Internet radio

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  • 007stuart
    007stuart Posts: 51 Forumite
    SONOS has all the internet radio you need from the Play 1 to the Soundbar. Par excellence!
  • SpanishBlue
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    ballyblack wrote: »
    don't need a radio. just download the app 'tuneinradio' to tablet,phone or PC

    http://tunein.com/

    Is there any way to store your favourite radio stations, so that you can easily switch to another at a press of a button? :huh:
  • Oblivion
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    edited 4 June 2014 at 11:40AM
    Many people overlook the fact that you can listen to internet radio with Windows Media Player (not to be confused with Media Centre). Open WMP and click on the little Windows (flag) symbol in the bottom left corner which opens up the Media Guide. Loads of radio stations to choose from. ;)
    Of course it does require the PC to be on which I think the OP is trying to avoid?
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  • DCFC79
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    edited 4 June 2014 at 12:16PM
    Is there any way to store your favourite radio stations, so that you can easily switch to another at a press of a button? :huh:

    I use the app on my phone and tablet and its quite good, you can choose to like a station or a song, if you like a station it will store it under favorites.
  • fenlander_uk
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    gs1647 wrote: »
    I would highly recommend Roberts, great sound:

    Roberts Stream 83i, cost £110-125.
    This is a nice piece of kit, but I find it hard to justify £120 for a dedicated internet radio when TuneIn radio does the job perfectly on my tablet and RadioSure is even better on my PC, because it can record anything I listen to. A decent bluetooth or wired speaker costs only a few pounds.
  • lammy82
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    I've just bought one of these for under £35 (new) off Ebay:

    http://www.whathifi.com/review/q2-internet-radio

    If you only regularly listen to 3 or 4 stations, I think it's a great concept. You plug it into a PC to set up your stations, and after that you just turn it over to select which preset you want to listen to, or put it face-down (or face-up) to turn it off. I'm looking forward to trying it out!
  • David_Aston
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    Bless you fenlander, my bro' broadcasts a film music show on city radio Sunday evenings. Thanks to your tip, I should be able to record it, going forward
  • bryanb
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    edited 4 June 2014 at 2:11PM
    lammy82 wrote: »
    I've just bought one of these for under £35 (new) off Ebay:

    http://www.whathifi.com/review/q2-internet-radio

    If you only regularly listen to 3 or 4 stations, I think it's a great concept. You plug it into a PC to set up your stations, and after that you just turn it over to select which preset you want to listen to, or put it face-down (or face-up) to turn it off. I'm looking forward to trying it out!

    Thanks Lammy, could you come back please and tell me how it sounds. BB

    Edit, Just had a look at the spec, not sure if you can operate it on mains elec, perhaps just leaving the charger connected?
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • SpanishBlue
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    DCFC79 wrote: »
    I use the app on my phone and tablet and its quite good, you can choose to like a station or a song, if you like a station it will store it under favorites.

    Thanks, but I'm using it right now on my laptop. Whilst there is an option to "Follow", I can't see how to add as a favourite. Even when I have "Followed" a few radio stations, there does not appear to be an option to call up the list so that I can choose which one I want to listen to.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    I wonder if that changes if you sign up/sign in to TuneIn? Or whether it is a Pro-only option?

    Of course there's also the Radio Player app - this definitely does support favourites. :)
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