Multimedia - Windows Vista

Table of contents
1 Multimedia hardware
Using the optical drive ......................................................................................................................... 1
Identifying the installed optical drive .................................................................................... 1
Inserting an optical disc ....................................................................................................... 2
Removing an optical disc when running on battery or external power ................................ 2
Removing an optical disc when no computer power is available ......................................... 4
Using the audio features ...................................................................................................................... 5
Using the audio-in (microphone) jack .................................................................................. 6
Using the audio-out (headphone) jack ................................................................................. 6
Adjusting the volume ........................................................................................................... 7
Using the video Features ..................................................................................................................... 8
Using the external monitor port ............................................................................................ 8
Using the S-Video-out jack .................................................................................................. 9
2 Multimedia software
Identifying preinstalled multimedia software ....................................................................................... 11
Installing multimedia software from a CD (select models only) .......................................................... 11
Using multimedia software ................................................................................................................. 12
Preventing playback disruptions ......................................................................................................... 13
Protecting the CD or DVD write process ............................................................................................ 13
Changing DVD region settings ........................................................................................................... 14
Observing the copyright warning ........................................................................................................ 14
Index ................................................................................................................................................................... 15
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