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Find Available FM Channels in Your Area
Before attempting any of the procedures below, you should park your vehicle
in a safe location. Do not attempt to set up your FM channels or any onyX
function while driving.
PowerConnect allows you to listen to XM audio through your vehicle’s FM
radio. You will first need to find an available FM channel, which is a channel
that is not being used by an FM radio station in your area. When you tune
your FM radio to an available channel, you should only hear static or silence
– not talk or music.
Once you have found an available channel, you need to tune onyX’s built-in
transmitter to the same channel to receive XM sound through your vehicle’s
radio.
We recommend one of the following methods to find an available FM channel:
1 Use the SIRIUS | XM FM Channel Finder
Use the SIRIUS | XM FM Channel Finder at www.xmradio.com/
fmchannel. Go to the website and enter your zip code. The
Channel Finder will suggest a list of available FM channels in your
area. For convenience, write down or print out the list.
Tune onyX to a favorite XM channel (or to channel 1, if it’s not
yet activated). Turn on your vehicle’s FM radio. Pick the first FM
channel on your Channel Finder list and tune the FM radio to that
channel. If you do not hear a local FM station broadcast, then tune
the onyX to the same FM channel. (Refer to “Set and Select an FM
Channel” on page 82.) You should hear the XM channel through your