To burn (create) your own CD

1. On the File menu, point to CDs and Devices, and then click Burn Audio CD.

   The Burn feature is displayed.

2. In the Items to Copy pane (the left side of Burn), select the playlist or category of tracks that you want to copy from your library.
3. To create or change a playlist of items to copy to the device, click the Edit Playlist button .

   The number of selected items and total time is displayed at the bottom of the Items to Copy pane.

4. If necessary, clear any check boxes for tracks you do not want to copy.
5. Insert a blank CD-R or CD-RW in your CD drive.
6. If necessary when using a CD-RW disc, click the Erase disk button to erase the CD.
7. If you want to change recording or data CD settings, click the Properties button .
8. In the Items on Device pane (the right side of Burn), click one of the following:
   • Audio CD
   • Data CD
   • HighMAT
9. Click Start Burn.

Notes

Before tracks are burned to your CD, they are inspected and, in some cases, converted to a file type. This process takes several minutes.

• Playback may be affected if you try to play an audio CD while also burning a CD. It is recommended that you do not try to perform any other actions while burning a CD.
• You cannot copy additional tracks to the CD after copying is completed. If you are using a CD-RW, you can erase the entire CD before using the Player to copy tracks to the CD again.
• Tracks must be in the Library feature before you can burn them to a CD. Click the check box at the top of the list to clear or select all the items in the Items to Copy pane (the left side of Burn). By default, all the tracks in the pane are selected.
• You can rearrange the tracks in the Items to Copy pane by dragging them to the position that represents the order in which you want them to be copied.
• If Will not fit appears in the Status column in the Items to Copy pane for selected tracks, none of the tracks are not copied to the CD. Will not fit appears in the Status column for audio CDs even if the audio you selected exactly matches the CD length, because the Player inserts two seconds between the tracks that it copies onto a CD.
• The Player automatically converts a multichannel audio file to a stereo file (a process known as folding down) when you copy it to a CD.

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