How do I use SiriusXM with SYNC?

SYNC®* 3 allows you to browse, find, and listen to your favorite SiriusXM** channels with a tap of your touchscreen or hands-free with voice commands.

Access SiriusXM

By voice

  • Press the Voice button on your steering wheel and say, “Sirius.”

By touchscreen

  • Select the Audio icon in the Menu bar at the bottom of the touchscreen.
  • Touch Source.
  • Select Sirius.

Find SiriusXM channels

On the SiriusXM menu of the touchscreen, you can direct tune, browse, and search for categories and channels, skip channels, lock out younger listeners, program up to 18 preset channels, and replay up to 45 minutes of previously streamed content.

Browsing and Searching

By voice

  • Press the Voice button and say, “Browse Sirius Channel Guide.” A full list of categories will display.
  • Select the Voice button and say the name or number of the SiriusXM channel you want.
  • The channel(s) will display.

By touchscreen

  • Select Channel Guide for a full list of categories.
  • Choose the category you want, and a full list of channels will display.
  • Touch View, and you can select the:
    • Channel.
    • Title.
    • Artist.
  • Press the Arrows to scroll to your desired channel.

Direct tune

Once you have chosen SiriusXM as the audio source, you can use voice commands or the Direct Tune icon on the SYNC 3 touchscreen to find a specific channel.

  • Touch Direct Tune, and a pop-up window will appear.
  • Select the keypad to enter the desired channel frequency.
    • To delete a previously entered number, press the backspace button.
  • Once you’ve entered the channel’s call numbers:
    • Touch Enter to begin playing the channel you’ve entered.
    • Select Cancel to exit without playing the channel.

Set Presets

Whenever you’re listening to a channel, you can save it by assigning it to one of the 18 available presets.

  • Tune to the desired radio channel, and then press and hold a memory Preset button in the row of buttons above the Menu bar of the touchscreen.
    • The audio will briefly mute while the system saves the channel, then resume playing.
  • Tap the Preset button to access additional presets.
    • The three horizontal lines on the right of the Preset button indicate which bank of presets you’re currently viewing.

Replay

Once Replay is activated, you can replay up to 44 minutes of previously played content.

  • Select the Replay button, and the system will begin storing content.
  • Tap the Seek Back button once to replay the last song.
  • Choose the Seek Back button multiple times to replay from the beginning.
  • Select the Replay button once to return to live audio.

Alerts

Setting an Alert, when available, will notify you if a previously selected artist or song is currently being played. You’ll first have to enable Alerts and then select those songs and artists you’d like to be alerted to.

  • Enable Alerts
    • Touch the Alert icon.
    • Tap the Enable Alerts button.
  • Select the artists and songs you want alerts for.
    • When you hear a song or artist you want to be alerted to, touch the Alert icon.
    • Touch Add to the right of either the song title or artist, or both, to add to your Alerts list.
    • A message appears on the touchscreen notifying you that the Alert has been saved.

Once an Alert has been saved, anytime that artist or song is playing on another SiriusXM channel, a message will appear on the touchscreen, and you can choose to tune to that channel, delete or disable the Alert, or cancel the Alert.

Skip

On the SiriusXM channel list, you can choose to skip or lock a channel so it cannot be accessed. Press Channel Guide for a full list of categories. Then press All Channels, and a full list of channels will display. Scroll down for more channels. To the right of each channel, you’ll find the Skip buttons.

  • Touch Skip, and that channel will be skipped when you are using the tuning buttons.
  • To turn this feature off, simply touch Skip again.

Lock

Locking a channel disables that channel. In the Channel list, to the right of each channel, you’ll find the Lock buttons.

  • Touch Lock.
  • Type in a four-digit PIN.
  • Touch Enter to confirm locking.
  • Touch Lock and re-enter the PIN to unlock a channel.

*Don’t drive while distracted or while using handheld devices. Use voice-operated systems when possible. Some features may be locked out while the vehicle is in gear. Not all features are compatible with all phones.

**All SiriusXM services require a subscription. Service subject to the SiriusXM Customer Agreement and Privacy Policy; visit 
www.siriusXm.com to see complete terms and how to cancel, which includes calling 1-866-635-2349. Some services, content, and features are subject to device capabilities, an active data connection enabled in the vehicle and location availability. All fees, content and features are subject to change. Content varies by subscription plan.