Confirming The Strength Of The Siriusxm Signal; Setting Tune Start; Checking The Siriusxm Radio Id Number; Storing Channel Presets - Alpine CDE-SXM145BT Reference Manual

2 Input the new passcode as steps 1 to 4 in "How to input
passcode?".
A confirm screen (CNFIRM) will be displayed and the new
passcode must be entered again for confirmation.
When the passcode is changed successfully, the unit will
display CODE SAVED.
Note
• Keep a note of the numbers somewhere safe in case you should
forget it.
Confirming the strength of the SiriusXM
signal
You can check the signal strength through this setting item.
 Setting item: SIGNAL IND
Setting content:
SIGNAL IND
SIGNAL IND:
This menu item displays the SiriusXM signal strength as STRONG,
GOOD, WEAK or NO SIGNAL.
Note
• If the Signal Indicator reports Weak or No Signal and your vehicle is
parked outside with no obstructions to the southern sky, then your
SiriusXM antenna may not be properly installed or may have become
damaged.

Setting Tune Start

Tuning to a Preset that is a music channel will start a song from the
beginning.
 Setting item: TUNE START
Setting contents:
OFF / ON (Initial setting)
OFF:
When set to OFF, Tune Start mode is unavailable.
ON:
When ON, selecting a preset station will automatically reset the
currently playing song from its beginning. Pressing r will return
to live satellite radio.
Note
• Displayed only when SiriusXM SXV200 Tuner is connected.

Checking the SiriusXM Radio ID Number

To subscribe to the SiriusXM Satellite Radio service, it is necessary to
locate and identify the Radio ID of your SiriusXM Tuner. The Radio ID
contains 8 characters and can be found on the bottom of your SiriusXM
Tuner or can be displayed on when selecting Channel 0 by following the
steps below:
1
While in the Satellite Radio Mode, press  or  to
select channel "0".
The unit displays "RADIO ID" and ID number alternately.
Note
• The Radio ID does not include the letters I, O, S or F.
2
To cancel the ID number display, select a channel other
than "0".
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Storing Channel Presets

1
Press BAND to select the desired band you want to store
the preset in.
There are 3 Satellite Radio Preset bands.
Each press of BAND changes the band: SXM1  SXM2  SXM3
 SXM1
2
Tune to the desired channel, and then press and hold (for
at least 2 seconds) one of the preset buttons (1 through 6)
to store the channel.
The display then shows the stored Band and preset number (for
example, SXM1-3 is shown when preset 3 of BAND1 is selected).
3
Repeat the procedure to store up to 5 other channels onto
the same band.
Notes
• A total of 18 channels can be stored in the preset memory, 6 Channels
for each band (SXM1, SXM2 and SXM3).
• If you store a new channel into a preset which already has a channel
assigned, the current channel will be cleared and replaced with the new
one.

Tuning Channels using Presets

1
Press BAND to select the desired band of Presets you wish
to access.
2
Press the preset buttons (1 through 6) that has your
desired Satellite Radio channel stored in memory.

Storing the desired Artist and Song Alerts

While listening to SiriusXM Satellite Radio, you can be alerted when
your favorite songs or artists are playing on other channels. An
interruption ALERT will be displayed when a matching artist or song is
found on another channel. For receiving interruption ALERT
information, refer to "Receiving and Tuning to an Alert" on page 35.
1
Press and hold ENTER/OPTION for at least 2 seconds
when a Song or the song of an Artist you want to store is
playing.
The Option mode is activated.
2
Turn the Rotary encoder to select ALERT MEMO, and then
press ENTER.
3
Turn the Rotary encoder to choose SAVE ART? or SAVE
SNG? (when available), and then press ENTER.
Note
• If both the artist name and song title are not available to save,
UNAVAILABL will be displayed.
4
The new alert was stored in memory.
An "ART/SONG SAVED" pop-up screen is followed by an "XX
U(sed)/YY E(mpty)".
XX is the total number of song titles or artist names stored in
memory, and YY is the total number of memory locations still
available for storage.