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Electronic Pimsleur Audio Downloads

 

Catee’s Language World is proud to introduce electronic Pimsleur downloads!  With Pimsleur downloads, you don’t have to wait for the post office to deliver your CDs.  You don’t have to pay any shipping costs.  You can burn your own copies onto your own CDs and you can listen to Pimsleur on your portable music players (they must support WMA format).  

 

The downloads will come as a .zip file, complete with a printable Pimsleur User’s Guide, a reading booklet (if your download comes with reading lessons), and cover artwork.

 

When you purchase a downloadable Pimsleur product from Catee’s Language World, the electronic file will be available for download immediately after purchase.  In addition, you may login to your Catee’s Pimsleur Download account at a later time to download the electronic file at your convenience.

 

Unfortunately, these downloads will not work on Macintosh computers due to Microsoft choosing not to support Windows Media Player on Mac computers. Please see the FAQ for possible solutions.

 

How does it work?

 

1. Select the Electronic Pimsleur product of your choice and place it into your shopping cart.

 

2. Go through the checkout process normally.

 

3. On the confirmation page, you will have a link to your electronic download.  Click on the link and select “Save” to download the file to your computer.  Depending on the speed of your internet connection, the download can take from a few minutes to a few hours.  You can also download the file later by logging into your Catee’s Pimsleur Download account.  To do this, click on “MyAccount” in the upper right hand corner from the main page, go to “Previous Orders”, click on the “View” button, scroll down to the “Download links”, and click on the link in the first box.  The link will be available for 30 days after purchase so you may download it at your convenience.

 

4. Play the file in Windows Media Player.  The first time you play your file, you will be asked for your Catee’s Pimsleur Downloads email and password.  After you enter this information, click “Sign In”, and you will automatically download your license.  Note that you must have an active internet connection during this process.

 

A test file is available here. Please download the test file to make sure that the downloads will work on your computer. The login and password are "test@cateespimsleurdownloads.com" and "welovecatee". Please see the troubleshooting steps if you have trouble getting it to work on your computer.

 

We have more detailed, step-by-step instructions with screen shots if you get lost.

 

The permissions on the file allow you to:

 

Play the downloaded files an unlimited number of times.

Burn the files to CD backup up to 2 times.

Synchronize the files to a portable music player up to 2 times.

Backup your license file.

  

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

1. How do I convert the files to MP3 format?
2. How large are the files?
3. Approximately how long will download time be?
4. In what file format are the audio files encoded?
5. Can I play Pimsleur on my iPod?
6. Can I play Pimsleur on my Apple Macintosh?
7. I want to listen to these in my car. How can I play these on my car's CD player?

 

1. How do I convert the files to MP3 format?

 

In order to play the downloadable Pimsleurs as MP3's, you must first burn your Pimsleur download to an audio CD using Windows Media Player and then convert from the CD to MP3 format.

 

2. How large are the files?

 

A 10 lesson file is approximately 90-110 MB.

A 30 lesson file is from 290 to 310 MB.

 

3. Approximately how long will download time be?

 

For a 10 lesson file (100 MB)

Connection	Speed	Time
Modem	56 Kbps	4 hours
DSL	512 Kbps	30 minutes
T1	1.5 Mbps	9 minutes

 

For a 30 lesson file (300 MB)

Connection	Speed	Time
Modem	56 Kbps	12 hours
DSL	512 Kbps	1 hour 20 minutes
T1	1.5 Mbps	26 minutes

 

4. In what file format are the audio files encoded?

 

The files are encoded in Windows Media Audio 9.1 using 48kbps, 44 kHz, stereo 2-pass VBR (variable bit rate) format in order to ensure high audio quality while maintaining a reasonable size for downloads.

 

5. Can I play Pimsleur on my iPod?

 

Yes, but it will require some work. In order to play the downloadable Pimsleurs on your iPod, you will need to convert them from WMA to MP3 format.  To do this, you must first burn your Pimsleur download to an audio CD using Windows Media Player and then convert from the CD to MP3 format.  These actions are required because the iPod does not support Microsoft's Digital Rights Management technology.

 

6. Can I play Pimsleur on my Apple Macintosh?

 

Unfortunately, these downloads will not work on Macintosh computers due to Microsoft choosing not to support Windows Media Player on Mac computers. One potential solution is to download the WMA files to a Windows computer, burn audio CD's using Windows Media Player, and then use the CD's on the Mac. The CD's will be your own copy as if you had purchased the CD's directly.

 

7. I want to listen to these in my car. How can I play these on my car's CD player?

 

Many of our customers listen to Pimsleurs while driving. To put these in a format suitable for your car CD player, you must download the WMA files to a Windows computer, burn audio CD's using Windows Media Player, and then you can use the CD's in your car CD player. You will need 1 CD for every 2 lessons. The CD's will be your own copy as if you had purchased the CD's directly.