XM Satellite Radio onyX XDNX1, User Manual

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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 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 onyX’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 onyX 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 onyX to the same FM channel . (Refer to “Set and Select an FM
Channel” on page 82 .) You should hear the XM channel through your