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...Changing the music library display settings 94 Listening to Internet radio 95 Using advanced features 95 Playing a DVD 95 Creating CDs and DVDs 97 Copying a CD or DVD 98 Creating a data CD or DVD 102 Copying music tracks 105 Creating a music CD 108 Advanced features 112 Connecting a digital camera 113... Connecting a digital video camera 114 Creating video DVDs 114 Using the optional diskette drive 116 Using the optional media card reader 117 Media card types 117 Using a media card 118 ...
...Changing the music library display settings 94 Listening to Internet radio 95 Using advanced features 95 Playing a DVD 95 Creating CDs and DVDs 97 Copying a CD or DVD 98 Creating a data CD or DVD 102 Copying music tracks 105 Creating a music CD 108 Advanced features 112 Connecting a digital camera 113... Connecting a digital video camera 114 Creating video DVDs 114 Using the optional diskette drive 116 Using the optional media card reader 117 Media card types 117 Using a media card 118 ...
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...Restoring Software 179 Using the Restoration CDs 180 Reinstalling device drivers 181 Updating device drivers 183 Reinstalling programs 184 Reinstalling Windows 186 13 Upgrading Your Computer 189 Selecting a place to work 190 Gathering the tools you need 190 Preventing static electricity discharge 191 Opening the case...the front bezel 195 Closing the case 196 Replacing the side panel 196 Replacing the front bezel 197 Adding or replacing a CD, DVD, or diskette drive 198 Replacing the hard drive 203 Adding or replacing add-in cards 206 Installing memory 208 Replacing the system ...
...Restoring Software 179 Using the Restoration CDs 180 Reinstalling device drivers 181 Updating device drivers 183 Reinstalling programs 184 Reinstalling Windows 186 13 Upgrading Your Computer 189 Selecting a place to work 190 Gathering the tools you need 190 Preventing static electricity discharge 191 Opening the case...the front bezel 195 Closing the case 196 Replacing the side panel 196 Replacing the front bezel 197 Adding or replacing a CD, DVD, or diskette drive 198 Replacing the hard drive 203 Adding or replacing add-in cards 206 Installing memory 208 Replacing the system ...
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...Troubleshooting 219 Safety guidelines 220 First steps 220 Software support tools 221 Troubleshooting 222 Add-in cards 222 CD, DVD, or recordable drives 222 Cleaning CDs and DVDs 224 Computer 224 File management 225 Hard drive 225 Internet 226 Keyboard 228 Memory 228 Modem 229 Monitor 233 ...Mouse 235 Power 235 Printer 236 Sound 237 Using the BIOS Setup utility 238 Telephone support 240 Before calling Gateway Technical Support 240 ...
...Troubleshooting 219 Safety guidelines 220 First steps 220 Software support tools 221 Troubleshooting 222 Add-in cards 222 CD, DVD, or recordable drives 222 Cleaning CDs and DVDs 224 Computer 224 File management 225 Hard drive 225 Internet 226 Keyboard 228 Memory 228 Modem 229 Monitor 233 ...Mouse 235 Power 235 Printer 236 Sound 237 Using the BIOS Setup utility 238 Telephone support 240 Before calling Gateway Technical Support 240 ...
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CD/DVD drive Media card reader Diskette drive Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 port USB ports Reset button Power indicator Power button 2 www.gateway.com Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Front Your computer may contain any of the following components.
CD/DVD drive Media card reader Diskette drive Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 port USB ports Reset button Power indicator Power button 2 www.gateway.com Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway Computer Front Your computer may contain any of the following components.
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... input. Turns on when computer power is accessed. Use this button to restart your computer if your computer. www.gateway.com 3 Front Component CD/DVD drive Media card reader Diskette drive Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 (FireWire) USB ports Reset button Power indicator Power button... Icon Description Use this drive to listen to audio CDs, install games and programs, watch DVDs, and store large files onto recordable CDs (depending on . Press this drive for 3.5-inch diskettes (sometimes called floppy disks). This drive ...
... input. Turns on when computer power is accessed. Use this button to restart your computer if your computer. www.gateway.com 3 Front Component CD/DVD drive Media card reader Diskette drive Hard drive indicator IEEE 1394 (FireWire) USB ports Reset button Power indicator Power button... Icon Description Use this drive to listen to audio CDs, install games and programs, watch DVDs, and store large files onto recordable CDs (depending on . Press this drive for 3.5-inch diskettes (sometimes called floppy disks). This drive ...
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...hard drive" on page 203. Uninterruptible power supplies A standby, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) protects your existing hard drive with a larger drive. www.gateway.com 9 If you need to you computer. For more information about setting up a UPS, see "Setting up your files, you think they print... much faster than inkjet printers. If your programs are printing large documents. With a recordable CD or DVD drive, you can add storage devices to back up files, then removing them from your computer running more slowly than inkjet printers when...
...hard drive" on page 203. Uninterruptible power supplies A standby, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) protects your existing hard drive with a larger drive. www.gateway.com 9 If you need to you computer. For more information about setting up a UPS, see "Setting up your files, you think they print... much faster than inkjet printers. If your programs are printing large documents. With a recordable CD or DVD drive, you can add storage devices to back up files, then removing them from your computer running more slowly than inkjet printers when...
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... Internet Special-function buttons Icons Previous Play/Pause Press to... Mute Turn off all sound. Help Open online help. 20 www.gateway.com Return to the next CD track or DVD chapter. Decrease the volume. Chapter 2: Getting Started Special-function buttons Previous Stop Play/Pause Next Volume down Stop the play of...
... Internet Special-function buttons Icons Previous Play/Pause Press to... Mute Turn off all sound. Help Open online help. 20 www.gateway.com Return to the next CD track or DVD chapter. Decrease the volume. Chapter 2: Getting Started Special-function buttons Previous Stop Play/Pause Next Volume down Stop the play of...
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Drives 38 www.gateway.com Each drive has a letter, for example, Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Viewing drives Drives are like you would store information in a file cabinet. ... 4: Windows Basics Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as a CD or DVD drive. You may also have more than one drive. A computer almost always has more drives such as you would reorganize and throw away information in...
Drives 38 www.gateway.com Each drive has a letter, for example, Local Disk (C:) for the hard drive. Viewing drives Drives are like you would store information in a file cabinet. ... 4: Windows Basics Working with files and folders You can store these files in folders and copy, move, and delete the information just as a CD or DVD drive. You may also have more than one drive. A computer almost always has more drives such as you would reorganize and throw away information in...
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... Wizard opens. -OR- The Control Panel window opens. You cannot use your standard telephone modem to connect to install Fax from your CD or DVD drive. 2 If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box does not open, click Start, then click Control Panel. Click/Double-click Add ...box opens, click Install optional Windows components. Click Close to close the Welcome to close the Add or Remove Programs dialog box. 66 www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes Installing and configuring Fax Important Your modem cable must be installed before you send and receive faxes using...
... Wizard opens. -OR- The Control Panel window opens. You cannot use your standard telephone modem to connect to install Fax from your CD or DVD drive. 2 If the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP dialog box does not open, click Start, then click Control Panel. Click/Double-click Add ...box opens, click Install optional Windows components. Click Close to close the Welcome to close the Add or Remove Programs dialog box. 66 www.gateway.com Chapter 7: Sending and Receiving Faxes Installing and configuring Fax Important Your modem cable must be installed before you send and receive faxes using...
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Read this chapter to learn how to: ■ Adjust the volume ■ Record and play audio files ■ Use Windows Media Player ■ Use the CD or DVD drive ■ Play CDs and DVDs ■ Use MusicMatch ■ Use a recordable drive to create CDs ■ Use a diskette drive ■ Attach a digital camera or a digital video camera to your computer. 7 Using Multimedia This chapter provides information on using the multimedia capabilities of your computer ■ Use the optional media card reader to read from media cards 77
Read this chapter to learn how to: ■ Adjust the volume ■ Record and play audio files ■ Use Windows Media Player ■ Use the CD or DVD drive ■ Play CDs and DVDs ■ Use MusicMatch ■ Use a recordable drive to create CDs ■ Use a diskette drive ■ Attach a digital camera or a digital video camera to your computer. 7 Using Multimedia This chapter provides information on using the multimedia capabilities of your computer ■ Use the optional media card reader to read from media cards 77
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... multiple times. You can only write to a CD-R disc once. Identifying drive types Your Gateway computer may contain one of multimedia features. Use a combination DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/CD-RW drive for installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording music and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs. This drive...
... multiple times. You can only write to a CD-R disc once. Identifying drive types Your Gateway computer may contain one of multimedia features. Use a combination DVD-R/-RW/+R/+RW/CD-RW drive for installing programs, playing audio CDs, playing DVDs, accessing data, and recording music and data to CD-R or CD-RW discs. This drive...
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... on your computer. You may not be able to the CD or DVD drive. www.gateway.com 85 To insert a CD or DVD: 1 Press the eject button next to play is facing up. Using the CD or DVD drive Inserting a CD or DVD Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. If the disc has...
... on your computer. You may not be able to the CD or DVD drive. www.gateway.com 85 To insert a CD or DVD: 1 Press the eject button next to play is facing up. Using the CD or DVD drive Inserting a CD or DVD Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. If the disc has...
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... be able to play a CD: 1 Insert a CD into the CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of CD players, click Windows Media Player. To play these CDs on page 88. The Windows Media Player opens. 86 www.gateway.com You can use MUSICMATCH to listen to CDs. For more...
... be able to play a CD: 1 Insert a CD into the CD or DVD drive. 2 If a dialog box opens with a list of CD players, click Windows Media Player. To play these CDs on page 88. The Windows Media Player opens. 86 www.gateway.com You can use MUSICMATCH to listen to CDs. For more...
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...play these CDs on your music files to build a music library ■ Listen to Internet Radio For more information on your computer. 88 www.gateway.com To play a music CD: 1 To have copy protection software. Important Some music CDs have MUSICMATCH automatically list the album, artist, and track... names of your CD, connect to the Internet before inserting your CD. 2 Insert the music CD into the CD or DVD drive on using MUSICMATCH, see its online help. Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Using MUSICMATCH Using MUSICMATCH®, you can use the MUSICMATCH program to play...
...play these CDs on your music files to build a music library ■ Listen to Internet Radio For more information on your computer. 88 www.gateway.com To play a music CD: 1 To have copy protection software. Important Some music CDs have MUSICMATCH automatically list the album, artist, and track... names of your CD, connect to the Internet before inserting your CD. 2 Insert the music CD into the CD or DVD drive on using MUSICMATCH, see its online help. Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Using MUSICMATCH Using MUSICMATCH®, you can use the MUSICMATCH program to play...
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... a standard for naming and storing your MP3 files, connect to your CD or DVD drive. 3 If an Audio CD dialog box opens, click Play Audio CD using MUSICMATCH Jukebox, then click OK. The musicmatch window opens. 90 www.gateway.com Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Creating MP3 music files Using MUSICMATCH, you can copy...
... a standard for naming and storing your MP3 files, connect to your CD or DVD drive. 3 If an Audio CD dialog box opens, click Play Audio CD using MUSICMATCH Jukebox, then click OK. The musicmatch window opens. 90 www.gateway.com Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Creating MP3 music files Using MUSICMATCH, you can copy...
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... Radio, the appropriate category in the Broadcast Stations list, the radio station, then click the arrow in the DVD player program. If your portable MP3 player. www.gateway.com 95 Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to the station and plays the audio. If you do not see Broadcast Radio, drag the...
... Radio, the appropriate category in the Broadcast Stations list, the radio station, then click the arrow in the DVD player program. If your portable MP3 player. www.gateway.com 95 Playing a DVD A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to the station and plays the audio. If you do not see Broadcast Radio, drag the...
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...2 Turn off your Start menu and Windows Media Player cannot play a DVD, you will need to adjust the volume. Use the volume controls in the Search box , then click the arrow. 96 www.gateway.com The InterVideo DVD Player video screen and control panel open. -OR- To install the ...InterVideo program, insert the InterVideo DVD Software disc into your DVD drive and follow the on your screen saver and standby timers. 3 To...
...2 Turn off your Start menu and Windows Media Player cannot play a DVD, you will need to adjust the volume. Use the volume controls in the Search box , then click the arrow. 96 www.gateway.com The InterVideo DVD Player video screen and control panel open. -OR- To install the ...InterVideo program, insert the InterVideo DVD Software disc into your DVD drive and follow the on your screen saver and standby timers. 3 To...
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www.gateway.com 97 Otherwise, you may not be subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs. If you may be violating copyright law and be able to listen to your computer for other remedies. You cannot create MP3 files from these CDs on a CD or DVD, you ...do not use Nero Express to copy tracks from the copyright owner. Creating CDs and DVDs Creating CDs and DVDs You can use your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. Some CDs have copy protection software. Important We recommend that you ...
www.gateway.com 97 Otherwise, you may not be subject to payment of damages and other tasks while creating CDs. If you may be violating copyright law and be able to listen to your computer for other remedies. You cannot create MP3 files from these CDs on a CD or DVD, you ...do not use Nero Express to copy tracks from the copyright owner. Creating CDs and DVDs Creating CDs and DVDs You can use your hard drive, copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and more. Some CDs have copy protection software. Important We recommend that you ...
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Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Copying a CD or DVD To copy a music CD, data CD, or data DVD: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Burn a CD or Data DVD, Nero Programs, then click Nero Express. Nero Express opens. 98 www.gateway.com
Chapter 6: Using Multimedia Copying a CD or DVD To copy a music CD, data CD, or data DVD: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Burn a CD or Data DVD, Nero Programs, then click Nero Express. Nero Express opens. 98 www.gateway.com
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The Select source and destination screen opens. 3 Insert the music CD or data CD or DVD you have two CD or DVD drives, click to copy into your recordable drive. www.gateway.com 99 Creating CDs and DVDs 2 Click Copy entire disc. If you have two drives, insert the disc in your non-recordable drive. 4 Click the arrow to open the Source drive list, then click the drive that contains your source disc. 5 Click the arrow to open the Destination drive list, then click your recordable drive. 6 If you want to select the Quick copy check box.
The Select source and destination screen opens. 3 Insert the music CD or data CD or DVD you have two CD or DVD drives, click to copy into your recordable drive. www.gateway.com 99 Creating CDs and DVDs 2 Click Copy entire disc. If you have two drives, insert the disc in your non-recordable drive. 4 Click the arrow to open the Source drive list, then click the drive that contains your source disc. 5 Click the arrow to open the Destination drive list, then click your recordable drive. 6 If you want to select the Quick copy check box.
