The SDR Driver App will automaticaly be installed if not already existing on your device, and it will now be started automatically when needed.
With the Release 1.1.0 we have added the support of the AM-Band with direct sampling but this is not automatically supported by many of the common RTL-SDR hardware devices. Please check the vendor’s information what is reported within the RTL-SDR community about the specific hardware that you are using or intend to purchase.
More details about the SDR Driver App that can be found here.
As long as the driver is not active or used by another application, the DRM SoftRadio app will indicate that no dongle is detected:
Still not working? Please make sure your dongle is connected, and no other application is blocking the driver. The SDR Driver app should start automatically, and you don’t have to access it or do anything (in earlier app versions you had to press “START STREAM” if it does not start automatically).
Once everthing is installed, plugging in the dongle will now autimatically start the driver and the SoftRadio app. In case have more than one app installed that may be accessing the driver, you will be prompted which application you want to use with the driver. You may then chose the SoftRadio app. Within this dialogue, you may also select the Autostart setting of the driver app to simplify future operations.
Once everything is correct, the “No Tuner Dongle detected!” message should no longer appear, and the reception icon turn to red, yellow or green (depending on reception status, mots probably red because you have not yet tuned into a valid DRM or DAB+ frequency) and you may now select your desired frequency and check the spectrum (by pressing “Advanced” and then “Show Spectrum”):
That’s all!