![]() ![]() In testing at the Macworld offices and a few residences of Macworld staff members, we found the reception to be decent, although not quite as good as a quality radio. However, we could only listen to the radio at a small number of sites, so we can’t vouch for what the reception would be like at your home or office. To be honest, a USB radio isn’t very interesting. What has made the RadioShark a topic of interest over the past 14 months has been its combination of hardware and software. RADIOSHARK HIGH POINT SOFTWAREĪnd I can confirm that the RadioShark software does deliver on what it promises, although (as you might expect from a first version of any software) it’s not without some quirks. The main RadioShark application interface is a metallic, iTunes-style window. ![]() A slider along the top lets you change frequencies - there doesn’t seem to be a way to change frequencies by typing in a number. There are three buttons on either side of the “dial,” and a volume slider right below it. On the left, the Band button lets you switch between AM and FM the Seek button advances the frequency until it finds a strong signal and the Rec button automatically begins recording what you’re listening to. On the right, the Sched button opens up a window that lets you set up or play back scheduled recordings EQ lets you process the radio sound iTunes-style with an equalizer, and TS slides out a drawer below the main window containing “time-shifting” playback features. You can play back recording items from within RadioShark’s scheduling window, but an easier path is to set the program’s preferences to automatically add your recordings to a special RadioShark playlist within iTunes. RadioShark’s time-shifting features work as advertised, although as a TiVo user I found it a little disconcerting to be able to listen to myself changing radio stations - on TiVo digital-video recorders, the recording buffer is wiped out when you change channels. Here, you can listen to music for 30 minutes, then switch to news - and still back up into the music. The size of the recording buffer is completely configurable (as long as you’ve got enough hard-drive space), and you can also configure just how many seconds you skip when you press the Rewind and Forward buttons - a 15- or 30- second skip works great when skipping ads. RadioShark is actually two different applications - the interface application and a background server application. This means you can quit out of RadioShark and the program will still grab your scheduled recordings. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.And if you check the Accumulates When Closed preference, RadioShark will even continue to record the live radio buffer while it’s closed. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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