Basic Player Controls

The Player Controls shown below can be found in the RealPlayer window. The actions described for each control will work only when you already have a clip loaded (ready to play).

Icon	Function	Description

	Window Controls	Standard controls to close, minimize, and zoom the window.
	Real Guide	Click to open Real Guide in the Player Browser.
	RealPlayer Downloader	Click to open RealPlayer Downloader.
	Resize Player	Click and hold the RealPlayer resize tab (lower-right corner of RealPlayer window), then drag to resize the whole window.
Player Control Bar
	Play	Plays a clip from the beginning or from where you paused it. (Becomes Pause button when playing.)
	Pause	Pauses playback of the clip. (Becomes Play button when paused.) Press Play to resume where clip left off. Note: When you resume playback, there may be a delay while RealPlayer reconnects to the clip. Long pauses may cause loss of connection to an online clip.
	Stop	Stops playback and resets clip to the beginning.
	Back	Click and hold to fast rewind the current clip. Click to go to the previous clip in a multi-file clip.
	Forward	Click and hold to fast forward the current clip. Click to go to the next clip in a multi-file clip.
	Position Slider	Click and drag the Tracking button along the position slider, or just click on the position slider, to move playback closer to the end or the beginning of the clip. The vertical tick mark indicates where you last stopped viewing the current clip.
Mute On Mute Off	Mute	Temporarily sets the volume of your RealPlayer to zero (Mute On). The current clip continues to play unless you stop or pause it. Click again to return volume to its previous level (Mute Off).
	Volume Slider	Drag the volume button to adjust volume. Volume level is indicated by the green bar.