diff --git a/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser.go b/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser.go
index bc72698..d6ace10 100644
--- a/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser.go
+++ b/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser.go
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ func RadioBrowserSearchPage(query string, offset int) (*models.BmxNavResponse, e
 			subtitle += tags
 		}
 
-		// SoundTouch format location for RadioBrowser
-		location := fmt.Sprintf("%s/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/%s", radioBrowserBaseURL, uuid)
+		// Relative SoundTouch playback location for RadioBrowser. The speaker
+		// prepends the BMX-registry base URL (radioBrowserBaseURL + "/soundtouch")
+		// when it follows a RADIO_BROWSER source, so the href must stay relative.
+		location := fmt.Sprintf("/stations/byuuid/%s", uuid)
 
 		item := models.BmxNavItem{
 			Name:     name,
diff --git a/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser_test.go b/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser_test.go
index 72a12c7..9f0dced 100644
--- a/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/bmx/radiobrowser_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ func TestRadioBrowserSearch(t *testing.T) {
 	if item.Name != "Radio Paradise" {
 		t.Errorf("expected name 'Radio Paradise', got %q", item.Name)
 	}
+
+	// The playback href must be the relative /stations/byuuid/<uuid> form so a
+	// RADIO_BROWSER select resolves against the BMX-registry base URL (#479).
+	if item.Links == nil || item.Links.BmxPlayback == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a bmx_playback link on the station item")
+	}
+
+	if want := "/stations/byuuid/123-456"; item.Links.BmxPlayback.Href != want {
+		t.Errorf("expected playback href %q, got %q", want, item.Links.BmxPlayback.Href)
+	}
 }
 
 // makeStationsJSON returns a JSON array of n station objects.
diff --git a/pkg/service/marge/classify_radiobrowser_test.go b/pkg/service/marge/classify_radiobrowser_test.go
index 0dca09f..96f466d 100644
--- a/pkg/service/marge/classify_radiobrowser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/marge/classify_radiobrowser_test.go
@@ -67,13 +67,21 @@ func TestClassifyLearnedSource_RadioBrowserByProviderID(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestClassifyLearnedSource_RadioBrowserByLocation verifies that the dispatcher
 // routes to classifyAsRadioBrowser when the location contains the RadioBrowser
-// byuuid path segment (Source "URL" play path).
+// byuuid path segment, for both the relative form the native RADIO_BROWSER play
+// path now emits and the legacy absolute form (#479).
 func TestClassifyLearnedSource_RadioBrowserByLocation(t *testing.T) {
-	src := &models.ConfiguredSource{}
+	locations := []string{
+		"/stations/byuuid/abc-123", // native relative location
+		"https://all.api.radio-browser.info/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/abc-123", // legacy absolute location
+	}
 
-	classifyLearnedSource(src, "", "https://all.api.radio-browser.info/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/abc-123", "")
+	for _, location := range locations {
+		src := &models.ConfiguredSource{}
 
-	if src.SourceKey.Type != constants.ProviderRadioBrowser {
-		t.Errorf("expected RADIO_BROWSER from byuuid location, got %q", src.SourceKey.Type)
+		classifyLearnedSource(src, "", location, "")
+
+		if src.SourceKey.Type != constants.ProviderRadioBrowser {
+			t.Errorf("expected RADIO_BROWSER from byuuid location %q, got %q", location, src.SourceKey.Type)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/service/marge/marge.go b/pkg/service/marge/marge.go
index f970e70..bf7ca8f 100644
--- a/pkg/service/marge/marge.go
+++ b/pkg/service/marge/marge.go
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ func classifyLearnedSource(src *models.ConfiguredSource, sourceID, location, sou
 		classifyAsSpotify(src)
 	case strings.Contains(location, "amazon") || sourceID == constants.ProviderAmazon || sourceProviderID == strconv.Itoa(constants.AmazonProviderID):
 		classifyAsAmazon(src)
-	case sourceProviderID == strconv.Itoa(constants.RadioBrowserProviderID) || strings.Contains(location, "/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/"):
+	case sourceProviderID == strconv.Itoa(constants.RadioBrowserProviderID) || strings.Contains(location, "/stations/byuuid/"):
 		classifyAsRadioBrowser(src)
 	}
 	// If we can't classify, leave SourceKey.Type empty so the canonical-by-ID
diff --git a/pkg/service/stations/stations.go b/pkg/service/stations/stations.go
index 78421b7..a8a71d0 100644
--- a/pkg/service/stations/stations.go
+++ b/pkg/service/stations/stations.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gesellix/bose-soundtouch/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/gesellix/bose-soundtouch/pkg/service/bmx"
+	"github.com/gesellix/bose-soundtouch/pkg/service/constants"
 )
 
 // Provider identifies the radio station source backend.
@@ -132,7 +133,13 @@ func ResolveContentItem(item PlayItem) *models.ContentItem {
 		ci.Location = item.Location
 		ci.ContainerArt = item.ContainerArt
 	case ProviderRadioBrowser:
-		ci.Source = "URL"
+		// Native RADIO_BROWSER source: the speaker prepends the BMX-registry
+		// base URL (https://all.api.radio-browser.info/soundtouch) to the
+		// relative location and talks to Radio Browser directly. Using
+		// source="URL" here makes the speaker fetch the location as a raw
+		// audio stream, but it returns station JSON, not audio -> the speaker
+		// reports INVALID_SOURCE (issue #479).
+		ci.Source = constants.ProviderRadioBrowser
 		ci.Type = "stationurl"
 		ci.IsPresetable = true
 		ci.ItemName = item.Name
diff --git a/pkg/service/stations/stations_test.go b/pkg/service/stations/stations_test.go
index 4c67298..8d6c260 100644
--- a/pkg/service/stations/stations_test.go
+++ b/pkg/service/stations/stations_test.go
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ func TestResolveContentItem_TuneIn_ContainerArt(t *testing.T) {
 func TestResolveContentItem_RadioBrowser(t *testing.T) {
 	item := PlayItem{
 		Provider: ProviderRadioBrowser,
-		Location: "https://all.api.radio-browser.info/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/abc-123",
+		Location: "/stations/byuuid/abc-123",
 		Name:     "Radio Paradise",
 	}
 
 	ci := ResolveContentItem(item)
 
-	if ci.Source != "URL" {
-		t.Errorf("expected Source URL, got %q", ci.Source)
+	if ci.Source != "RADIO_BROWSER" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Source RADIO_BROWSER, got %q", ci.Source)
 	}
 
 	if ci.Type != "stationurl" {
@@ -131,21 +131,21 @@ func TestResolveContentItem_SourceAccountGuard_RealAccountKept(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestResolveContentItem_SourceAccountGuard_RadioBrowserURLSource checks the
-// guard for RadioBrowser where Source is "URL".
-func TestResolveContentItem_SourceAccountGuard_RadioBrowserURLSource(t *testing.T) {
-	// SourceAccount == "URL" is the echo value — must be dropped.
+// TestResolveContentItem_SourceAccountGuard_RadioBrowserEchoDropped checks the
+// guard for RadioBrowser where Source is "RADIO_BROWSER".
+func TestResolveContentItem_SourceAccountGuard_RadioBrowserEchoDropped(t *testing.T) {
+	// SourceAccount == "RADIO_BROWSER" is the echo value — must be dropped.
 	item := PlayItem{
 		Provider:      ProviderRadioBrowser,
-		Location:      "https://all.api.radio-browser.info/soundtouch/stations/byuuid/xyz",
+		Location:      "/stations/byuuid/xyz",
 		Name:          "Test",
-		SourceAccount: "URL",
+		SourceAccount: "RADIO_BROWSER",
 	}
 
 	ci := ResolveContentItem(item)
 
 	if ci.SourceAccount != "" {
-		t.Errorf("expected SourceAccount dropped for URL source, got %q", ci.SourceAccount)
+		t.Errorf("expected SourceAccount dropped for RADIO_BROWSER source, got %q", ci.SourceAccount)
 	}
 }