Comments on: XM Online Radio 1.6

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:46:35 +0000

I would also like to see the gadget grow in size when it’s undocked and placed on the desktop. I have an Ultra Mobile PC and while at work or in the car it would be nice to have a larger mode that would be touch friendly.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:13:40 +0000

Reid, we just synched up the channel list and Channel 131 is not included in the XM Radio Online channels. Sorry about that.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:07:51 +0000

Reid, We’ll take a look and see if that channel has been added to the lineup. The channel listings are controlled manually for speed reasons, but we’ll take a peek at the list today and add the channel if it’s there.

By: Reid

Reid — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:54:44 +0000

Hi,just added XM Gadget today and I’m already hooked! This is awesome! Nice clear sound! Just one small issue-was hoping to add: channel 131 BBC World Service, but can’t locate it in yr channel line-up, what gives?

By: Radicus

Radicus — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:46:49 +0000

Is there a way to change the audio output device from say speakers to Toslink, etc? Right now it’s set to speakers but I get no sound.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:06:47 +0000

David, it really does sound like it’s a Windows Media Player issue. We wish we could help, but there’s not much we can do gadget wise if the player isn’t working. The last resort option would be to reload windows and see if you continue to get the errors (a bit extreme, but if there’s a deep rooted problem with WMP, that might be one of the better solutions), or try re-installing WMP.

AOL works fine for you as they aren’t requiring WMP to stream.

By: David Lake

David Lake — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:29:09 +0000

HELP,

I have had persistent problems with getting the gadet to work. Seems to access the stream (gets song/artist information) but no sound. Gradually, the incoming stream peters out. This has happened with earlier versions of the gadget. Ocassionally, the gadet would mysteriously work for a while, but not all channels. Then, poof, no sound again on any channel.
I have also had problwms with the Windows Media Player and XM. It cannot play the music and I get the error code C00D10B5. I have tried Microsoft’s suggested solution of checking the “Connect to the Internet” box under the player tab. Still no luck in getting it to play music no matter which channel I bring up. Just get same error message. I have adjusted the firewall and cookie settings numerous times with no chnage in performance. XM seems to play fine when I access it through AOL.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

By: Tom Novak

Tom Novak — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:58:51 +0000

I did redownload 1.7 and it appears to be okay now. Thank you for the quick response.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:55:25 +0000

Tom, looks like it was just a weird glitch. Re-download the 1.7 beta again and that should be fixed. Please let us know if you run into any more issues. Thanks.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:32:22 +0000

Tom, we’ll take a look into that and see what’s causing it. It could just be a fluke or something that we’ll fix soon.

David, We haven’t tested the gadget on a hacked XP sidebar. Not sure what to tell you about this one… If we think of anything, we’ll let you know.