[Electronics-talk] setting radios

[Ashley Bramlett]

Christopher,
Well, that's what I'm doing. I use the buttons to find stations; thing is, 
though, that stations are so similar, its not always easy to identify it. 
Guess I'll keep doing what I'm doing.
The radio can have preprogrammed stations. I'll get some assistance to 
program them; maybe it will be easier then.

You say you get music from other sources for your pc player and ipod.  Where 
do you get them?
Probably amazon.

I'd like to use music services but they are not real accessible.

Thanks.
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Christopher Chaltain
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:19 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

To find a station, I just press the up or down buttons, either scanning
or just moving by a small specific increment and then listen to the
station until I identify it. If it's one I want to keep, I add it to my
preprogrammed buttons and then I can just get to it in the future with
one press of a button. This is what I use on my night stand radio and my
car radios.

I find the easiest way to listen to music is with an MP3 player, either
a portable unit like a iPod or a player running Rockbox, or a media
management application on my PC like Winamp, Windows Media Player or
FooBar in Windows or RhythmBox in Linux. Either way, I can rip my CD's
or add music from other sources. With the right MP3 tags, I can just
select the music I want to listen to, either by artist, song, album or
genre. I don't have to worry about labeling and keeping track of CD's.

On 11/26/2013 01:31 PM, Ashley Bramlett wrote:
> Hi all,
> Setting up the radio station you want is with buttons on most radios; in 
> the past, you had a tuner knob to set stations and no digital way to 
> program in stations.
>
> Its important to see the station to know where you are.
> Are there talking radios? I know the ipods read you the station frequency 
> you’re at, but other than that, I can’t think of anything accessible.
>
> How do you find the stations you want? Just listen? Ocasionally with good 
> light, I can see the number. Otherwise, I have to listen and guess what 
> station I’m at based on the music played and number of times I’ve pressed 
> a button. For instance if I’m at 99.5 and wish to go to 98.7, I know I don’t 
> have to press the buttons much to get there, but if I wanted to tune to 
> 88.5, I have a long way to go.
>
> For music, I love cds! I find them most accessible as you simply put in 
> your cd and press buttons to go to the track you desire or play it on the 
> pc with something like windows media player, and still select your track 
> or listen straight through.
> Old fashioned, but I find its most accessible except for the ipod route. 
> Most music services such as rhapsody are not very accessible. Oh, nor is 
> the hd radio real accessible either. So cds, IMO, are one of the best 
> options.
>
> Ashley
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Christopher (CJ)
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