Gateway MX6708 Getting Started page 11

rip, burn, play
Create a custom music CD with MP3s you rip yourself, or create a video DVD of home movies
or special videos. If your computer came with a DVD burner,, you can do it all with easy-to-use
software already installed on your Gateway computer.
Create an MP3 music fi le
To create an MP3, click the Windows Media Player
icon on your Windows desktop. Put a music CD in
the CD drive on your computer. Make sure the song
or songs you want to create MP3s of are checked,
then click Rip. Windows Media Player will create
MP3s and save them to the My Music folder in My
Documents.
Create a DVD
To save content such as data or movies to DVD,
open Nero Express from the Start menu. Put a
blank, writable DVD into the DVD burner on your
computer. Select your DVD burner and the type of
disc you are creating. Click Add, then select the fi les
or folders you want to burn to the DVD. Click Add.
When you have added all of your fi les, click Finished.
Click Next, then click Burn.
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For more information about using media, see "Using Multimedia" in your online user guide.
Note: you
must have a
DVD burner to
create a DVD
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