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WELCOME TO T H E N E X T RAD IO U S E R MANUA L
HereyouwillfindageneralbreakdownofwhatNextRadiois,howitworks,andhowyoucanuseittogetthemostoutofyourlisteningexperience.ForaquickvideooverviewofNextRadio-Clickhere
WhatisNextRadio?NextRadio®isafreeAndroidsmartphoneapplicationthatcombineslocal,over-the-airFMradiothroughyourdevice'sbuilt-intunerwithenhancedcontentviatheInternettoletyouexperienceFMradioonyoursmartphoneinabrandnewway.Getareal-timeviewofwhat’splayingon-airandinteractlivewithyourfavoritelocalradiostations,allwhileusingupto92%lessdata,andupto75%lessbatterycomparedtostreamingradioapps.
NextRadiomayalsobeyourlifelineinemergencysituationswhencellularnetworksaredownoroverloadedduetoadisaster.BecauseNextRadiodoesn’trelyondata,itkeepsonworking!
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Headphones
Gettingstarted
WhenNextRadioisfirstlaunched,thephone’slocationisusedtocreateaguideofyourlocalFMstations.Ifyourphone’slocationservicesareturnedoff,youmustenterazip/postalcodetobeabletoreceiveyourlistoflocalstations.
Besuretopluginyourheadphones!Theyactasyourbuilt-inFMreceiver’santennaandthereforemustbepluggedinatalltimesforreception.
Next,chooseyourfavoritegenreandselectyourfavoritestationswithinthatgenre.PressSAVESTATION,thenyoucaneasilyaccessthesestation(s)inyourFavoritesGuidelater.Nowyou’rereadytostartlistening!
Chooseyourgenre Selectstations
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NowPlayingscreenOnceyouchooseastation,youaretakentoitsNowPlayingscreenwhereyoucanseewhatiscurrentlyonair.
Alongwiththeartwork,viewsongtitle,artistandalbuminformationforcurrentlyplayingsongs,programnameandscheduleinformationforaliveshow,ortitleanddescriptionofadsorpromosinsyncwiththeaudio.
Ifyouwouldliketolearnmoreortobuythesongyouarecurrentlylisteningto,tapBUYTHISSONGandcompleteyourpurchaseattheGooglePlayStore,orAmazonMusicStore.
Hearasongthatremindsyouofthat“onetimeatbandcamp”withyourfriends?ShareitonsocialmediabytappingtheSHAREBUTTONlocatedunderthealbumart.
WhenyouLIKEorDISLIKEasong,youaresendingthisdatatotheradiostationforthemtoseewhatyou,thelistener,wantanddon’twanttohear!
Tapthehearticoninthebottomcontrolbartofavoriteyourcurrentstationorthestopbuttontostopradioplay.Slideortapthecontrolbaruptoviewlastguideyouused.
NowPlaying-Share,like,buy&more!
InteractiveadvertisingTheradioadvertisementsyou’rehearingmightcomewithin-appvisualandinteractiveenhancements.Actionsyoumaybeabletotakewithinteractiveadsincludefindingnearbylocations,downloadingcoupons,placingaphonecallortext,visitingawebsite,andmore!
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RecentlyPlayedscreenSeewhatyourcurrentstationhasrecentlyplayedbyscrollingthroughtheRecentlyPlayedlistlocatedunderneaththesonginformation.Moreinformationonrecentlyplayedsongscanbeseenbytappingoneachone.Youcanevenbuysongsfromthislist!
RelatedContentCardsEasyaccesstoinformationthatrelatestowhatyou’relisteningtoisjustbelowthealbumorprogramartintheformofContentCards.ContentCardscouldbeanythingfromupcomingconcertstoadvertisements.Actionscouldincludeinstantlybuyingtickets,addinganeventtoyourphone’scalendar,findinganearbylocation,visitingawebsite,placingacall,sendingatext,andmuchmore!
RelatedscheduleinfoMoreinformationabouttheprogramyou’relisteningtomayalsobefoundinthisarea.Ifradiostationshaveprovidedtheirprogramscheduletotheapp,youcanseewhat’sontheairrightnow,andwhatyoucanexpecttoseeupnext.Dependingonthestation,youmaybeabletoCALL,TEXTandTWEETradiopersonalitiesorvisittheirwebsites.
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Browselocalstations
FavoritesListTheMyFavoriteStationslistisaconvenientwaytokeeptrackofyourfavoritessothatyoucanbrowsemoreeasilytowhatyoulistentomost.YoubegincreatingyourFavoriteslistwhenyoufirstopentheNextRadioapp,andcancontinueaddingfavoritesbyclickingtheHeartIconintheCONTROLBARnexttothestopbuttonforanystationyou’relisteningto.AccessyourFavoritesListfromtheNavigationDrawerwhichislocatedinthetopleftcornerofyourscreen.
GenreGuideTheGenreGuidedisplaysallofyourlocalstationsbygenreandisauto-categorizedforyourconvenience!AccesstheGenreGuidefromtheNavigationDrawerinthetopleftcornerofthescreen.OthertraditionalwaysofbrowsingthatyoucanalsofindinthismenuareFrequencyListandManualTuner.
LiveGuide®Blindlyscanningtheradiodialisathingofthepast.WithNextRadio’sexclusiveLiveGuide,youcancheckoutallofyourlocalFMstations’livecontentdisplayedinoneplacewhereyoucanmakeyourselectionbasedonwhatyouwanttohear.LiveGuidedisplaysalbumorprogramartfromparticipatingstationsinorderoffrequencyorfiltereddowntoonlythefavoritesyou’veselected.It’syourwaytopersonalizeafeedoftheliveandlocalradiocontentthatrelatestoyou.
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AppwidgetWidgetsareself-containedminiprogramsthatrunonthephone'shomescreen.Placeitonyourphone’shomescreentomakeoperatingNextRadiomoreconvenient.Intheappwidget,youcantaptheNEXTorBACKbuttontonavigatethroughyourgivenstationlistings.YoucanalsochoosetostopthemusicbytappingtheSTOPButton.Tapthebuttoninthetoprightcornertoexpandthewidgetscreenintothemainappinterfacewhereyouaregiventheoptiontosharethesonginformationwithfriends!
NewsfeedNextRadio'snewestfeature,Newsfeed,showsyouthelatesttweets,news,albumreleases,concerts,alerts,andmore;periodically(upto100notificationsoverall)basedonyourfavoriteradiostations!Todeleteanotificationsimplyswipeleftanditwillgoaway.
Youcanalsocheckoutartistandsongfacts,discoverandbuytoday'shottestsongs,seewho'scomingtotownandclickforticketsandsignupforemergencyalerts.
NewsfeedpullsthisinformationbasedonwhatyouhavesetasyourFavoriteStations,sothatinformationisrelevanttoyou.Throughacombinationofman+machine,wefoundawaytogiveyoucuratedmusiccontentthatmatterstoyou-allinoneplace.
Newsfeedcanbearesourceforrealworldemergencysituations(hurricanes,tornadoes,earthquakes,etc.).Theseemergencyservicesarebasedonzipcodessobesuretogointosettingstosignupfortheseservices.
Everythingyouneed,andloveaboutradiocomestogether-rightinthepalmofyourhand!
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TheNavigationDrawer• MyFavoriteStations-Haveastationyoujustcan’tgetenoughof?Additto
yourFavorites.Buildyourownlibraryofstationsusingtheappsoyoucangetintunefaster.Whileonastationyoulike,pressthehearticoninthecontrolbartoaddtoyourFavoriteStationslist
• GenreGuide–Notsurewhatyouwanttolistento?WithGenreGuidewe’llmakeiteasierforyou!WithinGenreGuideyoucannavigatethroughyourlocalstationsbyJazz,Hip-Hop,Sports,Talk,ClassicRockandmore.Allyourlocalchoiceshavebeenauto-categorizedforyourconvenience.
• LiveGuide–TheLiveGuidemakesiteasiertonavigatethroughyourlocalstationsbyofferingacurrentviewofeverythingplayinginyourlocalarea.Seesomethingyoulike?Tapthestationtogetintuneinstantly.jgjfjgjgjgjgffffffffjgggggggjjj
• Newsfeed–Helpbringyourmusictolifeandstayup-to-date!NextRadio’snewestfeature,Newsfeed,showsyouthelatesttweets,songinformation,news,albumreleases,concerts,alertsandmorebasedonyourfavoriteradiostations!
• MyLikes–WithNextRadioyoucanLikeorDislikewhatyou’rehearingbypressingthethumbsupordowniconslocateddirectlybeneaththeNowPlayingartwork.FromtheMyLikesscreen,youcantakeaction(buysong,shareonsocialmedia,etc.)atalatertime.
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• MyListeningHistory–ThisscreenallowsyoutoseeahistoryofyourlisteningexperiencewithinNextRadio.ClickMyListeningHistorytoseeachronologicallistofyourmostrecentlyplayedstationsandaudioeventstorediscoverwhatyouhavelistenedtoortakeadditionalactions.
• OutputtoSpeaker–Wanttosharewhatyou’relisteningto?Outputtospeakerisyoursolution!ByclickingOutputtoSpeaker–NextRadiowillplaythroughyourdevice’sexternalspeakers.Note:SinceyourheadphonewireactsasanantennaforyourFMreceiver,youwillneedtokeepthempluggedinforreception.Youmayalsouseaspeakercableforthispurpose.
• RefreshStationList–Ifyouhaveyoursmartphone’slocationservicesturnedon,NextRadio’sstationlistupdatesautomatically.Ifyou’retraveling,youcanforcethestationlisttoupdatebyclickingthislinktoensurethatyou’regettingacompletelistofstationsinyourlisteningarea.Ifyoudon’thavelocationservicesenabled,youmayenteryourcurrentzip/postalcodetofindlocalstations.
• BasicTuner–BasicTunerisatraditionaltuningfunctionthatusesnodata.Usethenavigationalarrowstofindspecificfrequencies.Withabasictunerlikethis,youcanuseitinthegymtotuneintoaTV,drive-intheater,andmore!
• Settings–Viewthesettingspagehere(Notifications,EmergencyAlerts,Support,SendUsLove,Interface,EndUserLicenseAgreement,FrequentlyAskedQuestions,PrivacyPolicy,Version)
• Quit–TapQuittocloseNextRadioandexittheapplication.
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SettingsNotifications–TurnofforonyournotificationsforNextRadiointhistab
EmergencyAlerts–Setthelocationyouwouldlikealertsfor.
Support–Havingissueswithyourdeviceandneedhelp?ContactourSupportTeam!
SendUsLove–GototheGooglePlayStoreandtelluswhatyouthink!
Interface–Haveaccesstoadata-freebasicTuner,SeekbyFavorites
ViewFAQ–Havequestions?Here’salistoffrequentlyaskedquestions.
ViewEULA–HereyoucanviewNextRadio’sEndUserLicenseAgreement
PrivacyPolicy–HereyouwillbedirectedtotheNextRadiositesPrivacyPolicyPage
Version–ViewwhatversionofNextRadioyouarerunning.
Havequestions?VisitourFrequentlyAskedQuestions.Visitoursupportpagetocommunicatewithasupportagent.OrviewourTermsofUse.
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