HP Blackbird 002-01A Gaming System manual Playing CDs with Windows Media Player, Playing DVDs

Playing CDs with Windows Media Player

NOTE: Some commercial music CDs are copy-protected and cannot be played with Windows Media Player. Such CDs come with their own (built-in) player that must be used.

1Insert the music CD or DVD movie into the drive.

￿When the AutoPlay window opens, select Windows Media Player from the list. You may have to scroll down in the window to see Windows Media Player.

Or

￿If the Windows Media Player window does not automatically open, click the

Windows Start Button on the taskbar, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player.

2To play the CD or DVD, click the Now Playing tab on the Windows Media Player taskbar. You can also control playback by using the media control buttons on the keyboard (select models only).

NOTE: The computer must have a connection to the Internet to see CD information such as artist name, song titles, and album art.

For more information on using Windows Media Player, click the drop-down arrow on the Player taskbar, and then click Help.

Playing DVDs

The computer must have a DVD drive to play DVD movies. Some computer models include

aDVD drive that can also play Blu-ray DVDs (BD) and High-Definition DVDs (HD DVD). To play a DVD, you must have a DVD drive:

1Insert the DVD into the DVD drive.

2When the DVD dialog window opens, choose the program you want to use from the list. You may have to scroll down in the window to see all available programs.

Or

If the dialog window does not appear, click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, click All Programs, and then click HP DVD Play or DVD Play BD/HD, or Power Cinema depending on the type of DVD drive and computer model that you have.

3Use the controls in the DVD program to play the DVD.

4To reduce the DVD Play window, double-click anywhere in the window. To return the display to full-size, double-click anywhere in the window again.

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