How to Best Enjoy Your Car Radio

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take note of what genres of music you like.

   Common genres played on FM radio stations include pop, rock, R&B, hip hop, urban contemporary, dance, alternative, oldies/classic, adult contemporary, light sounds, country and more.
   
   These genres are often ambiguous and do not necessarily have the same meaning in each market.
   
   And they may change over time.
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   Step 2: Flip through each FM station on your car radio when you are sitting still.

   Note which stations get a good reception where you live, and write down the frequency and the genre it plays.
   
   If you live near other cities, you may be able to reach other stations within an hour's drive or sometimes more. , Set each of the six buttons on the car's radio (most car radios have 6 buttons) to those stations.
   
   You could set one button to represent two stations close in frequency.
   
   For example, if you like
   100.3 and
   100.7, you could set one button to
   100.3, and just two taps up brings you to
   100.7.
   
   This could free up another button for another frequency.
   
   If you like a chain of nearby frequencies, you could set one button to represent all of them.
   
   For example, you could set one button to
   100.3 that also represents
   100.7,
   101.1, and
   101.5. , As long as that station is playing a song that you like and are up to hearing, there is no need to flip. , Keep doing this until you find a song that you like.
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   Step 3: Decide which stations are your favorite.

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   Step 4: When you start driving somewhere

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   Step 5: pick the station you wish to hear by default at the time.

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   Step 6: If the station starts playing a song you dislike or a commercial break

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   Step 7: move onto another station.

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