Radiator

Radiator

For listening to and recording from popular radiocards: AimsLab RadioTrack, RadioTrack II, Reveal RA300, SoundForte SF16 - FMP2, SoundForte SF16 - FMI, Aztech / Packard Bell, Comp - Express, GemTek RadioCard, SoundForte SF16 - FMR2, SoundForte SF16 - FMD2, Zoltrix RadioPlus 108, serial port adapters GemTek RadioMan, GemTek Wizard Radio, Justy Radion-maru, Unit Rajikoma, AverMedia TV98 series (BT878), GemTek FMRadio 21 USB and SoundForte SF256-PCP QuadXtreme.
Should work on Windows 2000, ME, NT, 98/95. (AverMedia TV98 only on Windows 9x)

NEW VERSION 1.5.0.0 - 695 kB
(incl. English, Czech, Slovak, French, Italian, Hungarian, Brasilian portuguese, Swedish, German, Turkish, Spanish, Slovenian, Russian, Romanian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian and Greek languages)
If you did not find your language and want to help others from your country, you can translate it yourself - IT'S EASY :-) and send it to miroslav@flesko.cz - I will post it here for others to download. Thank you. You will find more information in zip file.

Version 1.5.0.0 (23/09/2000)

new installer and deinstaller
new shortcuts D and U (down & up)
support for external LCD fonts, added Cyrillic font
added possibility to record on-the-fly using Windows built-in codecs
ATTENTION: Recording using certain types of codecs (MP3 etc.) on computers powered by non-MMX slower processors could lead to system halt. Certain combinations of codec and its parameters could be incorrect (for example max. bitrate of DivX :-) is in its current version limited to 64kbit/s). It is advisable to make a short record and try to play it in WinAmp for ex. If you can hear anything it is OK :-)
support for GemTek FMRadio 21 (USB) - works on Win2000, WinME a Win98 (where is USB port supported) - just install USB radio driver (usbradio.sys) - separate download here (23 kB)
support for SoundForte SF256-PCP QuadXtreme (www.mediaforte.com.sg)
It is necessary to install drivers for the souncard itself and then MediaForte radio software for it (RadioActive). Version 4.00 is tested. As soon as radio start work on original software the Radiator should work also.
Radiator uses MediaForte driver located in system folders, so do NOT uninstall RadioActive. If you want you can delete folder where it is located (C:\PCIRADIO by default) and links in Start menu, but files in system folders should not be deleted. Scanning does not work yet...

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What is Radiator:

Radiator is freeware program for listening to and recording from popular radiocards AimsLab RadioTrack, RadioTrack II, Reveal RA300, SoundForte SF 16 FMP2, SoundForte SF16 - FMI, Aztech / Packard Bell, Comp - Express, GemTek RadioCard, SoundForte SF16 - FMR2, SoundForte SF16 - FMD2, Zoltrix RadioPlus 108, for serial port adapters GemTek RadioMan, GemTek Wizard Radio, Justy Radion-maru, Unit Rajikoma, AverMedia TV98 series (BT878), GemTek FMRadio 21 USB and SoundForte SF256-PCP QuadXtreme. Its look was inspired by ATI Multimedia Center - software shipped with ATI cards. It offers you: intuitive use, support of all key operations by hot keys, possibility to record in various sound quality using codecs including MP3 and WMA, mouse use include wheel, optional tray icon view, easy-to-use frequency editing and sorting stations, direct keyboard tuning, command-line switches, language modules support, ATI MMC integration, large range of languages etc. ...

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How it looks:

Hardware page	Recording page	Options page	Schedule page	Script editor

How to use it:

To install: Close Radiator if you are running it. Run setup.exe and choose Install.
To uninstall - go to Control panels - Add or remove programs or use Uninstall shortcut in Radiator group.

Prefferred way of using Radiator:

Preferred method of using Radiator is: run it on Windows start by copying its shortcut with parameter –thin -mute to Windows Startup folder. It will start it on every Windows start muted and as thin panel.

Hot keys:

M, Space, * ... mute/unmute
F1 - F12 ... stations 1 - 12
Shift + F1 - F12 ... stations 13 - 24
left ... fine tune down
right ... fine tune up
Ctrl + left ... scan down
Ctrl + right ... scan up
up ... increase volume
down ... decrease volume
PageUp ... tune up
PageDown ... tune down
Home ... jump to the start of frequency range
End ... jump to the end of frequency range
Esc ... minimize
+, U ... next station
-, D ... previous station
Backspace ... last station
Ctrl+R ... start/stop recording
Ctrl+T ... always on top
Ctrl+S ... setup
Ctrl+A ... about
Ctrl+F ... switching between thin and 'full screen' panel
Ctrl+G ... enabling/disabling global scheduling
Ctrl+C ... cancelling currently running script
Shift + clicking on close button ... Radiator closes but keeps playing.

Mouse operations:

mouse wheel up ... increase volume
mouse wheel down ... decrease volume
Shift or Ctrl + mouse wheel up... next station
Shift or Ctrl + mouse wheel down ... previous station

Radiator button: left click ... ATI TV Center menu - if installed ...
right click ... tray icon menu

Radiator label: right click ... tray icon menu

Station numbers: right click ... stations menu

Sleep timer button: left click ... start/stop sleep timer
right click ... when Sleep timer button is pressed,
then sleep timer menu appears

Thin LCD label: switching between station and date-time modes

Time LCD label in full window: if recording, left click switches view mode, right click popups the menu;
if not recording, left click shows the date
for 5 secs, doubleclick launches time&date control panel

Frequency LCD label in full window: left click shows the frequency for current station

Command-line switches:

-tray ... run in tray
-thin ... run as thin window
-full ... run as normal window
-mute ... run muted

Tray icon:

right menu ... menu
left button... mute/unmute
doubleclick ... restore window

Direct tuning using numerical keypad:

press 1 or 7, 8 or 9 (1xx or 7x, 8x or 9x MHz) and press other numbers.

For example:
press 1 0 6 2 5 - frequency 106.25 MHz
press 1 0 6 Enter - frequency 106.00 Mhz
press 1 Enter - frequency 100.00 MHz
press 9 8 Enter - frequency 98.00 MHz

Typing can be cancelled by pressing Esc, delete last typed number by pressing Backspace.

History:

Version 1.4.1.3 (08/09/2000)

added alternative port (284h) for SoundForte SF16 - FMD2

Version 1.4.1.2 (04/09/2000):

improved docking to be much more smoother (based on tip by Tan Tze Yong)

06/09/2000 - added Greek language by Nikolas Galanis

Version 1.4.1.0 (01/09/2000):

added support for Zoltrix RadioPlus 108, serial port adapters GemTek RadioMan, GemTek Wizard Radio, Justy Radion-maru, Unit Rajikoma and AverMedia TV98 series (BT878) (AverMedia TV98 only on Windows 9x)
added force mono/stereo button (useful with cards which supports it)
added new shortcuts for switching time/station mode of small LCD and for force mono/stereo

28/08/2000 - some changes and corrections in Spanish file made by just4fun

Version 1.4.0.1 (11/08/2000):

added support for RadioTrack II, Reveal RA300, SoundForte SF16 - FMI,
Aztech / Packard Bell, Comp - Express, GemTek, SoundForte SF16 - FMR2
SoundForte SF16 - FMD2
hiding/showing taskbar icon
scrolling text on taskbar icon
new setup program with possibility to select installation directory
fixed bug when maximizing from tray icon after -tray command
showing name of the station on hints of "Next station" and "Previous station" buttons
showing stations on LCD could be turned off (useful for Russia)
customization of LCD colors and scrolling speed
allowing (and disallowing) more instances of Radiator running at the same time
corrected code page table for ASCII mode to correctly display Swedish characters

06/08/2000 - added Serbian translation by Vladimir Curcic

02/08/2000 - added Croatian translation by Tumbri Brothers

31/07/2000 - added Polish language by Tom Hofman

28/07/2000 - added Russian translation by Alexey Hakimzyanov (thanks also to Dima Zub who sended it few minutes later :-)

- added Romanian translation by Radu Swider

03/07/2000 - added Slovenian translation (Robert Galle)

21/06/2000 - added Spanish translation (Claudio F. Galluccio)

03/06/2000 - added Turkish language (Murat Gundogdu)

06/05/2000 - added Swedish (Crispin Dickson) and German (Thorsten Stroeher) languages

16/04/2000 - added Brasilian portuguese language by Eduardo Brandao do Nascimento

Version 1.3.0.1 (01/04/2000)

now runs on any Windows NT platform incl. Windows 2000
script editor with large possibilities (incl. scheduling of:
recording in selectable quality, tuning by frequency, by number or by name, volume adjusting, muting/unmuting, launching other programs, posting messages, beeping in various kinds and more ...)
repeatable scheduling: running once, hourly, daily, ..., on mondays, ... on weekdays ...., only between ... and ...
can run as thin window which is so small (and nice ;-) it can be on screen all the time
new improved design
sleep and Windows shutdown timer directly from display
new hot keys (Ctrl+F, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+G)
new command-line switches
responding to Radiator's own windows messages
and more ...

26/02/2000 - added Italian language by Fabrizio and Hungarian by DEZMO

25/02/2000 - added French language file by Denis Astorg

Version 1.2.0.3 (12/02/2000)
- slightly optimized source code

Version 1.2.0.2 (10/02/2000)
- little speed improvement
- new hot-keys * a Ctrl+T

Version 1.2.0.0 (06/02/2000)
- possibility to disallow switching frequency while recording
- tray menu customization
- added Slovak language file (thanks to TomBart, Slovakia)

Version 1.1.0.0 (30/01/2000)
- language switching support
- Czech and English modules
- Microsoft IntelliMouse wheel support

Made in Czech Republic. ⌐ 1999 - 2000 Miroslav Flesko
Any comments and suggestions: miroslav@flesko.cz
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Last updated: 24/09/00 19:50

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