Sirius Satellite Radio STARMATE 3 - Manual

[ Warning and Safety Information ] Canadian Compliance This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. General Precautions liquid Crystal Precautions If the LCD screen on the radio is damaged, do not to t...

[ Warning and Safety Information ] To avoid short circuits, do not open the radio or accessories, and never put or leave any metallic objects (coins, tools, etc.) inside the radio.If the radio or accessories emits smoke or unusual odors, turn the power off immediately, and disconnect the radio from ...

[ Copyrights & Trademarks ] Copyrights & Trademarks © 2006 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 register...

[ Package Contents ] Package Contents The following items are included with your purchase of the SIRIUS Starmate 3 radio: MUTE CATEGORY MENU BAND MEMO + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 DISP 1 MENU 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 147 147 RoadDog Trucking RoadDog Trucking Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Road Dogs Road Dogs Ent...

[ Getting Started ] 10 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 mounting location, installation of the antenna, and...

[ Getting Started ] 11 that is being used by a local broadcaster, it will interfere with the performance of your SIRIUS radio. Once you have located an FM channel that is not broadcasting in your area, save it as a preset on your vehicle radio. This will become your SIRIUS preset.Turn on your SIRIUS...

[ Getting Started ] 1 FM OFF NOTE: Refer to your vehicle radio manufacturer’s guidelines for correct installation. NOTE: If the “AUX IN” or “LINE IN” connection is on the back of your vehicle radio, you may want to consider professional installation. (Figure 3) FM OFF Cassette adapter If your vehicl...

[ Getting Started ] 1 NOTE: Refer to the cassette adapter manufacturer’s guidelines for correct use. SIRIUS fm direct adapter If your vehicle radio does not have an “AUX IN” or “LINE IN” jack, the SIRIUS FM Direct Adap-tor provides a wired connection between your SIRIUS radio and your vehicle radio,...

[ Getting Started ] 1 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 the SIRIUS Starmate 3 is correctly installed, is in the vehicle or home dock, and that the an...

[ Getting Started ] 1 pressing the MENU button and selecting Sirius ID . Write the SID number down in the space provided near the end of this guide. 000 SID SID 012345678912 012345678912 12:00P SIRIUS ID A Have your credit card handy and contact SIRIUS on the Internet at: https://activate.siriusradi...

[ Controls ] 1 Controls SIRIUS Starmate 3 Reference Guide Figure 1 and the section following identify and describe the buttons and controls of the SIRIUS Starmate 3. 1 MENU 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 147 RoadDog Trucking 147 RoadDog Trucking Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Road Dogs Road Dogs Entrtain 12:00P...

[ Controls ] 1 mode. MEMO (Memory) Button (S-Seek Function): Saves and recalls artist names, song titles, and sports teams. Pressing and holding enters the S-Seek mode. Select Button: Selects items highlighted on the display screen. When at the default display screen, a press and release will displa...

[ Controls ] 1 Remote Control Reference Guide Figure 2 and the section following identify the buttons of the remote control. 1 12 11 10 9 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 MUTE CATEGORY MENU BAND MEMO + 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 DISP Power Button: Turns the radio On or Off. MUTE Button : Mutes the audio. Channel Up/Down B...

[ Controls ] 1 Category Previous/Next Buttons: Navigates through the category list screen which displays SIRIUS channel categories. +/- Volume Buttons: Adjusts the audio volume up & down. Number Buttons (0-9): Used for directly selecting channels and for presets. Jump Button: Used to quickly swi...

[ Operation ] 0 Operation Display Screen Information The display screen of the SIRIUS Starmate 3 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 d...

[ Operation ] 1 Changing Channels and Categories Pressing the channel up or down button will cause the radio to immediately tune to the next or previous channel.Pressing the category previous or next button will cause the radio to display a list of the chan-nels in the current category, highlighting...

[ Operation ] will revert to the default display screen for the new channel.To exit the channel list mode without changing to a different channel, press and hold the DISP button for 1½ seconds, until the default screen is displayed. Display Button (DISP) Momentarily pressing and releasing the DISP (...

[ Operation ] 001 Channel Name 001 Channel Name 003 Channel Name 005 Channel Name 005 Channel Name 004 Channel Name 004 Channel Name 002 Channel Name 002 Channel Name 001 Artist Name 001 Artist Name 003 Artist Name 005 Artist Name 005 Artist Name 004 Artist Name 004 Artist Name 002 Artist Name 002 A...

[ Operation ] Selecting Channels Directly A channel may be directly selected by entering the channel number using the 0 - 9 buttons on the radio. To enter a channel number, momentarily press and release the Select button. At the display prompt (Figure 6) enter the three digit channel number. 001 Cat...

[ Operation ] 001 Category 12:00P A1 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Channel Name Preset Stored Note: If the preset button already has a channel stored in it, the preset will be replaced by the newly stored channel. Using Channel Presets The active band of presets is displayed in the l...

[ Operation ] 001 Category 12:00P A1 Artist Name Song Title Channel Name 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Category 12:00P A Preset Tune Mode Channel Name Use the channel up and down buttons to move up or down through your channel presets and immediately tune to each channel. Channel...

[ Operation ] Memory (MEMO) and Song Seek (S-Seek) Functions This feature allows you to capture and store information in the radio’s memory about the cur-rently tuned programming– artist, song, or sports team. The radio then continuously searches all incoming SIRIUS channels and alerts the user when...

[ Operation ] 100 Category 12:00P A Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Store DAL? Store NYG? Store NYG? Channel Name If either of the teams is not available to save, that team will be displayed as unavailable. (Figure 17) 100 Category 12:00P A Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title...

[ Operation ] 0 100 Category 12:00P A Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title NYG Stored Store DAL? Store DAL? Channel Name 100 Category 12:00P A Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title DAL Stored Store NYG? Store NYG? Channel Name To ensure that no duplicate entries are stored in memory...

[ Operation ] 1 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Category 12:00P A Memory Full Channel Name A Replace - Cancel screen will then be displayed which will allow you to choose whether to replace an existing alert stored in memory, or to cancel storing the alert to memory. (Figure 22) 00...

[ Operation ] 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Category 12:00P A X Used/Y Empty Channel Name 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Category 12:00P A Artist Stored Channel Name The radio will revert to the last active display mode. Viewing Stored alerts Stored in memory T...

[ Operation ] Memory Recall Delete Seek Off Seek Off Seek On Seek On Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight the Delete option, and press the Select button. A delete confirmation screen will appear. (Figure 27) Delete Yes No No To permanently delete the alert from the memory list, highlight...

[ Operation ] activating the S-Seek alert To activate the S-Seek alert function to begin receiving alerts, do the following: Press and hold the MEMO button for 1½ seconds to enter the S-Seek mode. Press and release the Select button. A screen displaying S-Seek On, S-Seek Off, and Delete will be disp...

[ Operation ] SIRIUS SEEK LIST 121 Artist Name/ Song 121 Artist Name/ Song 156 Artist Name MY GAME ZONE 100 Giants @ Cowboys 100 Giants @ Cowboys 123 Bulls @ Cavaliers MY GAME ZONE 100 NFL NYG 7 DAL 3 100 NFL NYG 7 DAL 3 123 NBA BUL 77 CLE 73 You can now select the artist, song, or sports game that ...

[ Operation ] nel when the traffic report is found. (Figure 32) 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title Song Title Category 12:00P NYC Pending Channel Name Pressing the Jump button again while the radio is actively searching will cancel the search. (Figure 33) 001 Artist Name Artist Name Song Title S...

[ Operation ] FM Preset Button The radio has a special button called the FM Preset button, which is identified by the icon.When the FM Preset button is pressed, the radio turns on the built-in FM transmitter and begins transmitting on the next frequency from the FM frequency preset list. A screen wi...

[ Menu Options ] 0 Sirius ID ESN 000492229812 FM Transmitter The FM Transmitter feature allows you to create a preset list of 5 suitable FM frequencies which can then be accessed by using the FM Preset button. This option also allows you to turn the FM transmitter On and Off. (Figure 3) FM Transmitt...

[ Menu Options ] 1 FM Presets FM1 88.1 MHz FM2 <EMPTY> FM2 <EMPTY> FM3 <EMPTY> FM3 <EMPTY> FM4 <EMPTY> FM4 <EMPTY> Using the channel up and down buttons, highlight the FM preset you wish to set (or change) and press the Select button. A list of FM frequencies will...

[ Menu Options ] FM On/Off FM On FM Off FM Off To exit the FM On/Off menu, press the MENU button. Game Alert The Game Alert feature allows you to store your favorite sports teams in memory. The radio will constantly scan the SIRIUS channels and will sound an alert when a sports team you had stored i...

[ Menu Options ] Game Alert NFL NBA NBA NHL NHL COLLEGE COLLEGE Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight the league team name or college team name you wish to add, and press the Select button. (Figure 8) NFL None Arizona Cardinals Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Atlanta Falcons Baltimore R...

[ Menu Options ] Settings The following sections explain each of settings menu options in the order in which they are displayed. (Figure 10) Settings Jump Setting Display Options Display Options Memory Options Memory Options Auto Select Auto Select To select a menu option, use the channel up and dow...

[ Menu Options ] Select button.A screen showing a list of cities will be displayed. (Figure 12) Traffic Market Atlanta Baltimore Baltimore Boston Boston Chicago Chicago Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight the city for which you wish to have a traffic report and press the Select button.I...

[ Menu Options ] Jump Setting Tune to desired Ch. Tune to desired Ch. press & hold the button press & hold the button Use the channel up and down buttons to tune to the channel you want assigned to the Jump button. When the channel is tuned, press and hold the Jump button for 2 seconds until...

[ Menu Options ] press the Select button.Brightness adjusts the overall intensity of the LCD display to help with viewing in different lighting conditions. Contrast adjusts the relationship between the background and the text on the LCD display. Use the channel up and down buttons, to adjust the bri...

[ Menu Options ] Auto Memory Search On Off Off To exit the Memory Options menu, press the MENU button. Clear all memory To clear all the S-Seek alerts stored in memory, do the following: Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight Clear All Memory , and press the Select button.At the confirmati...

[ Menu Options ] - + - + Audio Level To exit the Audio Level menu, press the MENU button. Confirmation Tone The radio will sound an audio tone alert when it is powered On or Off, as well as when an S-Seek alert is activated and other alerts. The default setting is On. To change the Confirma-tion Ton...

[ Menu Options ] 0 Parental Control Lock/Unlock Edit Code Edit Code When access to a locked channel is attempted using the direct channel entry method, the Enter Code screen is displayed and the channel cannot be accessed until the correct code is entered. (Figure 24) Enter Code # ____ # ____ If the...

[ Menu Options ] 1 Enter Code # ____ # ____ If you should exit this prompt without entering a code, you will be prompted to set a code next time you enter the Lock/Unlock option.If a code has been previously set, a Enter Code prompt will be displayed. (Figure 27) Enter your four digit code and press...

[ Menu Options ] To exit the Parental Control menu, press the MENU button. edit Code This setting allows you to change a previously selected Parental Control code.The first time the Edit Code setting is accessed you will be prompted to enter a four digit code. (Figure 29) This code can be any four d...

[ Menu Options ] Confirm Code Wrong Code Confirm Code Code Saved To exit the Parental Control menu, press the MENU button. If you have forgotten your Parental Control code, call SIRIUS Customer Service for help. Time Based Features Time based settings (Figure 35) allow for adjustment of the followin...

[ Menu Options ] the data received from the signal.You can configure the clock format for 12-hour or 24-hour display format, set the time zone for the clock for your location, and turn On or Off the automatic adjustment for Daylight Sav-ings Time (DST) (Figure 36). Clock Format Time Zone Time Zone D...

[ Menu Options ] Time Zone (GMT -6:00) Central (GMT -6:00) Central (GMT -5:00) Eastern (GMT -4:30) Atlantic (GMT -4:30) Atlantic (GMT -3:30) Newfndlnd (GMT -3:30) Newfndlnd To exit the Time Zone menu, press the MENU button. daylight Savings Time To turn the Daylight Savings Time feature On or Off, d...

[ Menu Options ] alarm This feature allows you to set an alarm to sound at a specific time each day, and to turn the alarm feature On or Off. (Figure 40) Alarm Set Alarm Alarm Time Alarm Time Set alarm To turn the alarm On or Off, do the following: Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight Se...

[ Menu Options ] Alarm Time 12:00 PM 12:00 PM When you have selected the desired alarm time, press the Select button to set the alarm time and exit. To exit the Alarm Time menu, press the MENU button. Program alert The Program Alert feature allows you to program the radio to automatically tune to a ...

[ Menu Options ] Program Time/Day Time Day Day Use the channel up and down buttons to change the minutes, and the category previous and next buttons to change the hours, to select the time you wish to tune to the speci-fied channel. (Figure 45) Program Time 12:00 PM 12:00 PM When you have selected t...

[ Menu Options ] 0 Channel To set the channel to which the radio will tune when the Program Alert feature is On, do the following: Use the channel up and down buttons to highlight Channel , and press the Select button. When the default display screen is displayed, use the channel up and down buttons...

[ Menu Options ] 1 auto Shutdown You can set the radio to automatically power off after a 1 hour period of inactivity, that is, no buttons have been pressed for 1 hour.When the Auto Shutdown feature is enabled, after 59 minutes of inactivity, a beep tone will sound and a display prompt will appear o...

[ Menu Options ] button.Use the channel up and down buttons to select the desired time, 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes to activate the Sleep Mode feature, or choose Off to cancel the sleep feature, and press the Select button. (Figure 51) Sleep Mode Off 15 min 15 min 30 min 30 min 45 min 45 min To exit t...

[ Menu Options ] Factory Default The Factory Default option will restore most every feature of the radio to the original factory settings. The following is a list of all features affected by the Factory Default option: All Presets are clearedAll Game Alerts are clearedRadio set to Normal Tuning Mode...

[ Troubleshooting ] Troubleshooting Symptom Solution Radio does not power on Blown fuse, or the power cable is not properly connected. Check for a bad fuse and check power cable connection Radio displays: An- tenna Not Detected The satellite antenna is not connected to the radio dock. Check the sate...

[ Optional Accessories ] Optional Accessories The following optional accessories are available for purchase from your SIRIUS retailer to maximize your SIRIUS experience: SUbX1 SIRIUS Plug and Play Universal boombox The SUBX1 SIRIUS Plug and Play Universal Boombox is a portable docking station and au...

[ Optional Accessories ] fm direct adapter The FM Direct Adapter accessory redirects your vehicle’s FM antenna signal when listening to your SIRIUS radio using your vehicle’s AM/FM radio. When the SIRIUS radio is powered on the FM Direct Adapter automatically redirects the vehicle’s FM antenna signa...

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

[ Warranty ] Warranty 12 month Warranty SIRIUS Satellite Radio 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 o...

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SIRIUS Starmate ST3 (083106a) SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 (800) 869-5590 http://sirius.com