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50 Using CDs, DVDs, and Other Multimedia
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Using Blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs
Your CD-RW drive can write to two different types of recording media—CD-Rs and CD-RWs.
Use blank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After creating a CD-R, you
cannot write to that CD-R again without changing your method of recording (see the Sonic
documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RWs to write to CDs or to erase, rewrite,
or update data on CDs.
Helpful Tips
• Use Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW only after
you start Sonic RecordNow and open a RecordNow project.
• You must use CD-Rs to burn music CDs that you want to play in regular stereos. CD-RWs do
not play in most home or car stereos.
• You cannot create audio DVDs with Sonic RecordNow.
• Music MP3 files can be played only on MP3 players or on computers that have MP3
software installed.
• Do not burn a blank CD-R or CD-RW to its maximum capacity; for example, do not copy a
650-MB file to a 650-MB blank CD. The CD-RW drive needs 1 or 2 MB of the blank CD to
finalize the recording.
• Use a blank CD-RW to practice CD recording until you are familiar with CD recording
techniques. If you make a mistake, you can erase the data on the CD-RW and try again. You
can also use blank CD-RWs to test music file projects before you record the project
permanently to a blank CD-R.
• See the Sonic support website at
support.sonic.com
for additional information.
Connecting a Television to the Computer
NOTE: Video and audio cables for connecting your computer to a television are not included with your
computer. Cables may be purchased at most consumer electronics stores.
Your computer has an S-video TV-out connector that enables you to connect the computer to a
television. Using a commercially available S-video cable or composite video cable, you can
connect the computer to a television in one of two ways:
• S-video (for a television with S-video input)
• Composite video (for a television with only a composite video input; also uses the
Dell-supplied composite TV-out adapter cable)
NOTE: Diagrams for each connection combination appear at the beginning of each subsection to help
you determine which method you should use.