So you're ready to take the plunge and go to AAC+ with us?
Great!

Here's how you can make the switch.  One easy solution is to get a little program like Foobar and use that.  Or, maybe you can tweak your current player to work with AAC+...

First, what player do you use?

Winamp	iTunes	RealPlayer	Windows Media Player	Yahoo/MusicMatch Jukebox	Other
Wait! I use Mac or Linux!

Winamp
Good news!  You're already supported just by installing the latest Winamp!  However, you probably have the Thomson mp3PRO plugin installed so you can take advantage of the superior sound quality on the station's mp3PRO stream.  It will get in the way of the AAC+ stream, so here's what you'll need to do:

• See if it's installed.  Open Winamp and hit Ctrl+P.  The Winamp Preferences window should open.
• In the left pane, under Plug-ins, click on Input.
• In the right pane, look for THOMSON mp3PRO Decoder.
• If it's not there, you're already good to go for AAC+.  Enjoy!
• If it is there, double-click it.
• In the configuration window that opens up, uncheck the first box (it says "Enable") next to it.
• Hit OK on that window and Close on the preferences window.

iTunes
The bad news:  iTunes doesn't support AAC+ at all right now.
The good news:  It's likely that they will soon, as AAC+ catches on in the industry.
But for now, you'll need to try a different program.









RealPlayer
The bad news:  RealPlayer doesn't support AAC+ at all right now.
The good news:  It's likely that they will soon, as AAC+ catches on in the industry.
But for now, you'll need to try a different program.








Windows Media Player
This is a pretty easy one.

• First, go to this website to get the plugin.
• Click on GET IT HERE or the graphic right under that.
• Download the program and run it.
• The usual, accept the license agreement, hit next, etc.
• That's it!  You're done.

More good news!  It will now display the song and artist information, unlike the mp3PRO stream!








Yahoo/MusicMatch Jukebox
The bad news:  RealPlayer doesn't support AAC+ at all right now.
The good news:  It's likely that they will soon, as AAC+ catches on in the industry.
But for now, you'll need to try a different program.








I dunno, it might work.  Give it a try and let me know, OK?  
If it doesn't work, we still have the mp3PRO stream available at Live365, or you can try another player.







Mac OS X

You can use the VLC player to listen to the AAC+ stream.  It is distributed as a disk image. Download the Mac OS X package from the VLC MacOS X download page. Once the file has been downloaded, double-click on the icon. Drag the VLC application from the resulting window to the place from where you want it to run (suggested location would be /Applications).






Linux

You can use the VLC player to listen to the AAC+ stream.   There are binaries there for many different Linux distros, and source code in case your distro doesn't have a precompiled binary.  You may need to copy and paste the link into VLC to get the .pls file to play.