XM Satellite Radio

XM is a national satellite radio service that offers up to 100 coast to coast channels including music, news, sports, talk and children's programming. XM provides digital quality audio and text information, including song title and artist name. A service fee is required in order to receive the XM service. For more information, contact XM at www.xmradio.com or call 1-800-852-9696.

Digital Radio Receiver 

The radio controls communicate with the digital radio receiver via the serial data communication circuit. The digital radio receiver sends remote radio audio signals to the radio.

Viewing Messages 

Press the DISP or RCL button while in XM mode to view various pieces of information related to the current song or channel. By pressing and releasing the DISP or RCL button, you may view 4 different categories of information: Artist Name/Feature, Song/Program Title, Channel Category, and other Additional Information that may be broadcast on that channel. Additional Information messages may not always be available. If an Additional Information message is being broadcast on the tuned channel, the INFO icon will appear on the display. Each of the 4 information types may have multiple pages of text. To reach a category, press and release the DISP or RCL button consecutively until the desired type is displayed. If there are multiple pages of text for the selected information type, the radio will automatically display all the pages for that type at a rate of approximately one page every 3 seconds before timing out and returning to the default display. You may override this feature by pressing the DISP or RCL button to review all of the pages at your own pace.

Technical Information for the MP3/CD Radios 

The US8 and US9 radios will play both standard audio CDs and CD-Rs or CD-RWs. The CD-R/RWs may contain either standard audio (*.cda) or compressed audio (*.mp3). Customers who record their own music CD-R/RWs should be aware of the following:

• The files can be recorded on a CD-R/RW disc with a maximum capacity of 700 MB.
• The radio will play only compressed audio files recorded in the *.mp3 format. It also supports playlists that can be made and saved with popular MP3 software (in the *.m3u format). A playlist name must be no more than 32 characters in length. If the name of a playlist is longer than 32 characters, the radio will ignore the playlist.
• The radio will only play audio from a CD-R/RW, it cannot record audio.
• The radio will play a mixed mode CD-R/RW (one recorded with both *.cda and *.mp3 files). If a mixed mode CD is inserted in the radio, the radio will assign the standard CD audio to a directory which is listed as ROM audio directory.
• The radio supports multi-session discs, but only the files from the last session will be played.
• There are a total of 20 directories (folders) allowed on a disc. The file structure can be 0-4 directories deep (a folder within a folder, within a folder, etc). Anything more than 20 directories will be ignored. Each directory may have up to 99 files contained within it. Files not having the *.mp3 extension will not be played, but still count toward the maximum. Anything more than the first 99 files within a directory will be ignored. A single disc may have up to 254 files and directories. Anything beyond the 254 limit will be ignored.
• MP3 files must be written to a CD-R/RW in one of the following industry-standard formats:
  • ISO 9660 Level 1
  • ISO 9660 Level 2
  • Joliet
  • Romeo
• ID3 tag information is displayed by the radio, if available. The ID3 tag information can either be version 1 or 2. The radio will display the filename, song name, artist name, album name, directory name, and playlist name, etc.

If the customer does not follow these guidelines when recording a CD-R/RW, the disc may not play in the US8 or US9 radio.