Yamaha RX-V3900 User Manual

Once you have installed the XM Mini-Tuner Home Dock, 
inserted the XM Mini-Tuner, connected the XM Mini-
Tuner Home Dock to your XM Ready

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 home audio 

system, and installed the antenna, you are ready to 
subscribe and begin receiving XM programming. There 
are three places to find your eight character XM Radio ID: 
On the XM Mini-Tuner, on the XM Mini-Tuner package, 
and on XM Channel 0. Record the XM Radio ID in the 
following eight squares for reference.

The XM Radio ID does not use the letters “I”, “O”, “S” or “F”. 
Activate your XM Satellite Radio service in the U.S. online at 
http://activate.xmradio.com/ or call 1-800-XM-RADIO (1-800-
967-2346). Activate your XM Satellite Radio service in Canada 
online at https://activate.xmradio.ca/ or call 1-877-GET-XMSR 
(1-877-438-9677). You will need a major credit card. XM will 
send a signal from the satellites to activate the full channel 
lineup. Activation normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, but during 
peak busy periods you may need to keep your XM Ready home 
audio system on for up to an hour. When you can access the full 
lineup on your XM Ready home audio system you are done.

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INPUT selector (or press 

3

XM) to select “XM” as the input source.

The cursor on the left of the XM indicator lights up in 
the front panel display and the XM Satellite Radio 
information (such as channel number, channel name, 
category, artist name, or song title) for the currently 
selected channel appears in the front panel display.

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When you select “XM” as the input source, this unit 
automatically recalls the previously selected channel.

• The XM Satellite Radio signals cannot be output at the 

analog AUDIO OUT jacks.

• If a status message or an error message appears in the front 

panel display or in the GUI screen, see “XM Satellite 
Radio” (page 130)

Search for a channel by using one of the XM 
Satellite Radio search modes.
• To select a channel from the all channel list, see 

“All Channel Search mode” (page 54).

• To select a channel by category, see “Category 

Search mode” (page 54).

• To select a channel from the preset channels, see 

“Preset Search mode” (page 55).

• To select the desired channel directly by entering 

the channel number, see “Direct number access 
mode” (page 55).

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• You can use the Neural Surround decoder to enjoy the XM HD 

surround sound content of the XM Satellite Radio broadcasts in 
multi-channels (page 74).

• You can set the XM Satellite Radio preset channels (page 55).
• You can display the XM Satellite Radio information in the front 

panel display or in the GUI screen (page 56).

■ All Channel Search mode

H

SEARCH MODE (or ISRCH 

MODE) repeatedly to select “ALL CH 
SEARCH”.

F

PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 

9

PRESET/CH k / n) repeatedly to search 

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You can search for a channel quickly by pressing and holding 
FPRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 9PRESET/CH k / n).

■ Category Search mode

H

SEARCH MODE (or ISRCH 

MODE) repeatedly to select “CAT SEARCH”.

J

CATEGORY (or 9A-E/CAT. l / h) 

F

PRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 

9

PRESET/CH k / n) repeatedly to search 

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You can search for a channel quickly by pressing and holding 
FPRESET/TUNING/CH l / h (or 9PRESET/CH k / n).

Before performing the following operations, set the operation 
mode selector on the remote control to FSOURCE.

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