Insert a blank or an appendable CD.

Recording with ArcSoft ShowBiz

Use ArcSoft ShowBiz to record video files to CDs and DVDs. ShowBiz can record video files to DVD that can play in a DVD player. TV programs that have been encrypted (protected) by the broadcaster cannot be copied and played back on any player other than the Media Center PC that they were recorded to.

To open ShowBiz, click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, Video, if present, choose ArcSoft ShowBiz 2, and then click ShowBiz Wizard. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Recording with the CD Writing Wizard

Use the Microsoft CD Writing Wizard to record data or music files to CDs only. The CD Writing Wizard cannot write data to DVDs.

To copy data to a blank or appendable CD by using the CD Writing Wizard:

1 Copy your files to a writable CD drive in My Computer by doing one of the following:

■Dragging a file from a Windows Explorer window to the writable CD drive icon.

Or

■Selecting Save As from within certain programs, and then saving the file to the drive.

Or

■Right-clicking a file, selecting Send To, and then selecting the drive.

2 When you are ready to record your files to a CD, click Start on the taskbar, and then click My Computer.

3 Double-click your writable CD drive icon. The files you have copied to the drive appear in the drive window.

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5 Click Write these files to CD in the CD Writing Tasks section of the drive window. The CD Writing Wizard opens.

6 Type the name of the CD, and then click Next.

7 Click Next. The files are being recorded to your CD.

8 When your files have finished recording, a message appears telling you the files have been successfully recorded. Click Finish.

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