Sirius radio locked, channel will not change from 000. SID number ending in 800

It is my understanding that they can get all the channels, but you do have the ability to lock out channels yourself. The SID number purely identifies that particular radio and subscription status.

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Plans and link to customer Care if you want to ask them

Plans
In Car & on the SXM App. Get the Plan That's Right for You.

Customer Care
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Sirius Mode Selection
While in Sirius satellite radio mode, press S-MOD (22a) (also the SHIFT/SCAN button) to select
from four available modes: Normal, Category, Direct Tune and Set Skip Channel. When the
Category or Set Skip Channel modes are selected, the corresponding icon appears in the display.
When the DIrect Tune mode is activated, the alphanumeric display appears.

Click on this link to get the user manual:

http://www.asaelectronics.com/techpdf/MSR4050G%20Owners%20Manual%207-11-05.pdf


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Once you change the radio to Sirius, change the channel to channel 0 (zero). It should show the Radio ID on the screen.

Is there audio on 184? It sounds like it just needs to be activated. Call Sirius with the SID #, and they can send a signal. Sirius' # is 888-539-7474

The SID # you need to activate that is displayed in two places. On the unit itself, and on channel 0. Try switching to channel 0 once in Sirius mode, and the SID # should be displayed.

Turn on the radio and put it to channel zero there you will see an alphanumeric characters that is the radio id or visit this link http://www.siriusxm.com/help.

I had attempted to contact Sirius for this answer and they had told me that you cannot retrieve the SID from an OEM installed radio and that it can be obtained from a sticker on the owner's manual.

In my situation my SID was not on my owner's manual, and after they had assured me that it was in fact there and I was not looking hard enough I requested to speak to a manager who had told me that an SID is not required for an OEM installed radio due to the fact that they can look each radio up by VIN as well.

You can lookup the SID on Sirius.com if the reciever has been activated. Customer service should have the number as well if you know the phone number used during registration.

1) Do you have a Sirius account?

2) Have you called Sirius and given the serial number of that receiver?

Those are the first two things you have to do to get a Sirius receiver working. (The original owner could have changed his account to use his new receiver, if he has one.) Go to http://www.sirius.com/install - the "activate" part - for details.