eMachines H3120 manual Playing CDs or DVDs, To play a file using Windows Media Player, Play Stop

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Shortcut

Double-click the file in My Computer.

Playing CDs or DVDs

Important

Some music CDs have copy protection software. You may not be able to play these CDs on your computer.

Important

To watch a DVD you must have a DVD drive in your computer. If you do not have a DVD drive and would like to add an internal or external drive, visit the Accessory Store at accessories.gateway.com.

Help & Support

For more information about playing CDs or DVDs, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type the phrases playing CDs or playing DVDs in the Search box, then click the arrow.

To play a file using Windows Media Player:

1Click Start, All Programs, then click Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player opens.

Video screen

Play Stop Video file information

2Click File, then click Open. The Open dialog box opens.

3Click the file you want to play, then click Open.

4Play the file by clicking(play), then stop playing the file by clicking (stop).

You can play CDs using Windows Media Player, and you can play DVDs using Windows Media Player or or CyberLink PowerDVD.

A standard Compact Disc (CD) holds an entire album of digital songs, and can be played on a CD player or your computer’s CD drive.

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies or several albums of music can fit on a single disc. DVDs can be played on a DVD player or a DVD drive-equipped computer.

Playing a CD or DVD using Windows Media Player

Use Windows Media Player to listen to CDs or watch DVDs. For more information about using Windows Media Player, click Help.

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