Help
System requirements:
- Sound card and headphones or speakers
- Internet browser: Internet Explorer 6 or Firefox
- Windows Media Player 9 or above
- Mac users: OS9 or higher. Safari or Internet Explorer 5
Works best if you have:
- Office 2003 (or PowerPoint Viewer 2003 which is available to download for free)
- Macromedia Flash Player (minimum version 6)
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
Technical advice: troubleshooting
- The Language Lab quizzes don't work
To play the Language Lab quizzes the Macromedia Flash player is required. To download the up-to-date version of the player go to: www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer
Alternatively, the CD also contains '.exe' versions of the quizzes, which do not require the Flash player. - The 'Why study languages?' PowerPoint Presentations don't work
The PowerPoint presentations use Microsoft PowerPoint 2003. You can download a copy of the PowerPoint 2003 Viewer for free. The PowerPoint Viewer is a program used to run presentations on computers that don't have Microsoft PowerPoint installed. We have also created alternative versions of the presentations which will work on older versions of PowerPoint. - The 'What students say' video clips don't work
Windows Media Player 9 or higher is required to play the video files, which is available free from: www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia - The Acrobat files won't open
In order to display Acrobat files (pdf) you will need to download and install the free Acrobat reader which can be obtained from www.adobe.com - The sound will not play
Try the following steps to ensure sound will play correctly:
Check your sound card (if you have one) is installed correctly.
Check your headphones/speakers are plugged in correctly.
Check your volume is turned up sufficiently.
If you have any further problems, please do not hesitate to contact us at: llas@soton.ac.uk
