Choose a clock deadline or an episode boundary
ABC’s sleep-timer help lists fifteen, thirty, forty-five, sixty and ninety minutes, plus End of Episode for on-demand content. Select a duration for a live station, whose continuous broadcast does not offer the same individual-episode boundary. For a podcast, decide whether the priority is a fixed listening period or hearing that particular episode through to its end.
Set the timer from the player
The mini player has a sleep icon that opens the available choices. In the expanded live-player route, open the station page, choose Play Live, tap the bottom bar to expand the player and select the sleep icon there. Use the actual timer control instead of estimating the remaining session from a programme’s published duration or the device’s screen-off setting.
Review what happens between episodes
Autoplay is controlled separately. ABC’s current instructions place its switch under the Settings icon at the top left. Turn it off when the intended session should not continue automatically into another item. A ninety-minute timer and an autoplay preference express different choices: one limits elapsed listening, while the other governs automatic continuation as items finish.
Recheck after closing the application
ABC says the sleep timer remains in place until it is changed or the app is closed in the background. When returning to listening, open the timer again and confirm the intended choice. This matters when moving from a short daytime session to a longer evening programme: the earlier setting should not be inferred from the fact that audio has started successfully.