November 2004
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
10h 6m
English
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CD AUDIO ANNOYANCES
GETTING CD MUSIC TO WORK
The Annoyance:
I can hear my game just fine, but not CD music. What gives?
The Fix:
Select Start → All Programs → Accessories → Entertainment → Volume Control, and make sure the CD Audio input channel is turned up and not muted (see Figure 4-10). Next, check your audio player software (such as Windows Media Player) and turn up the playback volume (see Figure 4-11). Also, make sure that the disk is actually playing (the time slider will advance from left to right).
Still no sound? Power down and open the PC. Check for a thin, 4-wire cable between the CD drive and sound card. Reconnect any loose ends, or install a new CD audio cable (available from any computer store, such as CompUSA) if missing. If you have more than one optical drive in the system, check for a CD audio cable between other drives and the sound card. For example, the system manufacturer may have thrown you a curve and connected the CD audio cable to the DVD-ROM drive instead of the CD-RW drive.
CONFIGURING DRIVES FOR DIGITAL AUDIO
The Annoyance:
I don’t have an audio cable between the CD drive and sound card. Is there still a way for me to play audio CDs?
The Fix:
Playback software such as Windows Media Player can play music in digital form. It passes the Red Book-standard audio across the drive’s signal cable (rather than the 4-wire analog cable). Don’t believe me? Disconnect the 4-wire analog audio cable and pop in a music CD. Your player should start and violá-music! If you’re ...
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