Manual
89
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 onyX 
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 your Xpress
RCi
’s 
built-in transmitter to the same channel to receive XM sound through your 
vehicle’s radio.
We recommend one of the following methods to find an available FM channel:
1  Use the SIRIUS | XM FM Channel Finder
 Use the SIRIUS | XM FM Channel Finder at www.xmradio.com/
fmchannel. Go to the website and enter your zip code. The Channel 
Finder will suggest a list of available FM channels in your area. For 
convenience, write down or print out the list.
 Tune Xpress
RCi
 to a favorite XM channel (or to channel 1, if it’s not 
yet activated). Turn on your vehicle’s FM radio. Pick the first FM 
channel on your Channel Finder list and tune the FM radio to that 
channel. If you do not hear a local FM station broadcast, then tune 
the Xpress
RCi
 to the same FM channel. (Refer to “Set and Select an 










