User manual TOSHIBA SATELLITE M65-S9092

[. . . ] Satellite® M60/M65 Series User's Guide If you need assistance: Toshiba's Support Website pcsupport. toshiba. com Toshiba Global Support Centre Calling within the United States (800) 457-7777 Calling from outside the United States (949) 859-4273 For more information, see "If Something Goes Wrong" on page 206 in this guide. PMAD00057010 08/05 2 Handling the cord on this product will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® M60/M65 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. As with any new technology, you must read and follow all set-up and usage instructions in the applicable user guides and/or manuals enclosed or provided electronically. If you fail to do so, this product may not function properly and you may lose data or suffer other damage. [. . . ] For videos and live TV and videos, Previous moves back seven seconds. 154 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music Listening to Music The My Music window in the Media Center works with Windows Media® Player to find and play your music files and CDs. You can use Windows Media Player to create your music library and then use Media Center to find and play your music. You can store your music files in the My Music folder or in other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. In My Music, you can: Play music CDs -- you can skip, shuffle, or repeat songs or albums Play digital music files from a music library you create and organize using Windows Media Player Search for music files by the following categories: album, artist, playlist, song, or genre View music CD details such as artist name, song title, length of song, and album cover art Play a music playlist with a slide show Creating Your Music Library Using Windows Media® Player Each time you add music files outside of Windows Media Player, you must use the Tools menu to add music files to your Windows Media Player Library. To add music files: 1 2 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player. The first time you select the media Library, a message tells you that Windows Media Player needs to search your computer for your music files. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music 3 155 Click Yes. Windows Media Player searches for all available audio media and places them in the Media Library. To add files from a CD to your Media Library, insert the CD, select Copy from CD, and then select Copy Music in the toolbar. You can select to copy your music files as MPEG Audio Layer 3 (. mp3) or Windows Media Audio (. wma) files. Click the Library tab to see where your new audio files have been placed. You can rename files by selecting the file and typing a new name or genre over the old one. The way you label your music files determines the category in which they are placed. 4 5 Your added music files can now be found and played back using My Music in Media Center. You may need to close and open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My Music. For more information about adding music files to the Media Library, use the Windows Media Player Help menu. Deleting Music Files To delete a file from the Windows Media Player Library, select the music file, right-click the mouse, and then select Delete. Adding Music from Your Hard Drive to Windows Media Player Library You can place all your music files into the My Music folder or into other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. You may have already copied and organized your music files on your hard drive. If so, you need to add them to the Windows Media Player Library to access them with the Media Center. 156 1 2 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music To add music files that are stored in your My Music or Shared Music folder on your hard drive: Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player. Select Search for Media Files from the Library tab's Tools menu. Sample Add to Library by Searching Computer screen 3 4 5 Select an option from the Search on drop-down menu. Select Search to search all drives or select Browse to search through a specific drive. Windows Media Player searches the selected drives for all supported audio files and adds them to the Media Library. If Windows Media Player does not recognize all of your audio files, try copying the files directly into Windows Media Player. Your music files can now be found and played in the My Music window in the Media Center. You may need to close and open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My Music. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music 157 Playing Digital Music Files When you first open the Media Center and open the My Music window, you may not find any music files listed unless there is a music CD in your CD drive or unless you have already added audio files to your Windows Media Player Library. If you do not have any music files listed, you need to add music files to the Windows Media Player Library, and then restart Media Center to play your music files in Media Center. [. . . ] For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. R RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. By volatile, we mean that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. A diskette is one example of a removable disk. 296 Glossary resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. [. . . ]