How to Play Audio CDs
on Your Drive
YOUR TASK:
Learn how to use your CD-ROM drive so that it can
also play audio CDs.
YOUR OBJECTIVE:
Increase functionality of your drive. Provide
musical accompaniment for presentations. Goof off
at work.
YOUR METHOD:
A variety exists for you to choose from. You can
use anything from front panel controls or very
basic, bare bones audio CD software utilities up to
software utilities that rival or surpass the capabilities
of the CD player attached to your stereo system.
1) The most basic method is to use the 12/20PleX front panel audio controls.
No special drivers are needed to operate this feature.
Once an AUDIO CD is inserted into the drive, simply push the button to
begin AUDIO play. Once the AUDIO is playing, push the play button once
for track advance, or hold down the button for more than 1 second to begin
a fast forward search (ffwd). To eject, press the Stop/Eject button once to
stop AUDIO play and a second time to eject the CD.
While in audio CD play mode, you can read a CD-ROM data disc by simply
removing the audio CD and inserting a data CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2) For PC users, audio utilities are provided with Plextor Manager and Plextor
Manager 96. For installation and operating instructions, refer to the separate
Plextor Manager software manual.
3) Other alternatives include audio utilities designed into your operating
system (Media Player in Windows for instance) or various other utilities that
can be purchased commercially.
4) Mac users can run a program such as CDT Remote (which typically is
included with FWB’s CD-ROM device driver) .
In order to hear the audio CD your drive is playing, you can plug a pair of stereo
headphones or self-powered speakers into the headphone jack on the drive’s front
panel. You also can connect your drive to an audio amplifier as shown on the next
page. The audio cables shown are available at most computer and audio supply stores.
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