Philips PCRW804K-17 - Manual (Page 14)

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M AKING YOUR F IRST CD
Copying a music CD is a simple process. It can take from 15 to 74 minutes per disc, depending
on the speed of your drive.
Quit all other programs on your PC while you are making audio discs. Other programs will
slow the process and may complicate the recording.
Place the music CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Put a blank audio disc in your CD-ReWriter. Be sure the speed of the blank CD matches
that of your CD-ReWriter. For example, use an 8x CD-Recordable with an 8x drive; use a 4x
CD-Recordable with a 4x drive.
Start the recording software. Dialog boxes will lead you through the process. Remember to
select audio CD rather than data CD so that you can play the CD on your stereo, too, not just
your PC.
Note: If you copy to a CD-ReWritable disc, you will not be able to play the disc on other CD or
audio units, only on your PC.
Set your preferences, including those for recording speed. The CD-ROM must read audio
at least twice as fast as the CD-ReWriter will write it. So if your CD-ROM reads at 8x, set your
CD-ReWriter to 4x.
Start recording. Don’t use your keyboard and mouse. Using your computer while duplicat-
ing CDs may cause unwanted skips on the duplicate CD.
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