Acura 2010 RL Owner's Manual page 238

Depending on where you drive, you
may experience reception problems.
Interference can be caused by any of
these conditions:
Driving on the north side of an
east/west mountain road.
Driving on the north side of a
large commercial truck on an
east/west road.
Driving in tunnels.
Driving on a road beside a vertical
wall, steep cliff, or hill to the south
of you.
Driving on the lower level of a
multi-tiered road.
Driving on a single lane road
alongside dense trees taller than
50 ft. (15 m) to the south of you.
There may be other geographic
situations that could affect satellite
radio reception.
As required by the FCC:
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's
authority to operate the equipment.
Receiving XM Radio Service
If your XM Radio service has expired
or you purchased your vehicle from
a previous owner, you can listen to a
sampling of the broadcasts available
on XM Radio. With the ignition
switch in the ACCESSORY (I) or the
ON (II) position, push the power/
volume knob to turn on the audio
system, and press the
A variety of music types and styles
will play.
If you decide to purchase XM radio
service, contact XM Radio at
, or at
www.xmradio.com
1-800-852-9696. In Canada, contact
XM CANADA at
www.xmradio.ca
at 1-877-209-0079. You will need to
give them your radio I.D. number
2010 RL
and your credit card number. To get
your radio I.D. number, press the
side of the TUNE bar until ''0''
appears in the display. Your I.D. will
appear in the display.
After you've registered with XM
Radio, keep your audio system in the
XM Radio mode while you wait for
activation. This should take about 30
minutes.
While waiting for activation, make
sure your vehicle remains in an open
area with good reception. Once your
button. audio system is activated, ''category''
or ''CH'' will appear in the display,
and you'll be able to listen to XM
radio broadcasts. XM Radio will
continue to send an activation signal
to your vehicle for at least 12 hours
from the activation request. If the
service has not been activated after
, or
36 hours, contact XM Radio.
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