Dell Inspiron 500m Owner's Manual

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70 U sin g C D s, D V D s, an d O th er M u ltim e diaw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m T E S T T H E S P E A K E RS — Plug the speaker audio cable into the line-out connector on thecomputer. Ensure that the headphone volume control is turned up. Play a music CD.R U N T H E S P EA K E R S E L F - T ES T — Some speaker systems have a self-test button on thesubwoofer. See the speaker documentation for self-test instructions.E L I M I N A T E P O S S I BL E I N T E R F ER E N C E — Turn off nearby fans, fluorescent lights, or halogenlamps to check for interference.R E I N S T A L L T H E S OU N D ( A U D I O ) DR I VE R — See "Reinstalling Drivers and Software" onpage 103.Copying CDsNOTE: To "burn" a CD means to copy or create your own custom CD. Ensure that you follow allcopyright laws when you create CDs.This section applies only to computers that have a CD- or DVD-recording device.The information in this section is based on the Roxio Easy CD Creator Basicdocumentation that came with your computer. See "Using Easy CD Creator Basic" onpage 71 for instructions on how to locate that documentation.NOTE: The information in this section also applies to using Easy CD Creator Basic with aDVD+RW or a DVD+R drive.To burn CDs, you need to use CD-burner software. Roxio Easy CD Creator Basic is yourcomputer's CD-burner software. The software includes the following project programs thatenable you to record specialty CDs for different types of uses:• DirectCD allows you to format a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc so that you can useMicrosoft ® Windows ® Explorer to drag and drop data files to the CD-RW drive. Youcan use a DirectCD-formatted CD-RW disc like another hard drive on your computerbecause CD-RW discs are fully rewritable (CD-R discs can be used with DirectCD,but that media type has overwriting limitations—see "Using Blank CD-R Discs orBlank CD-RW Discs" on page 71 for recording media differences).• MusicCD allows you to burn custom music CDs.• DataCD allows you to copy a variety of your documents, such as spreadsheet oraccounting files, to a CD for permanent storage.NOTE: Some music and game CDs are copy-protected. If you have a CD that cannot be copied,you must use the original CD for everyday use.3Y647bk0.book Page 70 Wednesday, April 2, 2003 3:24 PM