digitalphono Help!

changing your preferences

The digitalphono music player lets you alter a number of defaults with its Preferences selection under Options tab on the player menu bar:

Options->Preferences
This provides you with a mechanism for defining both your General digitalphono music preferences and your Directory locations for your songs and playlists.

the general tab

Four functions are provided within the General tab: track intro time, controlling the list of recently played songs or playlists, setting the download prompt option, and configuring your Internet settings.

Track Intro Length

Recall that the player menu bar offers the command:

Play->Intro

which plays the introductory portion only of a song. This field defines, in seconds, the length of the introductory play. This value may range from 5 to 30 seconds.

Recent Song list control

The Recent Song list is a list of the Recent Songs played by your player. This is the list that is shown when you select from the player menu bar:

File->Recent Songs

This list may be from 4 to 16 in length, no matter how many songs you play. It actually refers to either single songs or playlists. Hitting the Clear Recent Songs button clears the recent song list.

prompt to save downloaded music dialog

This check-box provides a convenient way for you to have the system complete a download while you're away from your computer. If checked, then a window will appear for each song downloaded so you can determine its save location. A response is required before the song file is saved.

The default (box unchecked) is to automatically (without user intervention) save the downloaded songs within the directory defined in your Directories tab.

Internet settings

If you are using a Netscape browser you should check that the Netscape proxy settings match the proxy settings in the Internet Control Panel application. Typically the settings conflict, which causes problems when downloading digitalphono music songs. See the proxy page for instructions.

The Directories Tab

The directories tab specifies default directory location where your two kinds of digitalphono music files (songs and playlists) are stored. This directory is created during the player install, and it specifies the default browse location whenever you purchase or retrieve songs for play with the digitalphono music player.

If you have moved your songs/playlists and desire a default browse directory other than that shown, use the Browse key to find the desired location. Use the Apply or OK key to make the changes permanent. The default locations for the digitalphono music directory are:

Windows NT: under your login within the winnt\Profiles directory.
Windows 95: under AT&T digitalphono music player within the Program Files directory

Important Note: Even if you choose to store your downloaded digital music on another drive, you need to keep sufficient space on your ${Temp} drive for the browser during the download operation.