Vehicle installation – Sirius Satellite Radio SDST5V1 User Manual
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4 Power on your Starmate 5 by pressing the Power
button .
5 Be sure the vehicle is outside and the antenna has
a clear view of the sky . Verify that you are receiving
the SIRIUS signal . There should at least be one bar
on the bottom left corner of the main display screen
that denotes antenna signal strength . You can also
press menu and then press the Down button to scroll and highlight
Signal Indicator . Press the Select button . The Satellite and Terrestrial
bars show the strength of the
signal being received . If the signal
reception is good, press and hold
menu to return to the main display
screen .
6 Ensure that the Starmate 5 is tuned
to channel 184 . Upon power up, the Starmate 5 should tune to channel
184 by default, when it’s not yet activated . If it’s not on channel 184,
refer to “Listening to Satellite Radio” on page 65 to learn about how to
tune a channel .
7 Turn on your vehicle’s stereo system . Set it to play input from the
auxiliary input source .
8 You should hear SIRIUS channel 184 through your vehicle’s stereo
system . You are now ready to activate your Starmate 5 .
9 The audio level output of the Starmate 5 can be increased or decreased
as necessary to match the audio levels of other sources in your vehicle .
Refer to “Audio Level” on page 100 .
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