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Controls

CD-Player Controls

Mini CD-Player Controls

Switching between CD-Player and Mini CD-Player

Menu Commands

CD-Player Commands

Mini CD-Player Commands

Tips

Troubleshooting for No Sound

Positioning the Window

Command Line Options


CD-Player Controls

The CD-Player screen looks like an actual CD player control panel. You select Play, Stop, and other functions by clicking the control buttons. If a button is grayed out, the command is not available. Click on this CD-Player screen to see information about the various controls and areas of the screen.


Mini CD-Player Controls

Mini CD-Player is designed to save space on your screen. You select Play, Stop and other functions by clicking the mouse on the control buttons. If a button is grayed out, the command is not available. Click on this Mini CD-Player screen to see information about the various controls and areas of the screen.


play

Starts playing the CD from the beginning of the current track or continues playing from the current location after a Pause.


pause

Pauses the CD at its current location. To resume playing from this location, click Pause again or click Start.


stop

Stops playing the CD and returns to the beginning of the current track.


eject

Ejects the CD from the drive. (Some CD-ROM drives do not support this command.)


fast forward/fast reverse

Moves backward or forward in the current track 10 seconds at a time when you click the left arrow or right arrow, respectively. If you reach the end of the track, play continues into the next track. Drag the slider box right or left to move forward or backward by relative amounts within the current track.


previous track

Moves to the beginning of the previous track. If you are in the first track, the CD "wraps around" to the last track. If the CD is stopped or paused when you click this control, it will not start until you select Play. If the CD is playing when you click this control, it will continue playing at the beginning of the previous track.


next track

Moves to the beginning of the next track. If you are in the last track, the CD will "wrap around" to the first track. If the CD is stopped or paused when you click this control, it will not start until you select Play. If the CD is playing when you click this control, it will continue playing at the beginning of the next track.


menu bar

Options lists the CD-Player commands. Help gives you access to CD-Player online help.


display area

Displays the track number and title, elapsed track playing time, track length, total number of tracks and total CD playing time. Click anywhere in the display area to see a selectable list of all tracks on the CD.


display area (Mini CD-Player)

Displays the track number and elapsed track playing time. Click anywhere in the display area to see a selectable list of all tracks on the CD.


control-menu box

Click on this box to see the Windows Control-menu commands (Move, Minimize, etc.) and the Mini CD-Player commands (Program, Continuous Play, Shuffle, Standard CD Player and Always on Top).


track title

Displays the title of the track that is currently playing. By default, the track titles are Track 01, Track 02, etc. You can use the Program command to enter the actual title of each track.


Switching between CD-Player and Mini CD-Player

CD-Player and Mini CD-Player are two versions of the same audio CD-play application. Mini CD-Player occupies only a small part of the screen, so you can leave it open and visible when you are working in Windows.

By default, Mini-CD-Player stays "on top" of other Windows applications. To change this setting, see Mini-CD Player Commands.

To switch from CD-Player to Mini CD-Player

•	Click on the Options menu and select Mini CD-Player.

To switch from Mini CD-Player to CD-Player

•	Click on the Control-menu box in the upper left-hand corner of the Mini CD-Player window and select Standard CD-Player.


CD-Player Commands

Program ...	Select and arrange tracks on the play list for this CD. Set or change titles for the CD and for tracks on the CD.
Continuous Play	Play tracks on the play list continuously.
Shuffle	Shuffle the order of the tracks on the play list so they are played randomly. If Continuous Play is also selected, tracks on the play list will be played repeatedly in random order. If Continuous Play is not selected, each track on the play list will be played once in random order.
Standard CD-Player	Invoke standard CD-Player.
Mini CD-Player	Switch to Mini CD-Player.
Configure	Select another installed CD-ROM drive from which to play audio CDs.
Exit	Exit from CD-Player


Mini CD-Player Commands

To access the Mini CD-Player menu commands, click on the Control-menu box in the upper left of the Mini CD-Player window. Commands on the top part of this menu are standard Windows commands like Move and Close. The Mini CD-Player commands appear on the bottom part of the menu.

Program ...	Select and arrange tracks on the play list for this CD. Set or change titles for the CD and for tracks on the CD.
Continuous Play	Play tracks on the CD continuously.
Shuffle	Shuffle the order of the tracks on the play list so they are played randomly. If Continuous Play is also selected, tracks on the play list are played repeatedly in random order. If Continuous Play is not selected, each track on the play list is played once in random order.
Standard CD Player	Switch to the standard CD-Player
Always on Top	Make Mini CD-Player always appear on top of other Windows applications.
Configure	Select another installed CD-ROM drive from which to play audio CDs.
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Entering CD Title and Play List


Entering CD Title and Play List

The Program command opens the Program CD window in which you can enter (or edit) a title for the entire CD and arrange the play list for the CD. (You can also enter titles for each track on the CD.) This information is stored in a file on your computer's hard disk. Each CD that you program is uniquely identified, so that CD-Player can always find the correct title and play list information for it.

•	To enter a title for the CD, type it in the upper left corner of the window.

•	To remove a title from the play list, click on the title in the Play List box, then click the Remove button.

•	To remove all titles from the play list, click the Clear All button below the Play List box.

•	To add a title to the play list, click on the title in the Track Titles box, then click the Add >> button. The title is added to the end of the play list. You can use the same title more than once in the play list.

•	To add several titles to the play list, first select them in the Track Titles box. (Shift-Click to select a range of titles, Ctrl-Click to select several non-sequential titles.) Then click the Add >> button.

•	To add all titles on the CD to the play list, click the Select All button below the Track Titles box, then click the Add >> button.

Click OK when you are finished to save the title and play list information.

Click here for information on entering track titles.


Entering Track Titles

You can replace the default track titles (Track 01, Track 02, etc.) with your own track titles. These titles will appear in the CD-Player track title area and in the selectable list of titles.

When you enter the Set Track Title window by clicking the Set Title button, the number of the current track appears at the top of the window.

•	To enter a title for this track, type the title in the text box.

•	To enter a title for the next track, click the Next >> button.

•	To return to an earlier track, click the Prev. << button.

When you have finished entering or editing titles, click the Done button. The titles you entered now appear in the Track Titles box and the Play List box. Click the OK button to exit.


Troubleshooting for No Sound

If there is no sound when you run CD-Player, this probably means the Windows [MCI] CD Audio driver is not installed. To install this driver, start the Windows Control Panel and double-click on Drivers. If [MCI] CD Audio is not listed under Installed Drivers, click on Add and select this driver from the list. Insert the Windows diskette when the prompt appears. Close Drivers and start CD-Player again.


Positioning the Window

When you exit CD-Player or Mini CD-Player Windows "remembers" where the application was positioned on your screen. Next time you open CD-Player application, it will appear in exactly the same place on your screen.


Command Line Options

Enter this text in the Command Line area of the Program Item Properties dialog box if you want CD-Player to always start in "Standard" mode (that is, full-sized):

[path]wcdplay.exe  standard

Enter this text in the Command Line area of the Program Item Properties dialog box if you want CD-Player to always start in "Mini" mode:

[path]wcdplay.exe  mini


The play list is a list of tracks on the CD in the order you want them played. By default, the play list includes every track in numerical order. By using the Program command you can remove tracks from the play list, rearrange the playing order, and include the same track on the play list more than once.