Using Xm Hd Surround; Saving Channel Presets - Pioneer Elite SC-25 Operating Instructions Manual

05 Basic playback
After connecting, you will be able to use this receiver to
select channels and navigate categories using the GUI
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screen. The information displayed is as follows:
Main Zone:
Life is Like a Wind
Top Menu
Preset Class : A
A 1
Preset Number
Category : Hits
Category
Sub Zone:
Life is Like a Wind
The Blend
Hits
Selecting channels and browsing by genre
From the XM Channel Guide, you can browse XM Radio
channels in the order that they appear, or you can narrow
your channel search by genre.
Life is Like a Wind
Top Menu
Preset Class : A
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The Blend
A 1
Preset Number
Category : Hits
Category
1 SC-27 only: Set the remote control operation
selector switch to SOURCE.
Press / to enter the XM Channel Guide, navigate
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through the channels one at time with /, then press
ENTER to listen to the XM radio broadcast.
• To browse by genre, first press CATEGORY, use /
to select a genre, then press ENTER.
• To cancel and exit any time, press RETURN.
Note
1 It's easiest if you have your TV switched on to take advantage of the GUI screens. You can, however, use just the front panel display to do
everything if you prefer.
2 Select 0 (RADIO ID) from the GUI to check the Radio ID of the XM Mini-Tuner.
3 You can reset the channel presets and memory in Resetting the system on page 95.
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Song name
Signal strength
Preset
Artist name
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The Blend
Channel name
2 5
Channel number
Channel Number
Category
Preset number
Preset class
Song name
Signal strength
A
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Preset class
Preset number
A1
XM25
Channel number
Artist name
Channel name
Category
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Channel Guide
Preset
A/V RECEIVER
0 RADIO ID
1 Preview
2 Highway
4 America
2 5
5 Hank's Place
6 Fifties (50's)
Channel Number
7 Sixties (60's)
8 Seventies (70's)
Tip
• You can select channels directly by pressing
D.ACCESS, then the three-digit channel number.
• You can press DISP to change XM Radio information
in the front panel display.
• The currently selected channel is automatically
chosen (without pressing ENTER) after five seconds.

Using XM HD Surround

XM HD Surround uses Neural Surround™, THX
technologies to achieve optimal surround sound from
XM radio. XM HD Surround Sound is available on select
XM channels only.
• While listening to XM Radio, press AUTO/ALC/
DIRECT for XM HD Surround listening.
See About Neural – THX Surround on page 147 for more
on this.
XM HD Surround can be selected also with STANDARD.

Saving channel presets

This receiver can memorize up to 63 channels, stored in
seven banks, or classes (A to G) of nine channels each.
1 Select the channel you want to memorize.
See Selecting channels and browsing by genre above.
2 Set the remote control operation selector switch to
SOURCE (SC-27 only), then press T.EDIT.
The display shows a blinking memory class.
3 Press CLASS to select one of the seven classes, then
press / to select the channel preset you want.
You can also use the number buttons to select a preset.
• The default for all presets is XM1.
Exit 4 Press ENTER.
After pressing ENTER, the preset class and number stop
blinking and the receiver stores the XM channel.
Tip
• You can also press MEMORY during reception
display to save the information of up to five songs.
See Using the XM Menu below to recall this
information.
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