Apple iMac G5 manual Ejecting a Disc, Playing DVD Discs, Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs

Models: iMac G5

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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.

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 mouse button.

Playing DVD Discs

To play a DVD, insert the DVD disc. DVD Player opens automatically and starts playing the disc.

If your iMac G5 is connected to a TV so that you can watch DVD playback 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 iMac G5 to your stereo system. Use an optical audio cable with a mini-plug connector (available www.apple.com/store) to connect the combination headphone out/optical audio out port ( ) on your iMac G5 to the optical

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audio input port on your stereo receiver.

Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs

You can record music on CD-R or CD-RW discs right from your iTunes library.

To record music to a CD-R or CD-RW disc using iTunes:

1Click the iTunes icon in the Dock.

2Select the playlist you want to record.

3Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. (For highest compatibility with CD players, use a CD-R disc.)

4At the top of the iTunes window, click Burn CD.

To record your files and folders on CD-R and CD-RW discs using the Finder:

1Insert a blank disc in the optical drive.

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

3Drag files and folders to the disc icon.

4Choose File > Burn Disc, or select the disc and drag it to the Burn Disc icon in the Dock.

For More Information

For information about how to use iTunes to record music files on a CD-R disc, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes and Music Store Help.

For instructions on using DVD Player, open DVD Player and choose Help > DVD Player Help.

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Apple iMac G5 manual Ejecting a Disc, Playing DVD Discs, Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs, For More Information