HOW TO USE THE DISC

UPDATING THE SOFTWARE
Consumers who have used SONY BMG XCP content protected CDs on their personal computers are encouraged to download the latest software update here. The effect of this update is to uncloak the XCP components on the computer's hard drive, thereby allowing anti-virus software to detect and block any potential viruses from exploiting the content protection software.

LAUNCHING THE PLAYER
To install the software on this disc, you must have Administrator rights on your computer. Administrator rights are typically the default setting for home computers, however, in many work environments it is not the default setting. If you do not have Administrator rights, log out of your account and log in as an Administrator.

When you insert the disc into your computer, a player should automatically launch. Please be patient the first time you run the player as it might take a long time to load on your computer. Once the player is running, you can use it to listen to the music on the CD, copy the tracks to your hard drive, and make a limited number of backup copies of the audio on the disc.

If the player does not launch automatically, then follow these steps to launch the player manually.

1. Double click on the 'My Computer' icon on your desktop
2. Inside the 'My Computer' window, double click on your CD-ROM drive
3. Once you see the list of files on the disc, double click on the file named 'AUTORUN.EXE'.
4. Once the player launches, use the audio playback buttons in the player to listen to the music.

COPYING MUSIC TO YOUR PC
You must use the software provided on this disc to copy the tracks to your computer. If you try to use your normal media player (e.g. RealPlayer, iTunes, Windows Media Player, MusicMatch) to copy the tracks to your computer, then the audio will sound distorted.

To copy tracks to your computer, click this icon inside the player. Next, select which format you would like to use to copy the tracks. You can copy tracks using secure Windows Media, or on some discs copy ATRAC files for use with Sony portable devices.

To copy tracks to your computer in the secure Windows Media format, you must have Windows Media 9 or higher installed on your computer. If you do not have Windows Media 9 installed, you can download it directly from Microsoft. Additionally, if you are running a version of Windows older than Windows XP, then you must also have DirectX 9 installed. You can download DirectX 9 directly from Microsoft.

On some CDs:
To copy tracks to your computer in the ATRAC format for use with Sony portable devices, you must use the "MUSIC PLAYER" software provided on this disc. This application will be installed the first time you try to copy the OpenMG tracks to your computer. If the "MUSIC PLAYER" installer does not automatically launch, then follow these steps to launch the "MUSIC PLAYER" installer manually.

1. Double click on the 'My Computer' icon on your desktop
2. Inside the 'My Computer' window, double click on the icon for your CD-ROM drive
3. Once you see the list of files on the disc, double click on the folder named 'BIN'.
4. Once you see the list of files in the 'BIN' folder, double click on the folder named 'WIN32'.
5. Once you see the list of files in the 'WIN32' folder, double click on the file named 'MQSETUP.EXE'.

MAKING BACKUP COPIES OF THE DISC
To make a backup copy of the audio on this disc, click this icon inside the player. Your computer must have a CD burner in order for this function to work. The software on this disc limits the number of backup copies you can make. Please refer to the End User Licence Agreement on the disc for the maximum number of copies. The resulting burned copy allows you to play the CD on all standard devices and computers, however, the ability to make additional copies and transfer files to the computer is disabled.

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

To listen to the music on this disc, you need a PC with the following minimum system requirements:

• One of the following operating systems
  • Windows 98SE
  • Windows ME
  • Windows 2000 SP4
  • Windows XP Home
  • Windows XP Pro
• Pentium II or higher with Windows 98SE, Windows ME
• Pentium III or higher with Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro
• at least 64MB RAM above recommended OS memory level
• CD-ROM/DVD-ROM disc drive
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher with non-Windows XP systems (download)
• Logged in with Administrator rights

To copy tracks to your computer in the Windows Media format you will also need:

• Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher (download)
• at least 65MB free disk space to save audio tracks to your computer

To copy tracks to your computer in the ATRAC format you will also need:

• MUSIC PLAYER 1.0 (found on the disc)
• at least 65MB free disk space to save audio tracks to your computer

To make backup copies of this disc, you will also need:

• compatible CD-R/CD-RW disc drive
• at least 700MB free disk space

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please refer to the README.HTML file on the disc and consult the FAQ.