Downloading is basically a way for you to listen to or make a copy of the audio items provided by us. For us to store our library on our own website would involve some expense, so we are using one of the existing separate web companies who provide the facility to store (upload by us) programmes & make them publicly available (download by you). This company is MediaFire, a well established & popular file sharing company. MediaFire provide this facility for free, & their site carries adverts to fund their service.

OK - now on to the actual download process. When you look at the Audio Library pages you will see the audio items listed together with a brief description, & next to each item is a 'download' button. Clicking this button will open up a new window on your computer connecting to the appropriate MediaFire page containing the chosen audio item.

On the left hand side of this MediaFire page is a box saying 'click here to start download'.Clicking on this box will start the download process & will prompt your computer to ask if you wish to open or save this item.

If you simply wish to listen to the item without saving, click on the 'open' box. The item will then start to download to your computer. This process can take some time depending on the length of the item, & may range from 2 - 10+ minutes. Once completed the item will start to play in your computer's audio player, most commonly Windows Media Player. When finished, you can close the player & the item is not stored on your computer. Obviously to listen again you can repeat this process.

If you wish to save this item to listen to later or to store & transfer to another audio player, click on the 'save' box. This will prompt your computer to ask where to save the item, & this can be in any existing or new folders such as 'my downloads' or 'my music'. Clicking on the 'save' box will begin the download process & store the file in the relevant chosen folder.

If you are new to this process & not sure about saving the items, we suggest you simply open the item & listen without saving.

Well - that should make you proficient in downloading (hopefully..). If you want to try opening or saving a small audio item then try the test below before returning to the main library pages.

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Chelmsford Calling download test. Short audio item 2 minutes 40 seconds long.

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One final point - as with all external sites we do not have any control over the advertising content. Obviously such sites need to run adverts to finance themselves, & whilst some of the adverts on MediaFire are of a slightly colourful nature, this enables them to provide their service to us for free.