Getting Started Guide
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Setting Up Your PC
- Using the Keyboard
- Setting Up Sound
- Using Your PC Top
- Using the Memory Card Reader
- Using a TV as a Monitor
- Using the HP Personal Media Drive
- Working with Digital Images
- Playing CDs and DVDs
- Creating Audio and Data Discs
- Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording
- Working with Audio CDs
- Working with Data DVDs and CDs
- Copying a DVD or CD
- Archiving Files on a CD or DVD
- Working with Image Files
- Disc Labeling with LightScribe
- Compatibility Information
- Disc Features and Compatibility Table
- Optical Drive Quick Reference Table
- Software Quick Reference Table
- Creating Video Discs and Movies
- Creating Movies Using muvee autoProducer
- Getting Help
- Index
60 Getting Started Guide
• If your recording fails, manually select a slower recording speed, if available,
each time you make a recording. Refer to the Help menu in your selected
software program for more information about selecting a slower recording
speed.
• If you try to record more than a standard CD can hold, a message displays
warning you that all the tracks may not fit on your disc.
Creating audio CDs
To create uncompressed audio CDs using Sonic DigitalMedia Plus:
1 Open the DigitalMedia Plus program by clicking Start, All Programs,
Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home.
2 Click the Audio tab and then Audio CD.
3 Do one or more of the following:
• Click Add Music and navigate to music stored on your PC.
• In the Quick Find panel, click Scan to automatically search your PC
for songs.
• Insert a CD and add songs from it.
4 Select the songs you want to record, and then click Add.
5 Click the Burn icon when you have added all the audio files to your
music CD project.
6 When prompted, insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. If you want to
play your music CD in your home or car stereo, use a CD-R disc.
CD-RW discs may not play in some stereos.
7 Click OK.
You can get detailed online help by clicking the Help menu and then
selecting Help.
Creating jukebox discs
To create compressed (jukebox) music CDs or DVDs using Sonic DigitalMedia Plus:
1 Open the DigitalMedia Plus program by clicking Start, All Programs,
Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home.
2 Click the Audio tab, and then Jukebox CD/DVD.
3 Do one or more of the following:
• Click Add Music and navigate to music stored on your PC.
• In the Quick Find panel, click Scan to automatically search your PC
for songs.
• Insert a CD and add songs from it.
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