Playing A Dvd - Gateway M275 Notebook User Manual

Chapter 7: Using Multimedia

Playing a DVD

A Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) is similar to a standard CD but has greater data
capacity. Because of this increased capacity, full-length movies, several albums
of music, or several gigabytes of data can fit on a single disc. You can play DVDs
with the InterVideo DVD Player program or Windows Media Player. For more
information about playing DVDs, click/tap
To play a DVD:
1
Make sure that the speakers are turned on or headphones are plugged in
and that the volume is turned up.
2
Turn off your screen saver and standby timers.
3
To play a DVD using InterVideo DVD, click/tap
then click/tap
control panel open.
-OR-
To play a DVD using Windows Media Player, click/tap
then click/tap
Important
4
Insert a DVD into the DVD drive, then click/tap
Use the volume controls in the DVD player to adjust the volume. For more
information on using the DVD player, see its online help.
Important
124
. The InterVideo DVD Player video screen and
DVD Player
Windows Media Player
If the InterVideo DVD player is not on your Start menu, and
if Windows Media Player cannot play a DVD, you will need
to install the InterVideo DVD program. To install the
InterVideo DVD program, insert the InterVideo DVD
Software disc into your DVD drive and follow the on-screen
instructions.
If the drive you want to use is not in the modular bay, you
need to swap modules. For more information about
swapping modules, see
www.gateway.com
in the DVD player program.
Help
,
Start All Programs
Start
. The Windows Media Player opens.
(play). The DVD plays.
"Changing modules" on page
, ,
DVD
, ,
All Programs
110.