Getting started with DuoRadio Player
Finding a station, the click wheel, rewind and recording, the iPhone Duo and the extras, explained step by step.
What DuoRadio Player is
DuoRadio Player is an app for iPhone and iPad that plays free-to-air internet radio from around the world. It comes with more than 200 hand-picked stations, searches thousands more, and was built for the iPhone Duo's two screens. It is on the App Store, and this page explains how it works.
Your first station
- Open DuoRadio Player. A short introduction on first launch ends with a tour of the click wheel.
- Press MENU at the top of the click wheel to open the stations browser.
- Pick a station, or search by name, country or genre, and it starts to play.
- Turn the wheel left or right to move to the previous or next station. Press the centre button to pause and play.
- Press the star to open your favourites, then press and hold it to save the station into the highlighted slot.
The click wheel and the More menu
On an iPhone, the click-wheel player is the whole radio. The star opens your favourites, the button at the bottom of the wheel switches stepping between your favourites and all stations, and the button in the corner opens the More menu: stations, equaliser, sleep timer, visualiser, recording, recordings, Settings and Help. The equaliser and the sleep timer are part of Unlock everything.
Rewind and record
- Rewind: DuoRadio Player keeps the last five minutes of the station you are on. Go back 30 seconds, or replay the song that just played. A red block shows how far behind live you are, and tapping it, or holding the centre button, jumps back to live.
- Record: record what you are listening to, or save the last five minutes as a clip from Recordings. Recordings are for your own personal listening, and they appear in the Files app under DuoRadio.
A few streams play in compatibility mode, without rewind, recording or the equaliser. DuoRadio Player tells you when that happens.
Radio styles and visualisers
Choose how the radio looks in Settings, under Radio style, with a live preview of each one. The click-wheel player and the other handhelds work on every display. The boombox, DAB radio and valve radio appear on larger displays, the iPhone Duo's inner display and iPad. Tilt your device and the metal catches the light; the shine can be switched off.
There are 14 visualisers, chosen from the More menu or the visualiser button on larger displays. Settings has a Customise visualisers section for the pattern, activity, sensitivity and colours.
Using it on an iPhone Duo
Open flat, the radio fills the screen, and in landscape it sits on the left half with the visualiser and the buttons on the other half. Fold the Duo part-way and the visualiser takes one half while the radio sits on the other. Stand it up like a tent and the radio turns to landscape and fills the screen. On the cover display, the click-wheel player fills the screen.
On any other iPhone or iPad, DuoRadio Player simply uses the whole screen.
Free, and Unlock everything
DuoRadio Player is free to download and use, with the click-wheel player, one visualiser and up to five favourites. Unlock everything is an optional one-time in-app purchase that adds every radio style, every visualiser, the equaliser, the sleep timer and unlimited favourites. There is no subscription, and Restore Purchases in the app brings it back on a new device.
Questions people ask
Do I need an account?
No. DuoRadio Player has no sign-in. Your favourites, settings and recordings are kept on your own device.
Why will a station not play?
Some stations only stream in certain countries and may not play where you are. Streams also go offline from time to time. If one will not play, try another station, or the same one later. No login is needed.
Where are my recordings?
In the Files app, under DuoRadio.