Listening To Sirius Satellite Radio Programs; Basic Operation; Checking The Sirius Signal Strength And Radio; Searching Categories - Denon AVR 689 - AV Receiver Owner's Manual

Listening to SIRIUS Satellite
Radio Programs
What is SIRIUS Satellite Radio?
Simply The Best Radio on RadioTM with all your favorite entertainment
including 100% commercial-free music, plus superior sports coverage,
uncensored talk and comedy, world-class entertainment, news,
weather and more for your car, home or office. For more information
visit sirius.com or siriuscanada.ca
Sirius is available in the US for subscribers with addresses in the
continental US and is available in Canada for subscribers with a
Canadian address. Required subscription plus compatible SIRIUS tuner
and antenna are required and sold separately. SIRIUS Programming is
subject to change. Visit sirius.com for the most complete and up-to-
date channel lineup and product information. "SIRIUS" and the SIRIUS
dog logo and related marks are trademarks of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.
All rights reserved.

Basic Operation

1
<SOURCE SELECT>
Either turn or press
select "SIRIUS".
2
[SOURCE CONTROL 1]
Set to "AUDIO" and
CONTROL 2]
to "TUNER".
(vpage 47 "Remote Control Unit Operations")
3
TUNING
Use to search the channel.
When selecting channel, the Channel No. and Channel name are
displayed.
• The channel switches continuously when
held.
• SIRIUS Radio channels can be preset using the same procedure as
for FM/AM stations (vpage 41 "Presetting Radio Stations (Preset
Memory)" and "Listening to Preset Stations").
b You cannot perform "Auto Preset".
• The song title, artist name, composer name, category and reception
<STATUS>
level can be checked by pressing
• When tuning a channel to which "Parental Lock" is applied, "Code:
[ ]" is displayed, so enter the password.
Checking the SIRIUS Signal Strength
and Radio ID
1
Either turn
select "SIRIUS".
2
<STATUS>
Press
The display will switch as shown below, depending on the
reception conditions.
Display
EXCELLENT
GOOD
WEAK
NO SIGNAL
3
Adjust the position of the antenna until "SIG.:
EXCELLENT" is shown on the display.
4
<STATUS>
Press
(example: "SR001") is displayed.
5
TUNING
Press
[SAT TU]
to
Channel No. and SIRIUS ID are alternately shown on the
display.
[SOURCE
S R 0 0 0 S I R I U S I D
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
b Write your own SIRIUS ID for storage use.
SIRIUS ID :
NOTE
TUNING
is pressed and
You can check Satellite and Terrestrial antenna signal strength each
<STATUS>
time you press
"T" indicates Terrestrial.)
.
<SOURCE SELECT> [SAT TU]
or press
until "SIG." appears on the display.
Status
Signal strength is excellent
Signal strength is good
Signal strength is weak
No signal
until the channel you want to check
and select channel 0 (SR000).
SIRIUS ID
. (On the display, "S" indicates Satellite, and

Searching Categories

1
[o p]
Press .
to
C A T E G O R Y S E A R C H
C A T : P o p s
2
[o p]
Use to select the category, then use
select the desired channel.
• "UPDATING" is displayed while the encording code is being
updated.
• "SIRIUS UPDATING" is displayed when updating SIRIUS tuner
firmware.
• Refer to "Troubleshooting" (vpage 64) regarding other messages.

Parental Lock

1
Tune to the channel you want to lock.
2
[ENTER]
Press for at least 3 seconds.
"Code: [ ]" is displayed.
3
Enter the 4-digit lock code using
When you enter the correct code, the corresponding channel is
locked.
4
[ENTER]
Press .
• Channels under Parental Lock cannot be tuned in by performing
Tuning Up/Down or by category search.
• Channels stored in preset memory can be tuned in by the preset
channel select operation, even if Parental Lock is applied.
• When a channel to which Parental Lock is applied is being played,
Parental Lock for that channel is cancelled by performing Step 2.
• See "Edit Lock Cord" (vpage 27) for the method of changing
Parental Lock Cord.
• You can also set "Parental Lock" from the system setup (vpage 27).
ENGLISH
Channel category
[ui]
to
uiop .