The following are instructions and an example of using the TuneIn Radio task with live radio.
It is assumed that you have read the previous pages relating to the TuneIn Radio task, registered a username and password with the TuneIn Radio website and have specified these to SpeakOn .
'Live radio' refers to listening to radio broadcasting as it is transmitted which is similar to using your conventional radio but from the internet. As the stream is live, you cannot skip it.
To locate a station, you either browse the Index view in the Library or use the search facility. In this case we will look for BBC Radio 4 as all the features described below are available with this station. You can bring up the Search task either from the Main menu:
Radio > Search for radio stations or shows, or by pressing * Find [Ctrl + F3] or [Ctrl + f].
Type BBC Radio 4 in the edit control and press Enter. The Library is switched to Search view and you can navigate the search results in the usual way. When you locate BBC Radio 4, press the 'Select' [Enter] (5) key and the focus is moved to the Player; the station server is contacted and if all is well, the Player starts to play. Depending on the station, more streams of the same content, but usually of different formats, may be presented. The top one is judged by the TuneIn Radio server as the most reliable but you can switch between streams by using the 'Up' [up arrow] (8) and 'Down' [down arrow] (2) keys. The BBC has mostly switched to the WMA format.
You can find information about the station and the show (programme) playing if available by either using the Main menu:
Information > Station, or by pressing the Info [F2] (F: Info > Up 8) key.
You can find information about the station stream format from the Main menu:
Information > Format, or by pressing the*# Info [Ctrl + Shift + F2] (F: Info > Down 2) key.
You can preset the station if the focus is on the Player from the Main menu:
Radio > Preset - add
Similarly you can remove a preset (if it exists) from the Main menu:
Radio > Preset - remove
When you add a preset, under the Index view you will find another node called 'Favourites'. You can either navigate to it in the usual way in the Library or you can get to it directly from the Main menu:
Navigation > Move to Favourites in the Library, or by pressing the 'Nav' [F4] (1) key.
The 'Nav' key is useful not just to get to your presets but also as a way of getting to the Index view if you are in another view such as Search. Note that the Index node is always present below the node of an alternative view so you can always navigate to it this way; for example, if you search, the Index node is also present below the Search node in the Library.
If a station supplies its schedule information to TuneIn Radio, you can view it from the Main menu:
Radio > Schedule for the playing station > Date of schedule.
(7 day schedules are present)
Or you can view today's schedule by pressing:
'Custom' [F9]
If a schedule is not available for a station, you will be notified.
The Schedule view is presented in the Library. You can navigate the shows (sometimes called programmes in the UK) in the usual way; you can locate a show quickly by typing the first few characters of the show name you are looking for. You can also navigate Right within a show to listen to previous episodes.
If you wish you can visit the station website, from the Main menu:
Website > Station's website
You can report a problem with station on the relevant page on the TuneIn Radio website from the Main menu:
Website > Report problems with the playing station on TuneIn Radio website
TuneIn Radio recommend stations that you may like to listen to based on the station you are playing. You can view these recommendations in the Library from the Main menu:
Radio > Recommendations for the playing stations.
You can visit the TuneIn Radio main page from the Main menu:
Website > TuneIn Radio main page
Please note that the facilities available to you at any time are context sensitive; this depends on whether the focus is on the Player or the Library and on the information made available by a particular station to TuneIn Radio.
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