User manual MEDION MAM 2070

[. . . ] NOTES ON THIS MANUAL Keep these instructions with your computer at all times. The proper set up, use and care can help extend the life of your computer. In the event that you transfer ownership of this computer, please provide these instructions to the new owner. This manual is divided into sections to help you find the information you require. [. . . ] Insert a long thin object (like a straightened paper clip) into the emergency ejection opening until you feel resistance. Handling 5. Press the eject button if you want to remove a disk. Safety PLAYING BACK AND RETRIEVING DATA FROM DISCS Your notebook is able to playback and to retrieve Audio CDs, DVD Movies and Data discs. After loading the disc your operating system will open a selection window with different options for playback. Normally the following programs are provided: · · · Windows® Media Player Power DVD Power Cinema If your operating system doesn't open the selection window you still have the possibility of the access via the explorer or "My Computer". QUICK PLAYER Your computer features quick player buttons. On/Off indicator Mute indicator Enable/disable switch Mute Previous track Play/pause Stop Next track The quick player buttons work with Windows Media Player. You can use the ( track, ( ) next track, ( ) play/pause, ( ) mute, and ( ) stop buttons for controls. ) quick player 44 MAIN COMPONENTS The Compact Disc (CD) was introduced in 1982. Who could imagine doing without the CD as a storage medium for data, multimedia, computer games and video now?A CD can hold up to 700 MB of data, but that amount is too small to store a high-quality encoding of an entire feature film. The DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) has the same dimensions as a CD but stores more data at a greater density. In some cases, both sides of the DVD can be used to store information. Furthermore, each side can contain two layers of information (dual layer). Thanks to high data density, the transfer speed is considerably higher than for a CD, so that a DVD drive with 6 times speed can transfer considerably more data than a 6-speed CD drive. A DVD drive can also read both DVD-ROMs and CD-ROMs, providing the user access to an astounding amount of media. VARIOUS DVD FORMATS Format DVD-5 DVD-9 DVD-10 DVD-14 DVD-18 Side A Side B Max. capacity SL DL SL DL DL SL SL DL 4, 7 GB 8, 5 GB 9, 4 GB 17, 0 GB SL=Single Layer, DL=Dual Layer THE OPTICAL DRIVE 45 Appendix Help 13, 2 GB Components Handling Safety DVD TECHNOLOGY DVD-VIDEO Special characteristics of DVD-Video: · · · · · · · Up to 8 hours of feature films on a single DVD. Additional ranges such as trailers, Making of . . . , background information and games. Parental Control, in which certain scenes or an entire film or rating of films can be made accessible only to certain age groups. DVD players can, for example, be set so that scenes or films which have not been approved for younger audiences will not play. In spite of the high storage capability of the DVD the data must be extremely compressed in order for a complete feature film to be stored. MPEG2, the image coding process on the DVD, accompanied by outstanding image quality, will control this extreme compression. This will put a very heavy strain on the processor, so that the notebook should not execute any additional applications when playing a DVD video. 46 MAIN COMPONENTS The playback of DVD movies includes the decoding of MPEG2 videos, digital AC3 audio data and the deciphering of CSS protected contents. CSS (sometimes called copy guard) is the name of a data protection program incorporated by the movie industry as an action against illegal copies. In order to facilitate the geographically restricted release of movies, DVD titles are released for certain regions. Copyright laws require the restriction of each DVD movie to a certain region (usually the region, in which it is sold). DVD movie versions can be published in several regions but the CSS regulations require that each CSS decipherable system may only be used in one region. [. . . ] This limited guarantee declaration replaces all other guarantees of express or implied nature. This includes the guarantee of saleability or the suitability for a certain purpose but is not limited to this. In some countries the exclusion of implied guarantees is not permissible upon principle. In this case the validity of all express and implied guarantees is limited to the guarantee period. [. . . ]