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When you select an internet radio station on the media server, that station will play
until it is changed or it drops out. If several internet stations are listed together in a theme,
if one station drops out the theme will move to the next internet station and play it. If the
internet station is in a theme that also contains songs, when the theme selects the station,
it will play until changed, disregarding the other songs in the list. For this reason, we sug-
gest the following treatment of internet radio stations.
Load one or more internet radio stations onto the media server using the Internet
Radio Handler program mentioned above.
Create a new theme for these stations. Choose a name OTHER THAN Internet Radio
as this name is preassigned to a default music category.
Edit the theme in the Configure Theme window. The following settings are suggested:
Is a Playlist: Yes
PMA Prefers: n/a
PMA Effect: n/a
What to Play: Single songs
Add Music: Manual
From the Home page, select Music and enter the Internet Radio category. Click on
each internet radio entry (Name.pls) you want in this theme and choose "Add to Theme."
Options & Status
Schedules
Schedules are used to automatically select themes to play at specific times of specific
days. Schedule choices are based on days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and hours
of the day (a.m. and p.m.), but not based on calendar dates (23rd, 31st). For example, the
media server can be scheduled to select and play a certain theme every Monday at 8:00
p.m., but not for the 25th of each month. Schedules are a great way to automatically mix a
variety of themes during the day, as the media server is designed to play one theme con-
tinuously until another theme is chosen.
How to add a schedule
From the "Home" page, select "Options & Status."
Choose "Setup Schedules." Created schedules will appear here in a list. Existing
schedules can be edited or deleted from this page. Select "Add Schedule."
The "Edit Schedule" window appears for the new schedule.
Once here, select a day or days, hours (A.M. and P.M.), and Themes. To create a
schedule, pick the day and turn it "on" or "off." Select the hour and A.M. or P.M., then
choose the theme you want to play at that time from the list of Themes. One day may
have up to 24 schedules (one for each hour), and each schedule is created separately.
Each time (on the hour) that you want to start another theme, create a Schedule for it.
Internet Radio
You can set a schedule for
specific times of specific
days, rather than calendar
dates. So you can schedule
music for 7 p.m. on Fridays
rather than for the 12th of
each month.
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