How To: Install Your Download Player (Online Mode)
Introduction
There are two different ways to install your Download Player (DLP). These are:
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Online Mode;
This is the normal way to install the DLP and is described below.
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Offline Mode;
If you do not have an internet connection, you can request that we send you
DVDs in the post, which, when run on you computer, will install your DLP
(Described in the
How To: Install An Offline DLP
section).
Online Installation (Normal Installation)
If you have an internet connection and can successfully browse to the website
https://www.imagesoundonline.co.uk
then these are the installation instruction for you!
Pre-Requisites
User Access - You must be logged on to your compuuter with an account that has administrator
permissions for the computer.
If your computer is running any version of Windows Vista, you may find that in
order for this update to run successfully, you will need to turn off User Account
Control (UAC) on the user that you log onto the computer with. The UAC setting (when
turned on) only usually conflicts with the offline version of the player installation.
View How To do this
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Access the Control Panel - This can be accessed by clicking the start
button in the bottom left of the desktop and then selecting Control Panel.
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When the Control Panel opens, select the User Accounts. Depending on
your settings, you may be presented with another page now which has a User
Accounts option. If so, select User Accounts again.
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This will open up the “Make changes to your account” page.
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From this page, select the Turn User Account Control on or off option.
This will take you to the “Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your
computer more secure” page.
Make sure that the tick box is NOT ticked and then press the Ok button.
You must now re-start your computer.
Once your computer re-loads, you can start your DLP installation/update.
Download Player Installation
Follow these simple steps to download your Download Player and get it up and running:
Browse to https://www.imagesoundonline.co.uk.
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Log In - You should have been provided with a Username and Password
to gain access to our website. If you have not yet received this, please
contact us at
info@imagesound.com
and request that we send you this again.
Once logged in you will be presented with your home page.
Select the Music Players menu item. This will load the Music Players section, which
will look like one of the following screens (see figure 1.0 and 1.1).
Figure 1.0
Figure 1.1
Access the Download Player section by selecting the player (and selecting Download if your
screen looks like Figure 1.0). See green text in Figure 1.0 and 1.1 for further details.
Figure 2.0
Confirm that you agree to the terms and conditions by ticking the box on screen (see figure 2.0).
Click the Download Media Player button.
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A download window will open; select the 'Save' option and save the DLP.exe installation
package to your computer.
Figure 3.0
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When the download is complete, run the DLP.exe installation package.
Note: If any messages pop up displaying the option(s) to Run or Allow, please grant the
installer access to your computer by selecting the Run or Allow option.
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Run and follow the installation instructions.
View Installation Instructions Process
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When the installer program loads (see figure 4.0), the following window will be displayed,
showing the terms and conditions of installing the DLP. If you agree with these terms
and conditions, select the “I Agree” button to continue.
Figure 4.0
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The next window that appears (see figure 4.1) allows you to select the location
on your PC that you would like the Download Player to be installed. By default this is
within the Program Files folder on the computers C drive, but you may
install the player wherever best suits you.
Figure 4.1
Please ensure that the drive you select has at least 5 GB of free space for you
music downloads to be stored on.
If you have a multi-channel player, please ensure you have 5 GB of space per
music channel/zone (i.e. if your player has 3 zones, up to 15 GB of free space will
be needed).
Select the desired location to install your DLP to and press the
“Install” button.
After a couple of minutes of installation, a log in screen will appear (see
figure 5.0), providing you with a text box to enter your to validate your player.
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When the screen appears to Input your Licence Key (see figure 5.0), copy your Licence Key
from the website (see figure 2.0 above) and paste it into the box provided. Once you have
done this, press the "OK" button.
Figure 5.0
For Further details on this screen, view the
How To: Use The Authorisation Screen.
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Your Download Player will now be activated. Enjoy!
See How To: Main Menu
for further details of how to use your player.
You can open the player in the future from the Download Player icon on the desktop,
or from the 'Start' menu (Default Installation Path is: Programs -> DownloadPlayer ->
Download Player).