Apple powerbook g4 Ejecting a Disc, Playing DVD Discs, For More Information on Your DVD Drive

Ejecting a Disc

You eject a disc by dragging the disc icon to the Trash or pressing and holding the Media Eject ( ) key on the keyboard.

If you can’t eject the disc, try the following:

mQuit any applications that may be using the disc and try again.

mRestart your computer and hold down the trackpad button during startup until the disc ejects.

mIf that does not work, insert the end of a paper clip into the manual eject hole (located on the far right side of the drive slot on the DVD-ROM drive) to press the internal eject button. Your PowerBook must be turned on.

Playing DVD Discs

You can also use the DVD drive to play DVD-Video discs on your PowerBook. Insert the DVD disc and do the following:

mIn Mac OS 9, choose Apple DVD Player from the Apple (K) menu.

mIn Mac OS X, use the Apple DVD Player application, located in the Applications folder on your hard disk.

If you use S-video to connect your PowerBook to a TV (see page 52) 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).

mIn Mac OS 9, use the Resolution portion of the Control Strip.

mIn Mac OS X, use the Display tab of the Displays pane of System Preferences.

Note: When your PowerBook is connected to an external monitor, DVD playback is only available in extended desktop mode. You can’t use video mirroring for DVD playback.

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

For More Information on Your DVD Drive

For instructions on using Apple DVD Player, open the player and then choose Apple DVD Player Help from the Help menu.

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