iPhone Car Help

Livio Car Internet Radio Help

Quick Tips

  1. To listen in the background using a 3Gs or a iPhone 4: just double tap the center button and swipe to access the player menu. there you can pause. pressing next track or previous track will cycle through your favorites stations.
    1. For 3G and iPad users, use the MENU -> Share -> play in background. This only works for compatible streams with Safari
  2. Accessing Free Stations: to access the free stations at any time select MENU -> Browse Stations -> then select FREE Internet Stations. If you don’t see the FREE Internet Stations menu, press the browse button on the top left of the screen. (or you paid for the RadioTime upgrade and all stations are now free)
  3. Favorites – We’ve seen a few reviews saying there’s only six favorites. You can store thousands of favorites by accessing the favorites menu. The first 6 are your presets.
  4. Stopping playback while using a 3Gs or iPhone4. touch the station name and the stop sign will show up stopping playback if you want to exit the app without using the iPhone “Kill” feature.

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Menu Tree:

  1. Home screen
    1. Station information
    2. Artist/title/song information
    3. Station logo and Refresh Stream button
      1. Press to restart the stream if audio stops.
    4. (i)RadioTime information button
      1. Email Livio for help
      2. “You May Like…”
        1. Shows other similar stations.
      3. Report a Problem to RadioTime
      4. Now Playing
        1. Provides information on the current stream that is playing.
      5. See Complete Schedule
        1. If available, you can see the schedule on the stream that you are listening to.
      6. Choose Stream
        1. If available, you can select other streams from the station to tune into. This is helpful if you are using the Edge network while in a car and want to use a lower bit rate stream. The higher the bit rate the more data required and the better the sound quality.
        2. We recommend using lower bit rates for poor data coverage areas.
    5. Tune dial
      1. Press to bring up the direct tune menu. This will let you directly enter a station by their station ID. You can share this ID with your friends who also use our application.
      2. Swipe the tune dial to scan to a station similar to what you are currently listening to.
    6. Six presets
      1. Press to recall.
      2. Press and hold to store. You will hear an audible beep and the screen will flash when stored.
      3. When you store a preset over an existing preset, the old preset is still in your favorite list and is NOT deleted.
  2. RadioTime directory
    1. Search box
      1. Search any keyword.
      2. You can also directly enter a stream URL to listen to a non-published stream on the application.
    2. Browsing stations
      1. Local Radio: Uses GPS to find local stations. To use this function the application needs access to your location which is an option when the application is first installed.
      2. Music
      3. Talk
      4. Sports
      5. By Location
      6. By Language
      7. Podcasts
  3. Favorites
    1. Recent stations: Shows recent streams that have been played.
    2. 1-6: Your presets.
    3. Below the presets are the stations.
    4. Use the “+” icon to add a station as a favorite.
  4. Phone
    1. Only available on phones. Will not work on non-phone devices.
  5. Settings
    1. Reliability filter: Default OFF
      1. This function will remove stations that often are not available or have poor reception. Note: Reliability is different than the bit rate. The bit rate is the amount of data and sound quality. Reliability is how often the server that manages the data is available to tune into stations.
    2. Replay last station: Default ON
      1. This will play the last station automatically when the application is launched.
    3. Disable screen sleep: Default OFF
      1. When “ON” the screen will not turn off. This can drain your battery so we recommend only using this if your device is connected to a power source, such as a car kit.
    4. Application support page
    5. Email Livio for help
    6. RadioTime account
      1. Login to http://www.radiotime.com to see your RadioTime favorites on our Livio application.
      2. You can sign up for an account that will put your presets in RadioTime’s online account.
      3. NOTE: The sync only goes one way. You should manage your favorites on www.RadioTime.com if you use this feature.
  6. Share
    1. Play station in background
      1. This feature lets you play certain stations in Safari while you run other applications on your device. Safari will not play all streams but this is a great feature if you are using Google Maps and want to listen to your favorite stations.
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