Using the Media Player Software

L i f e B o o k A 6 0 0 0 S e r i e s N o t e b o o k - S e c t i o n F o u r

If you have disabled the Auto Insert Notification Function, you will have to start the drive from your desktop, since your LifeBook notebook will not automatically recognize that media has been loaded.

Depending upon its configuration, your system may not have the media player software pre-installed. If it is not installed, reference the documentation that accompanies the media application.

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Figure 4-3. Loading/Ejecting Media

REMOVING MEDIA

1.Push and release the eject button on the front of the optical drive. This will stop the drive and the holder tray will come out of the LifeBook notebook a short distance.

2.Gently pull the tray out until the disc can easily be removed from the tray.

3.Carefully remove the media disc from the holder tray.

4.Gently push the holder tray back in until you hear a click.

EMERGENCY MEDIA TRAY RELEASE

If for some reason the eject button fails, you can open the media tray with a paper clip inserted into the eject hole in the far right side of the front of the tray.

Straighten one side of a paper clip and push it gently into the hole. The tray will pop out a short distance.

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Emergency

Tray Release

Figure 4-4. Emergency Removal of a CD/DVD

Starting a DVD Movie

1.Insert the DVD movie into the optical drive of your notebook. If the CD AutoRun feature activates, skip Step 2.

2.The first time you insert a movie into the DVD/CD- RW tray, you will be prompted to select what you want the system to do when discs are inserted (e.g., start automatically or wait for a prompt). Until you make a selection, you will receive the same prompt whenever you insert a disc.

Opening the Media Player Control Panel

With most DVD-ROMs, you have the option of altering how the movie should play and what you wish to view. You can do this by using the media player control panel and the mouse.

1.Click on the [Now Playing] button to open a drop- down menu for options.

2.Make the desired selections from the wide variety of options available.

Using the Media Player Control Panel

The media player software allows you to watch the movie much like a VCR player. You can pause, rewind, fast-forward and stop the movie at any point.


1.	To Pause the movie, click the on-screen				button.
2.	To Rewind the movie, click the		button to rewind
	to a specific portion of the movie, or the				button
	to return to the opening screen.
3.	To Fast-forward the movie, click the			button to
	forward to a specific portion of the movie, or the
	button to jump to the ending credits.
4.	To Stop the movie, click the		button.
Exiting the Media Player
1.	Click the	located in the upper right corner of the
	title bar. This will open a media player dialog box.

2.Click Yes to stop and exit the movie, or No to close the media player dialog box and return to the movie.

USING MEDIA PLAYER ON BATTERY POWER

Since optical drives consume a lot of power, your overall battery life will be significantly shorter when operating the optical drive continuously (such as watching a DVD movie) than during standard operation. Many movies run-times are longer than your LifeBook notebook can support on a single charged battery. If you are watching a