Toshiba Tecra A8 Playing CDs, Using the optical drive, ❖To stop the CD, click the Stop button, (Sample Image) Windows Media Player screen

112	Learning the Basics
	Using the optical drive

Stop button

Play/pause button

(Sample Image) Windows Media Player screen

The Windows Media Player control panel works much like an ordinary compact disc player:

❖To play the CD or to pause, click the Play/pause button.❖To stop the CD, click the Stop button.

Before putting on headphones to listen to an audio CD, turn the volume dial down. Do not set the volume too high when using headphones. Continuous exposure to loud sound can harm your hearing.

Playing CDs

If you insert a CD into the optical drive and the Auto-Run feature does not automatically start your disc, try launching the CD manually. To do this, follow these steps:

1Open the Start menu and select My Computer.2Click the optical drive icon. The disc drive will run the CD.