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A movie stops, skips, or plays erratically ● Clean the disc. ● Conserve system resources by trying the following suggestions: ◦ Log off the Internet. ◦ Change the color properties of the desktop: 1. Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop, and select Screen resolution. 2. Select Advanced Settings > Monitor tab. 3. Select High Color (16 bit), if this setting is not already selected. 4. Click OK. ◦ Disconnect external devices, such as a printer, scanner, camera, or handheld device. A movie is not visible on an external display 1. If both the computer display and an external display are turned on, press f4 one or more times to switch between the 2 displays. 2. Configure the monitor settings to make the external display primary: a. Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop, and select Screen resolution. b. Specify a primary display and a secondary display. NOTE: When using both displays, the DVD image will not appear on any display designated as the secondary display. To get information about a multimedia question not covered in this guide, go to Start > Help and Support. The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before completion ● Be sure that all other programs are closed. ● Turn off Sleep mode and Hibernation. ● Be sure that you are using the right kind of disc for your drive. See the section "Selecting the right disc", for more information about disc types. ● Be sure that the disc is inserted properly. ● Select a slower write speed and try again. ● If you are copying a disc, save the information on the source disc to your hard drive before trying to burn the contents to a new disc, and then burn from your hard drive. ● Reinstall the disc-burning device driver located in the DVD/CD-ROM drives category in Device Manager. 56 Chapter 4 Multimedia

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A movie stops, skips, or plays erratically
●
Clean the disc.
●
Conserve system resources by trying the following suggestions:
◦
Log off the Internet.
◦
Change the color properties of the desktop:
1. Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop, and select
Screen resolution
.
2. Select
Advanced Settings
>
Monitor
tab.
3. Select
High Color (16 bit)
, if this setting is not already selected.
4. Click
OK
.
◦
Disconnect external devices, such as a printer, scanner, camera, or handheld device.
A movie is not visible on an external display
1.
If both the computer display and an external display are turned on, press
f4
one or more times to
switch between the 2 displays.
2.
Configure the monitor settings to make the external display primary:
a.
Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop, and select
Screen resolution
.
b.
Specify a primary display and a secondary display.
NOTE:
When using both displays, the DVD image will not appear on any display designated as
the secondary display.
To get information about a multimedia question not covered in this guide, go to
Start
>
Help and
Support
.
The process of burning a disc does not begin, or it stops before
completion
●
Be sure that all other programs are closed.
●
Turn off Sleep mode and Hibernation.
●
Be sure that you are using the right kind of disc for your drive. See the section “Selecting the right
disc”, for more information about disc types.
●
Be sure that the disc is inserted properly.
●
Select a slower write speed and try again.
●
If you are copying a disc, save the information on the source disc to your hard drive before trying
to burn the contents to a new disc, and then burn from your hard drive.
●
Reinstall the disc-burning device driver located in the DVD/CD-ROM drives category in Device
Manager.
56
Chapter 4
Multimedia