Symbols used by XStream Xtra

This topic lists important symbols used by XStream Xtra and explains their meaning.

Contents

What are icons?
General symbols used throughout XStream Xtra
Symbols used for Internet radio stations
Symbols used for Podcasts Symbols used for Converter
Symbols used for Wishes Symbols used in Media center
Symbols used for the Player Symbol is not in this list?

What are icons?

Small pictures or symbols on the user interface are called icons.

Icons can represent functions, features or content.

General symbols used throughout XStream Xtra

Table 1. General symbols used throughout XStream Xtra.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Green plus sign	This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may add various elements, e.g. station, wishes, podcasts or files.
	Red X	This symbol denotes buttons, with which you may delete various elements. For example, you may delete stations from your favorites, delete media files from the player or wishes from your wishlist.
	Green arrow	This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting.
	White hand on a red hexagon	This symbol denotes buttons, with which you can stop running processes. You can stop individual recording and conversion processes, or you can click Stop all to stop all recordings and processes currently running.
	Pin	This symbol labels the Pin button. Click the pin button to pin the current category to the Home view. In future, you can go to this category from the Home view with just a single click.
	Pencil	This symbol labels the edit menu. Select a media file and open the edit menu to see all your edit options for this file (for example cutting, tagging or normalizing).
	File folder	This symbol denotes folders.
	Blue figurine	This symbol denotes artists.
	Note	This symbol denotes songs.
	CD	This symbol denotes albums.
	Text "Hit"	This symbol denotes popular songs in the artist database.
	Tag	This symbol labels commands for working with tags.
	Filter	This symbol labels the button for setting filter options. If any filter is active, the button is highlighted in color.
	Gear wheel	This symbol denotes files that are currently being finished.
	Yellow LED display	This symbol denotes views and features that are currently active and ready for activities like recordings and data transfer.
	Green LED display	This symbol denotes views and features that are currently running with activities like recordings and data transfer.

Symbols used for Internet radio stations

Table 2. Symbols used for Internet radio stations.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Yellow star	This symbol denotes radio stations that are included in your favorites.
	Bar graph	This symbol denotes the popularity of a station. The greater the number of bars indicated, the greater the popularity among XStream Xtra users.
	Green arrow	This symbol denotes both ongoing recordings, as well as buttons that can be used to start recording or converting.
	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. Note: If the yellow arrow even after a longer recording won't turn green the station might be unsuitable for recordings with automatic song cutting feature. Anyhow you have the opportunity to record this station continously. Later you may edit your continuous recordings to cut the songs manually.
	Radio with white eye	This symbol indicates that some stations are hidden due to customized settings for station quality. The eye symbol vanishes if you change the quality settings back to default, or if you choose even less restrictive settings. Click Manage bitrates and stream types to experiment with the quality settings or to change them back to default.
	Empty gray 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 continuously. Later you may edit your continuous 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.
	Filled gray arrow	This symbol denotes stations that are suitable for recordings with automatic song cutting features. The fuller the arrow, the greater the amount of songs that can be recorded per hour.

Symbols used for Podcasts

Table 3. Symbols used for Podcasts.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Purple radio mast	This symbol labels the podcasts menu.
	Yellow star with green arrows	This symbol denotes subscribed podcasts. If you subscribe a podcast XStream Xtra will download new episodes automatically as soon as they are available.

Symbols used for Converter

Table 4. Symbols used for Converter.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Red padlock	This symbol denotes files for which playback is restricted in some way. For example, playback could only be possible on this computer, or only possible with a valid music service subscription.
	Red exclamation point	This symbol denotes files on which an error has occurred during playback or converting.

Symbols used for Wishes

Table 5. Symbols used for Wishes.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Magic wand	This symbol denotes wishes, and recordings which were recorded by the Music wishes view. You canadd artists, albums and individual songs to your wishlist to get them fulfilled.
	Note with a green arrow	This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that are currently being recorded.
	Note with a green dot	This symbol denotes songs on your wishlist that have already been recorded (fulfilled wishes).
	Bar graph	This symbol denotes the popularity of a certain artist. Song wishes for popular artists are generally fulfilled faster than those by unpopular artists.

Symbols used in Media center

Table 6. Symbols used in Media center.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	List with a green plus	This symbol labels the button for adding files to the currently selected playlist.
	Photo	This symbol denotes files that are neither audio nor video files. This can e.g. be cover pictures (image files).
	Yellow LED display	This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Yellow means active and waiting for data transfer.
	Green LED display	This symbol denotes your Anywhere connection status. Green means ongoing data transfer.

Symbols used for the Player

Table 7. Symbols used for the Player.
Symbol	Description	Meaning
	Green check mark	This symbol denotes reviewed media files in a playlist.
	List with red X	This symbol labels the button for removing a media file from a playlist.
	Blue arrow	This symbol denotes linked audio files in a playlist. Linked files are not saved on your computer. Whenever you use the music search, you have the possibility to add a link to your playlist instead of actually downloading the file. Linked files can be played as long as the URL is valid and your computer is connected to the Internet. You cannot edit tags of linked files.
	Filmstrip with blue arrow	This symbol denotes linked video files in a playlist.
	Euro	This symbol denotes songs in your playlist that have been purchased from Amazon.