SonicStage Premium Software

Contents Panel — This window displays a list of songs from the audio source or from a Playlist. You can also view information about the song, such as the artist name, song title, or duration of playback.

Edit Panel — This window enables editing of the songs from the audio source. You can rearrange song order or add or delete songs from the audio source or Playlist.

If you select the FM tuner or external device icons, a Listening panel is displayed. The functions of the Listening panel differ from the Playback panel. See the SonicStage Premium Help file for more information.

Using Playback and Recording Features

Playing an audio CD

When you play an audio CD in your computer’s optical drive for the first time, you are prompted to select playback options and to check the operation of the drive. Follow the instructions in the dialog boxes, and set up SonicStage Premium software to automatically play your audio CDs and to verify the optical drive operation.

1Insert the audio CD into the optical drive. The CD Playback panel appears.

If the Playback panel does not automatically display, click the icon. You can double-click the icon to automatically start playback of the audio CD.

2Click (Play) on the Playback panel to begin playback from the beginning of the audio CD.

3Click (Show List) on the Playback panel to view the Contents panel. A song list of the music on the audio CD is displayed.

4Select the song you wish to play. Click Play on the Playback panel to begin the selected song.

You can double-click on a specific song to automatically begin playback.

5Click (Stop) on the Playback panel to stop playback.

6Click (Play) during playback to pause the song. Click on the icon again to resume playback.

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