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Help - Quick Start Guide

Overview
Step 1 - Download and install free software
Step 2 - Activate the software
Step 3 - Check out, download, and enjoy
Step 4 - Transfer Audio to Your Portable Audio Player (Optional)
Explore your options…

Overview

You can check out and download the following types of digital materials at this website…

OverDrive WMA Audiobooks
OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks

To access these digital materials you need…

A valid library card
Internet access
A computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type(s) of digital materials you wish to check out
Free software for the computer or device on which you wish to use the materials available at this site

A guided tour of this service is available…

To take a guided tour of this service, click here.
You must have the free Adobe Flash® Player installed to view the guided tour. To review system requirements and download Adobe Flash Player, click here.

Step 1 - Download and install free software

As a first step, you need to download and install the free software that allows you to enjoy the type(s) of materials you are interested in.

To download OverDrive titles, you need OverDrive Media Console™. OverDrive Media Console is available for…

Android v1.5 (or newer)
BlackBerry v4.5 (or newer)
iPhone® OS v3.1.3 (or newer)
Mac OS® v10.4.9 (or newer)
Windows® 98 SE (or newer)
Windows Mobile® 5 and 6

To download and install OverDrive Media Console, click here.

Step 2 - Activate the software

After you have installed the software that you downloaded, you need to take steps to activate the software before downloading digital materials.

OverDrive Media Console for Windows requires a security upgrade.

OverDrive Media Console for Windows utilizes Windows Media® Player 9 Series (or newer) to play DRM-protected files. The first time that Windows Media Player attempts to open a DRM-protected file, it will alert you that a security upgrade must be performed before the file may be opened. The upgrade takes just a few moments, and must be performed before Microsoft® Windows Media Player will play any DRM-protected files.

OverDrive Media Console for Macs do not require security upgrades.

For more information on OverDrive WMA Audiobooks and upgrading Windows Media Player, click here.
OverDrive MP3 Audiobooks do not require the Windows Media Player Security Upgrade.

Step 3 - Check out, download, and enjoy

Browse or search this site for downloadable materials. When you locate a title of interest, add it to the cart and check out the title. Once you have checked out a title, a download page is displayed. Click the 'Download' link to start the download. Once the download is complete, open and enjoy the title. You will never accrue late fees with titles you download from this website. At the end of the loan period, titles will expire and be automatically 'returned' to the library. At this time, you can delete the expired file(s) from your computer.

For more information on the checkout process, click here.

Step 4 - Transfer Audio to Your Portable Audio Player (Optional)

Click here to review instructions for transferring MP3 audiobooks to portable devices.

Click here to review instructions for transferring WMA audiobooks to portable devices. Click here to review a list of supported portable devices.

Additionally, please note that in order to use OverDrive WMA Audiobook on a device, the device must either support the bit rate of 32kbps or be able to transcode 32kbps files to a supported bit rate.

You may want to check device documentation to determine if a device supports DRM-protected Windows Media content at 32kbps.

Note: If you are using a Pocket PC, OverDrive Media files must be transferred to a memory card. Be sure you have a memory card with sufficient memory space installed, and be sure to specify the memory card in the course of the transfer process.

Audiobooks, like print books, come in a variety of lengths, and this makes it difficult to estimate how many books you will be able to fit on your device. Please note the following:

One Part = One CD
One CD = 80 minutes (or less) of audio content
80 minutes (or less) of audiobook content = not more than 18MB of disk storage space for WMA audiobooks, 36MB of disk storage space for MP3 audiobooks.

Using these numbers you can assume that you'll be able to store the following number of audiobook Parts on your portable device. (Please note that these numbers do not take into account actual vs. theoretical disk space as well as storage space used by the firmware of your device.)

128MB = 7 WMA Parts = 3 MP3 Parts
256MB = 14 WMA Parts = 7 MP3 Parts
512MB = 28 WMA Parts = 14 MP3 Parts
1GB = 56 WMA Parts = 28 MP3 Parts
2GB = 112 WMA Parts = 56 MP3 Parts
5GB = 280 WMA Parts = 140 MP3 Parts
10GB = 560 WMA Parts = 280 MP3 Parts
20GB = 1120 WMA Parts = 560 MP3 Parts

Explore your options…

Search for digital materials using a variety of criteria on the advanced search page. To go to the advanced search page, click here.
Take digital materials with you on-the-go. Many audio titles can be burned to CD, and most audio titles can be transferred to supported portable devices.
If you come across a title that you are interested in checking out, you can add it to your 'Wish List'. For more information on your 'Wish List', click here.
If a desired title is not available, you can place it on hold. For more information on placing holds, click here.