Download Player for Windows

The Download Player is used in over 84000+ locations, spanning 168+ countries around the world, delivering foreground and background music and digital signage to retail and leisure outlets such as hotels, public spaces, restaurants, bars, shops, and stores.

Capable of providing any number of zones from a single PC, the Windows Download Player is a complete audio-visual music system.

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Windows Hardware Requirements.

The following are the minimum system requirements when using the Audio Download Player in a Windows environment.

1 - 2 (Zones)

Windows based Desktop PC or Laptop

1 - 8 (Zones)

Windows based Desktop PC or Laptop

9 + (Zones)

Windows based Industrial PC

Mission Critical

Windows based fault tolerant industrial PC

All (Zones)

Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 *¹

1 - 2 (Zones)

1 GHz. Intel Celeron, Intel Pentium or better. *²

1 - 8 (Zones)

Dual Core 1.6 GHz. Intel Celeron (1-2 zones), Intel Pentium (3-4 zones), Intel Core i3 (5-8 zones) *²

9+ (Zones)

Dual Core 1.6 GHz. Intel Core i5 (9-16 zones), Intel Core i7 (17-32 zones), Intel Xeon (33+ zones) *²

Mission Critical

Dual core 1.6 GHz. Intel Core i5 (9-16 zones), Intel Core i7 (17-32 zones), Intel Xeon (33+ zones) *²

1 - 2 (Zones)

4 GB

1 - 8 (Zones)

4GB

9+ (Zones)

8GB (9-32 Zones) | 16GB (33+ Zones)

Mission Critical

8GB (9-32 Zones) | 16GB (33+ Zones)

Min of 80GB hard drive; plus 10GB to 20GB (SD music) or 20GB to 40GB (HD music) of free hard drive space for music downloads per zone. *³

1 - 2 (Zones)

The on-board sound card (headphone socket) is normally OK for short distances (less than 10 meters) between the PC and the audio system input.

1 - 8 (Zones) or 9+

An external analogue or Audio over Ethernet sound card is required. Analogue sound cards with unbalanced outputs are normally OK for short distances (less than 10 meters) between the PC and the audio system input. For longer distances, or installations within electrically noisy environments, one of the following may be required: 1) unbalanced to balanced converter, 2) external sound card with balanced outputs or 3) Audio over Ethernet sound card.

Mission Critical

A high quality external analogue sound card with balanced outputs or Audio over Ethernet sound card is a requirement.

Recommended Sounds Cards.

Recommended Windows Hardware

Recommended hardware vendors for Windows Platform, please contact us with your audio and video requirements and we'll recommend the best solution for you.

If you're not entirely sure on the best choice, contact us for advice or spec for your chosen vendor

Video Player Hardware

We can provide the player hardware pre-configured with our software and music so you can plug and play. We offer two industrial grade PCs in 1U rack mount or compact form factors, should you require more zones please contact us for a quote.

1U Rack Mount Hardware

Multi-zone audio and/or video available on the latest version of Windows and Windows Server.

See Specification

Compact

Multi-zone audio and/or video available on the latest version of Windows and Windows Server.

See Specification

If you'd prefer to supply your own hardware for your Video Player then please see the minimum requirements.

Recommended Sound Cards

The following sound cards have been successfully tested with the Download Player and are recommended for use.

Recommended Sound Cards table.
Audio Interface	Audio Outputs	Interface
StarTech USB Soundcard	2 Channels 1x 1/8" / 3.5mm TRS Unbalanced	USB
Creative Soundblaster Play	2 Channels 1x 1/8" / 3.5mm TRS Unbalanced	USB
ESI Gigaport eX ESI Gigaport HD+	8 Channels 8x RCA / Phono Unbalanced	USB
Behringer UMC202HD	2 Channels 2x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Behringer UMC204HD	4 Channels 4x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Behringer UMC404HD	4 Channels 4x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Behringer UMC1820	10 Channels 10x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
PreSonus Studio 24c	2 Channels 2x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Presonus Studio 68c	4 Channels 4x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
PreSonus Studio 1810c	6 Channels 6x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Presonus Studio 1824c	8 Channels 8x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
Roland OCTA-CAPTURE (UA-1010)	8 Channels 8x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
M-Audio M-Track Eight	8 Channels 8x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	USB
RME Fireface 802	8 Channels 8x 1/4" / 6.3mm TRS Balanced	1 x FireWire 400 1 x FireWire 800 1 x USB 2.0
MOTU 24Ao	24 Channels Pheonix / Euroblock Balanced	USB