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Terms & Disclaimer

Plain-language terms for a free, independent hobby project. By using Retune·FM you agree to what is below.

Last updated: 4 August 2026

1. What Retune·FM is

Retune·FM is an independent, non-commercial directory (catalogue) of internet-radio stations. It lets you find public radio streams and play them in your browser, and it restores the Internet-Radio menu on legacy Denon, Marantz, Yamaha, Onkyo, Pioneer and similar receivers by standing in for the discontinued vTuner directory. It is run by a private enthusiast and funded only by voluntary donations.

2. We do not broadcast or host radio — how playback actually works

This is the most important point. Retune·FM is not a radio station and not a broadcaster. We do not transmit, host, store, record, re-encode, cache or proxy any audio whatsoever. We publish only a list of links together with descriptive information — station name, the station’s own public stream address, genre, country, bitrate and codec.

What happens when you press Play:

  1. In the browser — your browser opens a direct connection to the radio station’s own server, using the stream address the station itself published. The sound travels straight from the station to your device; it never passes through, and is never relayed by, Retune·FM.
  2. On a Hi-Fi receiver — the receiver asks our directory for a station list. That list is the only thing we serve: text (an XML menu). When you select a station, we answer with a redirect (HTTP 302) to the station’s own stream address, and the receiver then connects directly to that station. Again, no audio flows through us.

In short, Retune·FM works like a phone book or a search-engine result: it tells your device where a public stream is, and your device connects there itself. We serve the index, never the sound.

Because of this, Retune·FM has no control over — and accepts no responsibility for — the content, legality, licensing, availability, bitrate or quality of any third-party stream. Each station is operated and licensed by whoever runs it; any listening or licensing obligations are a matter between that station and its listeners.

3. Where the listings come from

The catalogue is built from the community-run Radio-Browser open database and contains only streams that stations have made publicly available. Broken streams are health-checked and hidden automatically. See About for more.

4. Trademarks and affiliation

Denon, Marantz, Yamaha, Onkyo, Pioneer, Harman Kardon, TEAC, vTuner and all other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners. They are used on this site solely for identification and to describe compatibility (nominative fair use); no endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation is implied. Retune·FM is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Denon, Marantz, D&M Holdings, Sound United, the former vTuner / DTS service, or any other manufacturer.

5. Disclaimer and limitation of liability

The service and all information on this site are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, uptime or accuracy. Availability is not guaranteed; the service may change, pause or end at any time.

Changing your receiver’s or router’s DNS setting is done entirely at your own risk. We describe exactly what the DNS does and does not touch on the DNS privacy & security page, and you can revert it at any time. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Retune·FM and its operator accept no liability for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage — including to equipment, data or configuration — arising from use of the service, the DNS change, or any third-party stream.

6. Acceptable use

Use Retune·FM for personal, non-commercial listening. Do not scrape it at scale, overload it, resell it, or use it to infringe anyone else’s rights. The directory and setup guides may not be republished as your own commercial service.

7. Copyright and takedown

Retune·FM respects intellectual-property rights. Because we host no audio, what we can act on is the listing itself (the link and its metadata). If you are a rights holder or a station operator and want a stream removed from the directory, or you believe a listing infringes your rights, contact us via our support page with the station name and stream URL and we will remove the listing promptly. Removing the listing stops it appearing here; the stream itself remains under the control of whoever hosts it.

8. Donations

Donations are entirely voluntary, go toward server running costs, and are non-refundable. There is no paid tier, no subscription and no obligation to pay — your radio is never cut off. See Pricing.

9. Changes to these terms

These terms may be updated from time to time; the “last updated” date above reflects the current version. Continued use of the service after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

Questions, corrections or takedown requests: Retune·FM support page.

Retune·FM is an independent, non-commercial hobby project. It only links to publicly available radio streams — no audio is re-hosted. Not affiliated with Denon, Marantz, Yamaha, Onkyo, Pioneer or the former vTuner service; all trademarks belong to their owners and are used only to describe compatibility. Contact / takedown: our support page.