10 Contact Polk Audio Customer Ser
vice 1-800-377-7655 (Outside US: 410-358-3600)
Monday-Friday
, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Easter
n T
ime,
polkcs@polkaudio.com
BASIC OPERA
TIONS
T
urning your XM Reference Tuner ON and OFF
Pr
ess POWER on the XM Reference Tuner unit or on the XM Reference Tuner Remote Control.
When first tur
ned on, the receiver will automatically tune to the last channel listened to and
r
ecall the previous settings.
Basic Channel Selection
The XM Refer
ence Tuner allows you to select a channel by directly entering its number, using a
pr
eset key, or by tuning up and down to reach the channel.
Dir
ect channel entry by number:
1. Verify that your XM Reference Tuner is in DIRECT entry mode. “DIRECT” should appear in the
upper right corner of the display. If A or B appears, press the PRESET/DIRECT button on the
remote control until the display says “DIRECT.”
2. Enter the channel number using the Number Keys.
Select Channel by Channel Pr
esets
Y
our XM Reference Tuner can store up to 20 Preset channels. They are organized into two differ-
ent groups (or memory banks), Preset A and Preset B, each with 10 channels corresponding to the
10 Number Keys. Press PRESET/DIRECT until A or B appears in the upper right corner of the
display. Press the Number Key corresponding to the desired preset on the remote keypad.
Setting Channel Pr
esets
1. T
une in the channel you want to register as a preset.
2. Select either Preset A or Preset B by pressing PRESET/DIRECT until A or B appears in the
upper right hand corner of the display.
3. Press and hold the Number Key on the remote corresponding to the preset you would like to set.
The channel name and number will highlight and the audio will mute for 2 seconds to indicate
that the preset is registered.
Tune To A Channel
T
une up and down the channel list using the SELECT function on either the XM Reference Tuner or
the Remote Contr
ol unit. Press ENTER to confirm your selection. Skip channels in the lineup by
using the Channel Skip/Add function described in “Menu Commands and Settings.” This will allow
you to tune across only the XM channel you listen to regularly.
Preview And Select A Channel Based On Channel Name Or The Current Song Or Artist
While listening to a channel, you can scan through the XM channel lineup, see what channels are
available and what is currently playing, and then decide if you want to leave your current channel.
1. Press /\ or \/ on the remote control to enter channel search and display the current channel
plus the two channels above and the two below it in the lineup.
2. Press /\ or \/ repeatedly (or press and hold to move quickly) to scroll through the channel lineup.
3. Press DISPLAY to change the channel information displayed from the channel name to artist
name or song title.
4. Select the highlighted channel with ENTER. If you do not select a channel, the display will time
out and return to the channel you were originally listening to.
Select A Channel By Category
Press either of the CATEGORY buttons (< and >) to enter category search.
1. Continue pr
essing one of the Categor
y keys (< and >) until a category in which you are
inter
ested appears.
2. Use the SELECT buttons (/\ and \/) to highlight a channel within the given categor
y
.
3. Pr
ess ENTER to select a channel.
4. If you do not select a channel, categor
y sear
ch will time out after several seconds.
Pr
eview Favorite Channels
Y
ou can use the pr
eset keys and category search to preview the artists and songs currently playing
on your favorite channels befor
e deciding whether or not to select any of them.
1. Set your favorite XM channels as pr
esets as explained above. Y
our XM Reference Tuner will
automatically cr
eate new categories, called Pr
eset A and Preset B, when presets are
set in either memor
y bank.
2. Pr
ess the Category keys (< and >) to enter Category search, and continue pressing it until either
Pr
eset A or Preset B appears on the display.
3. Pr
ess DISPLAY to display the channel name, artist name or song title for each preset.
4. Y
our XM Reference Tuner will remember if you were in the preset section of the category
sear
ch so that the next time you press a Category key (< and >) it will immediately display
the information on those preset channels.
Enlar
ging Display Text
Y
our XM Reference Tuner display can be reconfigured to be more readable from a across the room.
1. Press DISPLAY while on a normal play screen to switch to larger-text channel
number configuration.
2. Pr
ess DISPLAY a second time to continuously scroll the artist and song title information across
the display in lar
ge-sized text.
3. Pr
ess DISPLAY again and return to the default display.
Save And Recall Artist Name And Song Title
You can save the artist name and song title on the current channel for future reference.
1. Pr
ess and release MEMORY to save the current screen information. Up to 10 different artist
names/song titles can be saved at once, after which any new infor
mation that is saved
will r
eplace the oldest information in the memory.
2. To recall saved artist name/song title information, press and hold MEMORY for 2.5 seconds.
Next use the SELECT function to display each saved artist name/song title.
Menu Commands and Settings
Pr
essing MENU on either the XM Reference Tuner or the remote control unit enters the menu
section of the display. Here, you can change each of the following operations using the SELECT
function and the ENTER key. While in the menu section, the MENU button acts as a “back”
button, allowing you to “back out” of existing sections. The following are the settings that
can be changed:
DISPLA
Y BRIGHTNESS & CONTRAST
This contr
ol allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the display.
MEMORY RECALL
This is an alternative way of entering memory recall mode. It functions the same as
pr
essing and holding MEMORY.
CHANNEL SKIP/ADD
You can skip channels in your XM Reference Tuner channel list to prevent from being accessible in
search modes (SELECT or CATEGORY). “Deleted” channels can still be accessed by DIRECT entry or
by using a preset key. They can also be added back to the search list later.
To completely block your XM Reference Tuner from receiving a channel, call XM Customer Service
1-800-852-9696.
LINE LEVEL OUT
Use this to adjust the XM Reference Tuner’s analog audio level output so that it matches other
sources in your audio system. Most users will NOT need to change this level from the factory set-
ting. Default setting is HIGH. This is not a volume control. You will set your volume control using
the audio system to which your XM Reference Tuner is connected.
AUTO SHUTDOWN
You can set the XM Reference Tuner to automatically shut itself off if a button is not pressed in
30, 60 or 90 minutes. This function does not affect the pre-amp/receiver that the XM Reference
Tuner is connected to, it merely turns the XM Reference Tuner off after a predetermined time.
When Auto Shutdown is activated, the display screen will show a countdown warning 10 seconds
before the XM Reference Tuner shuts itself down. Pressing any button on the unit or the remote
control during this countdown will cancel the Auto Shutoff process and restore normal operation
for the predetermined length of time before Auto Shutoff is reinitiated.
ANTENNA AIMING
You can optimize the position of your High-Gain Antenna using this screen.
Press MENU to return to the main play screen.
F
ACTOR
Y DEF
AUL
T
Selecting this option r
estor
es all of the settings to their original factor
y setting. This is useful
if you alter a number of settings and then change your mind but don’
t know how to eliminate
the changes you’ve made. Don’
t you wish life wer
e like this? Remember: r
estoring the factor
y
settings will erase all of your pr
esets. Y
ou will have to r
eset them if you r
estor
e the factory-
default settings.
10 Contact Polk Audio Customer Service 1-800-377-7655 (Outside US: 410-358-3600) Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Eastern Time, polkcs@polkaudio.com
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