About this Manual

This manual has been created not to replace the Help feature that comes with your RealPlayer®, but to supplement it. To familiarize you with RealPlayer, this manual will step you through the following topics:

Chapters 1-3: How to get up and running quickly with your new software.
Chapters 4-5: Details about all of RealPlayer's features.
Chapter 6: Streaming Media; what it is and how it works, answers to basic Streaming Media questions. It includes background and details that helps you under stand data streaming technology, the core of RealPlayer
Chapter 7: Preferences. How you can customize RealPlayer to your own tastes and needs.
Chapter 8: Troubleshooting common problems.

The remaining sections and Appendixes are reference sections to help you quickly find answers to common installation problems and pointers to other less obvious features (such as Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts).

Note
RealPlayer has a number of short-cut or right-click menus for Windows users. This manual will not cover these specifically.

Mac users can access right click menus by using a Control-Click combination.

Specific Windows-only differences are mentioned only as needed throughout this manual.

	Note
RealPlayer has a number of short-cut or right-click menus for Windows users. This manual will not cover these specifically. Mac users can access right click menus by using a Control-Click combination. Specific Windows-only differences are mentioned only as needed throughout this manual.

Document Conventions

Bold text indicates the names of commands, menu choices or buttons that you should select or click on your screen. Bold text may also indicate a URL (Internet address) that you can access through your browser.

Italics indicate new terms or ideas in this document. Many of these terms or ideas will be included in the Glossary.

Monotype indicates information that you must type in or that is displayed on your computer screen.

Points out features that were specially designed for
RealPlayer Plus users.