Radio (AM/FM Tuner)

Your truck still has its factory AM/FM radio, and xOverland gives it a big, glanceable face right inside the app. Pick Radio as your audio source and the Music page turns into a full-screen tuner: a giant frequency readout, one-tap seek and tune, and six numbered presets sized for gloved fingers. Behind the scenes it's driving the vehicle's built-in radio through the head-unit connection, so the sound comes out of your truck's speakers exactly as it always has.

Where to find it: Bottom dock › Music › tap the round source icon (top-left of the Music page) › choose Radio (the amber dial icon, labeled "FM · AM"). The Music page immediately becomes the tuner.

When you'll use it: Catching the game or the morning show, scanning for a local station on a road trip, or just wanting broadcast radio without pulling out your phone. Because it's the truck's own radio, it works with no phone, no data, and no streaming subscription.

The screen, part by part

When Radio is the selected source, the Music page shows a warm dark amber-to-black background and these elements, top to bottom:

• Status dot and label (top). A small colored dot with a word tells you what the tuner is actually doing:
  • LIVE (green) — the app is talking to your truck's radio. Everything on this page is real and controls work.
  • PREVIEW (amber) — you're seeing a styled demo (for example, on a bench or emulator). Buttons are shown but there's no real radio behind them.
  • READ-ONLY (dim gray) — the head unit isn't connected yet, so the tuner is display-only and the buttons are dimmed.
• The big frequency. The current station fills most of the screen in huge white numerals — for example 98.5 — so you can read it at a glance while driving. Beside it, an amber label shows the band: FM / MHz or AM / kHz.
• Station name (now playing). Just below the frequency, when the station broadcasts it, you'll see the station or program text it sends over the air (the same RDS text your dash shows). If a station doesn't broadcast a name, this line simply stays empty.
• The control row — six round, softly glowing buttons, left to right:
  • BAND — switches between AM and FM. Tap to cycle bands; the big label and frequency update to match.
  • Seek down (fast-rewind icon) — jumps to the next strong station below the current frequency and stops there.
  • Tune down (left arrow) — nudges the frequency down one step at a time for fine, manual tuning.
  • Tune up (right arrow) — nudges the frequency up one step.
  • Seek up (fast-forward icon) — jumps to the next strong station above the current frequency.
  • Auto-scan (magnifying-glass icon) — kicks off the radio's automatic station scan, sampling the strong stations across the band.
• PRESETS. Below a small "PRESETS" heading sits a row of six large numbered tiles (1–6). Each recalls one of the radio's stored preset stations. Tap a number to jump straight to that saved station.

All of these buttons are the truck's own radio functions, presented big and touch-friendly. When the tuner is in READ-ONLY (head unit not connected), the buttons are visibly dimmed and won't respond.

How to listen to the radio

1. Open the Music page from the bottom dock.
2. Tap the round source icon at the top-left to open the source list.
3. Choose Radio. The page switches to the tuner.
4. Use BAND to pick AM or FM, then Seek up/down to find a station or a preset to jump to a favorite.

How to find a station

• To hop between strong stations, tap Seek up or Seek down — the radio stops on the next clear signal.
• To dial in an exact frequency (say, a weak station just off the seek path), tap Tune up or Tune down to move one step at a time.
• To sample what's on the air, tap the Auto-scan (magnifying-glass) button and let the radio sweep the band.

How to use presets

• Recall a preset: tap any of the six numbered tiles (1–6) to instantly tune the station stored on that button.
• Storing presets: preset slots follow your truck's own factory radio memory. To save the station you're on, use your vehicle's normal preset-store method (typically pressing and holding a preset on the factory controls). Once stored there, the matching numbered tile in xOverland will recall it.

What you need

The Radio tuner controls your truck's factory AM/FM radio through the aftermarket head unit's connection to the vehicle. For live tuning, seeking, presets, and the station name to work, the head unit must be installed and connected (this is the same connection that powers the live Climate and vehicle-signal features).

• Connected (LIVE): the frequency, band, and station name are real and update on their own about once a second, and every button controls the radio.
• Not connected (READ-ONLY): you'll still see the tuner's layout, but it's display-only with dimmed buttons until the head unit link is present.
• PREVIEW: shown in demo environments so you can see how the page looks; there's no real radio behind it.

No phone, internet, or subscription is required — this is over-the-air broadcast radio coming from the truck itself.

Tips & good to know

• It's a source, not a separate tab. Radio lives inside the Music page. Whatever you were streaming stops when you switch to Radio, and picking another source (your phone, a streaming app, CarPlay/Android Auto via XLink) leaves Radio and returns to that audio.
• AM/FM only. This tuner handles your truck's AM and FM bands. It is not a satellite-radio or streaming controller — for those, use the appropriate app as your Music source.
• The station name comes from the broadcast. If the name line is blank, that station simply isn't sending program text; the audio and tuning still work fine.
• The readout is a live mirror. The big frequency and band reflect what the radio is actually doing — if you change stations from the factory steering-wheel or dash controls, the number here follows along within about a second.
• Big on purpose. The oversized frequency and chunky buttons are designed to be read and hit at a glance so you keep your eyes on the road.