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50 Chapter 3 Using Your Computer
Playing DVD Discs
To play a DVD-Video disc on your PowerBook, insert the DVD disc. DVD Player opens
automatically. You’ll find DVD Player provides easy-to-use controls for starting,
stopping, and viewing DVDs.
If your PowerBook is connected to a TV so that you can watch a DVD-Video on the TV
screen, select 720 x 480 NTSC (in the United States) or 720 x 576 PAL (in Europe and
other regions) in the Displays pane of System Preferences.
You can easily connect your PowerBook to your stereo system. Use a miniplug-to-RCA
cable (not included) to connect the headphone out (f) port on your PowerBook to the
audio input ports on your stereo.
Recording CD-R and CD-RW Discs
You can record data on CD-R, and CD-RW discs
To record data on a CD-R or CD-RW disc:
1 Insert a blank disc into the optical drive.
2 In the dialog that appears, enter a name for the disc. An icon for the disc appears on
the desktop.
3 Drag files and folders to the disc icon.
4 Click the Burn Disc icon beside the disc name in the Finder Sidebar.
You can also record music on CD-R and CD-RW discs right from your iTunes library.
To record music from your iTunes library:
1 Click the iTunes icon in the Dock.
2 Select the playlist you want to record.
3 Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc.
4 At the top of the iTunes window, click Burn CD.
For More Information
 For information about how to use iTunes to record music files on a CD-R or CD-RW
disc, open iTunes and see the iTunes onscreen help.
 For instructions on using DVD Player, open DVD Player and see the DVD Player
onscreen help.
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