I just bought one of these units off ebay and had my wife text me the serial info so that I could verify it's free to be activated. She found an ID number by the serial # that was an 8 digit code starting with the letter "v". I called XM and they were able to activate it under my account.........so does this mean that was the correct #?

 

I thought the only way to retrieve the ID was view channel 0?

the XM radio ID is printed on a lable on the module itself and stored inside the device and can be veiwed through channel 0

 

and did the unit activate? if so then it was the right number, also did the number match the number from channel 0?