Ok I'm not making myself clear I think. I can make a CD but I can't play a RealPlayer file in my car, it has to be converted to MP3 I think. I do have Windows XP, but not sure that has anything to do with it. The file is a Bible study file in RealPlayer format. Does that help?

Might want to look at 'Real Alternative' plays most of the Real files in old fashioned windows media player. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternative.htm

I've been getting "movie" JcPenney ads in the last few months (though this hasn't happened in the last few weeks) Have you scanned your computer for viruses and adware/malware? You can download some of these programs for free(check cnet.com for the available downloads). I've used Malwarebytes and adaware before to scan for adware, plus my standard anti-virus program.

No worries, everyone has a first time with everything. Some of the below assumes you have a Windows PC, but it's only a little different with a Mac. Just like photos, or documents, or other program data, music on a PC, phone, or tablet is in a file. A separate file for each separate item. For all of the above devices, files are put into folders. A folder is like a drawer, and devices have many folders just like a multi-drawered cabinet or a chest has many drawers. Whether buying music from the iTunes store, or Amazon, or whatever, the program that's used (like itunes or Amazon download manager) puts the music files into a specific folder. These programs have a setting that can be changed to put them elsewhere. I always recommend people put files they will access later into a high level folder on their PCs, like a subdirectory of the root directory (Like by creating a folder called C:\Music) so that the contents is easiest to access from Explorer without having to remember a long chain of subdirectories. Whether you have a PC or a Mac, by using iTunes and the iTunes store, the software can find music on your PC. Sometimes, you need to tell it to look. Once in your iTunes library, it can be transfered to your iPhone when it's connected to the PC if it's set to sync media content. (Or maybe it does it automatically unless you tell it not to, I forget which it is). iTunes should also be able to identify music on your PC downloaded from other sources (and certainly that ripped from CDs) and do the same, the same way. For transfers to a Kindle or non-Apple tablet (since an ipad works in the identical way with itunes as do iphones), you'll get your answer by a search like this: Copy transfer music files to Kindle Fire