Tech Q's?: How To Listen To The New R2 New Internet Channels

We all have varying amounts of computer techi-ness, or, as my colleague Peter Cook (a.k.a. The BBF, The Blog's Best Friend) puts it, geekyness.

He has a lot. I have, well, less. Maybe you have even less still. In which case you'll be happy to see this new weekly feature called Tech Q's? where your technical questions (and mine) will be answered.

Today, not a question though, just an answer! Peter kindly walks us through how to listen to R2's new internet radio channels, which include classical, Canadian composers, Canadian songwriters, and jazz.

Over to Dr. Peter:

"Audio on the internet used to be a minor miracle . . . but a really lousy sounding one. Especially for music! Often it still does sound bad. But not when it's coming from CBC Radio 2.

Today we launched our new new Internet Radio Channels and we're pretty proud of the sound quality.

We know that listening to music from the internet is new for some people. And we know that some of you are frustrated by the limitations of the sound coming from your computer speakers.

So we've created some "How to" files to help you make your way.

• How to Listen to CBC Radio 2's New Online Channels
  
• How to Connect Your Computer to Your Audio System
  

There are lots of illustrations and step by step instructions.

Click on the links above and your computer will either open the files directly or ask you where you'd like to save them. You can even print them up for future reference if you like. (These are "pdf" files. They can be opened with software you probably already have on your computer.)

For future reference, these files are right at the top of our Help page. There is a Help link in the left-hand navigation menu of the CBC Radio 2 site.

One more note -- the Player requires Flash 8 or better (which is most likely already installed on your computer) and a high speed internet connection..."

Thanks, Peter.

Please check back next Tuesday when Peter will go over another tech issue on Tech Q? here on the Radio 2 Blog -- and, please feel free to send your questions in via comments.