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Safety: Read first. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v General safety guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Service | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . | vii |
Power cords and power adapters | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . | vii |
Extension cords and related devices | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . | vii |
Plugs and outlets | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . | vii |
Batteries | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . | viii |
Heat and product ventilation | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . viii | |
CD and DVD drive safety | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . |
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About this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Registering your product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter 1. Introduction | . . . . . . | . . . | . | . | |
Product description | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Software description | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Installation requirements | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Before you begin | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Handling precautions | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Drive controls and connectors | . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||||
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |||||
Installing the drive | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 1. Opening the computer | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 2. Unpacking the drive | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 3. Setting the configuration jumpers | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 4. Mounting the drive in the bay | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 5. Attaching the cables to the drive | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 6. Completing the hardware installation | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 7. Installing the software | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Step 8. Setting up the system for CD playback | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using the drive | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using recordable media | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using single and | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Removing the disc from the cartridge | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using the drive with CDs and DVDs | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Securing a disc in a vertically mounted drive | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Manually ejecting a disc | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using the DVD Player software | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Before using the software | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using the DVD Player | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Changing the DVD region code | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using drive letter access (DLA) | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using the RecordNow software | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
RecordNow projects | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Making a bootable CD or DVD | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
About CD and DVD images | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Using Intervideo WinDVD Creator Plus | . . . . . . . | . . | . . | . | |
Maintaining the drive | . . . . . . | . . . | . | . | |
Handling and caring for a disc | . . . . . . | . . . | . | . | |
Caring for the drive | . . . . . . | . . . | . | . |
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