Satellite Radio Home Receiver lets you enjoy SIRIUS Satellite Radio’s digital entertainment in your Home. Use this guide to familiarize yourself with the SRH550C’s features and capabilities. For the latest information about this and other SIRIUS products, please visit http:// www.siriuscanada.
The user could lose the damaged or broken, do not touch the liquid authority to operate this equipment if an crystal fluid. The fluid can be dangerous to your unauthorized change or modification is made. SRH550C User Guide...
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and the Receiver. • Connect the equipment to a different circuit from the one to which the Receiver is connected. SRH550C User Guide...
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SIRIUS SRH550C Satellite Radio Home Receiver Box Contents Unpack your SIRIUS SRH550C Satellite Radio Home Receiver and be sure that everything shown here is present. If anything is missing or damaged, or if your Receiver fails to operate properly, notify the dealer or retailer where you purchased the product immediately.
SRH550C Receiver Controls and Features 5. Signal Indicator: When lit this indicates that 1. POWER Button : Turns the Receiver On the Receiver is receiving the SIRIUS signal from and Off. the antenna. 2. Remote Control Receiver: Receives signals 6. Standby Indicator: When lit this indicates that from the wireless remote control.
14. BAND Button (P.Tune): Pressing and releasing switches between the three preset banks (A, B. C), which hold ten presets each. Pressing and holding enables the “Preset Tune Mode”, which allows for viewing and listening of stored presets with the Channel Buttons. SRH550C User Guide...
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11. MUTE: Allows the user to silence the audio. ways of presenting the Artist Name and Song 12. PREV: Returns to the previously selected Title information on the display screen. channel. 3. DIRECT: Allows for direct channel entry using the number buttons. SRH550C User Guide...
Introduction Installing Your SIRIUS Receiver The SIRIUS Home Satellite Radio Receiver must You can begin to enjoy Sirius Satellite Radio as soon be connected to the windowsill antenna (supplied) as the Receiver installation is complete. Set up your to process the SIRIUS signal. The Receiver Receiver using the following installation instructions.
NOTE: Because of the orbiting characteristics of the SIRIUS satellites, the strength of the SIRIUS signal may change over time. In most cases however, the signal should be available continuously. If you experience a loss of signal or audio, reposition the antenna inside the home or outside as necessary.
In Area 4: Aim West, Northwest or Southwest these cases, the antenna can be placed inside Area 5: Aim Straight Up the home. Try to achieve a clear unobstructed view of the sky. SRH550C User Guide...
5. After determining the optimum antenna aiming light red. position, turn the Receiver off, disconnect the 11. You are now ready to enjoy SIRIUS power adapter from the wall outlet receptacle, programming within your home. and disconnect the antenna cable.
SIRIUS subscription. Activating your SIRIUS Subscription 4. Press the MENU button to enter the “Menu Before you can listen to the SIRIUS service, you Options” mode. The “SIRIUS ID” menu option must subscribe to the SIRIUS Satellite Radio will now be highlighted.
The Receiver will search the When the item is highlighted, press the ENT/SEL current incoming SIRIUS signal, and then alert button to enter or selection the item in the list. you if it finds a match to an Artist/Song or Sports Pressing and holding the ENT/SEL button will Team stored in the Receiver’s memory.
1. Press the Power button; the Receiver turns on Preset tuning continues until you decide to and the SIRIUS logo appears for 3 seconds terminate this function by pressing and holding the BAND button for 2 seconds.
While the preceding screens are displayed, selection will be pressing the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons allow played. Content Listing Options (Look Ahead) This feature allows you to view what is playing on SRH550C User Guide...
To retrieve a preset channel, channel number. Once the desired channel momentarily press and release the number button number has been entered, press the ENT/SEL corresponding to the desired channel. button again to select the channel and begin playing. SRH550C User Guide...
NOTE: The field will scroll only if the length of the While the contents of the preset listing are Artist Name, Song Title, or Sports Team cannot be displayed, press the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons viewed in its entirety. SRH550C User Guide...
(Artist Name, Song Title, or Sports Team), up to a total of 20 listings. The Receiver has the capability to search the current incoming SIRIUS signal and alert the user when a saved Song Title or Artist is being played.
This prompt allows you to either replace Initial Game Alert All Score Updates “Initial Game Alert” will sound an alert when the team you have chosen is playing a game. “All Score Updates” will sound an alert when the SRH550C User Guide...
ENT/SEL button to delete the stored item and replace it with the updated information. The through the stored listings to view the information. 3. To return to the default tuning mode press and hold the MEMO button for 3 seconds. SRH550C User Guide...
2. Press and release the ENT/SEL button and a confirmation screen will appear. pop-up screen will be displayed with two 4. To permanently delete the item from your list, options, Delete and S-Seek. 3. Use the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons to highlight SRH550C User Guide...
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2 seconds and displays the phrase S-Seek Alert and an audible beep tone will be heard indicating that a match has been found. (No stored match alert is provided for the currently selected channel.) SRH550C User Guide...
While in the menu screen function, if a button is not pressed within 10 seconds from the previously selected function, the Receiver exits the menu screen function and reverts to the default display screen. Sirius ID This menu choice displays your 12 digit Sirius ID SRH550C User Guide...
Game Alert allows you to store your favorite sports Game Alert teams in memory. The Receiver will constantly scan the SIRIUS channels and will sound an alert when a team you stored in memory is playing, or when there is a score update for a team, 3.
To enter any of these modes, use the CHANNEL to navigate the list and highlight the channel to be Up/Down buttons to highlight the option you wish to adjusted. Once a channel has been highlighted, adjust and press the ENT/SEL button. Upon entering SRH550C User Guide...
3. Press the ENT/SEL button. accessible during any of the tuning modes. Locked 4. Press the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons to channels can be accessed only by direct channel number entry, at which time the user will be SRH550C User Guide...
“-“ sign 8. The lock code is now changed. to the left and a “+” sign to the right. The SIRIUS Edit Code signal strength is displayed by the SAT graph,...
Then press reside and Daylight Savings Time, if used. The the ENT/SEL button to enter the option. clock data is provided via the SIRIUS signal, and 2. Clear all Memory Locations. Press the ENT/ will update based on the received signal.
Alarm On or Alarm Off and press the ENT/ button. SEL button for desired alarm status. When the NOTE: When the Receiver is not turned on, be sure alarm is on, the time will be displayed on the default SRH550C User Guide...
Down buttons, the minutes can be increased or button. decreased in one minute increments. Pressing the NOTE: The loss of the SIRIUS signal by the Up button will increase the minutes and pressing Receiver will result in a series of alarm tones only.
Press the CHANNEL Up/Down buttons to scroll Sleep Off is the factory default setting. Press the through a listing of all the SIRIUS channels in a CHANNEL Up/Down buttons to choose the desired circular motion. The listing should encompass all 5 sleep time.
• Audio Output Level to 70% • Access to all skipped channels (Locked channels remain locked) • Memory Search On • Memory Locations are erased • 12 Hour Clock Format • Eastern Time Zone • Daylight Savings Time Observed SRH550C User Guide...
DETECTED” satellite antenna connection to the Receiver. The antenna or the antenna cable is faulty. Contact your installer, dealer, or retailer, or, SIRIUS Product Support at 1-800-869-5590. Receiver displays Check for obstacles over or around satellite antenna. Change the “ACQUIRING SIGNAL”...
Audio Interface .................... 2 RCA Type Connectors (R/L) Optical Digital Output ..................Toslink Optical, PCM format Antenna Type ....................Indoor/Outdoor Windowsill Antenna Cable Length ..................21’ (single micro-cable) Antenna Connector Type ........................SMB Note: Features and specifications subject to change without notice. SRH550C User Guide...
12-MONTH LIMITED WARRANTY SIRIUS Canada 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 replaced with new or reconditioned product (at the Company’s option) without charge for parts and labor.
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Please record the SIRIUS ID (SID) in the space provided below: SIRIUS ID: SIRIUS Customer Service: 1-888-539-7474 customercare@siriuscanada.ca SRH550C User Guide...
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