Apple G4 manual Ejecting a Disc, Playing DVD Discs, Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs

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Ejecting a Disc

To eject a disc, do one of the following:

•Drag the disc icon to the Trash.

•Press and hold the Media Eject ( ) key on the keyboard until the disc ejects.

Allow the disc to fully eject before removing or reinserting it.

If you can’t eject the disc, quit any applications that may be using the disc and try again. If that doesn’t work, restart the computer while holding down the trackpad button.

Playing DVD Discs

To play a DVD-Video disc on your PowerBook, insert the DVD disc. DVD Player opens automatically. You’ll find DVD Player provides easy-to-use controls for starting, stopping, and viewing DVDs.

If your PowerBook is connected to a TV so that you can watch a DVD-Video on the TV screen, select 720 x 480 NTSC (in the United States) or 720 x 576 PAL (in Europe and other regions) in the Displays pane of System Preferences.

You can easily connect your PowerBook to your stereo system. Use a miniplug-to-RCA cable (not included) to connect the headphone (f) port on your PowerBook to the audio input ports on your stereo.

Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs

You can record data on CD-R and CD-RW discs.

To record data on a CD-R or CD-RW disc:

1Insert a blank disc into the optical drive.

2In the dialog that appears, enter a name for the disc. An icon for the disc appears on the desktop.

3Drag files and folders to the disc icon.

4Click the Burn Disc icon beside the disc name in the Finder Sidebar.

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