HP Pavilion a500 Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive
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,216, 4,819,098, and 4,907,093 licensed for limited viewing uses only. Other brand or product names are trademarks of their respective holders. HP supports lawful use of technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by national copyright - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 3
6 About Recording Video Files 6 Recording VHS Video Files onto DVDs 6 Creating Recovery CD/DVDs for the PC 7 Setting Automatic Recording Options 7 Compatibility Information 8 Disc Quick Reference 8 Software Quick Reference 10 Troubleshooting 11 More Information 12 Creating DVDs and CDs iii - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 4
iv Creating DVDs and CDs - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 5
PC includes the DVD Writer/CD Writer, which is a DVD and CD rewriteable optical drive. This guide tells you about the optical drive features and tells you about how to use some of the software programs to create DVDs and CDs. IMPORTANT: HP supports camera, a TV tuner, or a VCR. NOTE: Your PC must - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 6
stereos. 9 Click OK. It is best not to use the PC while recording. 10 Click Done when recording is complete. Click ? program. About Creating a Music CD IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of technology and does not full, insert a blank or another appendable disc. Or 2 Creating DVDs and CDs - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 7
follow onscreen instructions. You may a DVD+R in a later recording session, until the disc is full. With DVD+R discs, you need to select the correct setting desktop or from anywhere in Windows Explorer into the file selection window. Repeat this step until all files are added. IMPORTANT: HP supports - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 8
To make a copy of a music or data disc from your collection: 1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD) Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click RecordNow! again. 2 Select the Backup Projects tab. 3 Select Exact Copy. 4 Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy. 5 Click the Copy icon. 6 Insert a blank DVD - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 9
can: • Copy a video from your digital camcorder to a DVD. • Create a video Follow onscreen instructions to capture your video and create your video projects. For instructions on creating your PC also needs either a FireWire® (IEEE 1394) port to capture video from a digital video (DV) camera or - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 10
to another analog video source. • The video recording software must support analog capture devices. • You must connect a VCR to an analog video port on the PC, open the video recording software, select the proper video input device, and then follow the onscreen instructions. 6 Creating DVDs and CDs - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 11
to the User's Guide that came with your PC. Setting Automatic Recording is opened, select an action and follow onscreen instructions within the program. You can choose to have closes, and you can then manually select a different option through the Start menu on the desktop. Here are some of the - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 12
MPEG-2 • AVI and WMV Disc Quick Reference Your PC can read and record to DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-RW, and CD-R discs again. Some programs, like RecordNow!, allow you to record data in multiple sessions until the disc is full. • Can't edit a DVD+R that has been recorded as a DVD movie. • Hold up to - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 13
Varies by model NOTE: For the latest disc compatibility information for your PC, check the following Web site: http://www.hp.com Optical Drive Quick Reference Optical drive can Read CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs Read DVD-RW/-R and DVD+RW/+Rs Read data on a CD Play music Record data or music to - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 14
Writer drive. To do this, follow the installation instructions that came with the CD. The PC has various software programs preinstalled that you can use video, and other media files from a videotape, an audiotape, a Web camera, or a television broadcast. • Record audio and video files to create - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 15
to your digital video camera, to a VHS tape or to an e-mail file, and then play them on your PC. • Create video files, record them to DVDs and CDs, and then play them on some set-top DVD players. • Record video files to VCDs and DVDs. • Create MPEG files. Troubleshooting • RecordNow! can record - HP Pavilion a500 | Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 16
located in the Start menu on your desktop. For technical support information, refer to your Warranty and Support Guide. For general information about products and services and for answers to computer support questions, go to the following Web site at: http://www.hp.com Printed in 12 Creating DVDs
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