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Basics
What is Yahoo! LAUNCHcast? What do I need to run Yahoo! LAUNCHcast? What do I get for free? How do I set up my radio station for the first time? What is the "Rate It" feature for? How do I turn off explicit lyrics? Why am I being blocked from accessing LAUNCHcast?
Connection Issues
Disabling and Configuring Ad Removal Software Firewall Configuration Proxy Settings Bandwidth Settings Reinstall Windows Media Player Software Protocol Settings
Rating and Customisation
How do I set up my radio station for the first time? How do I add music to my station? How does the Yahoo! LAUNCHcast system select music for my station? I rated an artist highly, so why won't it play on my station? Why is Yahoo! LAUNCHcast playing material that I rated "Ban" or "Never Play Again"? How do I save my rating after I click the rating tool? How do I un-rate something I accidentally rated? What are the rating levels? How do I edit my station from the player? How do I change the artist photos that are displayed on my page? How can I tell which genres a song belongs to? How do I add a descriptive message to my station for other listeners to read? How can I change my station name? How can I transfer my ratings to a new account? How do I switch to the 100-point rating scale? Why are my ratings not saving? Why are songs selected based on genre when I haven't rated any genres? What is a fan station?
LAUNCHcast Plus
What is Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus? What is a Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus station? How do I get a free trial to Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus? Is Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus available outside the United States and Canada? What audio quality does Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus offer? What are the skip restrictions with Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus? Does Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Plus have commercials? How do I cancel my premium membership?
Influencers and Subscribers
What is an Influencer? What is a Subscriber? How do I choose an Influencer? What does "Subscribe to my tastes" mean? How do I find out who I'm influencing? How do I remove an Influencer?
Moods
What is a Mood? How do I create a Mood? How do mood ratings and preferences work? Are songs that I ban within a Mood banned within my main station as well? Why is content playing in a Mood that is not the correct genre?
Fans
What is a fan? How do I become a fan? How do I prevent myself from being listed as a fan? How do I contact other fans?
Promoting Your Station
How do I share my station with friends? How do I become a featured member station? How do I put a link to my station on my personal web page? How do I share my station with friends? How do I become a featured member station? How do I put a link to my station on my personal web page?
Home Stereo
LAUNCHcast Troubleshooting
How do I get LAUNCHcast to work in Messenger 8.0? Why can't I pause? What are the restrictions on skipping? Why do I get a "not enough music for this station" error message? How do I get rid of the ads? Why can't I just click a song and listen to it? My music keeps skipping/cutting out. How do I fix this? What happened to the station I used to listen to? Why does the media test keep repeating? Why are songs showing in the recently played list that did not play? How do I configure my pop up blocker to allow Yahoo! LAUNCHcast? How do I report misspellings or errors in Yahoo! Music data? Why is my Yahoo! Launchcast Player getting stuck on “Tuning” and the song data will not display? How do I correct Error 14 - 80040241 : The source filter for this file could not be loaded. -2147220927? How do I correct Error: C00D10B5? How do I correct Error: C00D109B? Problems accessing your customised station through Yahoo! Messenger How do I correct Error: 80070005?
Browser Issues
Browser Requirements Internet Explorer 6.x Browser Configuration Flash Software Reinstall Browser Software