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3If an Audio CD dialog box opens, click Play Audio CD using MUSICMATCH 
Jukebox
, then click OK. The musicmatch window opens.
- OR -
If a dialog box does not open, click 
Start, All Programs, MUSICMATCH, then 
click 
MUSICMATCH Jukebox. The musicmatch window opens.
4If the CD is playing, click Stop.
5In the MUSIC CENTER area, under COPY, click CD -> Files. The 
MUSICMATCH recorder opens.
6Click to clear the check box for any track you do not want to record. 

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7Click Start.
8When a message appears that tells you the CD drive needs to be configured, 
click 
OK. After the drive is configured, MUSICMATCH records the tracks 
to your hard drive as MP3 files. A progress bar appears next to each track 
as it is recorded.
Editing track information
After you add a CD track as an MP3 file to your music library, you can edit 
the track’s information.
To edit track information:
1Open MUSICMATCH.
2If a CD is playing, click...

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5Enter information such as track title, lead artist, album, and genre.
6Click OK. The new track information appears in the MUSICMATCH 
playlist, music library, and recorder window.
Building a music library
Use MUSICMATCH to build a music library. You can organize your music tracks 
by categories, find a track quickly by using the sort features, and add 
information to a music file.
You can add music tracks to your music library by:
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Changing the music library display settings
To change the music library display settings:
1In MUSICMATCH, click Options, then click Settings. The Settings window 
opens.
2Click the Music Library tab.
3Click an arrow button to open a column list, then click the category that 
you want to display in the column.
4When you have finished selecting categories, clickOK. 

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Listening to Internet radio 
To listen to an Internet radio station:
1Connect to the Internet, then open MUSICMATCH.
2In the MUSIC CENTER area, under PLAY, click Online Music.
3To select one of the MUSICMATCH Internet radio stations, click Featured 
Radio Stations
 or Radio Stations, the radio station, then click the arrow in 
the play this station box. MusicMatch connects to the station and plays the 
audio. If you do not see 
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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 
Help in the DVD player program.
To play a DVD:
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Creating CDs and DVDs using 
Nero Express
You can use Nero Express to copy tracks from a music CD to your hard drive, 
copy or create data CDs and DVDs, create music CDs, create video DVDs, and 
more.
ImportantWe recommend that you do not use your notebook for 
other tasks while creating CDs or DVDs.
ImportantIf you record copyrighted material on a CD or DVD, you 
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Creating a data CD or DVD
To create a data CD or DVD:
1Click Start, All Programs, Burn a CD or Data DVD, Nero Programs, then click 
Nero Express. Nero Express opens.
2Insert a blank, writable CD or DVD into your recordable drive.
3If a dialog box opens, click Take no action, then click OK. 

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4Move your pointer over Data, then click Data Disc. The Disc Content screen 
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5Click Add. The Select Files and Folders dialog box opens.
6Browse to the folder that contains the files you want to add. You can click 
the arrow to open the 
Location list, then click a drive or folder, or you can 
click folders in the 
Name list. Press and hold the CTRL key to select multiple 
files.
7Click Add. You can continue to select files and click Add.
8After you select all your files, click Finished.