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Using the DVD function

 

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To achieve optimum performance when playing DVD-ROMdiscs, you should follow these

 

 

 

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recommendations.

 

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Close all open applications before playing a DVD-ROM movie.

 

 

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You can play DVDs using the DVD-ROM drive and the WinDVD software. See the help file on the WinDVD

 

 

software for details.

 

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When playing DVD movies on battery power, set the power management profile to DVD. With other

 

profiles, the movies can be choppy.

 

 

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Do not switch power saving modes while playing a DVD video.

 

 

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If the virus checker is active, you need to disable it.

 

 

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Do not use resident disc utilities or resident utilities to speed up the access of discs, because they may

 

 

cause the system to become unstable.

 

 

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Make sure that the screensaver is deactivated.

 

 

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Region codes indicators are labelled on the DVD discs to indicate in which region and on what type of

 

 

player you can play the disc. Unless a '2' (Europe belongs to region '2') or 'all' (this means that you can

 

 

play this DVD everywhere in the world) is labelled on your DVD disc or on the packaging, you cannot

 

 

play the disc on this player.

 

 

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Do not try to change the region code settings of the DVD-ROM drive. Any difficulties caused by changing

 

 

the region code settings of DVD-ROM drive are out of warranty.

 

Using the CD-RW function

To burn CDs, you can use CD-RW and CD-R discs:

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The CD-RW(CD-ReWritable) disc is a data memory medium that can be used to write, erase and rewrite

 

a program or other data.