Appendix A

Tuner Reference

In this appendix you'll find a quick reference to the menus and panels in the Castanet Tuner.

Tuner Menu

The Tuner menu contains operations that apply to the tuner itself or to channels in general.

New Channel (Ctrl+N): Subscribe to a new channel on a new transmitter.

Listing Page (Ctrl+L): Show the Listing page (for getting a listing of channels on a transmitter).

Channels Page (Ctrl+T): Show the Channels page (for starting and stopping subscribed channels).

Cancel Transfers (Ctrl+C): Stop any current network connections (channel subscriptions, updates, transmitter listings).

Show Console: Display the Java console; errors and other output will appear here.

Update Tuner: Get the latest version of the Tuner software from Marimba's site.

Quit (Ctrl+Q): Quit the tuner.

Channel Menu

The entries in the Channel menu usually apply to selected channels listed on the Channel page.

Channel Description (Ctrl+D): Show the long description of the selected channel.

Channel Properties (Ctrl+P): Show the full properties (the author, update frequency, date last updated, and so on) for the selected channel.

Create Shortcut (Windows only): Create a shortcut to this channel on the desktop.

Subscribe (Ctrl+S): Subscribe to the selected channel.

Update (Ctrl+U): Reqeust an update of the selected channel.

Start (Ctrl+X): Start (run) the selected channel.

Stop: Stop the selected channel.

Unsubscribe: Unsubscribe from the channel. (Unsubscribed channels are still installed on the local disk but are not updated.)

Remove (Ctrl+R): Delete the channel from the local disk.

Help

Display the online help for the Tuner (requires a Web browser). The online help is stored as Web pages on Marimba's Web site or as the Tuner doc channel from trans.marimba.com.

Marimba: Go to the Marimba Web site.

License Agreement: Display the license agreement for this tuner.

Index: Show the index to the inline help.

User Guide: Show the user guide.

Browsers: Instructions on using channels from a Web browser or Web page.

Support: How to get support and help from Marimba.

Release Notes: Information about this release of the Tuner.

Pages

The Castanet Tuner contains several pages with different functionality in each. Those pages include

Marimba: The opening screen for the tuner. Choosing the Marimba button displays the Marimba home page in the user's Web browser.

Channels: Display the currently subscribed channels, sorted by transmitter.

Listing: Display the channel listing for a transmitter. The Browse button shows the list in a Web browser; the Refresh button updates the channel listing.

Hot: Available transmitters with channels that might be interesting.

Configure: Configure the tuner.

Configuration

The configuration page in the tuner contains several subpages:

Loading: Configure the time and frequency of automatic channel updates.

User: Configure user information (all optional).

Network: Configure an HTTP or Marimba proxy, if needed.

Options: Configure your connection options (direct or dialup; the speed of your connection determines how frequently updates will be made) and channel options.