1. Find the audiooutputjackthatispluggedintotheheadphonejackanddetachitfrom
theunit.Aslongasthe3.5mmCordisunplugged,theunitwillplaymusiconthebox
itself.
2. Regardlessofthemusic unitworkingorneedingtobetroubleshotfurther,youmust
connectaMonitor“VGA”Keyboard/Mouse“USB”tothePCtoconnecttoourNetwork
OperationsCenter(NOC).
OnceyouhaveyourMonitorKeyboardandMousehookeduptotheunit,whetherornotthe
musicisbackonandplaying,youwillneedtolookatthesignalthroughtheLink2PCsoftware.
TheLinksoftware
autoplaysandwillbeupandrunningonthescreen.Locatetheboxinside
thesoftwarelabeledSiriusSID.Youwillseethe12‐digittunerID.ThetunerIDisalsolocatedon
theSiriusXMHardware.TheSiriusXMSIDlistsartisttitleandtrack.Ifforanyreasonissays“Call
800‐Siriusorreactivate,”stopimmediatelyandcallUnitedMediaSolutions.Otherwisethere
willbe3barsassignalindicators.
1. Hoveryour mouseoverthesignalindicators;theyarelabeled
composite/satellite/terrestrial,andthestatusofthesignalinthebarswillread
excellent‐good‐poor‐weak.Anyreadinglessthangoodmeansweneedtoadjustthe
antenna.The3barswillbefilledwithblueblocksindicatingsignalstrength.Thisis
helpfulwhenadjustingtheantennatofindoptimumsignal.
SeeFig3ofSiriusXMantenna.Itisroughly3”x4”andwill
haveaXMorSiriusLogoonit.
2. Theantennaopensandcloseslikeaclamshell.Thisantenna
mustbepositionedtopointstraightup.
3. Theantennacanalsobeadjustedslightlytopointtoward
Wisconsin,meaningthelogomustpointtowardtheskyand
oracouplecentimeters/degreestowardWI.
Thescrewmountsmustpointtowardsthe
groundlikeaclamshellclosed.Onceyoucorrecttoagoodorbettersignal,andmake
surethemusicisworkingconstantly,youcanmountitwithsiliconeorziptiestoanAC
condenserorpipejack.
TheStatuslightonaSiriusradiocanonlybeinoneofthefollowingstates:
State Meaning
Off Radioispoweredoff
SolidRed Standby
SolidGreen* PoweredUpwithGoodReception
FlashingRed Antennadisconnectedornotdetected
Amber/Yellow
(FormedbyRedandGreenlightatthesametime‐descriptionof
perceptionvariesfrompersontoperson)
Poor/LowSignal
Fig3