Using your cd-rom drive, 1 drive applications, 2 front panel controls – Philips PCA82CR User Manual

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4.1 Drive Applications

There are two main ways in which you will use your new

CD-ROM drive. The first way is as a typical disk

drive (albeit read-only). Here, data such as program

files, databases, sound clips, video images, etc. is

read from the CD into your PC's CPU. The other way is

as a CD player. You can use your CD-ROM drive to

listen to music CDs.

4.2 Front Panel Controls

Most of time, you will use application software to

control the CD-ROM drive no matter whether the drive

is used as a disk drive or a CD player. Nevertheless,

there are times you will need to manually control the

drive through its front panel controls.

Figure 4-1 The Front Panel Look

These controls are (from top to bottom and from left

to right):

Disc Tray

Opens or closes for disc loading and

removal

USING YOUR CD-ROM
DRIVE

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