How to Activate XM Radio Online

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Satellite radio is the wave of the future for listening to your favorite music. It gives you musical and other radio choices that were never available years ago. One of them most popular satellite radio systems is XM. Once you have made the commitment and purchase an XM radio you will need to activate it. You have 2 choices to activate your XM radio. You can either activate your XM radio online or you can activate it over the phone.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

An Internet connection
1 credit card
1 XM radio connected to a power source and antenna

Get Your XM Radio Activated Online

Step1

Turn on your XM radio and tune it to channel 0. The display will read your XM radio's identification number. This number will include both letters and numbers. Write this number down and head to your computer.

Step2

Log onto the Internet and go to the XM radio website. A high speed connection to the Internet will make this go faster, but you can activate your XM radio online with dial up.

Step3

Click on the tab that says to activate a new XM radio. This will take you to a screen where you will enter your XM radio's identification number. Type this in.

Step4

Choose a screen name and password to make an account on the XM web site. The screen name should be something that you will easily remember. The password needs to be at least 7 characters long and include 1 capital letter, 1 lowercase letter, and 1 number.

Step5

Enter your personal information for the activation of your XM radio. This information will include your name, address, and email address. You will also need to choose which service plan you will want to purchase for your XM radio. Enter your credit card payment to finish purchasing your activation of your XM radio online.

Step6

Turn on your XM radio and tune it to channel 1. XM will send a signal out to your XM radio to activate it. You will need to leave the radio tuned to channel 1 for 15 to 20 minutes to activate it.

Tips & Warnings

There are many service plans to choose from when you activate your XM radio online. The longer the plan that you are paying for now, the bigger the discount that you will get on paying for your XM service.
To finish activating your XM radio online you must turn on your XM radio within 1 hour of making the payment. The signal that XM sends to your XM radio is only good for that long. If you do not turn on the XM radio during that time frame you will have to get XM to refresh your signal.