Multimedia - Windows Vista
Table Of Contents
- Multimedia features
- Multimedia software
- Audio
- Video
- Optical drive (select models only)
- Identifying the installed optical drive
- Using optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs)
- Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs)
- Playing a CD, DVD or BD
- Configuring AutoPlay
- Changing DVD region settings
- Observing the copyright warning
- Copying a CD or DVD
- Creating or “burning” a CD or DVD
- Removing a CD, DVD, or BD
- Webcam (select models only)
- Troubleshooting
- The optical disc tray does not open for removal of a CD, DVD, or BD
- The computer does not detect the optical drive
- A disc does not play
- A disc does not play automatically
- A movie stops, skips, or plays erratically
- A movie is not visible on an external display
- The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion
- A device driver must be reinstalled
- Using SoftPaq Download Manager
- Index
Table of contents
1 Multimedia features
Identifying your multimedia components .............................................................................................. 2
Adjusting the volume ............................................................................................................................ 4
2 Multimedia software
Accessing your preinstalled multimedia software ................................................................................. 7
Installing multimedia software from a disc ............................................................................................ 8
3 Audio
Connecting external audio devices .................................................................................................... 10
Checking your audio functions ........................................................................................................... 11
4 Video
Connecting an external monitor or projector ...................................................................................... 13
Connecting an HDMI device .............................................................................................................. 14
Configuring audio for HDMI ............................................................................................... 14
Determining the type of graphics card installed in your computer .................... 14
Setting HDMI as the default audio playback device .......................................... 15
5 Optical drive (select models only)
Identifying the installed optical drive ................................................................................................... 16
Using optical discs (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) ........................................................................................ 17
Selecting the right disc (CDs, DVDs, and BDs) .................................................................................. 18
CD-R discs ......................................................................................................................... 18
CD-RW discs ..................................................................................................................... 18
DVD±R discs ..................................................................................................................... 18
DVD±RW discs .................................................................................................................. 18
LightScribe DVD+R discs .................................................................................................. 18
Blu-ray Discs (BD) ............................................................................................................. 19
Playing a CD, DVD or BD ................................................................................................................... 20
Configuring AutoPlay .......................................................................................................................... 21
Changing DVD region settings ........................................................................................................... 22
Observing the copyright warning ........................................................................................................ 23
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