Bose PDF259774_00 manual Operating the CD Player/Recorder

Operating the CD Player/Recorder

Select “Record using error correction” to decrease the probability of audio errors during recording.

The Wave/PC™ application can test your CD-ROM drive to determine its digital audio extrac- tion speed and tell you whether or not it can support simultaneous record and playback.

To test your CD-ROM drive:

1.Insert the Wave/PC installation disk in your CD-ROM drive.

2.If you have more than one CD-ROM drive, select the drive you will use to play CDs from the CD-ROM Drive drop list. If you do not select a drive, the software wil choose the drive with the lowest letter. (If you have a single drive in your computer, the drop list is hidden.)

3.Click the Test CDROM drive button.

4.Click the Begin button in the CD-ROM Drive Test window.

5.When the test is complete, the results are shown.

The results may describe one of the following three conditions:

Displayed Results	Meaning
Digital audio extraction speed [0 to <1.1]X.	Your CD-ROM drive is too slow. You will
It appears that the CD-ROM drive does not	need to upgrade your CD-ROM drive to
support digital audio. You will most likely not be	record CDs.
able to record or playback.
Digital audio extraction speed [1.1 to <3]X.	Your CD-ROM drive is not fast enough to
The CD-ROM drive supports digital audio.	playback and record at the same time. In
However, it does not appear fast enough to	order to record your CDs, you will need to
simultaneously record and playback.	stop playback.
Digital audio extraction speed [3 and greater]X.	You can record and playback CDs at the
The CD-ROM drive supports digital audio. It	same time.
appears to be fast enough to simultaneously
record and playback.

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