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Ultra-Speed+, 16x-32x
Yes, at 32x speed
Using audio CDs
Your computer comes equipped to play back audio CDs using Windows Media Player. In addition, you
can use WinDVD or a third party audio player to play back Audio CDs. Audio CDs will autoplay when
inserted to a Windows menu that allows you to choose from the players that are installed in your system.
CDs that have both audio and data will start any Autoplay programs in the Data section instead of
putting up a menu. To play the audio with both, cancel the data portion, right click on the drive letter in
My Computer, and select Play.
To play audio CDs on your drive, you must enable digital playback. Digital playback uses the IDE data
cable to send audio data from the drive to your computer instead of using an analog audio cable. This
usually results in better playback quality, at the cost of your computer working a little harder to convert
the digital data to analog audio. There are two parts to setting up to listen to CD audio, configuring the
drive, and configuring the playback application.
Configuring the drive for digital playback
If you have Windows XP, your drive should be automatically configured for digital playback.
If you have Windows 2000, you will need to configure your system to use digital playback. Please refer
to “Enabling digital audio extraction for Windows 2000” on page C-2, for step-by-step instructions on
how to enable digital extraction.
Configuring the playback application for digital playback
Your CD playback application must also be configured for digital playback for CD audio to be heard on
your system. If you want to use Windows Media Player as your playback application, follow the
instructions in “Enabling digital audio extraction for Windows 2000” on page C-2, to enable this feature
in Windows Media Player. If you have a third-party CD player application, refer to that application’s
documentation for details.
Using DVD-Rs, DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs, and DVD-RWs
The Multi-Burner Plus Drive can write to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, and DVD+RW discs. You can use
DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R and DVD+R discs to store data, archive files, and copy files from another
DVD.
Standard DVD+R and DVD-R discs have a capacity of 4.7GB of data or video. Dual layer DVD-R and
double layer DVD+R discs can hold 8.5GB of data or video.
DVD-R and DVD+R discs cannot be erased but can be used with standard DVD-ROM drives and DVD
players. DL discs are only compatible with newer computer DVD-ROM drives and consumer electronic
devices. DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs can be erased and rewritten but can be used only with newer
DVD-RW-compatible DVD-ROM drives.
Installing software
All of the software for the drive is contained on the User’s Guide and Software CD. The User’s Guide and
Software CD contains this User’s Guide, Multimedia Center for Think Offerings, DLA, Intervideo
WinDVD and WinDVD Creator Plus. Complete the following procedure to install the software:
1. Insert the User’s Guide and Software CD into the drive. If the CD starts automatically, skip to step 6.
2. If the CD does not automatically start, click Start, and then click Run.
3-6 Multi-Burner Plus User’s Guide