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SIRP NP Plug and Pla y Receiv er User’ s Guide Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle_Us ers_Guide.book Page 1 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]
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SIRPNP 1 Dear Customer Congra tulatio ns on yo ur purc hase of the wor ld’s finest bran d in the electron ic indu stry. At Clario n we are com mitted to high-q uality sound reprod uction , and ar e conf ident tha t yo u will be ple ased wi th you r purchas e. Clario n’s Sirius Satell ite Plug an d Play Receiver provide s ente rtainment with the[...]
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User’s Guide 2 V e hic le Prec autions Follow these pre cauti ons to av oid a s erious a uto accide nt or pe rsonal injur y: • Do not moun t the Plug and Play receiv er wh ere it wil l block your view t hrough the wind shiel d or your view of dashb oard in dicat ors an d disp lays. • Do not moun t the Plug and Play receiv er wh ere it migh t [...]
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SIRPNP 3 Contents Getting Sta rted ................ ........... ........... ........... . 5 What com es in th e box ........ ................. ...... 5 Addition al componen ts ........ ........... ........... . 5 How satellite radio works ................ ........... . 6 Prep arin g to use th e Plug and Pla y receive r ........ ........... ........[...]
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User’s Guide 4 Setting Options .......... ................... .......... 18 Access ing optio ns ............ ................ ......... 18 Quick ref erence to o ptions ............... ......... 1 8 Sirius ID ............... ............ ........... ........... ... 19 Display settings ..................... ........... ......... 19 FM Trans mitter [...]
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SIRPNP 5 What comes i n the bo x 1. Getting Star ted Plug and Play re ceiver Remot e control unit Also Inc ludes AAA ba tteries fo r the remote contro l Additional components In additi on to t he Plug an d Play receiver, yo u will need a k it for y our home or you r vehic le (or both ): • Home kit pa rt number: SIRHM • Vehicle kit pa rt number:[...]
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User’s Guide 6 Ho w satellite radio w ork s SIRIUS Satelli te Radio company in New York City Hundreds of streams of radio content bounc e off the network of satellites that encircle the earth. Satellite Plug and Pl ay Radio The antenna receives SIRIUS signals anywhere in the continental Unit ed States provided no obvious satellite signal obstruct[...]
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SIRPNP 7 Preparing to use the Plug and P lay receive r See the se parate i nstall ation guid e for how to instal l the ho me or v ehicl e kit . Finding a location for the Plug and Pla y re ceive r at ho me Install the an tenna a nd Plug and Pl ay rec eiver n ear your ste reo receivin g equi pment . Finding a location for the Plug and Pla y receiver[...]
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User’s Guide 8 The defa ult dis play appears. Defaul t disp lay For a des cripti on of t his screen, see “H ow to re ad the defa ult dis play” on page 1 0. Make a note of your identification number You may need t his numb er in th e future . 1. P ress MEN U. The unit displ ays t he Men u Opt ions pag e wit h the SIRI US ID option h ighlig hte[...]
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SIRPNP 9 Plug and Pla y receiver c ontrols (front panel) The infrared senso r receives commands from the remote control. MEMO (mem ory) lets you store up to 20 artist or song title combinations. The S-SE EK function searches the current incoming signal for an artist or song m atch The Category UP and DOWN buttons advance through stream groups based[...]
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User’s Guide 10 How to read the default display Defaul t display Category name (genre) Song title 3-digit stream number Signal strength indicator Stream name Artist’s name Clock Band or preset bank number T uning to a stream (channel) The Enco der knob enab les you to loc ate and sele ct the st ream by tu rnin g it cl ockw ise or cou nter clock[...]
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SIRPNP 11 2. Enter the s tream number us ing the keypad buttons . The stream auto matically beg ins to play . T uning by category 1. To sele ct a stream cate gory, press the Category U P or DOWN b uttons. Category list 2. To scro ll up or down through the strea ms within the curre nt category, turn the Encoder knob. OR To list the currently- playin[...]
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User’s Guide 12 Pres etting fa v orite strea ms The Plug and Play r eceiver provides three bands (A, B, and C ) you can use t o assign a num ber to a favorite stream. Each band maintains a list of 10 favo rite stream s. From the default disp lay: 1. Press BAND moment arily to select A, B, o r C. The dis play in the l ower right hand side change s[...]
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SIRPNP 13 The LC D changes to a four-line menu with the preset n umbers (for exam ple A-1) followe d by the strea m name. Press DISP a gain to disp lay the presets by artist, a nd again to d isplay them by song title. Preset li st by artist and song title 3. Rotate the Encoder knob to move through the list. 4. P ress t he En coder knob t o play a p[...]
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User’s Guide 14 Chec king what’ s currently playing elsewh ere You can view a list o f artists and song titles that are currentl y playing on oth er streams withou t changing the curre nt stream. From the default disp lay: 1. P ress D ISP ( displ ay) . The unit displays t he default scree n. 2. P ress a nd hol d DIS P. The unit displays a list [...]
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SIRPNP 15 Replacing information If the un it’s memory is full, it displa ys the following messa ge for one second: Memor y full alert Then it g ives you the option to replac e a song in th e list with the current one y ou’re listening to. 1. Use th e Encoder knob t o choose Repl ace or Cancel. 2. If yo u chose to repla ce, use the Enco der knob[...]
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User’s Guide 16 If it finds one or more songs, the followin g message appears for two second s. Favorite s ongs alert Then the list of favo rites that are curr ently playing appears . Use the Encoder k nob to highlight a son g and press the kno b to listen to it. Viewing fa v orite information Press an d hold MEMO for three seconds. The unit di s[...]
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SIRPNP 17 Deleting fav ori te inf o rmation 1. With the stored favori te displaying i n the LCD, momen tarily press the Encoder knob . The unit displays t wo settings: 2. Turn t he Encoder kn ob to highlight Delete and press th e Encoder kn ob. The rece iver asks you to confirm the dele tion. The defa ult selectio n is NO. 3. Turn the E ncoder kn o[...]
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User’s Guide 18 There are a variety of w ays to customi z e ho w your Clario n Plug and Play re ceiver works. Accessing options 1. P ress MEN U. The Men u Options lis t appears. 2. Using the Encod er knob, highlig ht the option you w ish to change. 3. P ress t he En coder kn ob t o sele ct the highl igh ted op ti on. 4. U sing t he En coder knob [...]
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SIRPNP 19 Siri us I D Disp lays your u nique 12-d igit S IRIU S ID number. You ca n’t change this number. Sample SIRIUS ID Memory Option s stores fa vorites and turns automa tic seeking on and of f. Time B ased F eatu res set s the c lock and alarms. Factor y Default restores fac tory default settings . Display settings Contrast and Di mming cont[...]
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User’s Guide 20 Rotate the Encoder knob to highlight the option o r setting and press the knob to selec t it. Press MENU to return to Color op tions menu. FM T r ansmitter This op tion controls w hether frequen cy modu lation (FM) is u sed, and sets the frequency . You wou l d use th e FM transmitter if, when you insta lled t he v ehicl e kit yo [...]
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SIRPNP 21 Add or Skip With hun dreds of strea ms available , you may wis h to limi t the accessib le list to on ly those you l ike. Skippi ng a stream When you sele ct this opti on, the unit d i spla ys a stream list with the curre nt stream highli ghted. 1. Rotate the Encoder knob to highlight the stream to skip . 2. P ress t he En coder knob t o [...]
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User’s Guide 22 Locking a stream When y ou select this option, the unit prompts y ou to define a four-digit loc k code. 1. If this i s the first time you’ve used th is feature, enter the def ault code “0000.” If you’v e used this fea ture before, enter y our unique four-digit cod e. To change thi s code, see “C hanging t he lock code”[...]
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SIRPNP 23 Changing the lock c ode 1. P ress MEN U. 2. Rotate the Encoder knob to highlight Lock Options. 3. Press the Enc oder knob to select Loc k Options. 4. Rotate the knob to high light Edit Code. 5. P ress t he kno b agai n. 6. Enter the d efault code “0000” (or the lock code you previo usly defined). The Ne w Code prompt ap pears. 7. Ente[...]
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User’s Guide 24 2. Rotate the Encoder knob to highlight Ante nna Aiming. The unit displays t wo 10-segment horizontal bar graphs with a minus (-) to the lef t and a plus (+) to the right. The SAT gra ph displays th e satellite signal strength . The TER graph s hows the terrestria l signal strength. In urba n areas where st r uctures ma y aff ect [...]
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SIRPNP 25 Time Based Features The SIR IUS signal mai ntains the curre nt time and can trigger pre-p rogrammed alarms. Once you turn the power o n and the u nit receives the sate llite signa l, the unit autom atically main tains the time unless yo u remove it f rom its dockin g base. If the rec eiver loses th e signal, it loses the time and will not[...]
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User’s Guide 26 the hours . AM and PM switch auto matica lly . Turn t he Enco der knob to set the minutes. Clock wise increases the minutes an d counterc lockwise d ecreases them. Pres s the E ncode r knob to acc ept th e select ed time (or press Menu to cancel). Progr a m Alert This featu re allows you to program the unit to switch to a sp ecifi[...]
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SIRPNP 27 After runni ng for 59 minute s of inactivity , the unit displays : Cancel Auto Shutdown. If you’re near the unit and wi sh it to cont inue , pre ss the E nco der kn ob to canc el shutdow n. Your setti ngs are: Enabled , Disabled (defaul t). Rotate the Encoder kno b to h ighlight the s etting and press th e knob to se lect the hig hlight[...]
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User’s Guide 28 • Time Zo ne: Eastern • Day light Sa vings Ti me: O bserv ed •A l a r m : O F F • Alarm Tim e: 12.00pm • Program Al ert Time: 12.00pm • Program Al ert Day: Monda y • Program Al ert Stream: current stre am • Auto Sh utdown: OFF • Sleep M ode: OFF The wirele ss remote cont rol supplied with the Plug and Play receiv[...]
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SIRPNP 29 Remote contr ol features MEMO captures and stores current program informa tion. Power tu rns the Plug and Play receiver on and off Press BAND mom entarily to switch among bands A, B and C. Each band contains 10 preset streams . Press and hold BAND to activate preset tuning. MENU accesses menu options. Press DISPLAY to choose one of severa[...]
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User’s Guide 30 Description Pro bable Cause Remed y The Plug and Play receiv er does not turn on. The power cable m ay not be prop erly connected . The fuse may be blown. Check power cab le and fuse. The LCD di splays, “Che ck ant enna ”. The satellite antenna is n ot connec ted. Check the antenna co nnection to the Plug and Play receiv er. T[...]
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SIRPNP 31 You hear no sound. The audio cab les are not connec ted. Check the cab les at the Plug an d Play rec eiver and the rad io. You’ve selected an incorrect FM frequency . Select anot her FM modulator frequ ency. Description Pro bable Cause Remed y Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle _Users_Guide.book Pa ge 31 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]
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User’s Guide 32 Audio Outp ut: (100-250 ohm s ): 650mV RMS Maximum Fuse: 3A Slow Blow Power Supp ly: 10-16V, Negative G round, DC Dimens ions (W x H x D): 110mm x 73mm x 28mm (with knob) 6. Specifications Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle _Users_Guide.book Pa ge 32 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]
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SIRPNP 33 NOTES Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle _Users_Guide.book Pa ge 33 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]
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User’s Guide 34 NOTES Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle _Users_Guide.book Pa ge 34 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]
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SIRPNP 35 For USA and C anada onl y This pr oduct is warran ted against all d efects in material workma n- ship for a period of one year from the date o f origin al purchase . Clarion Pr oAudio p roducts, exce pt for spe akers, a re covere d by a two year limited w arrant y when in stalled b y an autho rized Clar ion dealer . The cond itions of thi[...]
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200401-SIR PNP-10 Rev2.0 Clarion Corporation of Ameri ca 661 West R edondo Beach B lvd. www.clarion.co m Clarion_SIRI US_PnP_Shuttle_Us ers_Guide.book Page 2 Friday, March 12, 2004 3:51 PM[...]