Using Your CD Drive

 

Operating the CD Drive

 

Controls and Features

 

Figure 2-1and Table 2-1describe the operating controls and features of

 

the CD drive.

 

The exact positioning of CD Drive controls/features may vary depending

NOTE

 

on the model of the device.

 

 

Figure 2-1

CD Drive Controls and Features

 

Disk

 

Tray

 

Busy Indicator

Emergency Eject

Eject Button

Table 2-1

CD Drive Operating Controls and Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Control/Feature

Purpose

 

 

 

 

 

Busy Indicator

The Busy Indicator blinks during a data transfer.

 

 

 

 

Eject Button

The Eject Button when pressed opens the Disk Tray

 

 

for removal or insertion of a disk. When the drive is in

 

 

use, you must press the eject button for more than one

 

 

second to open the Disk Tray.

 

 

 

 

 

Emergency Eject

You can open the Disk Tray when the computer does

 

 

not have power by inserting the end of a paper clip

 

 

into this opening.

 

 

 

 

 

Disk Tray

The Disk Tray holds the CD. This style of CD drive

 

 

does not use a disk caddy.

 

 

 

 

 

Note that there is neither a volume control nor a headphone jack on the front of the CD drive. To listen to an audio CD, use the headphone jack on the rear panel, and control the sound volume via software called “xmcd” (for details, see “Audio Control for the CD Drive” on page 63).

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