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## 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.