HP Pavilion a500 Creating DVDs and CDs With Your DVD Writer / CD Writer Drive - Page 6

4 Click Find, and then click Browse to find music files on your hard disk drive that you want to record. Or Click Find, and then click Scan for Music. RecordNow! searches your PC for all music files and places them into the Music on System window. NOTE: RecordNow! scans for all audio files, even the sounds from your operating system. If you don't want to display some of these sounds, you can select the Options icon (wrench), and then click Audio. Select Hide audio files shorter than (in seconds), and then type in the seconds. Click OK. 5 Select the tracks you want to record, and then click Add. NOTE: You can press the Control (Ctrl) key to select more than one track. 6 Click the Burn icon when you have added all the audio files to your music CD project. 7 Click Yes. 8 When prompted, insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc. If the CD-RW disc is not blank, RecordNow! prompts you to erase it and then automatically begins writing to it when it is erased. NOTE: If you want to play your music CD in your home or car stereo, use a CD-R disc. CD-RW discs may not play in some stereos. 9 Click OK. It is best not to use the PC while recording. 10 Click Done when recording is complete. Click ? and then select RecordNow! Help for more information about recording music CDs with the RecordNow! program. About Creating a Music CD IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by national copyright law. When recording music files, it is important to note that: • To play your music CD in a home or car stereo, it needs to be recorded as a music CD in CD Audio (CDA) format, not as a data CD. • You must record all music files in one recording session because RecordNow! closes the CD after recording is complete. Music files can be recorded repeatedly onto a rewriteable (CD-RW) disc, but all previously recorded music files must be erased first. • As you add music files in the recording session, RecordNow! calculates and displays the amount of recording time available to record additional music files. • You can't record song titles unless you make an exact copy of a music CD in your collection. • If you try to record more than a standard CD can hold, RecordNow! displays a message warning you that all the tracks may not fit on your disc. Storing Files on a DVD or CD Unlike music CDs, data DVDs and CDs can be recorded in multiple sessions. 1 Click Start, choose All Programs, CD (DVD) Recorder, RecordNow!, and then click RecordNow! again. 2 Select the Data Projects tab. 3 Insert a blank or appendable CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, or DVD+RW disc into your drive, and then click Data Disc. • If the disc is blank, click Continue. Or • If the disc is full, insert a blank or another appendable disc. Or 2 Creating DVDs and CDs