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Preventing playback disruptions

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Preventing playback disruptions ● Save your work and close all open programs before playing a CD or a DVD. ● Log off the Internet before playing a CD or a DVD. ● Be sure that you insert the disc properly. ● Be sure that the disc is clean. If necessary, clean the disc with filtered water and a lint-free cloth. Wipe from the center of the disc to the outer edge. ● Check the disc for scratches. If you find scratches, treat the disc with an optical disc repair kit available at many electronics stores. ● Disable Standby before playing the disc. Do not initiate Hibernation or Standby while playing a disc. Otherwise, you may see a warning message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click No. After you click No, the computer may behave in either of the following ways: ◦ Playback may resume. - or - ◦ The playback window in the multimedia program may close. To return to playing the disc, click the Play button in your multimedia program to restart the disc. In rare cases, you may need to exit the program and then restart it. ● Increase system resources: Turn off external devices such as printers and scanners. This practice frees up valuable system resources and results in better playback performance. Change desktop color properties. Because the human eye cannot easily tell the difference between colors beyond 16 bits, you should not notice any loss of color while watching a movie if you lower system color properties to 16-bit color, as follows: ◦ Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop and select Properties > Settings. ◦ Set color quality to medium (16 bit). 14 Chapter 3 Using an optical drive (select models only)

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Preventing playback disruptions
●
Save your work and close all open programs before playing a CD or a DVD.
●
Log off the Internet before playing a CD or a DVD.
●
Be sure that you insert the disc properly.
●
Be sure that the disc is clean. If necessary, clean the disc with filtered water and a lint-free cloth.
Wipe from the center of the disc to the outer edge.
●
Check the disc for scratches. If you find scratches, treat the disc with an optical disc repair kit
available at many electronics stores.
●
Disable Standby before playing the disc.
Do not initiate Hibernation or Standby while playing a disc. Otherwise, you may see a warning
message asking if you want to continue. If this message is displayed, click
No
. After you click No,
the computer may behave in either of the following ways:
◦
Playback may resume.
– or –
◦
The playback window in the multimedia program may close. To return to playing the disc, click
the
Play
button in your multimedia program to restart the disc. In rare cases, you may need
to exit the program and then restart it.
●
Increase system resources:
Turn off external devices such as printers and scanners. This practice frees up valuable system
resources and results in better playback performance.
Change desktop color properties. Because the human eye cannot easily tell the difference between
colors beyond 16 bits, you should not notice any loss of color while watching a movie if you lower
system color properties to 16-bit color, as follows:
◦
Right-click on a blank area of the computer desktop and select
Properties
>
Settings
.
◦
Set color quality to
medium (16 bit)
.
14
Chapter 3
Using an optical drive (select models only)