Playing audio cds, Configuring the drive for digital playback, Using windvd – Lenovo ThinkCentre 41N5624 User Manual

Page 21: Operating system support, Playing, Audio, Configuring, Drive, Digital, Playback

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6.

Select

the

software

you

want

to

install.

7.

Follow

the

on-screen

instructions.

8.

After

the

software

is

installed,

restart

the

computer.

For

full

drive

functionality,

install

all

software

applications

listed

in

the

browser

window

except

the

UDF

Reader.

This

programs

for

their

computers

that

do

not

recognize

UDF

discs.

Note:

The

quick

installs

will

overwrite

any

versions

of

the

software

that

are

already

installed.

Playing

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.

If

you

have

Windows

XP,

a

menu

will

appear

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

on

CDs

with

both

audio

and

programs,

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

for

both

the

drive

and

the

player

application.

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”

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”,

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

WinDVD

This

section

describes

how

to

use

and

customize

the

DVD

Player

software.

You

can

find

current

information

on

DVD

Player

software

in

the

readme

file

on

the

User’s

Guide

and

Software

CD.

Before

using

WinDVD,

you

may

have

to

update

some

of

your

operating

system

components.

Operating

system

support

The

following

components

are

not

present

in

all

Microsoft

Operating

systems

but

are

required

to

operate

WinDVD:

IDE

DMA,

Internet

Explorer

5,

and

DirectX

8.1.

This

section

provides

instructions

for

updating

various

operating

systems

to

enable

Installation

and

user’s

guide

1-7

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