Using the CD or DVD drive

Important When you place a single-sided disc in the tray, make sure that the label side is facing up. If the disc has two playable sides, place the disc so the name of the side you want to play is facing up.

3 Gently push the tray in until it is closed.

Playing a CD

Use the music program or Windows Media Player on your computer to:

■Play music CDs

■Create MP3 music files from your music CDs

■Edit music track information

■Use your music files to build a music library

Tips & Tricks

For more information about playing CDs, see “Playing CDs” in Using Your

 

Computer which has been included on your hard drive. To access this guide,

 

click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation.

 

 

Playing a DVD

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums of music, or several gigabytes of data can fit on a single disc. You can play DVDs with the DVD program or Windows Media Player.

Tips & Tricks For more information about playing DVDs, see “Playing DVDs” in Using Your Computer which has been included on your hard drive. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs, then click Gateway Documentation.

Creating CDs and DVDs

You can use the CD and DVD burning program on your computer to copy tracks from a music CD to your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more.

Tips & Tricks For more information about creating CDs and DVDs, see “Creating CDs and DVDs” in Using Your Computer. To access this guide, click Start, All Programs,

then click Gateway Documentation.

www.gateway.com

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