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Using Instant Mode
Instant Mode enables you immediately to play CDs, DVDs, and music files and
view the image data stored on the hard disk drive without launching Windows. To
activate Instant Mode, your computer must be off or in Hibernate mode.
Support Formats
In Instant Mode, you can play optical discs in the following formats, and music
files and view images in the following formats stored on the hard disk drive.
CD
Audio CD
DVD
Commercially available DVD
DVDs in the Video format
DVD-RW/DVD-RAM discs in the Video Recording format
Music file
formats
MP3
Extension: .mp3
Bit rate: 64 kbps to 320 kbps
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz
WMA
Extension: .wma
Bit rate: 48 kbps to 192 kbps
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz
AAC
Extension: .m4a
Bit rate: 64 kbps to 320 kbps
Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz
You cannot play the music files protected with Digital Rights Management
(DRM) technology.
Image
formats
Bitmap
JPG
GIF (“animation GIF” is not supported)
TIFF
PNG
PCX
TGA