Help for first time listeners

Internet Radio, sometimes called streaming audio, is one of the fastest growing Internet applications. The station is sent in a continuous stream of data from our servers to your computer, where you use a software audio player to decode the data and play the audio on your speakers. AM and FM radio is severely constrained by the number of frequencies available. The Internet has far greater capacity, allowing us to "transmit" any number of stations around the world.

Listening to the stations on CMRadio.Net is simple. There are a few basic technical requirements you will need, which you probably already have.

Windows 95 or higher:

• 90MHz Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent
• 32MB of RAM
• 16-bit sound card and speakers
• Internet connection
• Supported browsers: Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator/Communicator versions 4.0 or later.

Macintosh:

• Mac OS 8.1 or later
• 32 MB RAM
• 65MB virtual memory
• 604 PowerPC (200 MHz or better)
• Power Macintosh with a 603 processor
  100 MHz or faster (G3 or G4 processor recommended)
• Internet connection
• Supported browsers: Internet Explorer 4.5 or higher, or Netscape 4.5.1 or higher, but NOT Netscape 6

Linux:

• 90MHz Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent
• 32MB of RAM
• sound card, drivers, and speakers
• Internet connection
• Mozilla 1.0.1 or higher
• Xmms

It would also be good to have your javascript turned on (it's on unless you turned it off)

In addition, you'll need software capable of playing streaming Internet audio. CMRadio has been designed to work with almost all of the players available. You can use Microsoft Windows Media Player or RealOne® from RealNetworks® which you probably have installed on your system already, or better yet a streaming radio player like Winamp.

For more information on players available for your system, click here.

Installed and ready to go?

Go to our stations page and pick one of our stations. You will be asked a few questions so that we can provide you the best "stream" for your computer and Internet connection. The "Player" window will open. If you are using RealPlayer the controls will be in the upper right corner. If you are using a streaming radio player, the player will launch and you can use the controls on the player.

Be patient, the music will start playing in a few seconds after the player appears. The player has to fill a "buffer" which helps it to "ride out" any network congestion.

I'm Still Having Problems!

If things are still not working quite right, see if there is an answer to your question or problem in the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). If you can't figure it out, try the website of the player you are using or email CMRadio.Net Support and we'll try and help.