found an available channel, you need to tune Xpress
RCi
’s
built-in transmitter to the same channel to receive XM sound through your
vehicle’s radio.
To find an available FM channel:
• Manually tune through your local FM channels
Manually tune through your local FM channels on your vehicle’s
FM radio. Turn on your vehicle’s FM radio. Start at 88.1 and use the
‘Manual’ tune function on your vehicle’s FM radio to tune through
each FM channel one-by-one (88.1 followed by 88.3 etc.) to locate
channels that aren’t being used by a local FM radio station. Write
down each FM channel that has only static or silence on it, until
you reach 107.9. Once you have created your list of available FM
channels, you will need to find the one that provides the best match
for Xpress
RCi
.
Tune Xpress
RCi
to a favourite XM channel (or to channel 1, if it’s
not yet activated). Pick the first FM channel on your list and tune
Configuring Your Xpress
RCi
Radio ID
Your Xpress
RCi
has an alphanumeric ID which uniquely identifies the radio. This ID
is used when subscribing to the XM radio service during the activation process and
is displayed on channel 0.
To display the Radio ID:
1. Ensure “Direct” appears at the top of
the display screen. If not, press fav
until it is displayed.
2. Use the number buttons (0-9) to
enter the channel number 0 and wait
a moment until the channel is tuned
or press the Select button.
3. The Radio ID is displayed until you
tune to another channel.