lilturk1

yea guys i was wndering how do you display the info like what songs is playing and who the artist is whn listining to xm, kinnda like it does on some regular fm stations

joedashow

Push in the display button. It's the knob opposite the power/volume knob.

lilturk1

does that keep it displaying or do you have to press it each time for each new song

joedashow

You have to keep pressing it. However, when either the song or artist are displayed, hold down the Display button. If you do that, either the song or artist will stay displayed, whichever you prefer. I have it set to show the artist.

funcritter

Hey everyone!

Since this is related I thought I would ask in this thread. When a somg title is longer than what would fit on one display, I noticed sometimes the rest of the title would display after a few seconds. Sometimes the title is simply cut off. Is this an XM thing or is there a way to keep the display showing the entire song title?

joedashow

In aftermarket XM receivers, the title will scroll. But it doesn't do that in the Cobalt for whatever reason.

funcritter

It doesn't scroll. It shows part of the title for a few seconds then it will flash the rest of the title for a few seconds then display the bands name again. This is what I am asking about, this isn't scrolling. I have noticed that it will only occasionally display the whole song title on two lines. Know what I mean now?

As an example, play a CD that was burned with CD text. If the name of the songs is longer than what will can be displayed all at once, it will show the first two or three words for a few seconds, clear and display the last two or three words of the title. My XM does this occasionally on some of the songs too, but I can't seem to get this to do it for all songs on XM. It will do it for all songs played on FM. I'm thinking this is the way XM is sending out the signal.