Add Slacker Radio Stations

You can add any Slacker Radio station to your Slacker Portable, including genre, artist, and custom stations.  You add stations from the Slacker Web Player with the Portable Manager tool.  You cannot add them from the Slacker Portable.  The number of stations you can add depends upon your player's capacity.

 

NOTE: For more details on the Portable Manager tool, refer to the Web Player's Online Help.

 

Stations Listed in the Station Tree

1.In the left column, click the Portable button to navigate to the Portable Manager.
2.Click the Transfer Radio Stations tab.

NOTE: On the left is the station tree with a complete list of Slacker genre stations, your custom stations, your recently played stations, and your favorite stations. On the right is a list of stations on your Slacker Portable.

3.Next to each station on the left is an Add button.  Click the Add button.  The station will appear on the right.  You may add as many stations as your Slacker Portable can hold.
4.Click Save. The Slacker Radio service will update your Slacker Portable the next time you refresh your player.

 

Stations NOT Listed in the Station Tree

In addition to the genre and custom stations, there are tens of thousands of artist stations.  An artist station will not appear in the station tree unless you recently played it or saved it as a favorite.  To add an artist station, do the following in the Web Player:

 

1.In the left column, click Stations.  (If you are leaving the Portable Manager, make sure you have saved your changes.)
2.In the Search for Artist Stations field, type in the name of the desired artist and click GO.
3.If there is an exact match, the artists station page is displayed.  If not, a list possible matches is displayed.  Click the desired artist from that list and the station page is displayed.
4.On the station page, click Send to Portable Player.

NOTE: The Send to Portable Player button also is displayed on genre and custom station pages.