70 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
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ENSURE THAT THE SPEAKERS ARE TURNED ON — See the setup diagram supplied with the
speakers.
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DJUST THE WINDOWS VOLUME CONTROL — Double-click the speaker icon in the lower-right
corner of your screen. Ensure that the volume is turned up and that the sound is not muted. Adjust
the volume, bass, or treble controls to eliminate distortion.
NOTE: The volume control in some MP3 players overrides the Windows volume setting. If you
have been listening to MP3 songs, make sure that you did not turn the player volume down or
off.
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EST THE SPEAKERS — Plug the speaker audio cable in to the line-out connector on the
computer. Ensure that the headphone volume control is turned up. Play a music CD.
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UN THE SPEAKER SELF-TEST — Some speaker systems have a self-test button on the
subwoofer. See the speaker documentation for self-test instructions.
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LIMINATE POSSIBLE INTERFERENCE — Turn off nearby fans, fluorescent lights, or halogen
lamps to check for interference.
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EINSTALL THE SOUND (AUDIO) DRIVER — See page 103.
Copying CDs
NOTE: Ensure that you follow all copyright laws when you create CDs.
This section applies only to computers that have a CD- or DVD-recording device.
The information in this section is based on the Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic
documentation that came with your computer. See the following section, "Using Easy CD
Creator Basic," for instructions on how to locate that documentation.
NOTE: The information in this section also applies to using Easy CD Creator Basic with a
DVD+RW or a DVD+R drive.
To burn CDs, you need to use CD-burner software. Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic is your
computer's CD-burner software. The software includes the following project programs that
enable you to record specialty CDs for different types of uses:
• DirectCD allows you to format a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc so that you can use
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. You
can use a DirectCD-formatted CD-RW disc like another hard drive on your computer
because CD-RW discs are fully rewritable (CD-R discs can be used with DirectCD,
but that media type has overwriting limitations—see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or
Blank CD-RW Discs" for recording media differences).
• MusicCD allows you to burn custom music CDs.
