HP Pavilion t350.uk Desktop PC - Manual (Page 65)

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playing cds and dvds with windows media player
You can play audio CDs or movie DVDs using this software. Your PC must have
a DVD drive to play DVD movies. You can use Windows Media Player to:
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Record digital music files to your hard disk drive.
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Create music CDs by using your CD-RW drive (select models) or
DVD+RW/+R drive (select models).
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Organise your digital music into libraries.
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Listen to music or view a music video over the Internet.
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Play DVD movies (if your PC has a DVD drive).
To play a music CD:
1 Insert the music CD into the drive.
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The Windows Media Player window opens. If the Audio CD wizard
window opens, select Windows Media Player from the list. You may have
to scroll down in the window to see Windows Media Player.
Or
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If the Windows Media Player window does not automatically open, click
Start
on the taskbar, choose All Programs, and then click Windows Media
Player .
2 To play the CD, click the buttons in the Windows Media Player window. To
play a particular song, double-click its song title (or track number) in the
Playlist. You can also control the CD by using the media control buttons on
the keyboard (select models).
3 When you click the Media Guide or the Radio Tuner features, Windows
Media Player connects to the Internet and obtains information about the CD
selections or streaming radio stations.
For more information on this software, refer to the online Help within the
Windows Media Player: Click the Help menu in the Windows Media Player
menu bar. If necessary, first display the menu bar by clicking the up-arrow icon
in the upper left corner of the Windows Media Player window.