How to listen to 2XS Radio

The audio quality from our 'transmitters' is higher than any DAB stations, and equals the sound from the best FM stations.

For some years, this website has been a 'Progressive Web App' (PWA) which means that if you are using an up-to-date browser you can save / install / download the site and it will act like an App on most PCs and mobiles. To do this, look at the browser's menu (or the three dots at the top, depending on the version) and find an option like 'Install', 'Save as an App', or 'Save to home screen'. 2XS Radio will then be downloaded to your device and will operate just like an App. As far as which browser to use is concerned, well Brave is our preferred choice, but it, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, Yandex, Epic, etc, are all variants of the open-source Chromium project, so there's not much to choose between them. Firefox is also preferred by many. They all work well on Android mobiles. On Macs, stick to the built-in Safari.

As above, using your phone, PC, or other device, it's easy just to listen via this website, which automatically becomes a mobile-friendly App on phones and tablets. Clicking the 'power' button at the top takes you straight to our output. The audio quality is very high, and much better than many stations. Audio streams only use a modest amount of data, but do ensure your mobile package includes enough (as long as you have at least 1gb per month, you'll have no problems).

In the car, plug the phone's audio into the auxiliary socket (or use Bluetooth, if available) and you'll be impressed by our sound quality: it's much better than DAB radio stations.

At home, connect the audio output of your device to your stereo system to hear us in superb near-CD quality. You'll probably need a "3.5mm mini-jack to phono/RCA" cable, or you can use Bluetooth if both devices are equipped with it.

If you have broadband and WiFi, you can listen to 2XS with an Internet Radio, just as you would with FM or DAB. There are loads of excellent all-rounders with coverage of all bands and we used to recommend the Roberts 'Stream 94i', but there have been a lot of unreliability reports. The Pure 'Evoke' is cheaper - and more reliable. Be wary of devices branded as 'digital radios' as they often only have DAB: make sure it says 'Internet Radio'. DAB audio quality is generally awful - and many music stations are in mono!

Our broadcasts are available as 'secure streams' and although most databases are up-to-date, if we are missing, you might need to switch off your radio at the power supply, wait a few seconds, power it on again and then refresh the station list. If this doesn't work, visit the manufacter's website and ask them to update our details, as below:

If your radio allows you to add a station of your own, add us as '2XS Radio' and enter one of the above as the 'stream URL', depending on which your radio system prefers.

To play us on Alexa, you need to add the 'MyTuner' skill. Just say "Alexa, enable MyTuner Radio" to activate. Once that's done, say "Alexa, ask MyTuner Radio to play 2XS Radio" or "Alexa, play 2XS Radio on MyTuner". (You may need to enable the skill in the Alexa app under 'Skills & Games' if the voice command doesn't work.

In 2023, we finally managed to get Tune-In to remove us - after a battle! They were inserting ads into our output which is unacceptable. There are plenty of others, but most are 'pariah' sites which sell music from our output and insert ads. If you hear that happening, please let us know. But if you can, please listen here or on an internet radio.