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
Index
A
audio devices, connecting
external 10
audio features 9
audio functions, checking 11
audio-in (microphone) jack 2
audio-out (headphone) jack 2
AutoPlay 21
B
BD
playing 20
removing 26, 31
Blu-ray Disc (BD) 16, 17
Blu-ray ROM with LightScribe DVD
±RW SuperMulti DL Drive 17
button, volume mute 4
C
camera
adjusting properties 29
identifying 2
tips 28
using 27
CD
burning 25
copying 24
playing 20
removing 26, 31
CD drive 16
copyright warning 23
D
device drivers
HP drivers 38
Microsoft drivers 39
reinstalling 38
drives
DVD-ROM 17
DVD±RW SuperMulti DL
LightScribe Drive 17
optical 16
DVD
burning 25
changing region setting 22
copying 24
playing 20
removing 26, 31
DVD drive 16
DVD region settings 22
E
earbuds 2
external audio devices,
connecting 10
external monitor port 13
H
HDMI
configuring 14
connecting 14
HDMI port 14
headphone (audio-out) jack 2
headphones 2
high-definition devices,
connecting 14
I
internal microphone, identifying 2
issues, resolving 30
J
jacks
audio-in (microphone) 2
audio-out (headphone) 2
M
microphone, internal 2
monitor, connecting 13
multimedia components,
identifying 2
multimedia software
accessing 7
installing 8
mute button 4
mute button, identifying 3
O
optical disc
removing 26
using 18
optical drive 16
P
ports
external monitor 13
HDMI 14
projector, connecting 13
R
region codes, DVD 22
S
SoftPaqs, downloading 40
speakers 2
T
tips, webcam 28
troubleshooting
AutoPlay 34
device drivers 38
disc burning 37
disc does not play 33
downloading a SoftPaq 40
external display 36
HP device drivers 38
Microsoft device drivers 39
movie play 35
Index 41