Rhapsody works best when you have an account (aka Membership). Your Rhapsody account let's you:

• Keep track of playlists you've created
• Manage a history of the music you've listened to through the mixer or playlist
• Filling out the MyRhapsody tab with music you like
• Keeping a history of the channels you like including recently played (I love this feature)
• Managing the dynamic playlists
• Cataloging the custom music channels you've created
• improves music recommendations by using the rating system of the songs you've rated from don't play to 5 stars

The extra nice thing about a Rhapsody Account is that it works across all versions of Rhapsody and across any computer (including MAC and Linux) that has an internet connection. Once you have your user name and password, you can access your account from almost anywhere.

A free account will give you 25 song plays per month (the same song 25 times or 25 different songs once) and unlimited access to 25 of the hundreds of Rhapsody Music Channels. The free account just requires the creation of an account with a user name and password.

You can also get a free 14 day trial to the full Rhapsody Service which gives you full rights to listen to any of the 5 million plus full-length songs and all the featurs as much as you want. This requires signing up with a credit card and having the right to cancel within 14 days with no charges being incurred. After the 14 days, the rhapsody unlimited is $12.99 per month for all the music you can listen to plus the software plus the music videos plus the option to buy songs for only $.99.

Here are the different flavors of Rhapsody and where to go to get a free account:

www.Rhapsody.com - The web based version of Rhapsody. Allows you to play music, look at and play music from playlists, watch music videos, keep track of what you've played and your playlists through the MyRhapsody tab and manage a version of your music library that lets you bookmark your tracks.

To Get a Free Rhapsody Account through www.Rhapsody.com do This:

1. Click here to go to Rhapsody.com
2. Click on the sign-in button in the upper right. You will need to allow pop-ups on www.rhapsody.com because the account creation, log-in and play screens are all in a separate pop-up window that can stay live while you surf around to other sites.
3. Create an account using your favorite email address and password. No credit card required.
4. You may also need to install a lite version of the player that let's you play the music through a browser. It is a very small and quick install process that is painless and secure. Some computers already have the lite version on them.

Rhapsody Unlimited with Software - The full version of Rhapsody with the jukebox software has all of the features of www.rhapsody.com plus a ton more such as CD Burning, music sharing (send playlists and songs to people), managing all of your music in one library including the music already on your harddrive (kind of like iTunes) and Buy songs if you want to own them for only $.99 each. Rhapsody Unlimited is $12.99 per month once the 14 day trial expires for all of the music listening you can handle.

To Get a Free 14 Day Trial Account for Rhapsody - Do This:

1. Click here to go to Offer.Rhapsody.com
2. Click the orange button to sign-up for the free trial
3. Create an account using your favorite email address and password.
4. Fill-out the rest of the forms including your credit card info (it won't be charged for 14 days so you can cancel if you'd like).
5. Download and install the client (it's fast and easy)
6. Follow the startup screens to import the music collection on your harddrive soyou can manage that music through Rhapsody as well - all in one spot.

Rhapsody To Go with Software - Rhapsody To Go has all of the features of Rhapsody Unlimited with the software PLUS the option to drag and drop songs from the HUGE Rhapsody library onto a compatible MP3 player! This is such a great thing in that any song in the library can be parked on your MP3 player as long as you are a member of Rhapsody. It costs a little more - $14.99 per month, but is soooo nice.

No, Rhapsody to Go does not work with iPods but does work very well with the less expensive, Nano compariable Sansa e200R. Take a look at the How To Put Rhapsody Music on Your MP3 Player to see how to put Rhapsody music on your MP3 player.

To Get a Free 14 Day Trial Account for Rhapsody To Go:

1. Click here to go to Offer.Rhapsody.com for Rhapsody to Go
2. Click the orange button to sign-up for the free trial
3. Create an account using your favorite email address and password.
4. Fill-out the rest of the forms including your credit card info (it won't be charged for 14 days so you can cancel if you'd like).
5. Download and install the client (it's fast and easy)
6. Follow the startup screens to import the music collection on your harddrive soyou can manage that music through Rhapsody as well - all in one spot.