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XM EDGE User Manual

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  • Page 1 User Guide XM Plug & Play Radio Vehicle Kit Included...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

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  • Page 4: Introduction

    • Pause, rewind and replay live satellite radio . XM or third party products . It is your responsibility to ensure that all products • View artist name, song or program title, and channel information on the are installed in adherence with local laws and regulations and in such a manner as to allow a vehicle to be operated safely and without distraction .

  • Page 5: What's In The Box

    • Make sure that you insert the PowerConnect™ Power Adapter all the way PowerConnect Vehicle Dock Edge Radio into the vehicle’s cigarette lighter or power adapter socket . • If you are using PowerConnect as your audio connection option, it is advisable not to insert a multi-outlet adapter into the same vehicle cigarette lighter or power adapter socket to simultaneously power other devices .

  • Page 6: Edge Button Functions

    Introduction Edge Button Functions PowerConnect Vehicle Dock FM Button Power Button Menu Button Colour-Coded Connections Press to turn Radio Press to access advanced Press to access and cycle on and off . features and configuration through FM presets . options; in configuration The colour-coded PowerConnect Vehicle Dock makes it simple to connect .
  • Page 7 Introduction Wire Guide The PowerConnect Vehicle Dock has a wire guide at the top rear that can help you to organize the cables and wires connected to the dock . If you need to bring a cable or wire from one side of the dock to the other, utilize the wire guide by looping the cable though the wire guide as shown .

  • Page 8: Vehicle Installation

    Vehicle Installation WARNING! DO NOT attempt to install Edge while driving . Park your vehicle in a safe location before beginning installation . Option 3 Step 1: Choose a Location for Your Radio When installing Edge in your vehicle, choose a location where it will not block your vision, interfere with the controls, or obstruct the air bag .

  • Page 9: Step 2: Install The Dash Or Vent Mount

    1 Locate a flat surface for the Dash Mount . Make sure there is ample room press, and hold the Dash Mount in for the PowerConnect Vehicle Dock and Edge Radio when installed . place for 30 seconds . 2 Set the orientation of the Dash Mount before adhering it . Loosen the knob and adjust the adhesive foot for the location you selected in “Step 1:...
  • Page 10 Vehicle Installation Installing the Vent Mount: 4 Rest the foot against the bottom of the vent (2), and adjust the tilt of the Extended Vent Clamps Vent Mount by repositioning the foot to a different adjustment hole (3) . 1 Locate a vent with horizontal louvers sturdy enough to hold your PowerConnect Vehicle Dock and Radio .

  • Page 11: Step 3: Mount The Magnetic Mount

    Mount the Magnetic Mount Antenna on the outside of your vehicle, on a horizontal surface that will always face the sky . The antenna contains a strong Convertible: We recommend mounting the antenna at the leading edge magnet which will stick to any metal part of your vehicle, but will not damage of the trunk as shown .
  • Page 12 Vehicle Installation 3 If you are installing the antenna at the roof edge, or hood edge, install the 4 Place the antenna in the location you selected . Follow the Tips and Cable Routing Adapter to direct the antenna cable downward .
  • Page 13 Vehicle Installation CAUTION! Don’t mount the antenna CAUTION! Don’t mount the antenna inside close to another antenna . Mount it at the vehicle, for example, on the dashboard . least 7 .5 cm (3 in) inches away . CAUTION! Don’t mount the antenna on any of the vehicle’s front, back or side pillars .
  • Page 14 Vehicle Installation Step 4: Route the Magnetic Mount Antenna Cable Before you begin routing the antenna cable, read these general instructions Route cable out from under rear windshield for how to route and hide the antenna cable . Then route your antenna cable moulding and tuck into weatherstripping according to the instructions which follow for your specific type of vehicle .
  • Page 15 Bring cable out of weatherstripping and into trunk Use a blunt plastic putty Route cable along trunk knife or similar blunt tool wall and into cabin through to lift edge of interior gap or conduit, along existing trim and tuck cable wiring harness Route cable under under trim.

  • Page 16: Antenna Cable

    Vehicle Installation Sedan/Coupe With Antenna Placed at the Rear of the Roof: 1 Feed the antenna cable from the antenna underneath the rubber molding Continue routing cable under around the rear window . Use a blunt plastic putty knife or similar blunt carpet or console to radio location tool to lift the rubber molding around the rear window and tuck the Coil excess...
  • Page 17 Vehicle Installation 5 Bring the cable out from the trim near the front of the cabin and route of the door opening and route it under the carpet toward the dashboard . it under the carpet toward the dashboard or console . Coil any excess Coil any excess cable in a hidden location, such as under the carpet, cable in a hidden location, such as under the carpet, keeping it away from keeping it away from any vehicle pedals or controls .
  • Page 18 PowerConnect Power Adapter” on page 37 . Convertible 1 Bring the antenna cable from the antenna into the trunk at the front edge Pickup Truck of the trunk lid . Keep any bends in the cable loose . Tape or tie the cable along the inside of the trunk lid to the trunk lid hinge strut .

  • Page 19: Step 5: Connect The Magnetic Mount Antenna And Powerconnect Power

    Vehicle Installation the weather stripping . Run the cable inside of the weather stripping to the Step 5: Connect the Magnetic Mount Antenna and bottom of the door opening . PowerConnect Power Adapter 4 Pull the cable out of the weather stripping at the bottom of the door opening and route it under the carpet toward the dashboard .

  • Page 20: Step 6: Connect The Audio

    Step 6: Connect the Audio Option 1: Aux In Cable Installation Instructions To play XM audio through your vehicle’s stereo or FM radio, decide on one of the 1 Plug one end of the Aux In Cable into the green AUDIO connector on following audio connection options: the dock .
  • Page 21 If the signal reception is good, showing at least one bar in the upper left corner view of the sky . Verify that of the display, but there is no XM audio, be sure the vehicle’s stereo system is set you are receiving the XM signal . There should at least be one bar on the upper left corner of the to the auxiliary input source (step 4) .
  • Page 22 . An available FM channel is one display, but there is no XM audio, be sure the vehicle’s stereo system is set to the that’s not being used by an FM radio cassette source (step 4) .
  • Page 23 107 . 9 . MATCH FM CHANNELS 6 Ensure Edge is tuned to channel 1, the XM Preview channel . Upon power iii . FM Channels will be highlighted . If it up, Edge should tune to channel 1 by default, when it’s not yet activated .
  • Page 24 If the signal reception is good, showing at least one bar in the upper left corner of the display, but there is no XM audio, verify that both Edge and your vehicle’s FM radio are tuned to the same FM channel (steps 7 & 8) . Also ensure the chosen FM channel is a suitable one to use in your area (step 5) .

  • Page 25: Subscribe

    . Learn what all the buttons do by turning to “Navigation Basics” on page 53 . General activation and subscription process: 1 Make sure your Edge is turned on, tuned to channel 1, the XM Preview Activation guide: channel, and receiving the XM signal so For your convenience, Edge has an on-board activation guide .

  • Page 27: Using Your Edge

    Navigation Basics When listening to a channel, information about the channel and what is currently playing is displayed . Power Button Pressing the Power button turns Edge On or Off . Antenna Signal Category Name (displayed Rotary Knob and Select Button...

  • Page 28: Listening To Satellite Radio

    Using Your Edge FM Button Listening to Satellite Radio Pressing FM provides easy tuning of FM presets for optimized Tune to a channel: PowerConnect performance . Repeatedly pressing FM displays and cycles through Channel Tuning set to Turn the Rotary Knob to immediately tune to the list of preset FM channels one at a time .
  • Page 29 . 1 Press the number button between 0-9 that was assigned to the desired favourite channel . Edge will tune to that channel . TIP! By default jump is configured to tune to a traffic/weather channel . To select...

  • Page 30: Fm Presets

    FM Presets FM presets make it easy to quickly access stored FM channels and choose a new FM You can scan a category and listen to each channel for 10 seconds before Edge channel from them . 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 .

  • Page 32: Special Features

    2 Repeated press and releases skips forward to the beginning of the next songs or programs until the end of stored audio is reached . When the end is reached, Edge exits Pause & Replay mode and resumes playing the live broadcast .

  • Page 33: Parental Controls

    . All locked keys (or turn the Rotary Knob to channels become unlocked and remain unlocked until you turn Edge Off, and back select digits) and then press On .
  • Page 34 Special Features To lock (or unlock) channels or categories: locked channel or category, simply highlight the locked channel or category and press the Select button . The lock icon will disappear 1 Press menu . indicating the channel or category is unlocked .) 2 Turn the Rotary Knob to scroll to and highlight Parental Controls .
  • Page 35 . All locked channels become unlocked and remain unlocked until you turn Edge Off and back On . In the category list, the previously locked channels will show an unlocked icon...

  • Page 36: Edge

    — all with a single subscription . • In Your Home, Office, etc . – With a Home Kit, you can play your Edge through your existing stereo system or powered speakers .

  • Page 37: Configuring Your Edge

    Knob to preview and tune to channels through the channel line up . During this a safe location . Do not attempt to set up your FM channels or any Edge function time, the category of each channel is shown at while driving .
  • Page 38 107 . 9 . Once you have created presets on your FM radio and Edge . Then you simply select and match the best your list of available FM channels, you will need to find the one that channel for the area you are in .

  • Page 39: Set And Select An Fm Channel

    Select button . The FM channel tuning screen is displayed . any time, you can select any one of these 5 FM presets to hear XM through your iii . If the chosen storage location has an FM preset that is not currently existing vehicle radio .

  • Page 40: Jump Settings

    . When configuring for traffic/ 2 To display and select the next FM weather, you’ll need to select your city . preset, press FM . Edge will tune to the displayed FM channel . If the To configure jump: preset is the one you want, press 1 Press menu .

  • Page 41: Set Brightness

    . Audio level is used to adjust 7 The JUMP Settings screen will display Edge’s volume level to match the volume of other audio sources you may use, the location you selected . Press and such as a CD player, other FM stations, or an MP3 player .

  • Page 42: Signal Indicator

    For best reception, your Magnetic Mount Antenna should have an unobstructed When Edge is in a Vehicle Dock, and Auto Shut Off has been enabled, Edge will view of the XM satellites . In large cities, there are terrestrial transmitters automatically shut off after 8 hours of inactivity, i .e ., when no buttons have been...

  • Page 43: Factory Settings

    AUX Detect 5 If you want to cancel press menu to return to Factory Settings . AUX Detect AUX Detect allows Edge to automatically will remain enabled . detect a connection made to the AUDIO connector of the PowerConnect Vehicle Dock 6 AUX Detect will show as disabled .

  • Page 44: Demo Mode

    NOTE! Restoring defaults permanently removes all personal settings . The ability for Edge to enter demo mode is enabled by default . If you don’t want Edge to ever enter the demo mode, you can disable the demo feature . You can 1 Press menu .

  • Page 45: Using The Vehicle Dock From The Universal Xpress Car Kit

    When you are using the Universal Xpress Vehicle Dock, the screen will initially Refer to “AUX Detect” on page 84 . Once you have disabled display “AUX Connected” when you power on your Edge . Ignore this message . Once AUX Detect, the FM Settings menu will be accessible .
  • Page 46 4 The FM Channels menu item will now be accessible, allowing you to tune Edge and the FM radio in your vehicle to the same FM channel . TIP! Edge is programmed with FM channel 97 . 9 as the default setting . To turn the FM Transmitter Off:...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Edge has been designed and built to be trouble-free but if you experience a If you see this on the screen: Try this: problem, try this: Acquiring Signal • Your Edge is acquiring audio or program • Check that all connections are firm and secure .
  • Page 48 Power Adapter . • If you are using the Vehicle Dock that came with the Universal Xpress Car Kit, ensure that the FM Transmitter in Edge is turned On . Refer to “Turn FM Transmitter On/Off” on page 89 .

  • Page 50: Product Specifications

    . The user of this or any other Audio Connector: 3 .5 mm (1/8 in) female software contained in an XM radio is explicitly prohibited from attempting to copy, Antenna Connector: SMB male decompile, reverse engineer, hack, manipulate or disassemble the object code, or in any other way convert the object code into human-readable form .
  • Page 51 The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by XM Radio ©2011 Sirius XM Radio Inc . “Sirius”, “XM” and all related marks and logos are trademarks Inc . can void the user’s authority to operate this device . This device complies with Part 15 of Sirius XM Radio Inc .

  • Page 52: Warranty

    Owners Record If you experience problems with the operation or performance of your XM product within 90 days or purchase, The Radio model number is located below and the Radio ID is located on the label on the back of Edge .
  • Page 53 1 800 645 4994 www .audiovox .com XM name and related logos are registered trademarks of XM Satellite Radio Inc . All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners . © 2011 Audiovox Electronics Corporation . All rights reserved .

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