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>Chapter 2. Onscreen fundamentals</A
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><A
NAME="BASIC-OPERATION"
>2.1. Basic Operation</A
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><DIV
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><P
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>This is the main window of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
>. You should see something like this when
you start <SPAN
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>KSCD</SPAN
>. The controls in this window are explained below, in no
particular order.</P
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><A
NAME="CONTROL-PANEL"
>2.1.1. The Control Panel</A
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> This is the main control panel for <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
>. The function of these buttons
should be familiar to anyone who has ever used a <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> player.</P
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>The uppermost button in the above diagram toggles between playing and
pausing the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>. The left button in the second row stops playing the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>. The
right button in the second row toggles looping, so that the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> will start
playing again from the beginning when the end of the last audio track is
reached. The buttons in the third row advance the <SPAN
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>CD</SPAN
> backward (left) or
forward (right) 30 seconds. The buttons in the fourth row skip forward (right)
or backward (left) to the beginning of the next or previous track. </P
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>2.1.2. The <SPAN
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>eject</SPAN
> button</A
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><IMG
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>This button ejects the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>. Note that the eject button on your <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD-ROM</SPAN
>
drive may not respond if an audio <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> is in the drive and <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
> is
started. Some very old <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD-ROM</SPAN
> drives may not support software eject. You may
also have to close the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD-ROM</SPAN
> drive manually after inserting a new
disc.</P
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NAME="STATUS-DISPLAY"
>2.1.3. The Status display</A
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><IMG
SRC="kscd3.png"
ALT="The Status display"
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>This is the status display. Starting at the top, from right to left, is
the main time display (see below for a discussion of the various possible time
display modes), the status of the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD-ROM</SPAN
> drive, the total play time of the
audio <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>, the current volume setting, and the current and maximum track
numbers (curr./max.). The bottommost two lines of text display the artist and
title of the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>, and then the title of the track, assuming that appropriate
entries exist in the local or network <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CDDB</SPAN
> (<SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> Data
Base.)</P
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><A
NAME="TIME-DISPLAY-MODES"
>2.1.4. Time display modes</A
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><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
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><IMG
SRC="kscd4.png"
ALT="The time display toggle"
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><P
>This button toggles between the possible main time display modes. By
default, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
> displays the elapsed time of the current track, if the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> is
playing, or either  --:-- or 00:00 if the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> is not playing.
Pressing this button toggles in sequence between remaining track time, total
elapsed time, and total remaining time.</P
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><A
NAME="CONFIGURATION-BUTTON"
>2.1.5. The <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Configuration</SPAN
> button</A
></H2
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CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd5.png"
ALT="The configuration panel"
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>This button opens the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
> configuration panel. This allows you to
configure <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
> to work on your machine. See <A
HREF="configuring-kscd.html"
>the configuring <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
></A
> section, for details
about configuring <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
></P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="CDDB-BUTTON"
>2.1.6. The <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>CDDB</SPAN
> button</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd5.png"
ALT="The CDDB button"
></IMG
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><P
> This button opens the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CDDB</SPAN
> (Compact Disc Data Base) entry
editor panel. </P
><P
>The <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CDDB</SPAN
> can identify your <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> and often download a
list of tracks for that <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> or load it from the filesystem. See the <A
HREF="cddb-editor.html"
><SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> Database Editor</A
> section for more details about
using this tool.</P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="INFORMATION-BUTTON"
>2.1.7. The <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>information</SPAN
> button</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd7.png"
ALT="The information button"
></IMG
></P
></DIV
><P
> This button will help you search for information about the artist on the
Internet. You can find out about performance dates, purchase information, and
other information by pressing this button and choosing the appropriate option in
the pop-up menu that appears.</P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="AEN243"
>2.1.8. The exit button</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd8.png"
ALT="The exit button"
></IMG
></P
></DIV
><P
> This button closes <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>KSCD</SPAN
>.</P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN254"
>2.1.9. The volume slider</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd9.png"
ALT="The volume slider"
></IMG
></P
></DIV
><P
> This slider controls the volume of the audio output of the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
>. Right is
louder, left is quieter. If you are playing your <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> through your sound card,
the sound card mixer will affect the playback volume as well.</P
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><H2
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><A
NAME="RANDOMISE-BUTTON"
>2.1.10. The randomise button</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd15.png"
ALT="The randomise button"
></IMG
></P
></DIV
><P
> This button plays the <SPAN
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>CD</SPAN
> tracks in random order. </P
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CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="AEN277"
>2.1.11. The track selector</A
></H2
><DIV
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
SRC="kscd11.png"
ALT="The track selector"
></IMG
></P
></DIV
><P
>This combo box lets you directly select a track to play. </P
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