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