# Introduction

Streamtuner2 is a simple browser for internet radios. It aquires its radio lists from various directory services. These are represented as "channel" tabs in the main window. Below are the category/genre lists (left) and the stations for a genre (right).

## How to select and play a radio.

1. Select a channel tab, like Shoutcast.

2. Click one of the genres in the left pane. For example Classic.

3. Now the right pane loads a radio list.

4. Double click one of the radio streams or use the `play` toolbar button.

Note that some categories can and should be exanded. In a few plugins (modarchive), the expandable genre/category brings up no station list on its own, while in Shoutcast and most others it's a valid genre in itself.

Some radio stations cannot be played, because they just have a homepage. (That's the case for all listings in the Google Stations channel.)

## What else can you do?

Double clicking an entry row in the radio list starts your audio player. But there are other functions available. Either go to the ▸ Station menu, or access the context menu with a right click.

Play, Record and Homepage also have buttons in the toolbar.

## Radio lists get stale

After some time, stream informations become obsolete. Therefore you should regularily refresh the lists. The Reload button in the toolbar (or `F5`) is your friend. You can also update the category lists with Channel ▸ Reload Category Tree and load favicons using Channel ▸ Update favicons...

You should only select radio stations and genres that you like.