Karel, I'm not saying add a music player interface. That would indeed be silly. I, and presumably Chris, are talking about music information shown for streaming internet radio music. When I listen to Absolute Radio on my computer through iTunes, it shows the song title, album and artist, which is really helpful if it's something I haven't heard before. On the other hand, when playing this through BeoPlayer on my iPhone, I get none of this data. Many internet radio stations include this info in the data stream, and as you can see from the AccuRadio screen snap earlier in this thread, this feature is present in other apps.
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Beosound 8 is dumb
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Here you go Henry, try this app http://www.tunein-radio.com/index.htmlThe Beosound 8 is a wonderful iPod/iPad dock but regrettably is totally dumb and reliant on a decent app on the iDevice that you use. The Beoplayer app is totally useless having so few UK radio stations. Any one country gets no more than three or four stations as there are only 20. How much does it cost, or how difficult can it be to add a wide range of stations but there is still no upgraded version available?
I've not found, despite purchasing a good few, a radio app that will allow me to go to sleep on a timer playing music from the iPod player and then wake up to a radio station set with the alarm function. It just doesn't work.
Does anyone know of an app that can do this?
Or search for Radio.fx in Apple's App Store./Räuber
A lot of interesting debate that confirms my experience. The Beosound 8 is a superb iPod dock but is no more than a pair of speakers and amplifier that requires an intelligent iPad/iPod app in order to do all I want from it. I can set the sleep timer on the radio station I want to wake up to, but I can't go to sleep to music from the iPod and wake up to the radio. I've tried all the radio apps recommended in this thread, to no avail.
For going to sleep to music from the IPod use the CLOCK app and for waking up from the radio use the radio app.
For going to sleep to music from the IPod use the CLOCK app and for waking up from the radio use the radio app.
If you mean do this using the Beoplayer app, the radio stations are too limited and there isn't one I'd want to wake up to.
trustedreviews.com has done an in depth review of the BeoSound 8 and has given, mostly to my surprise, an overall 8/10.
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