Dialog Manage Stations
This article describes the Manage Stations dialog and the actions that can be carried out there.
Switch to the Radio view and click Stations, to open the Manage Stations dialog.
Contents
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Locate stations according to criteria
This article describes how you can locate radio station by specifying selection criteria (e.g. quality and genre). -
Manually add radio station
This article explains how you add an Internet radio station to the XStream Xtra station list.
Functions for managing stations
The Manage Stations dialog provides you with many practical functions that could be useful when dealing with radio stations. For example, you can:- record stations
- add stations to your favorites
- block stations, so that they will no longer be used for recordings
- open the station's website
- locate radio stations according to specific criteria
- create scheduled recordings with the recording timer
Symbols used and their meaning
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Yellow star | This symbol denotes radio stations that are included in your favorites. |
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Clock | This symbol denotes buttons for scheduled radio recordings. |
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No circle | This symbol denotes both blocked radio stations and buttons that can be used to block stations. Stations that have been blocked will not be used in automatic recordings. |
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Seal | This symbol denotes radio stations that have been properly licensed by the GEMA. |
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Bar graph | This symbol denotes the popularity of a station. The greater the number of bars indicated, the greater the popularity among users. |
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Green arrow | This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting. |
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Yellow arrow |
This symbol denotes stations which are recorded, but their currently playing song will be discarded. This is because the song would be incomplete, since it began playing before recording was started. The station will enter normal recording state as soon as a new song begins. |
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Empty green arrow |
This symbol denotes stations that are not suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record these stations continously. Later you may edit your contious recordings to cut the songs manually.
Note: Generally speaking, every station can be used for recordings. However, the automatic song cutting features are only expected to function for those stations that are indicated as being suitable.
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Filled green arrow | This symbol denotes stations that are suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. The fuller the green right arrow, the greater the amount of songs that can be recorded per hour. |
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