To listen to RealAudio clips you may need to download a FREE version of the latest RealAudio software at http://www.real.com/products/player/

Setup for Netscape on Prodigy Internet

• Download Real Player ver 5.0 if you do not have it.
• If it doesn't start, stay on-line and go to (in order) "
• General Preferences " then " Helpers"
• locate and click "audio/x-realaudio"
• Browse to locate wherever you downloaded RealPlayer to on your computer and double click on the file named Realplay.exe.
• click on "launch the application"
• click "OK"

Setup for AOL

• Download Real Player ver 5.0 if you do not have it.
• If it doesn't start automatically and you get some type of message about "...helper needed..."
• "Click "OK" to set one up and browse to locate wherever you downloaded RealPlayer to on your computer and double click on the file named Realplay.exe.

Setup for Other Browsers

With most browsers, RealPlayer installation configures the browser to support RealMedia playback. If you change your browser and it stops recognizing RealMedia files, reinstall RealPlayer. To manually configure your World Wide Web browser, do the following:

• Open the Options, Preferences or Settings menu.
• Select the Helper Applications or a similar option.
• Look for "audio/x-pn-realaudio" in the File type list. If that entry exists, select that entry. Otherwise, click New Type. Enter audio as the Mime Type. Enter x-pn-realaudio as the Mime SubType. Click OK.
• Enter rm, ra, ram in the Extensions field.
• Select the Launch Application option. Browse and find the directory in which RealPlayer is installed. (By default, the RealPlayer is installed in c:\Real\Player\)
• Select RealPlayer (realplay.exe) as the application to launch. For more information, refer to the following page: http://service.real.com/help/faq/index.html.

Real Player TIPS

The General tab in the Preferences window of RealPlayer contains preferences for number of clips saved on the Open Recent menu and BufferedPlay.

• Recent Clips: You can quickly replay clips by clicking Open Recent on the File menu. This setting controls how many clips are displayed in the Open Recent menu.
• BufferedPlay: RealPlayer applications allow playback of higher quality clips on lower bandwidth connections with the PerfectPlay feature. This setting controls how much of the clip is buffered before beginning playback.

Options on the Advanced tab of the Preferences window of RealPlayer override RealPlayer defaults for sound card compatibility and for system tray use.

• System Tray: Select this option if you want RealPlayer to stay resident on your system, creating an icon in your system tray. With this option selected, you will be able to quickly access RealPlayer.
• Audio Playback Performance: RealPlayer uses this setting to optimize the performance of clip playback. Change this performance setting only if your computer seems sluggish or has problems while playing some audio content.
• Disable 16-bit sound (use 8-bit only) Use this setting if you have an older sound card and clips sound scratchy or distorted.
• Disable custom sampling rates: Use this setting if clips play at the wrong speed or sound scratchy or distorted. (Requires a floating point coprocessor.)