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FM

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
CONFIGURATION
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS

NAME

fm - control frequency, volume, mute/unmute of FM radio card

SYNOPSIS

[ -h ] [ -o ] [ -q ] [ -d device ] [ -t tuner ] [ -T none | forever | time ] on | off | + | - | freq [ volume ]

DESCRIPTION

fm is a program to control the frequency, volume, and mute/unmute state of an FM radio card, using the video4linux interface introduced in 2.1.x series Linux kernels.

OPTIONS

	-h		Print a usage message to standard output, and exit.
	-o		Ignore frequency range limits of card. Use if you suspect that the card supports a wider frequency range than its driver believes.
	-q		Quiet mode. Keeps information on station and volume from being printed on standard output.

-d device

Sets device as the device to tune. The default is /dev/radio0 .

-t tuner

Sets tuner as the tuner on the selected device to adjust. The default is tuner 0. Most radio devices have only a single tuner.

-T none | forever | time

After tuning, sleep for the time specified or forever. Time is specified in seconds by default. A suffix of m indicates minutes, h indicates hours, or d indicates days.

The -T option is useful with radio card drivers that only maintain the tuner settings while the tuner’s file descriptor remains open. Try using this option if running fm ordinarily produces only a single "pop" from your speakers.

	freq		Frequency to tune the radio to, in MHz. For instance, 88.9 specifies a frequency of 88.9 MHz. AM tuner values are also specified in MHz; for instance, 530 kHz would be specified as .530 .
	on		Turn the radio on (unmute).
	off		Turn the radio off (mute).
	volume		Specify the desired volume, in percent. Not all radio devices support volume control.
	+		Increase the current volume.
	-		Decrease the current volume.

CONFIGURATION

fm reads $HOME /.fmrc , if it exists, to obtain default settings. Each line may take one of the following forms:
VOL percent

Specifies default volume (default: 12.5%).

INCR percent

Volume increment used for + and - options (default: 10%).

TIME

Default sleep time (default: none ).

All other lines are ignored.

AUTHORS

Russell Kroll <rkroll@exploits.org>, now maintained by Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>. Sleep time feature contributed by Dave Ulrick <d-ulrick@insightbb.com>. This manpage written by Ben Pfaff.