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A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop. Restart the current chapter. Play. Fast forward. Pause. Fast reverse. Advance a single frame while in pause mode. Go to the next title or chapter. Continuously play the current title or chapter. Go to the previous title or chapter. Eject. For more information on playing media, click Help on the CD or DVD player (if available). Copying Media NOTE: Ensure that you observe all copyright laws when creating media. This section applies only to computers that have a CD-RW, DVD+/-RW, or CD-RW/DVD (combo) drive. NOTE: The types of media drives offered by Dell may vary by country. The following instructions explain how to make a copy using Roxio Creator Plus - Dell Edition. You can also use Roxio Creator Plus for other purposes, such as creating music CDs from audio files stored on your computer or backing up important data. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of the window. How to Copy Media NOTE: CD-RW/DVD combo drives cannot write to DVD media. If you have a CD-RW/DVD combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for available software patches on the Sonic support website at sonic.com. The DVD-writable drives installed in Dell™ computers can write to and read DVD+/-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to and may not read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media. NOTE: Most commercial DVDs have copyright protection and cannot be copied using Roxio Creator Plus. 1. Open Roxio Creator Plus. 2. Under the Copy tab, click Disc Copy. 3. To copy media: l If you have one media drive, ensure that the settings are correct, and then click Disc Copy. The computer reads your source media and copies the data to a temporary folder on your computer hard drive. When prompted, insert a blank media into the drive and click OK. l If you have two media drives, select the drive into which you have inserted your source media, and then click Disc Copy. The computer copies the data from the source media to the blank one. Once you have finished copying the source media, the media that you have created automatically ejects. Using Blank Media CD-RW drives can write to CD recording media only (including high-speed CD-RW media) while DVD-writable drives can write to both CD and DVD recording media. Use blank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After the maximum storage capacity of a CD-R is reached, you cannot write to that CD-R again (see the Sonic documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RWs if you plan to erase, rewrite, or update information on the CD later. Blank DVD+/-Rs can be used to permanently store large amounts of data. After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you may not be able to write to that disc again if

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A DVD player includes the following basic buttons:
For more information on playing media, click
Help
on the CD or DVD player (if available).
Copying Media
This section applies only to computers that have a CD-RW, DVD+/-RW, or CD-RW/DVD (combo) drive.
The following instructions explain how to make a copy using Roxio Creator Plus - Dell Edition. You can also use Roxio Creator Plus for other purposes, such as
creating music CDs from audio files stored on your computer or backing up important data. For help, open Roxio Creator Plus, and then click the question mark
icon in the upper-right corner of the window.
How to Copy Media
The DVD-
writable drives installed in Dellâ„¢ computers can write to and read DVD+/
-R, DVD+/-RW and DVD+R DL (dual layer) media, but cannot write to and may
not read DVD-RAM or DVD-R DL media.
1.
Open Roxio Creator Plus.
2.
Under the
Copy
tab, click
Disc Copy
.
3.
To copy media:
l
If you have one media drive
, ensure that the settings are correct, and then click
Disc Copy
. The computer reads your source media and copies the
data to a temporary folder on your computer hard drive.
When prompted, insert a blank media into the drive and click
OK
.
l
If you have two media drives
, select the drive into which you have inserted your source media, and then click
Disc
Copy
. The computer copies the
data from the source media to the blank one.
Once you have finished copying the source media, the media that you have created automatically ejects.
Using Blank Media
CD-RW drives can write to CD recording media only (including high-speed CD-RW media) while DVD-writable drives can write to both CD and DVD recording
media.
Use blank CD-Rs to record music or permanently store data files. After the maximum storage capacity of a CD-R is reached, you cannot write to that CD-R again
(see the Sonic documentation for more information). Use blank CD-RWs if you plan to erase, rewrite, or update information on the CD later.
Blank DVD+/-Rs can be used to permanently store large amounts of data. After you create a DVD+/-R disc, you may not be able to write to that disc again if
Stop.
Restart the current chapter.
Play.
Fast forward.
Pause.
Fast reverse.
Advance a single frame while in pause mode.
Go to the next title or chapter.
Continuously play the current title or chapter.
Go to the previous title or chapter.
Eject.
NOTE:
Ensure that you observe all copyright laws when creating media.
NOTE:
The types of media drives offered by Dell may vary by country.
NOTE:
CD-RW/DVD combo drives cannot write to DVD media. If you have a CD-RW/DVD combo drive and you experience recording problems, check for
available software patches on the Sonic support website at
sonic.com
.
NOTE:
Most commercial DVDs have copyright protection and cannot be copied using Roxio Creator Plus.