Internet radio receivers

[hmvman]

Thanks, I can not seem to add station from the main lists (I just get a vocal message) do I need to unplug my units?

It might be worth a try doing a 'power cycle' (turning off and back on) which is what I did. After that I was able to access the station list and save presets.

[peterthekeys]

I first knew about it last night: the stations apparently connected and loaded successfully (displaying the name of the station and the content) - but there was no sound. Apparently all the presets were stopped from working by the changes: the fix is to select each station again from the main lists, and then re-save it to the correct preset. (I've now done this, and have got most of my preset stations back: I've raised support tickets for the missing ones.)

Just a follow-up on this: the missing stations were back in the list within about 24 hours. Quite impressed with how Frontier Silicon responded to my support requests.

[peterthekeys]

Just got a new receiver:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Majority-Fitzwilliam-Hi-Fi-Tuner-Bluetooth-Black/dp/B07MTF8LQB/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=majority+fitzwilliam&qid=1559391696&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Previously, if I wanted to listen to internet radio stations on my main hi-fi, I was using the computer to connect to the stations and then piping the result into the hi-fi via a vast tangle of cables. I finally got sick of this, and decided to get a proper unit which I could add to the hi-fi system. I was encouraged by the reviews for this box, and astonished at the price (well below that of the competition). So far, I'm very impressed (set-up was straightforward, and the sound quality is superb.)

(So nice to be able to switch over to Audiophile Classical with one button-press, when something unbearable comes on R3 (seems to happen more and more these days.))

[cmr_for3]

Looks very good value. Enjoy it. You will never get tired of how easy something like this is to use (I tried various methods before settling on a Hama unit similar to yours) and nothing compares!

[Pulcinella]

Thanks for the info, peterthekeys, our radio had exactly the same symptoms yesterday and we were wondering if it had developed a fault. I turned the radio off and back on again today and when I tried to select a preset station there was a voice message saying that presets needed to be re-saved.

This (getting the voice message) has just happened with my Roberts Stream 202.
The stations were not even presets as such, but accessed through the 'Last Listened' option.
I have printed out the list of stations in post #101, and will use that as a basis to explore new stations.

[hmvman]

I have printed out the list of stations in post #101, and will use that as a basis to explore new stations.

There is a lot of fun to be had exploring the huge list of stations that comes up on the radio. It's very good displacement activity.....

[anotherbob]

Just thought that I'd mention this in case anyone else is having similar problems.

My Auna receiver uses the site Frontier Silicon Internet Radio as the portal from which it gets lists of stations and streams. Apparently they had a major glitch over the weekend, and have had to do some serious reconfiguration and reprogramming to get things working again. More here:

https://support.wifiradiofrontier.com/portal/home

I first knew about it last night: the stations apparently connected and loaded successfully (displaying the name of the station and the content) - but there was no sound. Apparently all the presets were stopped from working by the changes: the fix is to select each station again from the main lists, and then re-save it to the correct preset. (I've now done this, and have got most of my preset stations back: I've raised support tickets for the missing ones.)

(I've thought for a while that the use by these receivers of a single portal to access all the stations was a bit of an Achilles heel - if the portal hits a problem, all the stations vanish. Better would be to be able to tune into each station separately (if so desired.))

Some additional information and advice can be found here http://iradioforum.net/forum/index.php?topic=2764.0

[LeMartinPecheur]

Just got a new receiver:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Majority-Fitzwilliam-Hi-Fi-Tuner-Bluetooth-Black/dp/B07MTF8LQB/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=majority+fitzwilliam&qid=1559391696&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Previously, if I wanted to listen to internet radio stations on my main hi-fi, I was using the computer to connect to the stations and then piping the result into the hi-fi via a vast tangle of cables. I finally got sick of this, and decided to get a proper unit which I could add to the hi-fi system. I was encouraged by the reviews for this box, and astonished at the price (well below that of the competition). So far, I'm very impressed (set-up was straightforward, and the sound quality is superb.)

(So nice to be able to switch over to Audiophile Classical with one button-press, when something unbearable comes on R3 (seems to happen more and more these days.))

Thanks for the link petertk: I have taken my courage in both feet and invested, so old FM tuner and Humax set-top box should soon be pensioned off. (Don't tell them yet)

The Humax was supposed to be giving me this afternoon's R3 afternoon concert (Elgar 1st symph etc via Freeview channel 703) but I was not amused by frequent loss of LH channel and possibly other wandering balances. Was this just (local?) Freeview or did DAB/ internet users also suffer?

[Bryn]

Just got a new receiver:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Majority-Fitzwilliam-Hi-Fi-Tuner-Bluetooth-Black/dp/B07MTF8LQB/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=majority+fitzwilliam&qid=1559391696&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Previously, if I wanted to listen to internet radio stations on my main hi-fi, I was using the computer to connect to the stations and then piping the result into the hi-fi via a vast tangle of cables. I finally got sick of this, and decided to get a proper unit which I could add to the hi-fi system. I was encouraged by the reviews for this box, and astonished at the price (well below that of the competition). So far, I'm very impressed (set-up was straightforward, and the sound quality is superb.)

(So nice to be able to switch over to Audiophile Classical with one button-press, when something unbearable comes on R3 (seems to happen more and more these days.))

I note from a negative review on amazon.co.uk that there was a problem with the coax digital output. Have you tried this output? If so, what was your experience of its performance via this output?

[wzevon1951]

I've just joined this forum , so maiden post.......
Just written to the controller of Radio Three for the second time....he doesn't get back.....to tell him I was going "internet radio" to avoid the dreadful music on R3 in the late evening.
I bought a Roberts a few years ago, and found it a bit of a prima donna.. dear too. It works reasonably well though. So this time I bought a Peterhouse Graduate at about half the price, and it is doing pretty well. Nice tone. Should I have started a new thread? Just wanted to say hello really!!

[jayne lee wilson]

Hi Zevon....I see you list HiFi as an interest which certainly chimes with me.... hope you'll join in with the Proms discussions and reviews when they start next week.....

[wzevon1951]

Thank you for that. I'm surprised I haven't washed up here ages ago. Yes hifi of a certain vintage I'm afraid, never really struggled into the twenty first century as far as hifi. Barely struggled out of the 1970's and '80's! Looking forward to the proms.... the classical bits anyway.

[cmr_for3]

I've just joined this forum , so maiden post.......
Just written to the controller of Radio Three for the second time....he doesn't get back.....to tell him I was going "internet radio" to avoid the dreadful music on R3 in the late evening.
I bought a Roberts a few years ago, and found it a bit of a prima donna.. dear too. It works reasonably well though. So this time I bought a Peterhouse Graduate at about half the price, and it is doing pretty well. Nice tone. Should I have started a new thread? Just wanted to say hello really!!

Welcome to the forum. I'm a big internet radio fan. I've struggled to find a regular late night alternative to R3 do you have one?