Your Internet experience will vary depending on your connection speed to the Internet. The time a segment takes to download and the quality of your audio and video streams is dependant on your connection.

A minimum connection of 56.6K is required for this application. Best results are achieved when using a DSL to T1 connections. If your performance is not suitable, we recommend you speak with your IT/IS department.

Browser Configuration:

Netscape:

The VMS Digital News web site requires version 4.0 or later of Netscape’s browser.

Internet Explorer:

The VMS Digital News web site requires version 5.5 or later of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

How to download:

Using Netscape:

1. Move your mouse over the link to the selected file

2. Right-click on your mouse and a pop-up window will show.

3. Click on ->Save Link As..

4. Save the selected file to your preferred folder in your hard drive.

5. Open Windows Explorer. Go to the folder where you just saved the file.

6. Double-click on the selected file. It will begin playing in the appropriate folder (Windows Media Player v7, Quicktime5 or Real Player8)

Using Internet Explorer v5.5:

1. Move your mouse over the link to the selected file

2. Right-click on your mouse and a pop-up window will show.

3. Click on ->Save Target As..

4. Save the selected file to your preferred folder in your hard drive.

5. Open Windows Explorer. Go to the folder where you just saved the file.

6. Double-click on the selected file. It will begin playing in the appropriate folder (Windows Media Player v7, Quicktime5 or Real Player8)

Windows Media Player

This site requires that you use Windows Media Player version 7.0 or higher.

A free version of this software is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp

QuickTime

This site requires that you use QuickTime version 5.0

A free version of this software is available at:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Real Video

This site requires that you use Real Player version 7.0 or higher. VMS uses G2 SureStream Real Video file encoding. SureStream allows streaming of files to multiple levels of bandwidth. Our encoding is targeted to 56k to Corporate LAN/T1 connections.

To Download Real Player:

A free version of this software is available at http://www.real.com/player

Choose RealPlayer 8 Basic

Firewalls and the RealSystem (RealNetworks.com)

Firewalls create barriers in order to prevent unauthorized access to a network. Think of the Internet as a series of hallways. Firewalls are the security doors through which some people (i.e. data) may pass and others may not.

RealSystem content usually passes through these barriers without trouble, but sometimes it is necessary to change your configuration settings. With the proper configuration settings, you can enjoy RealAudio and RealVideo.

What is a Firewall

A firewall is used to prevent unauthorized access to a network. A network can be made up of a company's local area networks, wide area networks, and the Internet, or it can be just an Internet Service Provider preventing inappropriate access to the files of its customers.

The firewall's role is to ensure that all communication between an organization's network and the Internet, in both directions, conforms to the organization's security policies.

In general, firewalls permit one-way access to the Internet. Because RealServer and RealPlayer need to establish two-way communication to stream and receive media content, firewalls may reject RealPlayer's attempt to establish this connection, and the RealPlayer's request for a clip will "bounce" off the firewall.

RealNetworks designed both RealPlayer and RealServer to work with a firewall while still protecting the company's internal networks. By making a few quick changes to your firewall, RealServer, RealPlayer, or a combination of the three, you can still use the security advantages of a firewall while enjoying streaming media.

Additional firewall information and configuration settings is available at:

http://service.real.com/firewall/index.html

Activating Cookies:

The VMS News Digital web site requires that “COOKIES” be activated.

What are cookies?

Cookies are benign. A cookie is simply an HTTP header that consists of a text-only string that gets entered into the memory of a browser. This string contains the domain, path, lifetime, and value of a variable that a website sets. If the lifetime of this variable is longer than the time the user spends at that site, then this string is saved to file for future reference.

For more information on cookies go to:

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/c/cookie.html

http://www.cookiecentral.com/unofficial_cookie_faq.htm

Are Cookies dangerous to my computer?

NO. A cookie is a simple piece of text. It is not a program, or a plug-in. It cannot be used as a virus, and it cannot access your hard drive. Your browser (not a programmer) can save cookie values to your hard disk if it needs to, but that is the limit of the effect on your system.

Netscape Navigator 4.0

Go to Edit

Go to Preferences

Click on the Advanced

Click on Accept all Cookies

Click on OK to exit the screen

Netscape Communicator 4.7

Go to Edit

Go to Preferences

Click on the Advanced

Click on Accept all Cookies

Click on OK to exit the screen

Internet Explorer 4.0:

Go to View

Go to Internet Options

Click on the Advanced tab

Scroll down to Cookies

Click Always accept cookies

Click on APPLY

Click on OK to exit the screen

Internet Explorer 5.0:

Go to Tools

Go to Internet Options

Click on the Security tab

Go to Custom Level

Scroll down to Cookies and click on the Enable circle

Click on OK

Click on YES to Change your security

Click on APPLY

Click on OK to exit the screen

Support:

If you are having trouble accessing the media posted on our site, you can do one of the following:

· please call your VMS account services rep,

· or send an email detailing your problem to vmsdigital@vmsinfo.com.

· You can also go the Support page in the VMS Digital News site. There you can answer a few questions in regards to your problem, and your request will be emailed to the Digital Help Desk.

· The Digital Help Desk is available at 800.867.0331x5 M-F 8a-9p. When you call please ask to be transferred to Digital Help Desk.

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