Pandora Radio Question

[comstockhack]

I just got my DX last week and today is my first day off to really sit around and play with it. When I click on my pandora radio widget it goes straight to the first godsmack song which is what i put in the first time....i can't seem to get back to the search option to find other types of music....what am i doing wrong?

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[gcastilloo]

When you're at thatsong press the menu key. he four squares on the left and then you'll get the option to go to your lists on the left hand side. create another station from there. Get familiar with the menu button it will come in handy in almost all applications.

[comstockhack]

i hit that and i get "bookmark, buy, share, preferences and quit" not seeing anyway to change the station...thanks for the tip on that button tho

[UnlikelySalsero]

i hit that and i get "bookmark, buy, share, preferences and quit" not seeing anyway to change the station...thanks for the tip on that button tho

Before pressing "menu" button, select the "Song List" from the controls at the bottom of the screen while a song is playing. Looks like 3 horizontal lines, on left side.

While in song lists the menu key provides an option to create/change station.

Easy but not obvious.

[bloodoak]

there a way to add variety to a station? I'm not seeing the option.

[UnlikelySalsero]

there a way to add variety to a station? I'm not seeing the option.

I haven't done it via the phone... but it's cake if you do it via the computer.

I'll see if I can find the phone option, but about a year ago I wrote an article about Pandora on my blog (long before I had a smartphone).

For me, I set up all my stations on the PC, then enjoy them on the phone (and via the computer).

YMMV

<PLUG ALERT>
My blog is for dancers, but the Pandora article has nothing to do with dancing.

If you set up your stations on the PC, it's easier than the phone and I have some Pandora tips you might enjoy.

You can read the article here:
The Unlikely Salsero - Don Baarns: Pandora: Internet Radio That Works

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EDIT: I can't find any options for adding multiple artists/songs via the phone interface. Hopefully they will add that soon. I can't find a way to see the details about any existing station I have created on the PC (I have half a dozen stations, some examples are in the article).

They are missing lots of refinement controls on the phone interface, screen size makes it an interesting design exercise that is much easier on a PC.

If you do thumbs up/down as music is playing, it will pay attention to your preferences and refine the station for you.

If you start with one artist, rather than one song, you will get much more variety, because one artist may have a love song, a party tune, and an R&B feel, etc. (The longer an artist has been around, the more likely variety is part of their staying power.)

I sometimes started with specific tunes, if I want less variety. I've also done artists and tunes, and via the PC interface you're able to add multiple artists/tunes to one station, and refined it from there via the up/down controls.

I'm a huge Pandora fan... they should pay me for promoting it, but I'm guessing the checks lost in the mail.

[bloodoak]

ya I know how to do it on my pc, I have a certain mix that is huge and I like to add random songs I hear that sound like they would go with the rest of it. otherwise I have to note it to myself if I'm on the go and remember to do it later. Would be nice if they included it in the app, it's the only function of pandora I've been missing.

[DebianDog]

Yeah i was using Pandora before I ever heard of the X. Listening to it now AAMOF. Glad I was not "too stupid" to figure out how to add content via the phone.

[UnlikelySalsero]

Yeah i was using Pandora before I ever heard of the X. Listening to it now AAMOF. Glad I was not "too stupid" to figure out how to add content via the phone.

I may be missing something... did you find a way to add/modify existing stations via the phone?

Please share!

[DebianDog]

I may be missing something... did you find a way to add/modify existing stations via the phone?

Please share!

NO NO I was going over and over the menus trying to find the damn option. I just figured, "I was missing the option" somehow. I see now that I am not.