Internet radio with hörbert

Internet radio stations use what’s known as a stream URL, which looks quite similar to a typical website address.

Update your hörbert now to the latest “Butterfly” firmware to take full advantage of new features. With the so-called Browser Set Mode, a simple web-based interface for hörbert, you can configure your playlists for recordings directly on the memory card without needing a computer or the hörbert software. You can also store your home Wi-Fi data (Wi-Fi name and password) and activate special functions such as Bluetooth/pairing, Wi-Fi for web radio, or the microphone for voice recordings.

By the way: In Browser Set Mode, you’ll find a simple keyword search for suitable web radio stations for hörbert. This makes it easy to assign one or more streaming URLs to a hörbert playlist. Check out our video introducing Browser Set Mode – you’ll find it here:
VIDEO Browser Set Mode

If your hörbert hasn’t been updated to the Butterfly firmware yet,

you can still configure it to enable Bluetooth, internet access, and voice recording. You’ll need a computer with an SD card reader and the free hörbert software. The SET template below shows you which buttons to press in SET Mode to enable special functions like Bluetooth/pairing and Wi-Fi.

You can insert stream URLs from web radio stations into playlists as text entries using the hörbert software. These behave almost like regular songs in the playlist – except the internet radio keeps playing if you don’t skip ahead. You can skip through files and web radio stations using the playlist buttons as usual. Assigning multiple internet radio stations to one playlist is also possible.

Recording radio shows is simple:
Hold the black button and briefly press the gray button, then release both – recording starts immediately. Pressing the black button again ends and saves the recording. Meanwhile, the internet radio continues playing. Recordings are stored at the end of the playlist, one after another.

No Wi-Fi available?
When scrolling through the playlist, hörbert will indicate that it’s trying to connect to an internet radio station by playing repeated beeps. If it can’t connect, you can skip to the next track or wait. hörbert will cycle through up to 5 saved Wi-Fi networks before giving up.

Still have questions about internet radio with hörbert?
Check out our detailed FAQ page with all the answers you need:
https://www.hoerbert.com/faq/wie-funktioniert-das-mit-dem-internet-radio-und-mit-aufnahmen/

Some preparation is required to allow hörbert to access the internet via your Wi-Fi:

If your hörbert does not yet have the Butterfly firmware, you need to follow three steps to enable it to play internet radio:

Step 1: Activate Wi-Fi using SET Mode

• Turn on your hörbert.

• Press the SET Mode button inside the device.

• To check whether Wi-Fi is already enabled, briefly press the orange button on the front.

  • A high-pitched tone means Wi-Fi is enabled.

  • Two low-pitched tones mean it’s disabled – press again until you hear the high-pitched tone.

• Press the SET Mode button again inside the device to save the setting.

Step 2: Configure the memory card using the hörbert software

• Enter Wi-Fi login data on the memory card (requires hörbert software version 3.x.x or later).
  You can download the latest version of the hörbert software HERE.

• Launch the software, select your new hörbert model, and read the memory card.

• In the software menu, under Extras → Configure Wi-Fi connections, enter your Wi-Fi name and password.
  Note: Only 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi is supported.
  The SSID (Wi-Fi name) must not contain spaces.
  The password may include uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and the following special characters: ".", "-", "_".

• Add internet radio URLs

  Select one of the colored buttons where you’d like to add one or more internet radio streams.
  Click the “+” next to “URL” and paste the stream URL.
  (Examples can be found further down in the blog post.)

• If you also want to allow recordings of internet radio:

  In the content window for that playlist, check the box at the bottom that says “Allow internet radio recordings here.”

• Eject the memory card and insert it into your hörbert.

Step 3: Load Wi-Fi data into hörbert

• Turn on your hörbert.

• Press the SET Mode button inside the device.

• Now press and hold the orange button on the front – keep holding it until you hear a confirmation tone after about 10 seconds, indicating that the Wi-Fi data has been successfully loaded.

• Press the SET Mode button inside again to save.

Your hörbert is now ready to play internet radio stations at the press of a button.