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Rhapsody Guide
Sign-up for the free trial. At checkout you will
see that $0.00 is being billed to your credit card. Rhapsody is absolutely free
for the first 14 days. If you don't cancel before the free trial runs out, its
only $14.99 per month to continue. Once you sign-up, click
continue to download the Rhapsody software. Its about 10MB and should take less
than a minute for most broadband users. Once you download, install and launch
Rhapsody, you'll be prompted to login. Use the same user name and password you
selected during the sign-up process. Once logged in, you'll see the Rhapsody QuickGuide window as shown in the screenshot here.
This screen will show you the main features and help you get familiarized with
many things Rhapsody has to offer.
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You probably know some of the music
you want to hear. Simply use the search box to find your favorite artists or
albums and add those music tracks to your playlist.
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Next to each song title you'll see
two buttons, "Play" and "Add to Library". If you click "Play", your selection
will start playing immediately and be added to mixer playlist. Clicking the
"Add" button only adds this track to the library so you can listen to it later.
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Notice that while the music is
playing, there is a small window in the top right corner that displays various facts
about the song or artist playing. This information can range from artist's bio
to fun facts.
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Now that you've added some of your
favorite music, use the "Top Tracks" screen to identify what other Rhapsody
users are listening to. You'll see what's new and what's climbing the charts.
You will also find a separate screen that displays top artists. If you're
looking for something that was just released, hit the "Home" button and head on over
to "New Releases" and "Just Added" links in the top left corner.
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Wish you can check out what others
have in their playlists? Did you put together a great playlist and want to share
it with the world? You can do both in the Playlist Central. Find and listen to
great playlists or create one yourself and share it. This feature is so great
that many celebrities setup their own playlists. You can find celebrity
playlists in the special "Playlist Central" section displayed below.
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Rhapsody didn't forget about your CD collection.
You can use the software to import all of your CDs into the Rhapsody library and
manage everything from a single location. Don't forget that you can go into the
preferences and set format and audio quality to use for imports. Higher quality
imports will take up more space on your hard drive so make sure you have plenty
of room if you're planning to import using high bitrate files.
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If you're wondering about the sound quality, its
great! While the music is already CD quality, you still have the tools to
enhance the sound to your liking. You can see the equalizer shown below.
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Music is great, music videos are even better!
Unlike iTunes' $1.99 price tag on music videos, its free to watch them with
Rhapsody. Simply head on over to the artist page and select a video from the
"Videos List" column as presented below.
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Who said radio is dead? Rhapsody
Radio offers dozens of ad-free music channels in every category. You can even
create your own radio station.
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