Lions Magazine on CD
The Lions Magazine CD can be used in any MP3 compatible CD player. You can step through the pages with the "Next Song" and "Previous Song" buttons.
Please do not return the Lions Magazine CD to us! You may keep it or throw it away when you are done listening to it.
You can also copy the files to your iPod, digital MP3 player or (most) PDAs. Use a computer to copy all the page MP3 files to your digital MP3 player and carry the Lions Magazine around in your pocket.
We hope you enjoy this new CD format! Please let us know what you think by emailing us at ecotton@rfbd.org or lionfredsmith@gmail.com.
Instructions for the Lions Magazine CD
On a CD player (MP3 compatible) - The pages are accessed using the "previous song" and "next song" buttons. If your CD player has trouble playing the CD, make sure the CD player is MP3 compatible.
Advantages of CD player: Inexpensive (beginning about $25) and portable.
On a computer - The CD contains a series of MP3 audio files with each file representing one page in the book. There is also a Table Of Contents (TOC.HTML) file that will allow you to navigate easily through the pages using any Web browser. If the CD does not automatically open the Table of Contents, browse to the computer’s CD drive and double-click the TOC.HTML file.
Advantage of computer: Easy navigation to any article or page in the magazine.
On an MP3 player - Copy selected page files from the CD to the player using the software provided with the player. Pages are accessed using the "next song" and "previous song" buttons. Players with 60MB of free memory or more will be able to hold the entire magazine. You can transfer parts of the magazine as you need them onto players with less than 60MB of free memory. Note that many PDAs can play MP3 files and can hold some or all of the page files you need.
Advantages of MP3 players: Very compact and easy to carry around.
Problems Getting the Lions Magazine CD to Play?
The audio file for each page is recorded as an MP3 file. This makes them compact so that we can get the entire magazine on a single CD. It also means that the CD player you use must be MP3 capable. If your CD player does not say "MP3" somewhere on it, then it probably will not work with this CD. Many older CD players in cars and trucks do not support MP3. If it does not play, there are several other options (see below).
You can play the CD in a computer. Just load the CD in your PC or laptop CD drive and it should bring up the main menu. If it doesn't autostart, browse to the CD and double-click on the TOC.HTML file.
You can purchase an inexpensive MP3 CD player. Large discount stores (as well as most electronics stores) often have MP3 CD players starting at about $25.
You can copy the files to your iPod, digital MP3 player or (most) PDAs. Use a computer to copy all the page MP3 files to your digital MP3 player and carry the Lions Magazine around in your pocket.