A Wifi Radio is also called Internet Radio, it is

a radio receiver that receives station that broadc

asting over the internet. Most of the radio is bui
lt with a WiFi connection to the internet, so it
is called WiFi Radio. More than 20,0000 radios all
over the world can be found on the internet, most
of the current AM, FM stations are broadcasting i
n a traditional way On Air as well as on the inter
net, so you have a chance to listen to these stati
ons from the internet.

What is the difference between the Traditional Rad

io and WiFi Radio A traditional radio receiver is
built with a demodulator that receiver the signal
from the broadcasting, there are two forms of modu
lation Amplitude modulation and Frequency modulati
on, so we call them as MW and FM. In MW, you have
Media Wave (AM)(520-1710Khz), or Shortwave (SW), (
3.00- 30 Mhz), in most countries; FM covers a rang
e of 88.5Mhz-108Mhz, either AM or FM, they can tra
vel over 200 miles ( 360 KM), FM goes not more tha
n 100 Miles in most area ( Depends on Terrain), so
you have no way to listen a station over that ran
ge; but the SW signal goes far due to the ionosphe
re or F Layer reflection, but it is not stable due
to the changing of the clouds and atmosphere, so
the SW receiver has had time to receive the statio
ns that travels over a half global to you, So, no
matter AMFM or SW, even LW, they can not be heard
over a long distance. But the WiFi radio can recei
ve all of them. WiFi radio receives stations as lo
ng as that station is connected to internet, so th
e WiFi radio is much better in receiving station t
han the traditional radio can do.

How the internet radio works

Internet radio or WiFi Radio is built with differe

nt modules. Different factories use different solu
tion to build up their radios, so the chips used i
nside radios are not the same. There are a few par
ts in the radio 1. Internet connection, 2.Codec fo
r the streaming data from the URL 3. Amplifier 4.
Speaker. It streams in the data from the url and p
lays back in the speaker. Most WiFi radio need a p
ortal support to stream in the station. The portal
website stores hundreds thousands station that th
e radio will retrieve from it. Different brand rad
io uses different portals to have their stations s
upported. Most popular portals are like www.iradio
168.com, www.reciva.com, etc. all of them will sup
port over 10,000 stations, but they focus on diffe
rent regions in the world. The popular Kaito IR168
radio streams in more stations from Asia, like Ch
ina and Korea while Reciva keeps more station in E
urope. Most of the WiFi radio is built with a feat
ure called UPnP. It enables you to play back the m
usic stored on your computer, but the computer has
to be connected on the local LAN.

How to use the radio

It is easy to use the radio. Just connect the radi

o to high speed internet via WiFi or RJ45, the bui
lt in menu will take you to the station in a few s
teps. The Kaito Radio streams in over 400 stations
from China while Reciva can do only 100+, but the
y all can streams in over 10,000 stations and grow
s everyday. The Reciva Grace radio integrates Pand
ora to the radio that enables you to play the musi
c from your Pandora account.

The Kaito WiFi radio gives more choices to users t

hat they add favorite station to the category they
can load in at the first beginning. The Kaito WiF
I radio is built with a SD card too, so you can pl
ay back MP3 music direct from the SD card. You can
direct select a station by using the remote contr
ol that comes with 0-9 numbers. The Kaito IR-168 p
roduces stereo sound, so it has an outlet that can
connect to the separate speaker to make stereo so
und from the radio.

The WiFi radio is a Wireless radio that can receiv

e stations from all over the world through the hig
h speed internet.