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NOTE: The volume control in some MP3 players overrides the Windows volume setting. If you have been listening to MP3 songs, make sure that you did not turn the player volume down

or off.

TE S T T H E E L E C T R I C A L O U T L E T — Ensure that the electrical outlet is working by testing it with another device, such as a lamp.

EN S U R E T H A T T H E S P E A K E R S A R E T U R N E D O N — See the setup diagram

supplied with the speakers.

AD J U S T T H E WI N D O W S V O L U M E C O N T R O L — Double-click the speaker icon in the lower-right corner of your screen. Ensure that the volume is turned up and that the sound is not muted. Adjust the volume, bass, or treble controls to eliminate distortion.

TE S T T H E S P E A K E R S — Plug the speaker audio cable in to the line-out connector on the computer. Ensure that the headphone volume control is turned up. Play a music CD.

R U N T H E S P E A K E R S E L F -T E S T — Some speaker systems have a self-test button on the subwoofer. See the speaker documentation for self-test instructions.

EL I M I N A T E P O S S I B L E I N T E R F E R E N C E — Turn off nearby fans, fluorescent lights, or halogen lamps to check for interference.

RE I N S T A L L T H E S O U N D (A U D I O ) D R I V E R — See page 113.

NOTE: Ensure that you follow all copyright laws when you create CDs.

NOTE: The information in this section also applies to using Easy CD Creator Basic with a DVD+RW or a DVD+R drive.

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This section applies only to computers that have a CD- or DVD-recording device.

The information in this section is based on the Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic documentation that came with your computer. See the following section, "Using Easy CD Creator Basic," for instructions on how to locate that documentation.

To burn CDs, you need to use CD-burner software. Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic is your computer's CD-burner software. The software includes the following project programs that enable you to record specialty CDs for different types of uses:

•DirectCD allows you to format a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc so that you can use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. You can use a DirectCD-formatted CD-RW disc like another hard drive on your computer because CD-RW discs are fully rewritable (CD-R discs can be used with DirectCD, but that media type has overwriting limitations—see "Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW Discs" for recording media differences).

•MusicCD allows you to burn custom music CDs.

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