NEC L320 manual Variable-Speed CD-RW Drive, Variable-Speed DVD-ROM Drive

Variable-Speed CD-RW Drive

Your NEC Versa notebook might ship with a CD-RW drive and Adaptec® Easy CD Creator™ software. Use the CD-RW drive to load and start programs from a compact disc (CD) or to play your audio CDs. The C-RW drive is fully compatible with Kodak Photo CDs and standard audio CDs.

In addition, the Easy CD Creator application allows you to write information to a CD and backup information from your hard disk drive to a CD. For detailed information about using the CD-RW drive and installing the Easy CD Creator, refer to the accessory sheet that ships with the drive.

Software and drivers for the CD-RW drive are provided separately on a CD. Printed installation instructions are packaged with the CD.

Note CD-RW media must be formatted before you use it. Systems with CD-RW drives ship with an NEC CD-RW Software CD. Install the software on your system from this CD (see “NEC CD-RW CD” in Chapter 4.)

Variable-Speed DVD-ROM Drive

he 8X maximum/2X minimum variable-speed DVD-ROM drive, which might ship with your Versa notebook, offers many improvements over the standard CD-ROM technology, including superior video and audio playback, faster data access, and greater storage capacities. The drive reads from DVD discs as well as standard audio and video CDs.

In addition, some DVD-ROM drives ship with the NEC SoftDVD Player that allows you to play movies in DVD format. For detailed information about using the DVD- ROM drive and installing the NEC SoftDVD Player, refer to the accessory sheet that ships with your drive.

he DVD-ROM drive offers the following features.

Status LED — Lights during data read operations. Do not eject the DVD or turn off the NEC Versa notebook when the indicator is lit.

Emergency Eject Hole — Allows you to manually remove a disc from the DVD-ROM drive if the eject function is disabled by software or a power failure.

To remove a disc, insert the end of a paper clip into the eject hole, and push in until

Tyou hear a click. Manually open the drawer.

Eject Button — Ejects the DVD tray. Press this button when power is on to insert a DVD into or remove a DVD from the drive.

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