/mcpheavy, you might notice interruptions in the audio while the player waits to receive information. These workarounds are suggested: Some sound players allow you to specify the amount of buffering that is used. If possible, specify a greater amount of buffering prior to when you play. Choose Tools > Options > Performance and set the Network Buffering Value as required in order to change Windows Media Player settings. For example, Windows Sound Recorder should always buffer the whole file before you play it. G If you still have problems when you listen to the recordings across the Internet, right click and choose Save As in order to download the file to your hard drive and listen to it locally. G The Sounds Do Not Play Directly from the Document A problem has been experienced with certain combinations and configurations of IE and the audio player that prevents the download of these sample files with a normal mouse left click. The sound player sends an error message which indicates that the file cannot be found. If you encounter this problem, use these workarounds: For more recent versions of IE, play the file in the media bar window of a browser. IE might ask if you wish to do this. If it does, then choose Yes.If not, then choose Media from the standard buttons menu in your browser. The WindowsMedia.com options window appears on the left side of the browser. At the bottom of the window, click on the Media down arrow and choose Settings > Play Web Media in the Bar. Now you can click on a file link and it plays from the browser. G Right-click the link, choose Save As to download to your hard disk, and play with your selected sound player. G Use Netscape. G Complete these steps in order to make Windows Media Player your default browser:Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > File Types.Scroll to MP3, and click Advanced.Ensure that Windows Media Player is specified and the default action is to play C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe /Play "%L. G The Sound File Takes Too Long to Download The largest file in this document is 900KB in size and it takes over four minutes to download on a 28kbps link. Most files are much smaller and take much less time. If you have this problem, review these workarounds: Some smaller snippets of the sample files have been produced and are located in another column of the table. The size of these snippets ranges from approximately 60-150KB. The largest file takes about 40 seconds to download and smaller ones less than 10 seconds. G Even the largest file only takes a few seconds to download on a 1.5Mbps DSL connection. G The Sound is Too Soft or Loud Remember to keep your initial volume settings low. Increase volume as needed once you are comfortable with the volume levels of the recordings. Adjust the volume through the physical volume control on your PC or laptop and ensure it is not muted. G