We invite you to try a FREE download of one of our audio courses to see how our audio course downloads are set up as ZIP files and to ensure that you can download our audio courses.

For our downloaded courses, you will need a computer that can play audio files and a high speed Internet connection.  If you can hear the audio on YouTube videos, you have the equipment necessary to listen to our download courses on your computer. After you pay for your download, you will receive a link (URL) to get your download file.  The file you download is a compressed file in ZIP format.

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Sample Download: ZIP File size: 22.0 MB ZIP file (MP3 file size = 21.73 MB run time 90 minutes; PDF file size = 1.27 MB).  Downloaded file is in compressed ZIP format, and includes the audio in MP3 format and the course materials in Adobe PDF

If you are unfamiliar with ZIP files, please read these instructions: Our downloaded Capitol Learning Audio Courses are in a compressed format known as ZIP to allow for quicker download times, and if you download a course you must decompress the file in order to use it. The compression software we use is the Internet standard, called ZIP, with the file extension of .ZIP.

A sample ZIP file name looks like this: samplefilename.ZIP Once you have the ZIP file downloaded, you need to decompress it. Your computer may already have a program to do this (called an unZIP program).

On a PC, open Windows Explorer and go to the file. Right click on the file and look for "Extract All..." If it is there, click that and it will decompress your file. If it does not show "Extract All," then you need an unZIP program. We recommend 7-Zip at http://www.7-zip.org or WinZip at http://www.winZIP.com Once you have installed 7-Zip or WinZip, you can either re-download or open your downloaded audio course using WinZip. Then you can extract (decompress) our audio course to your computer and use it. MAC users have an uncompress program built into OS, but many MAC users also use StuffIt Expander for Macintosh.

Each downloaded audio course includes an audio file and a course materials file. 

• The audio file, in MP3 format, will have a name like this: 1234.mp3 
• The course materials file, in Adobe PDF format, will have a name like this: 1234.pdf
  (If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer, it is available for free. )

If you need assistance, please contact us and we will be happy to help you: 703-739-3790, ext. 112.

Full Audio Course FAQ here.