Playing CDs
Before you play an audio CD, you may need to enable your computer's audio feature.
To enable the audio feature
1.
Click
Start
on the Windows
®
taskbar, and then click
Control Panel
,
Performance and Maintenance
, and
System
.
The
System Properties
dialog box appears.
As a shortcut, you can press
Fn
+ the
Windows
key
+
Insert
to open the
System Properties
dialog box.
2.
Select the
Hardware
tab, and in the
Device Manager
box, click
Device Manager
. A window with a listing of the
computer's hardware devices appears.
3.
Double-click the type of the optical drive installed on the computer, such as DVD/CD-ROM drives
1
, to open the
submenu.
4.
Double-click the listed optical drive, and select the
Properties
tab.
5.
Click to select the
Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM device
check box if it is not already selected.
6.
Click
OK
.
To adjust the volume for playing CDs and DVDs
Some programs have built-in volume controls, which you can adjust. If there are no volume controls, then adjust the volume
of your computer's built-in speakers by doing one of the following:
Pressing the Volume Up / Down buttons, or the Mute / Sound Effects button, located on the front of the computer.
Using the Volume icon.
1.
Double click the
Volume
icon
on the
Taskbar Notification
area. The
Volume Control
dialog box appears.
2.
In the
Volume Control
and
Wave
columns, move the
Volume
sliders up to increase volume and down to
decrease volume.
To play an audio CD
1.
Insert the disc into the optical drive. See
To insert a disc.
2.
If nothing appears on the desktop once you insert an audio CD disc, then click
Start
, point to
All Programs
, and
click to open a CD program, such as SonicStage.
If the
Audio CD
window appears, click to select an option.
Audio CD
1
O ptic al drive types vary, depending on the model you purc has ed.
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