Before you begin:

1.     Establish a NetLibrary account by registering at the Florissant or Woodland Park Circulation Desk.  If you have a NetLibrary account, you may login now.

 2.     Confirm that you have Windows Media Player (WMP) version 9 or higher installed on your computer.

 To determine the version of Windows Media Player installed on your computer:

a.     Launch Windows Media Player.

b.     When Windows Media Player is active, right click the Windows Media Player Icon located on the upper left corner of the active Windows Media Player screen.

c.     Click “Help” and then click “About Windows Media Player”.

d.     The Windows Media Player license information will be displayed in a message box on your computer screen.

e.     Click OK to close this window.

 3.     Install your Personal Audio Device (PAD) software on your computer.  (Software is included with the purchase of a Personal Audio Device.)

 Step 1 – Log into Your NetLibrary Account

1.     From Internet Explorer, log into the Rampart Library District:

http://rampart.colibraries.org

 2.     Click on the NetLibrary icon.

 3.     Type in the NetLibrary username and password assigned to you.

 Step 2 – Find the Book You Want to Download:

You can conduct a basic search by full text, keyword, title, author or subject.  An advanced search feature is also available.

 Step 3 – Download the Book and Save it to Your Computer:

1.     Upon locating the eAudiobook of interest to you, click ‘Download this eAudiobook’.

 2.     The Download this eAudiobook screen will appear with three selectable options:

·        Checkout and Download CD Quality

·        Checkout and Download Radio Quality

·        Checkout (No Download, Only license to play file)

 3.     Click the option ‘Checkout and Download CD Quality’.  Although this option takes longer to download, it is the version required to transfer a book to a Personal Audio Device.

 4.     If you did not previously log into NetLibrary, you will be prompted to login.

 5.     If you have virus protection or other protective software installed on your computer, a message bar will appear under your Web browser’s address bar that states “To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer.  Click here for options….” Upon clicking this message bar, the system will return a menu.  From the menu, select the “Download File” option.

 If you do not have protective software, a ‘File Download’ box will immediately appear that will prompt you to open or save the file. 

 6.     From the ‘File Download’ box, select to “Save” the file.  The system will return a ‘Save As’ box that will prompt you to select the folder location on your computer in which you wish to save your eAudiobook file. 

 Select the folder in which you wish to save your eAudiobook file and make note of the location of the file. (We recommend saving it the eAudiobook file to your Desktop to make it easier to later locate.) 

 As a matter of note, the filename is the name of the eAudiobook.

 The download process will begin and the system will display a download message box on your computer screen denoting the status of the download.  (Please remember that many factors may impact the speed with which the file is downloaded to your computer.  Do not be alarmed if the ‘Estimated time left’ reference fluctuates.)

 Step 4 – Open the Book Using Windows Media Player

1.     Make certain that the volume on your computer speaker(s) is set to an audible level.

 2.     When the download is complete, a “Download Complete” message window will appear on your computer screen.  Click “Open” on the Download Complete window.

 3.     The Windows Media Player (WMP) will be launched on your computer.  The Windows Media Player will certify the license that is attached to your eAudiobook.

 4.     Upon certifying the license, the book will begin to play.

 5.     If Windows Media Player does not open, please access your Windows Media Player from the Windows Start Menu.

 If the installed version of Windows Media Player is version 9, select the ‘Tools’ menu, and click on ‘Options’.

 Click the ‘File Types’ tab and place checkmarks in the following boxes:

          Windows Media File (asf) and Windows Media Audio file (wma).

 Select “Apply”, then “OK” and try to re-open the downloaded eAudiobook.

 If the installed version of Windows Media Player is version 10, select the ‘Library’ menu tab and click on “More Options…”  Select the ‘File Types’ tab and place checkmarks in the following boxes:

          Windows Media File (asf) and Windows Media Audio file (wma).

 Select “Apply”, then “OK” and try to re-open the downloaded eAudiobook.

 Step 5 – Plug your Personal Audio Device into Your Computer

1.     A cable that is used to interface your Personal Audio Device to your computer should have been included with the purchase of your device along with instructions on how to interface your device to a computer.  Using a USB port on your computer, connect the USB end of the cable to your computer and connect the Cable Dock Connector end to your Personal Audio Device. 

 Turn on your Personal Audio Device.

 2.     Your computer’s sound card will produce a ‘ding’ tone when the Personal Audio Device is successfully connected to your computer.

 If your computer does not have an installed sound card, you should see some other indication on your computer screen that a devise has been detected by your computer.

 Step 6 – Put the Item in Your Windows Media Player Sync List and Synchronize

1.     Click the ‘Library’ menu tab in Windows Media Player.  

 2.     The book you downloaded should be listed under “Music”.  If the book you downloaded is not listed, minimize the Windows Media Player screen and locate the icon for your downloaded book on your computer Desktop.

 Click on the icon for your downloaded eAudiobook once and while holding down the left mouse button, drag the icon over to the Windows Media Player button in the task bar without releasing your mouse button.  After a moment, the Windows Media Player window will open allowing you to drop the icon for your downloaded book inside the window.

 The eAudiobook you downloaded should now appear in the “Music” list.

 3.     Click on the blue left arrow located in the upper right corner of Windows Media Player. 

 This will display a pane on the right-hand side of the Windows Media Player screen that includes a reference to a Playlist.

 4.     Click on the ‘Sync’ menu tab in Windows Media Player.  A ‘Connect to a device’ icon will appear in the Sync List pane.

 5.     Drag the downloaded book icon in your ‘Music’ list to the Sync List Pane.  The title of the eAudiobook you downloaded should now appear in the Sync List Pane.

 6.     Click the ‘Start Sync’ button located on the bottom of the Sync List Pane.

 Windows Media Player will display a ‘Synchronizing’ message which will change to ‘Synchronization Complete’ when the eAudiobook has been successfully transferred to your Personal Audio Device.

Step 7 – Unplug Your Personal Audio Device and Listen!

1.     When the synchronization to your Personal Audio Device has finished, disconnect it from the USB port on your computer.

 2.     Disconnect the USB cable from your Personal Audio Device.

 3.     Power On your Personal Audio Device. 

 4.     Your eAudiobook will be listed on your Personal Audio Device as a Song.

 5.     Follow the instructions for your Personal Audio Device to listen to music.

Removing Files from Your Personal Audio Device

eAudiobooks are checked out for three weeks and will then stop functioning.  eAudiobooks may be renewed for an additional 21 days of access from the date of renewal.  You cannot check an eAudiobook back into NetLibrary.  Subsequent to the initial three weeks and optional 21 days, you will need to remove the eAudiobook from your computer and Personal Audio Device as follows:

 1.     Locate the eAudiobook on your computer and delete it.

 2.     Connect your Personal Audio Device to your computer.

 3.     From the Windows Start Menu or Desktop, click on “My Computer”.

 4.     Locate the icon representative of your Personal Audio Device and double-click it.

 5.     Delete the eAudiobook and respond “Yes” to any confirmation messages.