User guide

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.

4. You’ll first need to find an available

FM channel. An available FM channel

is one that’s 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. We recommend one of the following

methods to find an available FM channel:

a. Use the SiriusXM FM Channel Finder at www.siriusxm.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.

b. Manually tune through your local FM channels on your

vehicle’s FM radio. Locate and create a list of channels that

aren’t being used by any FM radio station. Write down the

list. Once you have created your list of available FM channels,

you will need to ﬁnd the one that provides the best match for

Starmate 8.

TIP! You’ll need to use the ‘Manual’ tune function on your vehicle’s FM radio

to tune through every FM channel one-by-one. Turn on your vehicle’s FM

radio. Start at 88.1 and use the ‘Manual’ tune function on your vehicle’s FM

radio to tune through each FM channel one-by-one (88.1 followed by 88.3

etc.) to locate channels that aren’t being used by a local FM radio station.

Write down each FM channel that has only static or silence on it, until you

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