Instructions about RealPlayer
RealPlayer Download
REALPLAYER G2
If you do not have RealPlayer, you have to download it. It is already prepared for you, just click on the following icon and wait until it is completed. However, you have to follow requested orders for downloading of the program. Upon the completion of RealPlayer downloading, it will stay permanently on your PC for this audio presentation or any other in the future.
Click on free download. Read step-by-step instructions for the download and installation.
free download
When prompted, choose Save to Disk and specify the directory where you want the
RealPlayer 8 Basic Standard Download installation program to be saved.
The first you have to start downloading. It will take 10-15 min, if you
go through standard modems (28,800 kbps or higher modem). If you have low speed modem then it takes about 20-30 minutes, because it is large program.
- Click on RealPlayer icon ("free download")
- You will open a new window
- Click on "Save this file to disk" option
- Click on "OK"
- Choose "C" disk in Save in menu
- Click "Save"
- RealPlayer will start to download on your computer on "C" disk
- You need to wait cca. 10-30 minutes
After downloading, you should install the Program, it means determine
exact place on hard disk where you will know where is it.
RealPlayer Installation
Locate and launch the file you downloaded by exploring your hard drive or choosing
the Run option in the Start menu.
- Click on windows icon "Start", you will open menu
- Click on "Run..."
- Click on icon "Browse..."
- Choose "C" disk and you will find "rp8-setup.exe" in this directory
- Click on this file (rp8-setup.exe)
- Then click "Open"
- You will see text Open: "C:\rp8-setup.exe"
- Click "OK"
- You start instalation...
- Click "Next >"
- Click "Accept >"
- Click "Next >"
- Click "Continue"
- Wait a minute (PC is installing RealPlayer)
- After installation you can listen CARDIOnet Audio Symposium
How to use RealPlayer control?
RealPlayer slideshow control has 6 parts.
Part 1: Audio control - (Play, Pause and Stop button).
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Part 2: PositionSlider - you can skip a part of the presentation and jump to another part with new slides, by touching PositionSlider on the RealAudio Control.
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Part 3: VolumeSlider - the sound control is possible by clicking on loudspeaker icon.
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Part 4: StatusBar - You can see what is RealPlayer doing at the moment.
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Part 5: Status - Here you can see status of your Internet connection. Circle can be in 4 different colors. Dark green color means that presentation was stopped, green color means excellent Internet connection, yellow color means good Internet connection and red color means that you do not have connection with Internet at the moment.
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Part 6: PositionField - You can see total duration of the presentation (21:45 min) and the real time (05:40 min) which you listen that moment.
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Starting RealPlayer Audio Presentation
When you open "Audio presentation page" you will see 3 parts of page, but you will not hear a sound. You will need to start audio presentation with pressing "Play" button on Audio controls.
When you click on "Play" button your RealPlayer will send request to CARDIOnet Program.
On StatusBar you will see message "Connecting..."
After few seconds, RealPlayer will establish connection with CARDIOnet Program and now it will start receiving data.
On StatusBar you will see message i.e. "Buffering... (6,5 kbps, 4 seconds)"
6,5 kbps means, that you will hear sound in medium quality at 6,5 kilo bits per second, if you have chosen medium quality sound transmission.
If you see 16,0 kbps on message, the sound will be in high quality, if you have chosen high quality sound transmission.
When you choose high quality sound, slides in RealPlayer slideshow presentation will appear slower then in medium quality sound. Sometimes you can lose some slides, if speaking time is very short among two slides.
4 seconds means that you need to wait 4 seconds to hear sound. Time which you need to wait depends on your modem speed, Internet connection and quality of sound which you choose.
RealPlayer always needs to receive in buffer the first 10 seconds of Speaker's presentation.
After this you will receive sound data and hear a sound in real time. It is called "streaming". Streaming is the most popular format on Internet. All famous TV and radio stations on Internet work with RealPlayer streaming procedure
