3.Choose a setting from the Action drop-down list:

•Choose Burn audio to begin recording audio to your CD when you click Start. You must close the disc before it can be played in an audio CD player.

•Choose Test, then burn audio to test whether your files can be written to the CD without encountering buffer underruns. Recording begins after the test if it is successful.

•Choose Test only to test whether your files can be written to the CD without encountering buffer underruns. No audio is recorded to the CD.

•Choose Close disc to close your disc without adding any audio when you click Start. Closing a disc allows your files to be played on an audio CD player. You cannot add tracks to a CD once it has been closed.

•Choose Erase RW disc to erase a rewritable CD when you click Start.

4.Select your burning options:

•Select the Buffer underrun protection check box if your CD recorder supports buffer underrun protection. Buffer underrun protection allows a CD recorder to stop and resume burning.

Buffer underrun protection can create a disc that can be played in CD players but may contain a bit error where burning stopped and restarted. Consider clearing this check box when creating a premaster disc.

•Select the Erase RW disc before burning check box to erase a rewritable CD before you begin burning.

•Select the Close disc when done burning check box to close the CD after burning. Closing a disc allows your files to be played on an audio CD player. You cannot add tracks to a CD once it has been closed.

•Select the Eject disc when done check box to eject the CD automatically when burning is complete.

•Select the Burn selection only check box to burn only the selected region. Clear the check box to burn the entire project.

•Select the Render temporary image before burning check box if you want to render your CD project to a temporary file before recording. Prerendering can prevent buffer underruns if you have a complex project that cannot be rendered and burned in real time.

Note: The rendered temporary file will remain until you modify your project or exit. If an image file exists when you Open the Burn Disc-at-Once Audio CD dialog, the check box is displayed as Use existing rendered temporary image.

5.From the Drive drop-down list, choose the drive for burning CDs.

6.From the Speed drop-down list, choose the speed at which you want to burn. Choosing Max uses your drive’s fastest possible speed; decrease the setting if you have difficulty burning because of buffer underruns.

7.Click Start.

Important: Once the CD writing begins, cancelling the write operation renders the CD unusable.

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