Steve at Verizon wrote:
About a month ago, I asked here about internet radios, which was a new
concept to me. I was helpfully pointed at a few and checked out and
ordered the Roku Soundbridge R1000 for $250 (they also make an M1000
for $150, which connects to your hifi system instead of having
As I understand it, the app on the PC is a front end for programming the
Roku. In fact, after I sent it to my mom, I read in the User Manual that
there is a telnet interface to the Roku for command line commands.
Programming the Roku for the stations directly is very easy. For
example, I
Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What kinda novice are you?? It's a dead link!! ...or maybe it's only gud4
macs!! ;^)
Works for me. It must be information Microsoft does not want you to have.
Dude, the obvious problem is a line break. I used tinyurl to fix:
http://tinyurl.com/2zgfec
A few thoughts on this topic...
*) None of today's units seem to be able to play the newest streaming audio
format AAC (successor to .mp3).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding
*) Presumably these units will be worse than cell phones in an emergency.
Especially since the
At 11:15 PM 12/9/2007, b_s-wilk wrote:
Best feature is finding all the stations on its own. Worst feature is finding
stations you like out of the thousands it loads. Finding a dozen or so out of
thousands of radio stations on a shortwave radio is hard enough. I'd like to
see what kind of
I think I mentioned previously that the Roku site provides a free applet
you can download and which provides a web browser interface to the radio
to setup and program presets. Check the link to the user manual I had in
a message earlier today for screen shots.
Fred Holmes wrote:
At 11:15 PM
While I don't use a wi-fi radio per se, I already do this with desktops
and laptops throughout the house.
As noted in the past, I've all but abandoned terrestrial radio, save for the
occasional AM talk radio. XM, Sirius and MP3s in the car, MP3s and
streaming in the house and at work. I don't
About a month ago, I asked here about internet radios, which was a new
concept to me. I was helpfully pointed at a few and checked out and
ordered the Roku Soundbridge R1000 for $250 (they also make an M1000 for
$150, which connects to your hifi system instead of having built in
speakers).
I have a regular FM that is fairly hi-tech made by Sangean. When this
subject last came up I did a little looking around at the Wi-Fi radios
and discovered that Sangean is making a few that sound pretty
interesting. They might be worth a look if you are interested in this.
It's new and it's not new. I've set up WiFi radio in my house, but had
to do it on my own. This packaged version looks interesting for those
who haven't taken the time to program it on their own.
Best feature is finding all the stations on its own. Worst feature is
finding stations you like
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