Dell XPS /Dimension Owner's Manual

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28 Using Your Computerw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m Using Easy CD Creator BasicSee the Easy CD Creator Basic documentation for instructions on how to use the program,information about different recording techniques, and CD media limitations. The Easy CDCreator Basic documentation is located in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Help and SupportCenter (see "Finding Help Information" on page 38). The documentation is also providedon the Dell Dimension ResourceCD, which is included with your computer. Each Easy CDCreator Basic project program also has thorough online help files.Using Blank CD-R Discs or Blank CD-RW DiscsYour CD-RW drive writes to two different types of recording media—CD-R and CD-RWdiscs. Use blank CD-R (CD-Recordable) disks to record music or permanently store datafiles. After creating a CD-R disc, you cannot write to that disc again without changing yourmethod of recording (see the Roxio documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RW(CD-ReWritable) discs when you want to write, erase, rewrite, and update your files ontoCDs.Helpful Tips• You must use the Easy CD Creator Basic project programs to copy and record all musicand data CDs. You can use Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW disc only after you first use DirectCD to format the disc.• You must use CD-R discs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos.CD-RW discs do not play in most home or car stereos.• If you want to copy files from the Internet or files from a floppy or Zip drive, copythose files to your hard drive first, and then burn your CD. Your CD-RW drive requiresa steady stream of data to properly record. Direct Internet downloads, floppy drives,and Zip drives may not be able to provide a steady data stream to your CD-RW drive.• Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3software installed.• Ensure that you set the sampling rate to at least 128 Kbps when you burn MP3 files toa CD. Otherwise, recording errors may occur.• Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc to its maximum capacity; for example, donot copy a 650-MB file to a 650-MB blank CD. The CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB ofthe blank CD to finalize the recording.G0550bk1.book Page 28 Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:55 PM