Smart car radio

A user interface for an audio system, the interface comprising:

• a display;
• a scan button located within the display, the scan button selectable to initiate a scan entertainment content function;
• and
• at least one of the following buttons:
• a weather button located within the display screen, the weather button selectable to play a recent weather report;
• a news button located within the display screen, the news button selectable to play a recent news report;
• and a traffic button located within the display screen, the traffic button selectable to play a recent traffic report.

A system that facilitates utilization of information content comprising:

• a tuner that selectively receives broadcasts;
• a recording component that selectively records a subset of the received broadcast based at least in part on analyzed content of the received broadcast;
• and
• a storage component that stores and maintains the subset.

A method that facilitates utilizing entertainment content comprising:

• initiating a scan function;
• generating a collection of candidate seed items, respectively having associated segments;
• playing a current segment;
• on a user indicating the current segment as desirable, identifying an associated candidate seed item as a desirable seed item;
• on a user indicating the current segment as undesirable, identifying an associated candidate seed item as a undesirable seed item and iteratively playing a next segment until selected as a desirable;
• and
• generating a playlist based at least partly on the desirable seed item and the undesirable seed item.

A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions of components operable to perform a method that facilitates recording information content, comprising:

• a component for analyzing a channel that broadcasts a media item to identify a starting signature;
• a component for recording the media item upon identifying the starting signature;
• a component for compressing the recorded media item;
• and
• a component for storing the recorded media item.

An audio system comprising:

• means for selectively receiving audio information content;
• means for selectively recording the audio information content based at least in part upon characteristics of the audio information content;
• and
• means for selectively playing a subset of the recorded audio information content.