Kia Forte 2011, Owner'S Manual, Page: 194 / 342

Features of your vehicle
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How to Use SIRIUS Satellite
Radio
Your Kia vehicle is equipped with 3
months complimentary period of SIRIUS
Satellite Radio so you have access to
over 130 channels of music, information,
and entertainment programming.
Activation
In order to extend or reactivate your sub-
scription to SIRIUS Satellite Radio, you
will need to contact SIRIUS Customer
Care at 888-539-7474. Have your 12 digit
SID (Sirius Identification Number)/ESN
(Electronic Serial Number) ready. To
retrieve the SID/ESN, turn on the radio,
press the [SAT] button and tune to chan-
nel zero. Please note that the vehicle will
need to be turned on, in Sirius mode, and
have an unobstructed view of the sky in
order for the radio to receive the activa-
tion signal.
1. SATELLITE RADIO Selection
Button (SIRIUS Satellite Radio)
Press the [SAT] button to switch to SIR-
IUS Satellite Radio. It cycles through the
different bands as noted below.
SAT1
➟
SAT2
➟
SAT3
➟
SAT1
➟
...
2. Channel Selection Button
• Press [TRACK ] or [SEEK ] but-
ton for less than 0.8 second to select
previous or next channel.
• Press [TRACK ] or [SEEK ] but-
ton for 0.8 or longer to continuously
move to previous or next channel.
• If "CATEGORY" Icon is displayed at the
top of the screen, channel up/down is
done through the channels within cur-
rent category.
3. SCAN Button
• When the button is pressed, it automat-
ically scans the radio stations upwards.
• The SCAN feature steps through each
channel, starting from the initial chan-
nel for ten seconds.
• Press the [SCAN] button again to stop
the scan feature and to listen to the cur-
rently selected channel.
• If "CATEGORY" Icon is displayed at the
top of the screen, channel changing is
done through the channels in current
category.
4. INFO Selection Button
Displays the information of the channel
currently played by in the order of Artist/
Song title
➟
Category/Channel name
➟
Composer(if available)
➟
Artist/Song title
➟
Category/Channel name
➟
... (ART/
TITLE Selection)
Displays the information of the channel
currently played by in the order of
Category/Channel name
➟
Artist/Song
title
➟
Composer(if available)
➟
Category
/Channel name
➟
Artist/Song title
➟
...
(CAT/CH Selection) (If there is no infor-
mation of COMPOSER NAME, it returns
to main display.)
5. CAT/FOLDER Button
• Press [CAT ] or [FOLDER ] button
to enter the Category List Mode, it dis-
plays category items and highlights the
category that currently tuned channel
belongs to.
• On Category List Mode, press these
buttons to navigate category list.
• Press [ENTER] button to select the low-
est channel in highlighted category.
• If channel is selected by selecting cate-
gory "CATEGORY" Icon is displayed at
the top of the screen.