Section 4. Using Your PlexWriter
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Playing Audio CDs
In order to listen to an audio CD, you can play it through your computer’s audio
system. Or you can connect an audio cable to the analog audio connectors on the rear
of the drive and connect the other end to your sound board or an audio amplifier.
There are two types of audio you may encounter:
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CD-Audio: This comes from audio discs (like the ones used by your home
stereo) that are translated directly by your PlexWriter into sound. Although, in
most cases a sound board and speakers are used to hear this audio, you can also
listen to it by simply plugging a set of headphones or powered speakers into the
headphone jack on the front of your drive. You can control audio playback
through software, and adjust the volume with the front-panel volume control.
Figure 7: Connections for Playing Audio Using the Headphone Jack
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Sound board audio: This comes from data files that may be present on a disc,
such as a WAV, WMA or MP3 files, that are transferred from the CD to your
computer via the USB interface. The sound board translates the data from the
digital files into analog sound. If you do not have a sound board, you will not be
able to hear this form of audio from your PlexWriter.
To listen to music through the computer’s sound board, you can control volume
with the volume control on the Windows Taskbar. You can also mute the sound
on your sound board and listen to music through headphones or self-powered
speakers.
NOTE: The volume control on the front panel of your drive adjusts only the sound
level of the headphone jack. It has no impact on the volume level in your computer or
at the rear panel audio output connectors.
