The Radio Manager (RM) is a sophisticated tool created by Radionomy allowing you to program your Web Radio, as a professional user as well as for the simple pleasure of playing around with it.

In no time you’ll have full control of the software. However, it’s vital you really understand some basic principles and concepts, which are typical for any professional radio management software package.

This first part treats the different subdivisions in the Radio Manager, to introduce the concepts we use. Detailed instructions on the use of each simple component can be found in the next chapters.

These elements will always appear on screen whenever you’re using your Radio Manager.

1. Your Station Logo

The logo is the one you uploaded when you were creating your Radio on our website Radionomy.com. In case you want to replace the logo, go to My Profile on the website.

Submitting your details when creating your account you have chosen a personal thumbnail and you have aslo chosen a logo for your radio station. That’s exactly the logo you’ll find inside Radio Manager.

Changing your station logo

If you want to replace your station logo, go to our website www.radionomy.com, enter your login and password and go to Manage Your Radio, right on your screen right below your user name.

Managing your station logo happens on your Radio Page, which is the first option presented to you when you are logged in. We accept images in jpg, gif, png or bmp format. Your logo’s size may not exceed 100×100 pixels or 4 Mb in file size.

2. The Menu

The menu offers you access to the main functions connected to the fluxes, your radio’s appearance, your preferences, your subscriptions to preprogrammed Radionomy music flows or podcasts, password management, language settings (english or french), the choice of your commercial intro jingles and links to the help platform and the user forum.

Online help website for users : http://help.radionomy.com

3. The Radionomy Player

The player has 2 main functions : it’s where you can monitor your on air signal, but it’s also where you can “pfl” or pre-fade listen to selected tracks in the Audio Library.

1. Play your station’s live output signal

2. Play a selected track in Radio Manager’s main window

3. Stop playback

4. Title field or Station name field while playback is activated

5. Volume control

4. The Search Bar

This bar allows you to search the Radionomy music database and your personal music database.

1. Search field, Type the artist name or title track here, or the word you’re looking for

2. This button starts the search : after having entered your search term, click it to see the search results.

3. Advanced Search (more on that later)

4. Go back to search results. This button allows you to go back to the screen containing your latest search results.

5. The Main Window

When you’re first launching your Radio Manager, you will notice Radionomy’s RSS feed, publishing the latest updates on the radio platform, on the tools and the content you can benefit from. We ‘ll dive into the details on this Radio Manager section once we get to the different steps you’ll take when creating your Radio Station.

To read what’s in the RSS feed go back to the application’s Home Page , no matter where you are in the Radio Manager

6. Your Radio’s programming buttons

Now you get to the series of steps you’ll take to complete the production setup and your station’s management. Selecting tracks in the audio library, managing your clocks and playlists, creating day-templates using the buttons “Clocks And Playlists” or “Day Templates”. And there’s a button to upload your personal files. Selecting one of the buttons causes the associated drop-down menu to appear.

7. The Navigation Panel

The panel is always there, at the left in your Radio Manager, and it allows you to switch between the components that define your Radio, The panel changes when you’re switching from one component to the next. It’s always preserving its look ( like a tree structure with cascading boxes)

This is the view you’ll get when you have clicked ‘Audio Library‘ in your navigation panel,

1. Your Radio Name (in the example the station is called , ‘Echte tralala’).

2. My Library: the combination of Music Boxes, Jingles and Podcasts (content). Please note that you can either import complete music flows in your Music Library or subscribe to a Radionomy music flux. This means you’re automatically integrating the monthly added new tracks to your Radio Station.

3. My Music: All the music boxes managed by the owner of the Station

4. My Jingles: All the jingles made available to the Radio owner, originating from imported flows or belonging to your personal collection.

5. My Content: podcasts, imported by the Radio owner . You can also create your personal content boxes.

6. My interventions: Messages, announcements and last minute interventions you can insert in a playlist or directly into the day planning ( inserted after you regenerate your planning)

7. My Campaigns: auto-campaign, event promos, program promos or any recurrent item you want to insert on a regular basis for a certain period.

NOTE : items with an orange icon can be modified and edited. However items with a blue icon can’t be modified or altered, The blue items are connected to your automatic subscriptions to music flows or podcasts)

]]> http://help.radionomy.com/en/09-12-2009/first-steps/the-radio-manager-description/feed/ 0 http://help.radionomy.com/en/09-12-2009/first-steps/download-install-of-the-radio-manager/ http://help.radionomy.com/en/09-12-2009/first-steps/download-install-of-the-radio-manager/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:28:54 +0000 Valerian http://help.radionomy.com/?p=1225 If you’re not there yet, go to our website www.radionomy.com. After having signed in as a user and having set your Radio’s parameters (thumbnail, tags, station description,…), you’ll find the download button for our Radio Manager software at the right.

Be aware that you’ll only just see this download button after having created your Radio Station on our website.

So click on the button and download the file to your hard disk. Find the file (Setup RadioManager V1.3.0.16 ENG), and double-click it.

The installation wizard will launch now and it will start the installation procedure on your computer. Follow the onscreen instructions until you get the notification that the Radio Manager has been installed.

Then double-click the shortcut icon for the Radio Manager which you will now find on your desktop. (or find the Radio Manager at this location : C://Program Files/Radionomy/).

When this is your first use of the Radio Manager, you will be asked for your user name and password.

Use the same data you used to sign in to the website. As a login, use the email address you have submitted in your profile. If you don’t want to enter the login data each time you launch the Radio Manager, check the box that says “remember password”.

In case you forgot your password, go to our website and ask to be sent an email containing your password.

Your next step is to choose the Radio Station you’re going to use in your Radio Manager session. You do have the opportunity to create several non-related radio stations. A drop-down menu will give you the overview of the radio stations associated to your user name.

How to create another radio station ?

Go to our website www.radionomy.com, go to your profile and click ‘Manage Your Radio’. You’ll find this command to the right of your thumbnail, beneath the welcome message. In the ‘Manage Your Radio’ section you will find a link allowing you to create a New Radio Station.

Once you have chosen your Radio, click ‘Finish’. This is where the first part of your Radio configuration ends. Now comes a time to start programming your station.

The page allows you to specify the music styles that best describe the music program you’re broadcasting on your Station.

The page is about managing the visual aspect of your Radio. You’ll decide on what your listeners, connecting to Radionomy.com, will be able to learn about your Radio. You’ll also define how you will interact with your audience, how you manage your news flashes, news on your program schedule or any other type of useful information on your Station. It’s up to you to decide if these fields are displayed as public or not.

There’s only 2 basic information fields that are always published as default setting : your ‘Radio Page’ and the tags you associate to it. The other features are left to your own appreciation. Of course it helps to know that the more details you publish on your Radio Station, the more you’re increasing your chances to be discovered by a large audience. And they could be your fans tomorrow !

It’s the same page that offers you some communication tools to interact with your audience : a news tool, a survey tool and a tool to set up a contest on your Station.

You can get back to the ‘Radio Page’ any time you want and modify your info, add some more content or remove it…so why don’t you allow yourself some creative moments there ?

In case you have confirmed your registration, clicking the activation link in your mail inbox, you are logged in to the system. If not, go to www.radionomy.com and enter your login and password in the appropriate fields.

Click the Create Radio menu button. On the next page, click “Create a radio for your community”. You have now come to the creation page for your Radionomy Radio. The information you’ll enter here will help us to list your station properly, and to guarantee maximum exposure and campaign.

Your Radio’s Name

The name that will be displayed when people use the Search function, and the name that will appear on your Radio’s homepage. It’s the same name that will show up in the URL used to listen to your Radio (http://www.radionomy.com/your-radio-name)

Warning! You won’t be able to change or modify the name once you have chosen it.

This is the right place to draw your attention to a specific element in the general terms and conditions connected to the use of our service (terms and conditions which you have agreed to) : as a Radio Creator you formally agree not to chose a Radio name that violates copyright, including brand names owned by third parties, names belonging to the intellectual property of a third party, or names that are protected by legal notices whatsoever.

Tags

Choose the tags describing your Radio station : the type of programmes you will produce, your city or origins, etc… Leave a blank between every tag like in this example : HipHop Reports Graffiti Chicago

Language choice

This is where you choose the main language for your Radio Station. An English search of the website will reach your Radio sooner when it’s labeled as broadcasting in English.

Logo

Your Radio’s avatar. This can be different than your personal picture. The icon will represent your Radio all over the Radionomy website. The requirements for your picture are simple : it must not exceed 1Mb in document size, and it must be 100 by 100 pixels in document size. In case your picture is larger than that, it will be reframed.

member. It’s free and the registration procedure will only take you a minute. • Open your web browser and go to www.radionomy.com.

After having chosen English as your language, you’ll get to the home page. If you chose English, you’ll have the whole site experience in English from here on.

Then, on the home page, the new member subscription button is on the right of the website. You’ll see the button “Not a member yet?” Go ahead and click it.

The asterisk flagged fields are mandatory fields. You’ll be asked the usual registration details, and you’ll be asked to import an image to add to your profile. This isn’t the image illustrating your radio station yet. The avatar is attached to your user ID when interacting with other Radionomy members. You can resize the avatar after the upload has completed. Should you decide not to upload an avatar image, then you’ll be attributed the default avatar.

At the form bottom you will find the checkboxes you can use to accept the user’s agreement you’ll accept, working with the Radionomy service.

Please read the information included in the user’s agreement with care. By signing it you are accepting your personal responsibility for a number of important topics. Radionomy from its side agrees to take care of its legal obligations, the ones implying the respect for privacy and your private life in particular.

Please verify your coordinates and click ‘send’ to submit the data.

Now check your inbox, where you will find a message sent by ‘Radionomy Activation’. Click the embedded link.

Warning! In case you don’t find the email in your inbox, please check your spam or junk mailbox.

Now your email address has been verified, and you can continue browsing a short presentation, on the various options the Radionomy service is offering you.

• A computer operating on Microsoft Windows XP or on Vista.

• The installed .NET Framework 2.0 package.

• An internet connection.

Note : When we say you need a connection it’s only for the creation and the setup of your Radio. Once the station is running your computer isn’t in any way needed for the broadcast stream. The dedicated Radionomy servers are taking care of your streaming once you’re set up.

So, before you can dive into programming, and in case you don’t plan on reading this entire manual from here on, consider watching the video tutorials for each section that follows : You’ll find them on Radionomy’s help site http://help.radionomy.com