Howard,

You don't need to use the Stream's companion software at all.  Simply:
1.  download a book from NLS.
2.  Create a folder on your USB drive at the root of the drive reflective of 
the book's name, i.e. DB55331 or alternatively a folder called "Power Plays 
the Cutting Edge".
3.  Extract all the zip files to the folder you created by running your 
favorite unzipping utility or the buiolt-in Windows unzipping utility and 
specifying that all the extracted files be placed in the folder you created 
in Step 2.

As long as you create books as folders in the root directory of the flash 
drive, you can navigate between them in the manner you stated.

Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 12:05 PM
Subject: nls player


> The NLS has earned the highest praise and support that we can give them 
> with
> the new digital players!  I got mine Thursday night, and with help, I have
> discovered a few fascinating things.
> 1.  If you load multiple books on a travel drive, you can open the library
> by holding down the play button for 3 seconds.  Then the right and left
> arrows go through the books.
> 2.  Kingston travel drives are recommended, but I had an 8 GB verbatim 
> store
> and go here, it works fine.  Sorry if I spelled that wrong.
> 2.  You have to be careful with this, thin fingers help.  The cartridges
> connect to the machine via a standard USB port at the back of the cassette
> well.  To avoid sticking a drive out the side of the machine, plug the 
> drive
> in to the port inside the well.  Tiny drives are not recommended, unless 
> you
> have really thin fingers.  The battery doesn't report more than 29 hours 
> of
> life, but I hear it actually runs the machine for 35 hours.
> You may have to have the latest firmware for all of this to work, Mine 
> says
> 2.1.4, I don't know how to get or update the machine yet.  If you have the
> stream companion software, you can use it to transfer downloaded books to
> the travel drive.  My thanks to everybody who has been so helpful in
> answering my many questions.
>
>
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor