How To Play Your Ride Fit™ Indoor Cycle Training Videos

Information on the best way to setup your smart device, PC, Apple Mac, iPad, tablet, DVD player or other media device to play the Ride Fit™ series of training videos can be found below.

Apple iPhone/iPad

Download your chosen Ride Fit™ video to your home computer that runs iTunes and connects to your Apple smart device (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad). Add the video file to the iTunes library and then upload to your Apple smart device in the same way you would upload a music file or another video file.

Android Platforms

Unlike Apple smart devices, which use iTunes to connect to the device, most Android based platforms do not use a computer application to control media upload. Rather, when an Android device is connected to your home computer (typically via a USB cable) it looks like an external storage device. When you connect your computer to an Android platform it may have an onboard application that will run – follow the device instructions provided.

After the computer is successfully connected to the Android device, use a program like Windows Explorer (PC) or Finder (Apple Mac) to copy the downloaded Ride Fit™ video into the appropriate directory on the Android device. For example, for the Vizio VTAB1008 you can download a video file to the \DCIM directory and it will then show up in the Galley under DCIM. For other device storage location please check your specific device instructions.

Windows Based PCs

A Windows based PC is one of the easiest and most flexible media platforms for playing your Ride Fit™ video. After downloading a video from the shopping cart save it in any convenient directory location on your PC.

If you've chosen a Ride Fit™ video that includes a music track then all you need to do is open and play the video with an appropriate media player.

If you've chosen a Ride Fit™ video that does not include a music track, and you want to listen to your own selection of music while watching your Ride Fit™ video then use a music program or service (such as iTunes, Pandora, etc.) to play the music you require. After initiating the music application, minimize it and then open and play your Ride Fit™ video with an appropriate media player.

Note: For best performance we recommend the use of the free media player Splash Lite. This media player has been designed and optimized for HD movies and offers incredibly fast and smooth playback. You can download a copy of Splash Lite by clicking here. We have noted video stuttering with QuickTime on slower PCs and consequently we do not recommend it as your default media player.

The Apple Mac

The Apple Mac is also an easy and flexible solution for playing your Ride Fit™ video. After downloading a video from the shopping cart, save it in a convenient folder location.

If you have chosen a Ride Fit™ video that includes a music track then all you need to do is open and play the video with an appropriate media player, such as QuickTime. If you chosen a Ride Fit™ video that does not include a music track, and you want to listen to music while watching your video then use a music program or service (such as iTunes, Pandora, etc.) to play the music you require. After initiating the music application, hide it and then open and play your Ride Fit™ video with an appropriate media player, such as QuickTime.

DVD, PS3, Other Media Players

If you've purchased a Ride Fit DVD you've got nothing to do except for popping your DVD in your DVD player, Sony PlayStation3 or a similar media device.

Alternatively, you could purchase the downloadable Ride Fit videos and use one of a number of free or commercially available DVD authoring tools to create a DVD from a Ride Fit mp4 file. Some of the current commercially available packages are reviewed in the following online article, http://dvd-authoring-software-review.toptenreviews.com. It should be noted Ride Fit does not endorse or provide technical support for creating DVDs using a DVD authoring package.

Many newer DVD players, the PS3 or a similar media device will also play an mp4 file burnt to a data DVD. Creating a data DVD can again be achieved using a software application or is supported by many new computer operating systems (for instance, Windows 7 or Windows Vista). The reader is left to investigate this approach due to the wide variety of computer and operating systems currently on the market.