Congratulations on the purchase of your new Sirius S50 Home Kit
The Home Kit will allow you to use your Si rius S50 in your home or office to listen to liv e
broadcasts and sav ed content, and capture and store both scheduled and unscheduled
SIRIUS programming . The Home Kit is design ed to easily integrate w ith your home entertainment system and PC computer.
The My Sirius Stud io software included wit h the Home Kit will allo w you to supplement the
SIRIUS broadcast c ontent with your own MP3 /WMA library, when conne cted to a PC through
the USB connection on the dock. My Sirius Studio also allows for c hannel and image updates
automatically when connected to the SIRIUS website.
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® “SIRIUS”, My Sir ius Studio, S Series and related marks, the SIRI US dog logo, channel
names and logos ar e trademarks of SIRIUS S atellite Radio Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
WARNING AND SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FCC Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Canadian Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PACKAGE CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONTROLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Home Dock Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing the Home Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Synchronizing the Sirius S50 to your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Accessing the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Saving Songs or Shows with a Scheduled Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Warning and Safety Information
FCC Warning
This equipment may generate or use radio f requency energy. Changes or modifications to thi s
equipment may caus e harmful interference u nless the modifications are expressly approved i n
this owners guide. The user could lose the authority to operate th is equipment if an unaut horized change or mod ification is made.
FCC Compliance
This equipment has been tested and found t o comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
rules are designed to provide reasonable p rotection against harmfu l interference. This equ ipment may cause har mful interference to rad io communications if it is not installed and use d in
accordance with th ese instructions. Howeve r, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particu lar installation. If thi s equipment does cause h armful interference to r adio
reception, which c an be determined by turn ing the equipment off an d on, the user is encour aged to try to cor rect the interference by one of more of the foll owing measures:
Reorient or reloca te the receiving antenna .
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Increase the separ ation between the other equipment and the Receiv er.
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Connect the other equipment to a different circuit from that to wh ich the Receiver is con-
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nected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help.
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Canadian Compliance
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SOFTWARE VE RSIO N XXX X
This Class B digit al apparatus complies wi th Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numér ique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB- 003 du Canada.
Package Contents
General Precautions
Safe ty P recautions
Be sure to observe the following warnings. Failure to follow these safety instructions and
warnings may resul t in a serious accident.
Be sure the home d ock is installed as desc ribed in the installatio n instructions in this
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guide.
Failure to follow these safety instruction s and warnings may resul t in a serious accident.
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To avoid short cir cuits, do not open the u nit, and never put or le ave any metallic objects
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(coins, tools, etc .) inside the unit.
If the unit emits smoke or unusual odors, turn the power off immed iately, and disconnect
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the unit from any power source.
Do not drop the un it or subject it to stro ng shocks.
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If the unit doesn’ t seem to be working pro perly, turn the unit off , remove the battery fro m
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the media player, wait 10 seconds, replace the battery and then tu rn it on again.
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The following item s are included with your purchase of the Sirius S50 Home Kit:
Home DockHome Dock
AC Ad apterAC Adap ter
Windo wsill
Windo wsill
Anten na
Anten na
USB C ableUSB C able
PC So ftwar e CDPC So ftwar e CD
Audio Cabl es (2 )Audio Cabl es (2 )
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