Using audio cds, Configuring the drive for digital playback, Installing software – Lenovo ThinkCentre 41N5626 User Manual

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Using

audio

CDs

Your

computer

comes

equipped

to

play

back

audio

CDs

using

Windows

Media

Player.

In

addition,

you

can

use

WinDVD

or

a

third

party

audio

player

to

play

back

Audio

CDs.

Audio

CDs

will

autoplay

when

inserted

to

a

Windows

menu

that

allows

you

to

choose

from

the

players

that

are

installed

in

your

system.

CDs

that

have

both

audio

and

data

will

start

any

Autoplay

programs

in

the

Data

section

instead

of

putting

up

a

menu.

To

play

the

audio

with

both,

cancel

the

data

portion,

right

click

on

the

drive

letter

in

My

Computer,

and

select

Play.

To

play

audio

CDs

on

your

drive,

you

must

enable

digital

playback.

Configuring

the

drive

for

digital

playback

If

you

have

Windows

XP,

your

drive

should

be

automatically

configured

for

digital

playback.

If

you

have

Windows

2000,

you

will

need

to

configure

your

system

to

use

digital

playback.

Please

refer

to

“Enabling

digital

audio

extraction

for

Windows

2000”

on

page

C-2,

for

step-by-step

instructions

on

how

to

enable

digital

extraction.

Configuring

the

playback

application

for

digital

playback

Your

CD

playback

application

must

also

be

configured

for

digital

playback

for

CD

audio

to

be

heard

on

your

system.

If

you

want

to

use

Windows

Media

Player

as

your

playback

application,

follow

the

instructions

in

“Enabling

digital

audio

extraction

for

Windows

2000”

on

page

C-2,

to

enable

this

feature

in

Windows

Media

Player.

If

you

have

a

third-party

CD

player

application,

refer

to

that

application’s

documentation

for

details.

Using

DVD+Rs,

DVD-Rs,

DVD+RWs,

DVD-RWs,

DVD+R

DLs,

and

DVD-R

DLs

The

Super

Multi-Burner

Drive

can

write

to

DVD+R,

DVD-R,

DVD+RW,

DVD-RW,

DVD+R

DL,

and

DVD-R

DLs

discs.

You

can

use

DVD+R,

DVD-R,

DVD+RW,

and

DVD-RW

discs

to

store

data,

archive

files,

and

copy

files

from

another

DVD.

Standard

DVD+R

and

DVD-R

discs

have

a

capacity

of

4.7GB

of

data

or

video.

Dual

layer

DVD-R

and

double

layer

DVD+R

discs

can

hold

8.5GB

of

data

or

video.

DVD+R

and

DVD-R

discs

cannot

be

erased

but

can

be

used

with

standard

DVD-ROM

drives

and

DVD

players.

DL

discs

are

only

compatible

with

newer

computer

DVD-ROM

drives

and

consumer

electronic

devices.

DVD+RW

and

DVD-RW

discs

can

be

erased

and

rewritten

but

can

be

used

only

with

newer

DVD-RW-compatible

DVD-ROM

drives.

DVD+R

and

DVD-R

discs

can

be

created

as

open

(appendable)

or

closed

(not

appendable).

Many

consumer

electronics

devices

and

older

DVD-ROMs

can

only

read

closed

discs.

The

Super

Multi-Burner

software

allows

you

to

specify

whether

you

want

to

close

the

disc

when

you

create

it.

Installing

software

All

of

the

software

for

the

drive

is

contained

on

the

User’s

Guide

and

Software

CD.

The

User’s

Guide

and

Software

CD

contains

this

User’s

Guide,

Multimedia

Center

for

Think

Offerings,

DLA,

Intervideo

WinDVD

and

WinDVD

Creator

Plus.

Complete

the

following

procedure

to

install

the

software:

1.

Insert

the

User’s

Guide

and

Software

CD

into

the

drive.

If

the

CD

starts

automatically,

skip

to

step

6.

2.

If

the

CD

does

not

automatically

start,

click

Start

,

and

then

click

Run

.

3.

Type

e:\launch.bat

where

e

is

the

drive

letter

of

the

CD

or

DVD

drive.

4.

Click

OK

.

5.

Select

your

language.

6.

Select

the

software

you

want

to

install.

7.

Follow

the

on-screen

instructions.

8.

After

the

software

is

installed,

restart

the

computer.

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ThinkCentre

and

Lenovo

Super

Multi-Burner

Drive

(Serial

ATA)

User’s

Guide

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