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Option 3: PowerConnect Installation Instructions

1. If you are using the vent mounting method, attach the Vent Mount to

the vehicle vent.

2. Insert your Onyx Plus into the dock.

3. Power on your Onyx Plus by pressing the Power

button.

4. Be sure the vehicle is outside and the antenna

has a clear view of the sky. Verify that you are

receiving the XM signal. There should be at least

two bars in the lower left corner of the main

display screen that denotes antenna signal strength.

You can also press menu and then press to scroll

to and highlight Signal Indicator. Press the Select

button. The Satellite and Terrestrial bars show the

strength of the signal being received. If the signal

reception is good, press and hold menu to return to

the main display screen.

5. You’ll first need to find an available FM

channel. An available FM channel is one

that’s 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. We recommend one

of the following methods to find an

available FM channel:

a. Use the SiriusXM FM Channel

34567890

b / #

alerts

twx

t-mix

t-scn

Plus

866-635-2349

siriusxm.com

1 XM Preview

Vehicle Installation

b / #

alerts

twx

t-mix

t-scn

Summary of content (21 pages)

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Vehicle Installation Option 3: PowerConnect Installation Instructions 1. If you are using the vent mounting method, attach the Vent Mount to the vehicle vent. 2. Insert your Onyx Plus into the dock. FM 3. Power on your Onyx Plus by pressing the Power button. menu alerts t-mix t-scn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 4. Be sure the vehicle is outside and the antenna has a clear view of the sky. Verify that you are receiving the XM signal.
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Vehicle Installation Finder at www.siriusxm.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. Signal Indicator SATELLITE TERRESTRIAL OR b. Manually tune through your local FM channels on your vehicle’s FM radio. Locate and create a list of channels that aren’t being used by any FM radio station. Write down the list.
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Vehicle Installation instructions before continuing with the next step. The audio connection will be through your vehicle’s FM radio, but it is not PowerConnect. 8. Set your Onyx Plus to transmit on the same FM channel that you have selected in step 7: 90.1 menu FM jump 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 direct MATCH FM CHANNELS i. Press menu. ii. Press to scroll to and highlight FM Settings and press the Select button. iii. FM Channels will be highlighted.
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Vehicle Installation vi. Start Using is highlighted. Press the Select button. vii. The FM channel you selected will be confirmed on the display screen. Onyx Plus will tune to the FM channel. 9. You should hear XM channel 1 through your vehicle’s FM radio. If you are satisfied with the sound quality, the installation is complete. You are now ready to activate your Onyx Plus. 10. Go back to “Step 2: Install the Adhesive or Vent Mount” on page 14 and finish installing the Dash or Vent Mount.
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Subscribe You can follow either the general activation and subscription process or use the on-board activation guide to activate your Onyx Plus and subscribe to the XM service. General activation and subscription process: Subscribe to the XM service by following these steps: 1. Make sure your Onyx Plus is turned on, tuned to XM Preview channel 1, and receiving the XM signal so that you can hear the XM audio. 1 2. Make a note of the XM Radio ID. You can find it: siriusxm.
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Subscribe and you can tune to channels in your subscription plan. Press or to tune to other channels, and or to browse the different categories of channels. Learn what all the buttons do by turning to “Navigation Basics” on page 48. Activation guide: For your convenience, Onyx Plus has an on-board activation guide. You can activate your radio and subscribe to the XM service by using this guide, where you will be guided step-by-step through the subscription process.
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Using Your Onyx Plus The Main Display When listening to a channel, information about the channel and what is currently playing is displayed. In addition, other information may also be displayed. Channel Name/Logo Channel Number Favorite Channel Artist Name or Talk Show Host or Sports Teams/Score Song/Program Title or Talk Show Schedule or Game Time/Game Details Antenna Signal Strength Album Art 28 A1 Artist Name Song Title 16:01 -08:57 . . . NYM 0/NYY 1, t3rd, Ch 180 . . .
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Using Your Onyx Plus Navigation Basics Power/FM Button FM Pressing Power/FM turns Onyx Plus On or Off. Pressing and holding Power/ FM provides easy tuning of FM presets for optimized PowerConnect performance. It is not available when an Aux In Cable or Cassette Adapter is used for the audio connection. Navigation Buttons Pressing Left, Right, Up, and Down navigates through various features and functions of Onyx Plus.
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Using Your Onyx Plus Plus which you were tuned before Tune Mix/Scan began playing. Menu/Alerts Button menu alerts Pressing Menu/alerts displays various options to make setup and feature changes. Pressing menu/alerts when in menu options returns to the previous menu option screen until menu options is exited. Pressing and holding menu/alerts when in menu options returns to the main display screen in most instances.
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Using Your Onyx Plus Radio directly tunes to the new channel. Number Buttons 1 ... 0 Each number button stores a favorite channel in its button location and provides one touch access to it afterward. Number buttons are also used to enter a channel number after pressing and holding banks/ direct to directly tune a channel. Number buttons 1 through 9 are smart favorites while number button 0 is not.
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Using Your Onyx Plus Listening to Satellite Radio Tune to a channel: 1. Press and release channel. and to immediately tune to the next or previous 2. Press and hold and to quickly scroll through the channels. Release to tune to the channel that is displayed. View a category: Channels are organized into categories to make it easier for you to find the ones that suit your taste. 1. To view channels in a category in list mode press or . 2.
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Using Your Onyx Plus Direct Tune A channel can be tuned directly by entering the channel number using the number buttons. 1. To directly tune to a channel press b/#. 2. Use the number buttons 0-9 to enter the channel number and wait a moment until the channel is tuned, or press the Select button to immediately tune to the channel. Direct Tune Enter channel # 62_ Return to Main Display Screen Pressing and holding menu/alerts in most instances will return you to the main display screen.
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Using Your Onyx Plus weather reports of more than one city, you may have to wait a few minutes for the broadcast of your selected city. Pressing and holding jump/twx while a traffic/weather report is pending will cancel the traffic/weather report. Pressing jump/twx after the Radio has tuned to the traffic/weather channel will return back to the channel to which you had been listening immediately prior to the traffic/ weather channel.
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Using Your Onyx Plus star icon to the left of the favorite number. To assign a favorite channel to a number button: 1. Tune to the desired channel. 2. Select the bank in which you want to save the favorite channel by pressing b/#. 3. Press and hold a number button between 0-9 that you want to assign to that favorite channel. An advisory with the channel number and name will be displayed on the screen confirming that the channel has been assigned. To listen to a favorite channel: 1.
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Using Your Onyx Plus Scanning Channels in a Category You can scan a category and listen to each channel for 10 seconds before Onyx Plus automatically tunes to the next channel. If you want to stay tuned to the channel being played and stop the scan, just press the Select button. To scan a category: 1. Press or until the desired category is displayed. 2. Scroll down to highlight the last item in the category which will be Scan and the category name. 3. Press the Select button. The scan will begin. 4.
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Special Features FM Presets FM presets make it easy to quickly access stored FM channels and choose a new FM channel from them. Use FM presets when you use PowerConnect or the FMDA to listen to your Onyx Plus through your vehicle’s FM radio. (Refer to “Option 3: PowerConnect Installation Instructions” on page 41 for more information.) 103.7 FM Set your vehicle radio to the above channel to enable audio. To use a different FM preset: 1.
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Special Features Album Art You choose to have the radio display the album art for the currently playing song. Album art is on by default. To turn album art on or off: 1. Press menu. 2. Press to scroll to and highlight Feature Settings. Press the Select button. 28 3. Press to scroll to and highlight Album Art. Artist Name 4. Press the Select button to toggle album art on or off. 5. Press and hold menu to return to the main display screen.
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Special Features Parental Controls Onyx Plus has a parental control feature which allows you to lock access to channels, or lock access to an entire category. A 4-digit code controls access to the locked channel or locked category. When you browse a category, the number of the locked channel will be shown but not the artist and song/program information. Instead, a lock icon and the word “Locked“ is shown.
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Special Features i. For each digit, press one of the 0-9 keys (or press or to select digits) and then press to advance to the next digit. (Press if you need to go back and edit a previous digit.) ii. When you have selected all 4 digits of your code press the Select button. iii. The Code Confirmation screen will be displayed. For your records, write down the code you have selected. Press the Select button. Continue with step 3.
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Special Features To lock (or unlock) channels or categories: 1. Press menu. 2. Press to scroll to and highlight Parental Controls. Press the Select button. 3. You will be prompted to enter the 4-digit code. For each digit, press one of the 0-9 keys (or press or to select digits) and then press to advance to the next digit. (Press if you need to go back and edit a previous digit.) 4. When you have entered all 4 digits of the code press the Select button. 5.
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Special Features unlock a locked channel or category, simply highlight the locked channel or category and press the Select button. The lock icon will disappear indicating the channel or category is unlocked.) 8. You can continue to lock and unlock as many channels or categories as you wish. When you are finished, press and hold menu to return to the main display screen. To change your code: 1. Press menu. 2. Press to scroll to and highlight Parental Controls. Press the Select button. 3.