Your PC includes the DVD Writer/CD Writer, which is a DVD and CD rewriteable optical drive. This guide tells you about the optical drive features and tells you about how to use some of the software programs to create DVDs and CDs.

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DVD Writer/CD Writer Drive Features

The DVD Writer/CD Writer is a multipurpose rewriteable optical drive that can:

•Record audio, data, and video files onto DVDs or CDs.

•Create DVDs and VCDs that can be played on most DVD-ROM drives and some home DVD players.

•Record directly to a DVD or CD from a digital or an analog video source, such as a digital video camera, a TV tuner, or a VCR.

NOTE: Your PC must have an analog capture card to capture video from an analog device such as a VCR.

•Store, edit, and preserve video files from various video sources.

•Store large amounts of data.

•Play DVD movies and music CDs.

•Read data DVDs and CDs.

Creating Music CDs with RecordNow!

NOTE: Burn is an industry term used to describe the recording of information onto a DVD or CD. Optical recording uses a laser beam to place information onto the disc, thus the term burning.

You can use RecordNow!™ to create audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player or on your PC.

Creating CDs to Play in Your Car or Home CD Players

1Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD) Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click RecordNow! again.

2Click the Audio Projects tab.3Select Audio CD for Car or Home CD Player.

4Insert a music CD. Select View and then select your CD-ROM drive to view the tracks on your CD.

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Click Find, and then click Browse to find music files on your hard disk drive that you want to record.

5Select the tracks you want to record, and then click Add.

NOTE: You can press Control (Ctrl) on your keyboard to select more than one track.

6Click the Burn icon when you have added all the audio files to your music CD project.

7Click Yes.

8When prompted, insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc.

NOTE: If you want to play your music CD in your home or car stereo, use a CD-R disc. CD-RW discs may not play in some stereos.

9Click OK. It is best not to use the PC while recording.

10Click Done when recording is complete.

Click ? and then select RecordNow! Help for more information about recording music CDs with the RecordNow! program

Creating CDs to Play on Your PC

1Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD) Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click RecordNow! again.

2Click the Audio Projects tab.

3Select Jukebox CD.

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