Sirius Satellite Radio Sirius-S50 - Manuals

[ W a r n i n g a n d S a f e t y I n f o r m a t i o n ] 6 [ E U L A ] 7 Do not drop the unit or subject it to strong shocks. If the unit doesn’t seem to be working properly, turn the unit off, remove the battery from the unit, wait 10 seconds, replace the battery and then turn it on again. My Siri...

[ E U L A ] 10 [ P r e f a c e ] 11 in writing. To initiate a Claim, you must send notice by U.S. mail to: Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: General Counsel. If Sirius initiates a Claim, notice will be sent to your address on fi...

[ P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s ] 12 [ P a c k a g e C o n t e n t s ] 13 Package Contents The following items are included with your purchase of the Sirius S50: Media Player Media Player Ear Buds & Pads Ear Buds & Pads Media Player Clip Media Player Clip Remote Control Remote Control Vehicl...

[ C o n t r o l s ] 14 [ C o n t r o l s ] 15 Controls Sirius S50 Reference Guide Figure 1 identifies the buttons, controls, and connectors of the Sirius S50. Fast Forward Mode Media Dial Play/Pause Playlists Rewind Select Back Display Screen Setup Playlists Rewind FM OUT DC 5V ANT LINE OUT Play/Pau...

[ C o n t r o l s ] 18 [ C o n t r o l s ] 19 Media Player Button Descriptions Continued Button Action Description Setup Press Displays the Setup menu If in the Setup menus, moves up one level in the menu structure Hold No Action. Rewind Press If listening, rewinds to the previous song or show If in...

[ C o n t r o l s ] 20 [ C o n t r o l s ] 21 Remote Control Button Descriptions Continued Button Action Description 0 - 9 Press Directly selects the channel indicted by the numbers which were pressed Mute Press Mutes (or un-mutes) the audio Volume Press Increases or decreases the volume Channel Up/...

[ C o n t r o l s ] 22 [ C o n t r o l s ] 23 Using the Media Dial The Media Dial is a unique multifunction control which can be turned and pressed to ac- complish many functions of the Sirius S50. Turning the Media Dial clockwise or counter- clockwise which will scroll channels, genres, presets, me...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 24 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 25 Getting Started SIRIUS suggests professional installation of this product in your vehicle. Professional instal-lation provides an experienced technician to install this product in your vehicle, advice for selecting a suitable moun...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 32 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 33 Convertible . Mount the antenna along the center-line of the trunk lid, with the rubber antenna cable cover/tail directed toward the rear window. When you have selected a suitable mounting location, clean the area where the antenn...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 34 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 35 excess antenna cable in a location where it can be hidden. Once the antenna cable is routed through the vehicle, and you are satisfied with the cable routing, peel the protective material from the adhesive strips and press the rub...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 36 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 37 Remote Control Battery Installation To install the remote control battery, turn the remote control over and locate the battery drawer on the bottom edge. Open the battery drawer by holding the latch tab to the right and sliding th...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 38 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 39 Docking and Un-Docking the Media Player Care should be taken when docking the media player to align the media player with the dock before seating the media player. There are two posts on the dock which correspond to mount-ing hole...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 40 [ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 41 Selecting an FM Frequency To listen to the audio from the Sirius S50, you will need to tune the FM radio in your vehicle and the FM transmitter in the Sirius S50 to the same FM frequency. The FM transmitter in the Sirius S50 defau...

[ G e t t i n g S t a r t e d ] 42 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 43 Using the Media Player with the Wearable Clip The wearable clip provides a secure way of carrying the media player. It may be clipped to a belt, pocket, or strap, etc. To attach the wearable clip to the media player, place the bottom of the...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 44 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 45 oldest part of the replay buffer is deleted to make room for the new material so that the live broadcast can continue to be added to the replay buffer. The replay buffer is discarded when either the Sirius S50 is turned off or tuned to another channe...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 46 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 47 Listening to Live Broadcasts When you are using your Sirius S50 in the live environment, there are several ways to locate and tune to the broadcast channels: by channel, by genre, and by preset. When initially turned on, the Sirius S50 is in the chan...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 48 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 49 Removing or Moving Channel Presets While listening to the channel, press and hold the Select button. Select whether to remove or move the preset. (Figure 4)If Remove was chosen, the preset is removed from the presets list. (Figure 5) If Move was chos...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 50 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 51 Playing a Paused Broadcast Press Play/Pause to begin playing a paused broadcast from the point at which it was paused. (Figures 2 & 3) 40 Panther Power Tupac 40 Panther Power Tupac -22:12 (channel logo) (channel logo) -22:12 Notes: Pressing and h...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 52 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 53 Saving Songs and Shows Songs and shows can be saved by using Love while listening to a live broadcast. The Sirius S50 will hold approximately 50 hours of SIRIUS content, saved using Love and scheduled recordings, and includes the content automaticall...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 54 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 55 Saving a Show Press and hold Love to begin saving the show. The heart icon will be displayed briefly and a time bar will indicate the amount of time available for recording. (Figure 3) You will be prompted to press Love to set the record start. (Figu...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 56 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 57 Listening to Saved Songs, Shows, and MP3s The playback environment allows you to listen to songs, shows, and MP3s which has been saved in the Sirius S50. In addition, you can also listen to songs and/or comedy from your three most listened to music o...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 60 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 61 Deleting Songs or Shows from My Sirius Songs, My Sirius Shows, and My Playlists Songs and shows are deleted using the Delete Content menu option from the Content Man- agement menu in Setup to delete content. Press Setup button. Select Content Managem...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 62 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 63 New Program Entry Field Descriptions Continued Frequency This entry specifies how often the scheduled recording should take place. The default entry is Once. Options for frequency are: Once . The scheduled recording will take place only one time on t...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 64 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 65 Game Alert You can program the Sirius S50 to remember your favorite sports teams. The Sirius S50 will then automatically alert you when any of your favorite sports teams are playing in a game. Adding and Removing Favorite Teams for Game Alerts Press ...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 66 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 67 Sports Ticker When you are listening to the Sirius S50, you can have a sports ticker displayed which will show the scores of all your favorite teams which are currently playing. (Figure 1) While the sports ticker is displayed, one line of the song/sh...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 70 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 71 Hide Channels The hide feature allows you to designate channels to not be displayed when browsing channel lists. Hiding or Showing Channels Press the Setup button. Select Parental Controls Hide Channels. (Figure 1) Select a channel to hide or show, o...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 74 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 75 is pressed. While a jump is pending, the jump icon is displayed in the lower right corner of the display screen. A pending jump can be cancelled by pressing the Back button. Sleep Timer The sleep timer feature will turn the Sirius S50 off after 15, 3...

[ O p e r a t i o n ] 76 [ O p e r a t i o n ] 77 Auto Shutdown The auto shutdown feature turns the Sirius S50 off after one hour of inactivity. This feature is only available when in the vehicle dock. Enabling this feature while using the Sirius S50 in your vehicle prevents accidental battery drain...

[ S e t u p M e n u ] 78 [ S e t u p M e n u ] 79 Setup Menu Setup Menu Navigation When the Sirius S50 is docked, the Setup Menu is accessed by pressing the Setup button on the vehicle dock. (Figure 1) Options in the setup menu are selected by highlighting the menu option using the Media Dial and pr...

[ S e t u p M e n u ] 80 [ S e t u p M e n u ] 81 Content Management The Content Management menu option provides for scheduling recordings, deleting saved songs and shows from playlists, for clearing My Sirius Channels, and for checking the amount of the Sirius S50’s memory currently being used. Sch...

[ S e t u p M e n u ] 84 [ S e t u p M e n u ] 85 Wallpaper is onDisplay brightness is set to 80%Auto-Dim is set to offFM transmitter is set to onFM Frequency of the FM presets are set to 88.1, None, NoneHidden channels are added backFavorite teams for game alerts erasedGame alert is set to offSport...

[ S e t u p M e n u ] 86 [ S e t u p M e n u ] 87 Backlight (Media Player Only) The backlight feature sets the amount of time the backlight remains on after no buttons have been pressed on the media player. The time may be set to 5, 15, 30, or 60 seconds, or Always On if you want the backlight to al...

[ S e t u p M e n u ] 88 [ S e t u p M e n u ] 89 Shut-Down Device This option is used to turn off the Sirius S50. Select the Shut-Down Device menu option to turn the Sirius S50 off. Sport Settings The Sports Settings menu option provides for choosing your favorite teams for game alerts, and also fo...

[ M y S i r i u s S t u d i o S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n ] 90 [ M y S i r i u s S t u d i o S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n ] 91 My Sirius Studio Software Installation The My Sirius Studio software included with your Sirius S50 allows you to connect your Sirius S50 to your PC. T...

[ T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g ] 100 [ T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g ] 101 Troubleshooting Continued Symptom Solution No sound When in the vehicle dock: Check if the FM radio is set to the wrong frequency. Tune the vehicle FM radio and the Sirius S50 to the same FM frequency.Check if the FM transmi...

[ O p t i o n a l A c c e s s o r i e s ] 102 [ O p t i o n a l A c c e s s o r i e s ] 103 Optional Accessories The following optional installation kits and replacement items are available for purchase from your SIRIUS retailer: Home Kit The home dock provides full Sirius S50 functionality through ...

[ S p e c i f i c a t i o n s ] 104 [ W a r r a n t y ] 105 Specifications Satellite Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2322.293/2330.207 MHz Terrestrial Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

[ S I R I U S I D ] 106 [ I n d e x ] 107 SIRIUS ID Write down the SIRIUS ID (SID) of your Sirius S50 in the space provided below. A Antenna Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Audio Level, Adjusting . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Audio Navigation Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Turnin...

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