Sirius Satellite Radio Sportster 5 - Manual

[ Warning and Safety Information ] Warning and Safety Information FCC Information This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the follow-ing two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference, andThis device must accept any interference received, including...

[ Warning and Safety Information ] WaRnIng Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Canadian Compliance This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est confor...

[ Warning and Safety Information ] Do not install the unit where it may obstruct your view through the windshield, or of your vehicle’s indicator displays.Do not install the unit where it may hinder the function of safety devices such as an airbag. Doing so may prevent the airbag from functioning pr...

[ Warning and Safety Information ] Cleaning and maintenance If the radio or accessories become dirty, turn the power off and wipe them clean with a soft cloth. Do not use hard cloths, strong cleaning fluids, paint thinner, alcohol, or other volatile solvents to clean. These may cause damage to the r...

[ Copyrights & Trademarks ] 10 Copyrights & Trademarks © 2007 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved.® “SIRIUS”, the SIRIUS dog logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. “NFL” and the NFL Shield logo, and the NFL Sunday Drive name and logo are regis...

[ Package Contents ] 11 Package Contents The following items are included with your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 radio: Sportster SP5 Radio Remote Control Vehicle dock

[ Installation ] 1 Installation SIRIUS suggests that you have your Sportster SP5 professionally-installed in your vehicle. Professional installation provides an experienced technician to in-stall this product in your vehicle, advice for selecting a suitable mounting loca-tion for the Vehicle Dock, i...

[ Installation ] 1 Suction Cup mount method (a) The suction cup mount may be attached to your vehicle’s windshield. Before attaching the suction cup mount to your windshield, you should check your state and local laws for regulations regarding mounting this device on your windshield.To mount the veh...

[ Installation ] 1 Be sure the cam lever is up (as shown in Figure 3 ) and position the suction cup mount on the windshield or other location you have chosen. Press the cam lever all the way down towards the base of the mount until it locks to firmly adhere the suction cup. (To unlock the suction cu...

[ Installation ] 1 Vent mount method (b) To mount the vehicle dock using the vent mount method, install the vent mount as follows: If the vent louvers in your vehicle are recessed, you may need to use the longer vent hooks with the vent mount. Refer to Figure 4 and install the longer vent hooks into...

[ Installation ] 1 Refer to Figure 6 and attach the vent mount to a heating/air conditioning vent in your vehicle. Position the two tension springs a against a vent louver B . Then push the vent mount into the vent, far enough so that the hooks C drop down and hook the rear of the vent louver (see F...

[ Installation ] 20 The angle of the vehicle dock may be changed by changing the position of foot D on the vent mount to a different adjustment hole. (See Figure 8 .) 4. FM OUT ANT ADJUSTMENT HOLES D figure 8

[ Installation ] 21 Installing the Magnetic Antenna Caution Because adhesive is used in the installation of the Rubber Antenna Cover/Tail, we recommend that you install the antenna at or above room temperature (68° F). The adhesive on the Rubber Cover/Tail may not adhere properly to the vehicle roof...

[ Installation ] 22 AntennA Mounting The SIRIUS Magnetic Mount Vehicle Antenna has a strong magnetic mount designed to hold it in place during normal driving conditions (highway/city). This also makes the antenna easy to remove for transferring it to other vehicles. Figure 9 shows the optimal mounti...

[ Installation ] 23 The SIRIUS antenna needs to have an unobstructed area of 3 inches by 3 inches around it . It is important to mount the antenna where no obstructions will block the antenna from receiving the SIRIUS signal. Objects which can obstruct the antenna could be a roof rack, a sunroof, a ...

[ Installation ] 2 Peel the protective material from the adhesive strips (see Figure 10 , on page 23) and press the rubber Cover/Tail firmly into place on the vehicle.Double check that the location of the antenna and rubber cover/tail are correct, and continue to press firmly down on the Rubber Cove...

[ Installation ] 2 Sedan/Coupe antenna Cable Routing Procedure Figure 11 shows how the antenna cable should be routed from the antenna to your SIRIUS radio in a sedan/coupe. Follow these detailed cable installation instructions: Feed the cable from the antenna underneath the rubber molding around th...

[ Installation ] 2 Pickup Truck antenna Cable Routing Procedure Figure 12 shows how the antenna cable should be routed from the antenna to your SIRIUS radio in a pickup truck. Follow these detailed cable installation instructions: Use a plastic putty knife or similar tool to lift the rubber molding ...

[ Installation ] 2 At the lowest corner of the windshield, route the cable out of the windshield mold-ing and into the rubber weather stripping around the door opening. Lift the weather stripping from the opening and tuck the cable inside it, then replace the weather stripping. Run the cable inside ...

[ Installation ] 2 Follow these detailed cable installation instructions: Feed the antenna cable underneath the rubber weather stripping of the rear tail-gate window/door and route the cable along the rear hatch. Lift the weather strip-ping from the opening and tuck the cable inside it, then replace...

[ Installation ] 30 Bring the cable out from the trim near the firewall and route it under the carpet toward the dashboard or console. Coil any excess cable in a hidden location, such as under the carpet, keeping it away from any vehicle pedals or controls. Secure the excess cable with wire ties.Bri...

[ Installation ] 32 tips The following Do and do noT antenna mounting tips illustrate how to install the antenna for optimal performance, and also illustrate where the antenna should not be installed. do Mount the antenna on the roof, at least 3 inches from the edge. do Mount the antenna on the roof...

[ Installation ] 3 do noT Don’t mount the an-tenna closer than 3 inches from the edge of the roof. Use the supplied rubber tail/cover as a guide for judging proper length and correct position-ing. After you’ve routed the cable to the SIRIUS Vehicle Dock, connect the antenna cable to the A nt connect...

[ Installation ] 3 Connecting the Cigarette Lighter Adapter Connect the provided cigarette lighter adapter to the 5VDC connector on the back of the Vehicle Dock. (See Figure 16 .) note: do not power the Vehicle dock directly from your vehicle’s 12VdC power system without using the Cigarette lighter ...

[ Installation ] 3 Connecting Your SIRIUS Radio to Your Vehicle’s Audio System There are two ways to connect your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 to your vehicle’s audio system: Direct Connection or Wireless Connection. Which one will perform best in your vehicle depends on your vehicle’s audio system. For the...

[ Installation ] 3 Direct FM Audio Connection If your vehicle’s audio system does not have an Aux In/Line In connection, a SIR-IUS FM Direct Adapter (sold separately) will provide the next best quality con-nection between your SIRIUS radio and your vehicle radio. You will listen to your SIRIUS radio...

[ Installation ] 0 Cassette Adapter If your vehicle’s audio system has a cassette player you can purchase a cassette adapter from your local electronics retailer or from SIRIUS at http://shop.sirius.com. Plug the adapter’s connector into the A uDio jack on the left side of the Vehicle Dock, and inse...

[ Installation ] 2 6. The FM t rAnsMitter screen will appear (see Figure 23 , left). Rotate the knob to high- light s et FM p resets and press the Knob to select it. 7. The s et FM p resets screen will appear (see Figure 23 , right). FM1 will be highlighted. (FM1 is factory-set to 88.1MHz. This may ...

[ Installation ] 3 can store up to 5 preset FM transmit channels (see Figure 23 , right), so you can easily switch to the best FM channel for each city.• To switch the FM transmit preset, press the FM Presets button on either the SP5 front panel or the remote. If you’re not sure which FM channels ar...

[ Installation ] Subscribing to the SIRIUS Service Before you can listen to the SIRIUS service, you need to subscribe to the SIRIUS Satellite Radio service. To subscribe, do the following: Be sure that your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 is correctly installed, is properly docked in the Vehicle Dock, and that...

[ Controls ] Controls SIRIUS Sportster SP5 Front Panel Figure 26 and the section following identify and describe the SIRIUS Sportster SP5’s buttons and controls. 5 8 12 10 4 13 14 13 11 2 6 9 7 1 3 figure 26

[ Controls ] Rewind Button : Used to rewind through content saved to Instant Replay. Pressing and releasing this button rewinds to the beginning of the song or program. Pressing and holding rewinds by time through the saved content. Fast-Forward Button : Used to fast-forward through Instant Replay s...

[ Controls ] Remote Control Buttons Figure 27 and the section following identify the remote control’s buttons. power Button : Turns the SP5 ON and OFF. Select Button : Selects items highlighted in a list; hold-down to jump to the previously- received channel. When not in a menu or list, pressing the...

[ Controls ] 0 Jump Button : Jumps to a preset favorite channel. Pressing the button again returns back to the original channel. Remote Control battery Installation To install the remote control battery, turn the remote control over and locate the battery cover near the bottom edge. Open the battery...

[ Controls ] 1 Vehicle Dock Reference Guide Figure 29 and the section following identify and describe the Vehicle Dock’s features and connectors. DC5V power Connector : Power connection for the supplied cigarette lighter adapter (see page 37). Audio out (a uDio ) Connector : Audio output for directl...

[ Operation ] 2 Operation Display Screen Information Your SIRIUS Sportster SP5’s display screen provides information about the operation of the radio, such as the currently tuned channel, song or show being played, artist name, time and other information. This screen is referred to as the Default sc...

[ Operation ] 3 Navigating Menus and Lists The menu and list structures in your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 are navigated by turning the Knob to scroll through a menu or list to highlight your choice, and then pressing the Knob to select the choice. When using the remote control, menus and lists are naviga...

[ Operation ] Pressing and holding the D isp button for 1½ seconds enters the Channel List mode. Once the Channel List mode is active, repeatedly pressing and releasing the D isp button will cycle the display between these four screens (see Figure 32 ): • Combination List Screen: Displays a list of ...

[ Operation ] Search Modes (Preset, Category, Channel, Artist, Song Title) You can search for and select music four ways on your Sportster SP5: by category, by channel, by artist, and by song title. Searching Categories If you want to browse different entertainment categories, press either Category ...

[ Operation ] Pressing the D isp button while in the cat- egory search mode will cycle between the category’s channel names, the currently-playing artist names, and the currently- playing song titles to enable you to preview what is playing on other channels before making a selection. (See Figure 34...

[ Operation ] Searching Channels (Channel list mode) It is possible to search for a different channel while listening to your current channel. Be sure that the display shows the Default display screen prior to the following steps: Press and hold the D isp button for two seconds to activate the chann...

[ Operation ] Direct Tuning Channels can be directly accessed by pressing and releasing the Knob and then using the 0 – 9 keys to enter the desired channel number (see Figure 36 ). Once the desired number has been entered, the channel will change and the display will revert to the Default screen for...

[ Operation ] The selected preset number will flash and then remain lit on the display to show that it has been memorized. If the preset button you selected already has a channel stored in it, the preset will be replaced with the newly stored channel. Recalling Channel Presets The 10 presets in the ...

[ Operation ] 0 Turning the Knob will cycle through all of the stored presets by preset bank and number (for example, A-1, A-2...B-1, B-2...C-1,C-2...). Continuing to turn the Knob after the last stored preset is displayed will return back to the first stored preset.To exit the M y p resets screen a...

[ Operation ] 2 Storing artist names, Song Titles, and Sports Teams to memory If you are listening to a song or other entertainment channel, or a sports team, and wish to save the artist, song, or sports team selection to memory for future S-Seek alerts, do the following: For Artist Names or Song ti...

[ Operation ] 3 If both the artist and song are available to save, you will be prompted again to save whichever one you haven’t yet saved, song title or artist name. If you do not wish to save, press the M eMo button to exit. For Sports Events : If the currently-tuned channel is an NFL, NBA, NHL, NA...

[ Operation ] If all of the memory spaces are full when you press the M eMo button, a M eMory F uLL screen will be displayed for one second (see Figure 45 ). A r epLAce –c AnceL screen will then be displayed (see Figure 46 ). Turn the Knob (on the remote, use the Channel UP/DOWN buttons) to highligh...

[ Operation ] Each listing will be preceded by an icon that identifies the type of listing: a musical note for songs, a happy face for artists and a flag for sports teams/cars.Turn the Knob (on the remote, use the Channel UP/DOWN buttons) to highlight the alert that you would like to replace and pre...

[ Operation ] deleting a Song Title Stored in memory To delete a song title stored in memory: Press and release the Select button while in s-s eek mode. A pop-up screen displaying various selectable options will be displayed (see Figure 49 ). Turn the Knob (on the remote, use the Channel UP/DOWN but...

[ Operation ] spoRts AleRt Your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 can automatically identify when your favorite sports team is playing. When a game is found, a s ports A Lert is displayed listing the sports events which are currently being played (see Figure 52 , left). Press the Select button to tune to the eve...

[ Operation ] 0 Instant Replay The SIRIUS Sportster SP5 is capable of storing the audio of the channel that you’re listening to for later playback (up to approximately 44 minutes, depending upon the channel to which you are tuned). As soon as you tune to a channel, the radio automatically begins sto...

[ Operation ] 2 note: When the radio is tuned to another channel, all audio stored in the Instant Replay memory is erased and the tuned channel begins to play Tuning to another channel may automatically occur if another feature of the radio has been programmed to do so progress Bar . While playing f...

[ Operation ] 3 While you are in the playback mode, the radio continues to store the audio from the channel. Obviously, you will be unable to “catch up” to the live broadcast during play-back, as new audio is being stored at the same rate at which you are playing back the stored audio. You can use t...

[ Operation ] FM Presets Button If you are using a wireless connection between your SIRIUS SP5 and your vehicle’s audio system (see page 41), you can easily select between the five different FM transmitter preset frequencies by pressing the FM Presets/M enu button (or pressing the FM Presets button ...

[ Menu Options ] Menu Options Menu Options allows you to set and/or change the various features and settings of your SIRIUS Sportster SP5. To enter the menu options, press and release the M enu button. The M enu o ptions screen will be displayed (see Figure 58 ). Use the Knob (on the remote, use the...

[ Menu Options ] Each of these menu options is explained in the following sections. Note that if a selection is not made within 10 seconds, the SP5 will exit the M enu o ptions screen and revert back to the Default display screen. Sirius ID This displays your 12-digit SIRIUS ID (SID) number (see Fig...

[ Menu Options ] Settings The Settings menu allows you access the following settings: FM TransmitterJump SettingsDisplay SettingsS-Seek Alert SettingsAudio LevelsChannel PreviewFactory DefaultParental Control Press the M enu button, then highlight and select s ettings . The s ettings screen will app...

[ Menu Options ] FM tRAnsMitteR The FM t rAnsMitter menu option allows you to enable or disable the SP5’s built-in FM transmitter, and select up to 5 different FM transmitter frequencies. fm Presets Select the FM t rAnsMitter menu option. The FM t rAnsMitter screen will appear. See Figure 61 , left....

[ Menu Options ] DisplAy settings You can control the SP5’s Auto Dimmer feature, adjust the brightness and contrast of the SP5’s color LCD display screen, and can select from 15 different color options for the screen and the SP5’s buttons: Select the D ispLAy s ettings menu option. The Display Setti...

[ Menu Options ] 0 • Setting the brightness to the lowest setting enables a Dark Mode that extinguishes all illumination except for 5 seconds after any button is pressed. This is useful when using the Sleep Mode (see page 98). note: you can increase and reduce the screen brightness without entering ...

[ Menu Options ] 1 Contrast: This setting adjusts the relationship between the background and the text on the LCD display screen. The bar graph on the display screen will move to indicate the change (see Figure 65 ). When you’re finished, press the M enu button to exit figure 65

[ Menu Options ] 3 s-seek AleRt settings This menu lets you turn S-Seek ON or OFF, turn the audible alert tone ON or OFF, turn the on-screen alerts ON or OFF and browse all of the S-Seek memory entries. In addi-tion, you can clear all 50 S-Seek entries. Select the s-s eek A Lert s ettings menu optio...

[ Menu Options ] ChAnnel pReview Activating Channel Preview lets you browse what’s on other channels when the Default Screen is active. Normally, when the Default Screen is active, rotating the Knob or pressing a Channel UP or DOWN button on the remote automatically tunes the Sportster SP5 to the ne...

[ Menu Options ] FACtoRy DeFAult The F Actory D eFAuLt option will restore all the original factory settings in your SIRIUS Sportster SP5. Note that factory default will not reset the lock code if you have changed it from the default lock code (see page 88). To perform a factory default reset: Selec...

[ Menu Options ] pARentAl ContRol Your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 has the ability to lock channels you do not want others (such as children) to access without your permission. Locked channels will not ap-pear when browsing channels with the Knob or Channel Select buttons. When the anyone tries to access a...

[ Menu Options ] Changing the lock/Unlock Code The first time you access the L ock /u nLock menu, you must enter the default lock code. The default lock code is 0 0 0 0 . You can keep this code or change it. To change the lock code: Select the p ArentAL c ontroL menu option. The p ArentAL c ontroL s...

[ Menu Options ] Sports Alerts The Sports Alerts screen lets you store your favorite sports teams and NASCAR car numbers in memory. (You may select multiple teams/cars within each sport or league.) Your SIRIUS Sportster SP5 will constantly scan the channels and will alert you when a team or car you ...

[ Menu Options ] 2 nFl, nbA, nhl, College FootbAll, College bAsketbAll When you select one of the above leagues on the s ports s eLections screen (see Sports Selections , on page 90), that league’s screen will appear (see Figure 77 , left). Note that although the NFL is shown here, the screens for a...

[ Menu Options ] Snooze function : When the alarm turns the SP5 ON, pressing any button will mute the audio and turn the backlight off for 8 minutes, after which time the audio and backlight will turn ON again. Pressing the s eLect button will cancel the alarm function until the next day but leave t...

[ Menu Options ] Auto shutDown The A uto s hutDown screen (see Figure 83 ) lets you program the SP5 to automatically shut OFF after a one-hour period of inactivity (no button presses or other user intervention). After 59 minutes of inactivity, a beep tone will sound and a c AnceL A uto s hutDown dis...

[ Menu Options ] Signal Indicator When using the optional Home Docking Station or Boombox indoors, it is important to aim the antenna for maximum signal reception. The s ignAL i nDicAtor screen (see Figure 85 ) visually shows the strength of the satellite and terrestrial signals being received by th...

[ Troubleshooting ] Troubleshooting Symptom Solution SIRIUS Sportster does not power on Blown fuse, or the power cable is not properly connected. Check for a bad fuse and check power cable connection SIRIUS Sportster displays: Antenna Not Detected The satellite antenna is not connected to the radio ...

[ Specifications ] 100 Specifications Satellite Frequencies .................................................................... 2322.293/2330.207 MHzTerrestrial Frequencies .................................................................................... 2326.250MHzPower Requirements ..............

[ Warranty ] 101 Warranty 12 month Warranty SIRIUS Canada Inc. (the “Company”) warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any part thereof, under normal use and conditions, be proven defective in material or workmanship within 12 months from the date of ori...

[ SIRIUS ID ] 102 SIRIUS ID Write down the SIRIUS ID (SID) of your SIRIUS Sportster 5 in the space provided below. SID: ____________________________________