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  • Page 1 Satellite Radio Plug & Play Receiver User Guide...
  • Page 3 SUPH1 SIRIUS Universal Plug and Play Home Kit, SUPV1 SIRIUS Universal Plug and Play Vehicle Kit, or the SUBX1 SIRIUS Plug and Play Universal Boombox (each sold separately). Use this manual to familiarize yourself with all of SIRIUS Sportster’s features and capabilities.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 6: Warning And Safety Information

    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 SIRIUS Sportster is damaged, do not to touch the liquid crystal fluid. If any of the following situations happen, take the action indicated: Warning and Safety Information...
  • Page 7 • Do not operate the SIRIUS Sportster in a way that might divert your attention from driving safely. As a driver, you alone are responsible for safely operating your vehicle in accor- dance with traffic safety laws at all times.
  • Page 8 LCD display screen, and possibly damage it. Cleaning and maintenance If the SIRIUS Sportster becomes dirty, turn the power off and wipe it clean with a soft cloth. Do not use hard cloths, strong cleaning fluids, paint thinner, alcohol, or other volatile solvents to clean.

  • Page 9: Copyrights & Trademarks

    Portions of the software on this receiver are licensed under the eCos License. Distribution of eCos requires that the eCos source code be made available to Sirius Satellite Radio custom- ers. The eCos License and eCos source code are available to the public at http://www.sirius.

  • Page 10: Package Contents

    Package Contents The following items are included with your purchase of the SIRIUS Sportster SP4 receiver: Sportster SP4 Receiver Sportster SP4 Receiver Package Contents Vehicle docking Station Vehicle docking Station Remote Remote Control Control...
  • Page 11 Unpack your SIRIUS Sportster receiver carefully and make sure that everything shown is present. If anything is missing or damaged, or if your SIRIUS Sportster receiver fails to oper- ate, notify your dealer immediately. It is recommended that you retain the original carton and packing materials in case you need to ship your receiver in the future.

  • Page 12: Controls

    Controls SIRIUS Sportster Reference Guide Figure 1 and the section following identify and describe the buttons and controls of the SIRIUS Sportster. Menu Button: Used to access the Menu Options to make setup and feature changes. Pressing and holding the MENU button accesses the FM Transmitter setup menu to change the frequency of the FM transmitter.
  • Page 13 Category Buttons: Navigates through the category list screens which displays the SIRIUS channel categories. Display (DISP) Button: Changes text size of artist names and song titles on the display screen. In list mode, it toggles between channel name, artist name and song title. Press- ing and holding this button enters the channel list mode, or will exit a list mode.

  • Page 14: Remote Control Reference Guide

    Remote Control Reference Guide Figure 2 and the section following identify the buttons of the remote control. Power Button: Turns the receiver On and Off. Channel Buttons: Navigates through channels and display screens. Category Buttons: Navigates through categories and display screens. FM Frequency Button: Accesses the FM Transmitter menu to change the frequency of the FM transmitter.
  • Page 15 MENU Button: Used to access the Menu Options to make setup and feature changes. Pressing and holding the MENU button accesses the FM Transmitter setup menu to change the frequency of the FM transmitter. BAND Button: Pressing and releasing this button switches between the preset banks A, B, and C, which hold 10 presets each for a total of 30.

  • Page 16: Getting Started

    SIRIUS radio to your vehicle radio. (Figure 1) To tune your transmitter: Turn off your SIRIUS radio and tune through the FM channels on your vehicle radio to locate an FM channel that is not broadcasting in your area. If you use an FM channel Getting Started 90.1...

  • Page 17: Direct Connections

    Your local electronics retailer can help you determine the proper con- nection for your car radio. Plug one end of the cable into the “AUDIO OUT” or “LINE OUT” jack on your SIRIUS radio. Plug the other end into your “AUX IN” or “LINE IN” jack on your vehicle radio.
  • Page 18 If your vehicle radio has a cassette player: Purchase a Cassette Adapter at your local electronics retailer. Connect the adapter between the “AUDIO OUT” or “LINE OUT” on your SIRIUS radio and the vehicle radio’s cassette slot. (Figure 4) NOTE: Refer to the cassette adapter manufacturer’s guidelines for correct use.
  • Page 19 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, eliminating the outside static and interference you sometimes experience when using a wireless FM connection.

  • Page 20: Subscribing To The Sirius Service

    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 Sportster is correctly installed, is in the vehicle or home dock, and that the antenna is oriented to receive the SIRIUS signal.

  • Page 21: Operation

    Operation Display Screen Information The display screen of the SIRIUS Sportster provides information about the operation of the receiver, 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 display screen in this manual.

  • Page 22: Navigating Menus And Lists

    Navigating Menus and Lists The menu and list structures in the SIRIUS Sportster are navigated by turning the Rotary Knob to scroll through a menu or list to highlight your choice, and then pressing the Rotary Knob to select the choice. When using the remote control, menus and lists are navigated by pressing the Channel buttons, and then pressing the Select button to select the choice.

  • Page 23: Search Modes (Category, Channel, Artist, Song Title)

    Search Modes (Category, Channel, Artist, Song Title) The SIRIUS Sportster receiver has four ways to search for and select music: by category, by channel, by artist, and by song title. Each search method is discussed in the sections which follow.
  • Page 24 Pressing the DISP button while in the channel list mode will change between channel name, artist name, and song title. (Figure 4) You can use this feature to search for a specific artist, song, or show that may be playing at the time. Turn the Rotary Knob to locate the channel you want.

  • Page 25: Direct Tuning

    Direct Tuning Channels can be directly accessed by pressing and releasing the Rotary Knob and then using the 0–9 keys to enter the desired channel number. (Figure 5) Once the desired number has been entered, the channel will change and the display will revert to the default screen for the selected channel.

  • Page 26: Jump Button

    Jump Button The SIRIUS Sportster receiver features a special button called Jump programmed to jump to a channel which is accessed frequently and temporarily such as traf- fic, weather, news, or sports. This button allows you to quickly tune to a specific channel and then tune back to the original channel by pressing the button again.

  • Page 27: Channel Presets (P.tune Mode)

    Pressing the Jump button while the receiver is searching will cancel the search. Pressing the Jump button after the receiver has tuned to your traffic report will return to the channel to which you had been listening immediately prior to pressing the Jump If the jump button is set to JumpSet, pressing the Jump programmed channel.
  • Page 28 Preset Tune list mode While in the preset tune mode, you can view your list of presets showing channel name, artist name, or song title, just like in the channel list mode: Press and hold the BAND button to enter the preset tune mode (P.TUNE). Press the DISP button for two seconds which will bring up the preset tune mode dis- playing up to 6 preset channel names.

  • Page 29: Memory (Memo) And Song Seek (S-Seek) Functions

    Also, while listening to your SIRIUS receiver, should one of the teams begin to play a game, you will be alerted.
  • Page 30 Store Artist? Song Unavailable Turn the Rotary Knob to highlight Store Artist or Store Song (when available) and press the Rotary Knob to save the current selection to memory. If both the artist and song are available to save, you will be prompted again to save which- ever one you haven’t yet saved, song title or artist name.
  • Page 31 If either of the teams is not available to save, that team will be displayed as unavailable. (Figure 13) Turn the Rotary Knob to highlight the desired sports team (when available) and press the Rotary Knob to save the current selection to memory. The next screen will ask which kind of alert you wish to have.
  • Page 32 Store DAL? NYG Stored The receiver will then revert to the last active display mode. If the new alert was successfully stored in memory, an Artist/Song/Game Stored pop-up screen followed by an X Used/Y Empty screen will be displayed for one and two seconds respectively.
  • Page 33 A Replace–Cancel screen will then be displayed which will allow you to choose whether to re- place an existing alert stored in memory, or to cancel storing the alert to memory. (Figure 18) Turn the Rotary Knob to select whether to replace an existing alert or cancel saving the alert to memory.
  • Page 34 Use the Rotary Knob to scroll through the listings. This function allows you to review previously stored program information. The information will be displayed as sports league or college/team name or artist name/song title. (Figure 20) Memory Artist Name Song Title deleting a Song Title Stored in memory To delete a song title stored in memory: Press and release the Rotary Knob while in S-Seek mode.
  • Page 35 Song (S-Seek) alert When S-Seek alerts are enabled, whenever the SIRIUS Sportster receiver is turned on, it au- tomatically searches the channels to determine if a match exists with the program information stored in receiver’s memory.

  • Page 36: Game Alert

    Game Alert The SIRIUS Sportster receiver can automatically identify when your favorite team is playing. When a game is found, Game Alert is displayed and the My Game Zone screen is displayed listing the sports games which are currently being played. (Figure 25) Use the Rotary Knob to select and tune to the desired game.

  • Page 37: Instant Replay

    Instant Replay The SIRIUS Sportster receiver is capable of storing the audio of the channel to which you are listening for later playback, approximately up to 44 minutes depending upon the channel to which you are tuned. As soon as you tune to a channel, the receiver automatically begins storing the audio, enabling you to rewind at any time to replay the audio again.
  • Page 38 audio is reached. When the end of the stored audio is reached, a beep will be heard (if the Confirmation Tone option is enabled), the Instant Replay mode will be exited, and the receiver will resume playing the live broadcast. Pressing and holding the Fast-Forward forward in 10 second intervals, which increases to 15 and then 30 second intervals the longer the Fast-Forward...
  • Page 39 The Instant Replay mode icon that is displayed at the bottom left of the screen indicates the current mode. Pause mode. This indicates that the receiver is paused and muted. Play mode. This indicates that you are in the playback mode, listening to stored audio. Fast Forward mode.
  • Page 40 A diamond-shaped Play Position indicator is superimposed over the Progress Bar which pro- vides a visual indicator of the current playback position in the Instant Replay memory. (Figure The Play Position indicator shows your current listening position in the stored audio. When you press the Play/Pause begin to move to the right showing the progression of the playback through the Instant Replay memory, provided that the memory is not full.
  • Page 41 The portion of the Progress Bar behind the Play Position indicator shows how much you can rewind in the Instant Replay memory, while the filled portion ahead of the Play Position indica- tor shows how much you can fast-forward in the memory. While you are in the playback mode, the receiver continues to store the audio from the chan- nel.
  • Page 42 Menu Options Menu options allows you to set and/or change the various features and settings of the SIRIUS Sportster. To enter the menu options, press and release the MENU button. The Menu Options screen will be displayed. (Figure 1) The menu options are navigated by turning the Rotary Knob to highlight a selection in the menu list and then press in the Rotary Knob to select the highlighted menu option.

  • Page 43: Fm Transmitter Options

    Sirius ID This menu option displays your 12 digit SIRIUS ID (SID) number. (Figure 2) The SID is unique to each SIRIUS Sportster receiver, and is required to activate your service. It is recommended that you write this number in the space provided near the end of this user guide. No adjust- ments are allowed in this mode.

  • Page 44: Game Alert

    MENU button, or by pressing the FM Frequency Game Alert Game Alert allows you to store your favorite sports teams in memory. The SIRIUS Sportster receiver will constantly scan the channels and will sound an alert when a sports team you stored in memory is playing a game, or when there is a score update for a team, depending upon which option you have chosen for the sports team.

  • Page 45: All Score Updates

    Note that for college teams, you will receive an alert for all teams playing for that col- lege. There are 30 college teams currently licensed for broadcast by SIRIUS. Select the type of alert you want for that team. (Figure 6) Initial Game Alert: This option will sound an alert when the receiver is powered on and the sports team is playing, and when the sports team begins playing a game.

  • Page 46: Settings

    Settings The Settings menu allows you access the Jump Settings, Display Options, Memory Options, Audio Level, Confirmation Tone, and Parental Control menu options, which are described in the sections following. Jump settings You can access the Jump Settings menu by pressing and holding the Jump button for two seconds or by pressing the MENU button to enter Menu Options, selecting Settings, and then selecting Jump Settings.

  • Page 47: Display Options

    Note: If the channel list has not yet been downloaded from the SIRIUS data stream, an Updat- ing City List notification screen will be displayed. Wait 10 minutes and then try selecting a city again. Setting the Jump button to a Channel To set the jump button to any channel other than a traffic channel: Select the JumpSet menu option.

  • Page 48: Confirm Tone

    To exit Display Options, press the MENU button. Confirm tone The SIRIUS Sportster receiver can sound an audio tone alert when the receiver powers On and Off, as well as when an S-Seek Alert is activated. The default setting is On. To change the tone options: Select the Confirm Tone menu option.

  • Page 49: Audio Level

    The audio output level of the SIRIUS Sportster receiver can be adjusted to fine tune the audio level for best performance. This is important when using either the optional Home Docking Station or the optional Mobile Docking Station. The audio level setting affects both the line output and FM transmitter output audio levels.

  • Page 50: Parental Control

    Control The SIRIUS Sportster receiver has the ability to lock a channel (or channels) you do not want others to access without your permission. Like the Skip channel feature, the locked channel will not appear when browsing channels with the Rotary Knob. In addition, when the anyone tries to access the locked channel using the Direct Tuning function, an Enter Code screen will be displayed and the channel cannot be accessed until the correct code is entered.
  • Page 51 Changing the lock/Unlock Code The first time the Lock/Unlock menu is accessed, you must enter the default lock code. The default lock code is 0000. This code can be kept or changed. To change the lock code: Select the Lock Options menu option. Select the Edit Code menu option.

  • Page 52: Time-Based Features

    The actual time is provid- ed via the SIRIUS satellite signal, and will automatically update based on the received signal. When the Clock menu option is selected, the following menu options are displayed: Format: The clock format menu option allows for either 12-hour (default) or 24-hour dis- play.

  • Page 53: Program Alert

    Alarm Time: This menu option allows you to set the alarm time. Use the Category buttons and the Rotary Knob to select the time when you want the receiver to power on. (Default time is 12:00 PM). When the desired time is displayed, press the Rotary Knob. program alert The Program Alert menu option allows you to program the receiver to switch to a selected channel at a specific time.

  • Page 54: Signal Indicator

    (Refer to the individual accessory installation guides for more information.) To view the SIRIUS signal strength: Select the Signal Strength menu option. Two 10 segment horizontal bar graphs will be displayed (SAT and TER) with a – sign to the left and a + sign to the right.

  • Page 55: Factory Default

    Factory Default The Factory Default option will restore all original factory settings in your SIRIUS Sportster receiver. Note that factory default will not reset the lock code if you have changed it from the default lock code. To perform a factory default reset: Select the Factory Default menu option.
  • Page 56 If Yes is chosen, the receiver reverts to the original factory settings for the following parameters: • All presets revert to empty • Reset to Normal Tuning Mode • Reset to default screen (with 2-line PDT display) • Reset previous power state setting to: Off •...

  • Page 57: Troubleshooting

    The FM frequency contains static. clarity Locate a quiet FM frequency on your vehicle radio and set the FM transmitter frequency of the SIRIUS Sportster to match. If using the AUX audio connector, check the cable connections. No sound The audio cables are not connected, or the FM radio is set to the wrong frequency.

  • Page 58: Optional Accessories

    AC adapter. SUPh1 SIRIUS Universal Plug and Play home kit The SUPH1 SIRIUS Universal Plug and Play Home Kit is a compact docking cradle that posi- tions the receiver for easy viewing and operation. Designed for quick and easy self-installation, it includes all necessary cabling to connect your SIRIUS receiver to your home audio system.
  • Page 59 AM/FM radio, reducing any interference which might be present from FM radio station broadcasts. When the SIRIUS receiver is turned off, the FM antenna signal is automati- cally redirected back to the vehicle’s AM/FM radio. (Product number 14100.)

  • Page 60: Specifications

    Specifications Audio Output ..........1V (Peak-to-Peak) Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) .

  • Page 61: 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 of original purchase, such defect(s) will be repaired or replaced with new or reconditioned product (at the Company’s option) without charge for...

  • Page 62: Sirius Id

    SIRIUS ID Write down the SIRIUS ID (SID) of your SIRIUS Sportster in the space provided below. SID: _______________________________________ SIRIUS ID...
  • Page 63 SIRIUS Customer Service: 1-888-539-7474 customercare@sirius-radio.com SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 1-888-539-7474 http://www.sirius.com...
  • Page 64 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Inc. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 (800) 869-5590 http://sirius.com SIRIUS Sportster SP4-TK1 (072406d)

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