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If you’re a fan of the Internet music site Pandora.com, you’ll want to take a look at the Livio Radio with Pandora.<\/p>\n
\nSometimes it’s just not convenient to listen to your Pandora stations on a computer. Options for a stand-alone radio have been scarce and expensive. In fact, the last Pandora-equipped radio I reviewed cost $500.<\/p>\n
\nThe Livio Radio with Pandora is just $199 (or cheaper at Amazon) and does a great job bringing the Pandora experience to your living room or stereo system.<\/p>\n
\nYou have to use a computer to register your radio’s serial number and your Pandora account. The entire online setup took about two minutes.<\/p>\n
\nWhen you power up the Livio Radio for the first time, it will scan your home for wireless networks and present you with a list of available networks. You can then enter your password and begin listening. You use the remote to choose letters from an on-screen keyboard. It’s not the best system, but I can’t think of a better one.<\/p>\n
\nYou also can connect the Livio Radio to your home network through a built-in Ethernet jack.<\/p>\n
\nOnce connected, your Pandora information is downloaded from the Internet and any Pandora stations you’ve created will be listed. Just pick your favorite station, and it’ll begin streaming in a few seconds.<\/p>\n
\nThe Livio is really designed around the Pandora listening model.<\/p>\n
\nOne of Pandora’s best features is the rating of songs via thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons. This was done on the computer screen before now, but the Livio brings those buttons to the radio (or remote) to let you rate songs as they play.<\/p>\n
\nIf you give a song a thumbs-down rating, it immediately stops playing and Pandora moves on to the next song. Pandora uses these thumb ratings to fine-tune your music selections.<\/p>\n
\nYou also can listen to more than 10,000 Internet radio… <\/p>\n
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