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Old Mar 21, 2016 | 08:36 AM
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Is there a way to separate Radio & XM Favorites into different folders? Since there are no radio presets for FM and XM, it seems that if I set some presets (Favorites) for FM stations and then do the same for XM stations, it lumps them all in the same folder. So when you scroll through your Favorites, it jumps from FM to XM. It would be nice if there was a way to keep the FM Favorites separate from XM, so when you scroll through you were not jumping around.

Am I missing something?
 
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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 11:05 AM
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I'm not sure what model you have, but on the 2016 CX-5 system the only way they are lumped in is to hit favorites and then, you're right they are all lumped in. However, if you are in a particular 'band' (XM, FM, etc..) than when you use the steering wheel controls (>) it will just advance through the favorites of that 'band'. So if you're listening to XM and hit ( >>) it will go to the next XM favorite on the list. If you're in Fm and do it, it will just go through your FM Favorites. Crap part is, if you have a long list of favorites, you have to go through each favorite between what you are currently listening to and what you want. If you're listening to classic rock on XM ch.25 and then want to check the scores on ESPN ch. 80 and you have five XM stations favorited in between, you have to hit (>>) six times to get to it, pain in the ***. I miss the days when you knew your presets and if listening to your preset one station you could just hit 4 to jump to your fourth preset.
But in answering your question about hitting favorites button and getting the list of all favorites on the screen, I have not seen how to seperate into files.
Maybe, 'cause I'm a little old school, I've never been a fan of steering wheel controls, but to truly enjoy this vehicle, you realize that they have designed them to be used exclusively for some things. The infotainment system isn't bad (could have been better) and once you get used to the control **** and steering wheel controls it's kind of easy to use.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 11:49 AM
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Thanks for the response. I have a 2016.5, and when I use the steering wheel controls to scroll through the Favorites, it actually did jump from XM to FM and then back to XM again since I only had one FM favorite stored. I'll double check but I'm 99.9% sure that is the case.
 
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