Sirius XM RAdio Edge User Manual
  1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Sirius XM RAdio Manuals
  4. Radio
  5. EDGE
  6. User manual

Sirius XM RAdio Edge User Manual

Hide thumbs Also See for Edge:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

See also: User Manual
USER GUIDE
Dock & Play Radio
with Home Kit

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the Edge and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for Sirius XM RAdio Edge

Summary of Contents for Sirius XM RAdio Edge

  • Page 1 USER GUIDE Dock & Play Radio with Home Kit...
  • Page 2 If you experience problems with the operation or performance of your SiriusXM product, DO NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO YOUR RETAILER. Call SiriusXM Listener Care at 1-866-746-7961 and speak to one of our service representatives.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Edge? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Thank you for purchasing the SiriusXM Edge with Home Kit! SiriusXM Edge has these exciting features to enhance your overall experience: • Listen to SiriusXM through your home stereo or powered speakers with easy, do-it-yourself set-up.* • Enjoy SiriusXM Xtra Channels – 20+ channels of additional music, sports, entertainment and SiriusXM Latino, a collection of 12 Spanish language channels.**...

  • Page 7: Safety And Care Information

    SiriusXM shall have no liability for damage or injury resulting from the installation or use of any SiriusXM or third party products. SiriusXM product warranties do not cover the installation, removal or reinstallation of any product.
  • Page 8 Introduction Warning! • Opening the case may result in electric shock. • Make sure that you insert the Home Power Adapter’s plug all the way into the outlet. • If the liquid crystal fluid comes in contact with your skin, wipe the skin area with a cloth and then wash the skin thoroughly with soap and running water.

  • Page 9: What's In The Box

    What’s in the Box? menu jump Home Dock Edge Radio info display menu direct mute jump Indoor/Outdoor Stereo Audio Remote Control Home Power Home Antenna Cable Adapter...

  • Page 10: Edge Button Functions

    Introduction Edge Button Functions Power Button Menu Button FM Button Press to turn Radio Press to access advanced Press to access and cycle through on and off. FM presets (Vehicle Dock only). features and configuration options; in configuration options, press and hold...

  • Page 11: Home Dock

    Home Dock Color-Coded Connections The color-coded Home Dock makes it simple to connect. Just match the colors on the cable ends to the colors on the dock to see what goes where. Rear View AUDIO POWER ANT (Silver) AUDIO (Green) POWER (Red) Connection for Connection for...

  • Page 12: Remote Control Functions

    + : Not used. favorite channel; also Mute Button enter a channel number. Press to silence SiriusXM Jump Button audio. Press to go back to the Not Used jump previous channel to which you were listening;...

  • Page 14: Home Installation

    There are several parts to setting up your Home Kit. Follow these 3 steps for an easy installation. Step 1: Connect the Home Dock and Dock the Edge Radio When installing the Home Dock in your home, choose a location in close proximity to your stereo system or powered speakers, and also where the cable from the Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna can reach the Home Dock.
  • Page 15 Connect the Home Power Adapter to the red Power connector at the rear of the Home Dock, and plug it into a wall outlet. AUDIO POWER C . Dock the Edge Radio Place your Edge Radio into the Home Dock and press the Power button to turn it on.

  • Page 16: Step 2: Place And Aim The Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna

    Vehicle Installation Step 2: Place and Aim the Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna To begin, try experimenting with the Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna to get a feel for the reception in your location. In major metropolitan areas, you might find that you get great reception in several locations without worrying too much about aim and placement.
  • Page 17 Other Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna Installation Suggestions NOTE! If the signal reception is low, intermittent, or No Satellite Signal is displayed, after a period of time the Radio may enter demo mode. Demo mode is a feature for retail display purposes, and the Radio will automatically exit demo mode once it begins to receive a good signal.
  • Page 18 Home Installation If you find a window that gives you good signal strength, you can place the antenna on the windowsill. The antenna may need to be placed on something to raise it above the level of the window frame. If you don’t have a window where you receive a consistent signal, or placing the antenna in a window is not a practical solution for you,...
  • Page 19 ANT connector at the rear of the Home Dock. TIP! If your Indoor/Outdoor Home 1-1/8 in Antenna’s cable isn’t long enough, visit www.siriusxm.com/accessories, or your favorite retailer, and consider a 50 ft. Home Antenna Extension Cable or a Wireless Home Signal Repeater.
  • Page 20 Home Installation signal strength, make small adjustments to the angle of tilt of the clamshell until the highest possible signal strength is achieved. If you have not wall-mounted the antenna, turn the antenna slightly to the right or left and observe if the signal strength increases.

  • Page 21: Step 3: Connect The Home Dock To A Stereo System Or Powered Speakers

    Step 3: Connect the Home Dock to a Stereo System or Powered Speakers The Home Dock can be connected to your stereo system, or to a set of powered speakers. If you are connecting to a stereo system, see the following section. If you are connecting to a set of powered speakers, see “To Connect the Home Dock to Your Powered Speakers”...
  • Page 22 Home Installation 4 Ensure Edge is tuned to channel 1, the XM Preview channel. If you have connected everything correctly, and you are receiving signal, you should hear the SiriusXM audio from channel 1. 5 The audio level of your Radio can also be adjusted, if necessary. Refer to “Set Audio Level”...

  • Page 24: Subscribe

    Subscribe You can either follow the general activation and subscription process or use the on-board activation guide to activate your Edge and subscribe to the SiriusXM service. General activation and subscription process: 1 Make sure your Edge is turned on,...
  • Page 25 1-866-635-2349 to cancel . See SiriusXM Customer Agreement for complete terms at www .siriusxm .com . All fees and programming are subject to change. Our satellite service is available only to those at least 18 and older in the 48 contiguous USA and DC.

  • Page 28: Using Your Edge

    Using Your Edge The Main Display When listening to a channel, information about the channel and what is currently playing is displayed. Antenna Signal Category Name (displayed Strength briefly as channels are tuned) Channel Number Favorite Channel and Channel Name...

  • Page 29: Navigation Basics

    Navigation Basics Power Button Pressing the Power button turns Edge On or Off. Rotary Knob and Select Button • Rotary Knob: Rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise previews and tunes to channels through the channel line up. Also, scrolls through lists and highlights an item in the list.
  • Page 30 Using Your Edge FM Button (Applies to Vehicle Dock) Pressing FM provides easy tuning of FM presets for optimized PowerConnect performance. Repeatedly pressing FM displays and cycles through the list of preset FM channels one at a time. The Radio automatically tunes to the displayed FM channel.

  • Page 31: Listening To Satellite Radio

    Listening to Satellite Radio Tune to a channel: Turn the Rotary Knob to immediately tune to the next or previous channel. When changing channels, the channel category will be displayed briefly at the top left of the screen. Channel Tuning set to Tune by Channel View a category: Channels are organized into categories to...

  • Page 32: Direct Tune

    Using Your Edge Direct Tune A channel can be tuned directly by entering the channel number using the number buttons. 1 To directly tune to a channel press #. 2 Use the number buttons 0-9 to enter the channel number and wait a moment...

  • Page 33: Favorite Channels

    To listen to a favorite channel: 1 Press the number button between 0-9 that was assigned to the desired favorite channel. Edge will tune to that channel. TIP! When you are at the main display screen, press to see your list of favorite channels.
  • Page 34 Using Your Edge Scanning Channels in a Category You can scan a category and listen to each channel for 10 seconds before Edge 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 36: Special Features

    TIP! This feature applies to the current channel to which you are listening, and for the current tuning and listening session only. Changing channels or turning off Edge removes the temporarily stored content from the Radio. To Play/Pause: 1 Press and release to pause the live broadcast.
  • Page 37 TIP! Pressing and holding advances through the stored audio. Playback begins when button is released. If end of stored audio is reached, Edge exits Pause & Replay mode and resumes playing the live broadcast. To listen to live broadcast: 1 Pressing and holding while Edge is in Pause &...

  • Page 38: Parental Controls

    4-digit code. When the correct code is entered, you’ll be able to tune to and listen to the channel. 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 To turn Parental Controls On (or Off): 1 Press menu.
  • Page 39 For each digit, press one of the 0-9 keys (or turn the Rotary Knob to select digits) and then press advance to the next digit. (Press if you need to go back and edit a previous digit.) ii. When you have selected all 4 digits of your code press the Select button.
  • Page 40 Special Features To lock (or unlock) channels or categories: 1 Press menu. 2 Turn the Rotary Knob to scroll to and highlight Parental Controls. Press the Select button. 3 You will be prompted to enter the 4-digit code. For each digit, press one of the 0-9 keys (or turn the Rotary Knob to select digits) and then press to advance to the next digit.
  • Page 41 locked channel or category, simply highlight the locked channel or category and press the Select button. The lock icon will disappear indicating the channel or category is unlocked.) 8 You can continue to lock and unlock as many channels or categories as you wish.
  • Page 42 3 When you have entered all 4 digits of the code, press the Select button. If your code is correct the channel will be tuned. 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 44 — all with a single subscription. • In Your Vehicle – With Vehicle Kits, you can enjoy your Edge in each of your vehicles.

  • Page 46: Configuring Your Edge

    Configuring Your Edge Radio ID Your Edge has an 8 character alphanumeric ID which uniquely identifies your Radio. This ID is used during the subscription process. To display the Radio ID: 1 Press menu. 2 Radio ID will be highlighted. If it is not highlighted, turn the Rotary Knob to scroll to and highlight Radio ID.

  • Page 47: Channel Tuning

    Channel Tuning Channel tuning controls the way channels are displayed when using the Rotary Knob to preview and tune to channels through the channel line up. During this time, the category of each channel is shown at the top of the screen. There are two different channel tuning modes, Tune by Channel and Tune by Category.

  • Page 48: Jump Settings

    Configuring Your Edge Jump Settings The jump button can be configured to either jump to the traffic and weather for the city of your choice from a list of 22 of the most congested cities, or to jump back to the last channel to which you were listening. When configuring for traffic/ weather, you’ll need to select your city.

  • Page 49: Set Brightness

    the Rotary Knob to scroll to and highlight your desired city and press the Select button. 7 The JUMP Settings screen will display the location you selected. Press and hold menu to return to the main display screen. Set Brightness To change the display’s brightness: 1 Press menu.

  • Page 50: Set Audio Level

    Audio level is used to adjust Edge’s volume level to match the volume of other audio sources you may use, such as a CD player, other FM stations, or an MP3 player.

  • Page 51: Signal Indicator

    Signal Indicator For best reception, your Magnetic Mount Antenna should have an unobstructed view of the SiriusXM satellites. In large cities, there are terrestrial transmitters (ground repeaters) to help increase the signal coverage. Your Edge can display the received strength of the satellite and terrestrial signals being received.

  • Page 52: Factory Settings

    Select button. 4 A warning screen will be displayed. If you are certain that you want to reset your Edge to the default settings, press the Select button to confirm. 5 If you want to cancel, press menu to...

  • Page 53: Demo Mode

    If desired, you can also manually put Edge in demo mode. 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 enable it again at another time if desired.
  • Page 54 Configuring Your Edge 6 To exit demo mode at any time, press and hold the Select button for 10 seconds.

  • Page 56: Using Edge With A Vehicle Dock

    Vehicle Dock. • If you purchase an XM Dock and Play PowerConnect Vehicle Kit to use your Edge in your vehicle, follow the instructions included with the kit for installation. When those instructions refer you to the User Guide for your...

  • Page 57: Area

    Find Available FM Channels in Your Area Before attempting any of the procedures below, you should park your vehicle in a safe location. Do not attempt to set up your FM channels or any Edge function while driving. PowerConnect allows you to listen to SiriusXM through your existing vehicle radio.
  • Page 58 Pick the first FM channel on your list and tune the FM radio to that channel. Then tune Edge to the same FM channel. (Refer to “Set and Select an FM Channel” on page 60.) You should hear the SiriusXM channel through your vehicle’s radio.
  • Page 59 Some may not work well with the type of FM transmitter used by Edge. This is why we recommend a direct audio connection using the Aux In Cable or Cassette Adapter if they can be used in your vehicle. Professional...

  • Page 60: Set And Select An Fm Channel

    (i.e., preset) up to 5 different FM channels. At any time, you can select any one of these 5 FM presets to hear SiriusXM through your existing vehicle radio. Having a choice of 5 FM presets also makes it easy to switch to the appropriate FM channel as you travel from one area to another.
  • Page 61 Just press menu and exit the screen. 7 The chosen FM channel will be confirmed on the display screen and Edge will tune to that FM channel. 8 Set your vehicle’s FM radio to same FM channel.
  • Page 62 1 Press FM to display the current FM preset. 2 To display and select the next FM preset, press FM. Edge will tune to the displayed FM channel. If the preset is the one you want, press menu or wait for the screen to time-out.

  • Page 63: Fm Presets

    FM presets make it easy to quickly access stored FM channels and choose a new FM channel from them. Use FM presets when you use PowerConnect or the FMDA to listen to your Edge through your vehicle’s FM radio. To use a different FM preset: 1 Press FM to display the current FM preset.

  • Page 64: Auto Shut Off

    Using Edge With a Vehicle Dock Auto Shut Off When Edge is in a Vehicle Dock, and Auto Shut Off has been enabled, Edge will automatically shut off after 8 hours of inactivity, i.e., when no buttons have been pressed. This feature prevents the vehicle battery from being discharged if you forget to turn your Edge off.

  • Page 65: Using The Vehicle Dock From The Universal Xpress Car Kit

    1 Disable the AUX Detect feature. Refer to “AUX Detect” on page 68, and disable AUX Detect. 2 Turn the FM Transmitter in Edge On. Refer to “Turn FM Transmitter On/ Off” on page 66, and turn the FM Transmitter On.

  • Page 66: Turn Fm Transmitter On/Off

    Off to On. 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.
  • Page 67 If you are using the older model Vehicle Dock from the Universal Xpress Car Kit, and plan to use the Aux In Cable or a Cassette Adapter as the audio connection option, you’ll have to turn the FM Transmitter under the FM Settings menu in Edge Off, if it was previously turned On.

  • Page 68: Aux Detect

    Using Edge With a Vehicle Dock AUX Detect AUX Detect allows Edge to automatically detect a connection made to the AUDIO connector of the PowerConnect Vehicle Dock by an Aux In Cable or Cassette Adapter. AUX Detect is enabled by default IMPORTANT! If you are using the PowerConnect Vehicle Dock which came with your Edge, AUX Detect should remain enabled.
  • Page 69 To enable AUX Detect (Do this when the Radio is transferred to the PowerConnect Vehicle Dock from an older model Vehicle Dock.) 1 Press menu. 2 Turn the Rotary Knob to scroll to and highlight Factory Settings and press the Select button. 3 AUX Detect will be highlighted and show as disabled.

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Edge has been designed and built to be trouble-free but if you experience a problem, try this: • Check that all connections are firm and secure. • Make sure you have connected the Home Dock as described in this User Guide.
  • Page 73 • Call 1-866-635-2349 for further assistance. Audio sounds too soft • Raise the volume of your stereo system or increase the audio level of your Edge until the sound quality improves. Refer to “Set Audio Level” on page 50. Audio fades • Check all cables for a firm and secure connection.
  • Page 74 Troubleshooting If this happens: Try this: No song title or artist name is • The information may not be available or updates displayed may be in progress. Traffic and Weather channels • These channels use a different audio technology sound different from other than other channels so they often sound different channels from other channels.

  • Page 76: Product Specifications

    Home Power Adapter Input: 100-240 V AC, 50-60 Hz, 0.4 A Output: 5.2 V DC, 1.6 A Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna Type: SiriusXM (or XM) Indoor/Outdoor Connector: SMB female, right angle Cable Length: 20 ft (6.1 m) Stereo Audio Cable Connectors: 1/8 in (3.5 mm) stereo male to RCA left &...

  • Page 77: Patent Information

    (or derivative thereof ) except in compliance with applicable export laws, rules and regulations. The user of this or any other software contained in a SiriusXM Radio is explicitly prohibited from attempting to copy, decompile, reverse engineer, hack, manipulate or disassemble the object code, or in any other way convert the object code into human-readable form.
  • Page 78 • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna of the affected receiver. • Increase the separation between the SiriusXM equipment and the affected receiver. • Connect the SiriusXM equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the affected receiver is connected.
  • Page 79 1-866-635-2349 to cancel . See our Customer Agreement for complete terms at www .siriusxm . c om . All fees and programming are subject to change. Our satellite service is available only to those at least 18 and older in the 48 contiguous USA and DC.
  • Page 80 Owners Record The Radio model number is located below and the Radio ID is located on the label on the back of Edge. Record the Radio ID in the space provided below. Refer to these numbers whenever you call your dealer regarding this product.

  • Page 81: Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna

    Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna Template Indoor/Outdoor Home Antenna Template 1-3/8” 1-1/8”...

  • Page 83: Warranty

    Products replaced under this warranty become the property of SiriusXM. Replacement products are warranted to be free from defects for 30 days or the remainder of the original warranty, whichever is longer.
  • Page 84 Sirius XM Radio Inc . 1221 Avenue of the Americas siriusxm .com New York, NY 10020 1 .866 .635 .2349 © 2012 Sirius XM Radio Inc. SX1EHKUG 120126a...

Table of Contents