Audible CD Burning
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Welcome to CD Burning
with AudibleManager
Mac Users: You may burn CDs using Apple iTunes3. See page 13 of the
“Getting Started With Audible Guide” for instructions.
You can now burn to CDs your favorite audio programs. You
already know how to Browse the store at audible.com and
purchase programs you will love, Manage your personal online
library, Download and listen at your desktop, and transfer your
audio to a portable player for enjoyment anywhere.
Now, let’s show you how to Download and burn to CD!
This guide can be used online as a quick reference or you may
print a copy for reference when learning to burn CDs from the
audible.com web site.
Happy Listening!
We welcome your comments and suggestions about this guide.
Please email them to [email protected]
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Audible CD Burning
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CD Burning For Your Audible Audio
How Do You
Burn?
Burning to CDs takes three simple steps:
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Determine the title to burn and format to download
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Burn to CD
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Listen!
Sample “My Library – Get it now” Web Page
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Audible CD Burning
Get It Now –
Choose Your
Selection to Burn
Choosing a
Format
Choosing a File
Delivery Method
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From “My Library” on the audible.com website, you can choose
your title and how you would like to listen to it.
There are three action steps:
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Choose your title to burn to CD
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Choose a format
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Choose a delivery method – for CD Burning you must select
“Download”
Audible audio titles are available in a variety of “formats.” Any
format can be used when burning CDs.
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You can choose a format based on file size and the sound fidelity.
The format choice will have no effect on the number of CDs needed
to burn a selection.
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Smaller files are represented by lower format numbers (e.g. formats
1 and 2). They download faster – especially over a dial-up
connection. If you have space restrictions on your computer, you
may want to choose the lower format numbers.
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The higher format numbers offer higher fidelity sound, but come in
larger file sizes. If you have a high speed internet connection, we
recommend downloading the higher format numbers.
When burning a CD you will need to download the audio file to your
PC first:
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What is
Downloading?
Download – The audio file will be downloaded from the audible.com
website to your PC. You only need to be connected to the Internet
while downloading.
Downloading delivers your audio over the internet and stores it on
your computer. You can then burn to CDs.
You need enough disk space on your computer to hold the Audio files
that are downloaded. If space is an issue, you can delete each audio file
from your computer after listening. The file will remain in My Library until
the next time you would like to access the title. To find out how big the
file will be, look at the size listed below each format.
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Audible CD Burning
How to Download
Using a PC
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Downloading is an interim step to listening. Using a PC, the file
downloads to your computer via AudibleManager (PC software
distributed by Audible) in order to be burned to CD or transferred to
an AudibleReady mobile device.
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If you have not already installed AudibleManager on your PC, go to
www.audible.com/software to download and install the program.
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Most Audible customers download their audio because it is much
more convenient to start listening and then be able to stop and place
a bookmark, burn to CDs, or transfer to a mobile player.
Sample AudibleManager Window
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Audible CD Burning
Preparing Your
Computer for CD
Burning
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You will need AudibleManager version 3.6 or higher to burn CDs. If
you have a lower version, un-install your current version and
download the latest version at www.audible.com/software.
In order to enable CD Burning on your PC, click on the CD Burn Mode
icon on the toolbar. The first time you click on this button, you will
receive a prompt that CD burn plug-in is getting installed (Note: you may
need to restart your PC after this process). AudibleManager will then
activate your CD burner - follow the Activation setup screen to complete
the activation process.
When CD Burner has been activated, the buttons across the top of
AudibleManager will change to indicate CD Burn Mode. CD Burning can
only be accessed in the Advanced Mode of AudibleManager.
If you need further help or run into any errors during this process, you
can find help in AudibleManager or at our website. Simply click on the
“More Help” button, or go to “Help” in the Windows toolbar.
You can switch between your AudibleReady Mobile device and CD
Burning by clicking on “Devices > Choose Mobile Device” in the menu
bar of AudibleManager.
Burning Audio
Titles to CDs
Burn your audio titles to CDs and listen wherever you have a CD
player.
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Titles you have downloaded to your computer are listed in the upper
half of the AudibleManager window in your Audio Inbox. Titles
ready for burning are shown in the lower half.
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You must have a blank CD-R or CD-R/W in your CD Burner drive.
Audible recommends using CD-R discs. CD-RW discs will not
always play on various CD players. If there is not a CD in the drive,
the message “No Disk in Recorder Drive” will appear. When the
CD is in the correct drive the message will disappear and you will
be able to add to your burn list.
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To burn audio titles, begin by dragging the desired title name from
the upper window (Inbox) to the lower window (CD Burn Mode) and
dropping it on the list.
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Once the title(s) appear in the lower window, you can begin the
burning process by clicking on “Start CD Burn”. The Burn Dialog
will tell you the time segment to it will burn onto the CD and
approximately how many disks you will need for the entire title.
When you are ready, click on “Burn” to continue.
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Audible CD Burning
Preparing Your
Audio to be
Burned
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To burn an audio CD AudibleManager will need to convert your
audible files to a format that the Roxio CD burning plug-in can
understand.
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Track Status – Just as music CDs have Tracks, Audible content will
have tracks to help you find your place or go back to a section you
may want to revisit when listening to your audiobooks. Tracks are
often based on sections in a book.
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Disk Status – Reports the progress of the disk currently being
prepared for burning. When it reaches 100% the files are ready to
be burned.
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Audible CD Burning
Viewing the
Progress While
Recording Audio
CD
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While your CD is Burning you can see the progress in the dialog
box. It will tell you:
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Track Progress – This will display the progress of each track of
audio being burned.
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Overall Progress – Reports how full the disk currently being burn is.
When it reaches 100% the current burn will be complete.
Some audiobooks will require more than one CD to be burned for the
Burning
entire title. After each CD is finished, a dialog box will prompt you to
Additional
Portions of a Title either print a label for the CD just burned, or continue to burn the next
section of the audiobook.
You do not have to burn all of the CDs at once. AudibleManager
ensures that the beginning of the next CD starts where the last CD
ends. When you are ready to burn the next CD simply follow the steps
to burn a CD above. AudibleManager will automatically select the
correct starting point based on the last CD you burned.
At the end of each successfully burned CD, the dialog box will report
the approximate number of CDs left to burn.
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Audible CD Burning
How Can I Adjust
The Start And Or
End Point Of The
CD When
Burning?
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AudibleManager will automatically calculate how much can fit on a
CD and how many will be needed. However you many chose to
adjust the starting or ending point for a CD.
There are several ways you can adjust the starting point and or
ending point:
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Change the values for the start and or end time in the
appropriate boxes indicating the number of hours and minutes
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Use the slide bar above them to move the start and or end time
by dragging the marker along the bar.
This feature is useful when you have a damaged CD and would like to
burn a replacement. To ensure you are selecting the right spot, you
can use the “Play/Stop” button to listen to the starting point you have
selected.
Note: You will be prevented from placing more time on the CD than it
will hold.
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Audible CD Burning
Creating Labels
For Your CDs
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As each CD is burned you will have the option to create CD labels.
The label will provide you with the following key pieces of
information:
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Title of Audio Program
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Author
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Start point and end point
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CD number if title requires more than one CD
To print a label for a CD, simply click on “Print Label” button at the end
of a CD burn. You will then see a preview dialog of what your label will
look like.
In this dialog you can modify the “Title” and “Author” field, or keep the
one AudibleManager creates. When you are ready to print click on
“Print” button.
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Audible CD Burning
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How to Schedule
Your CD Burning
You can set AudibleManager to automatically burn a CD each time
an edition of your Audible Subscription is available. Please refer
to the “Getting Started Guide for Subscriptions” for instructions –
available at www.audible.com/helpcenter.
How to Burn to
CD Summary
Listen on the go – in a car, on your commute, while exercising, or
anywhere you have a CD Player.
All you need to do is download your audio from My Library, and burn it to
CDs for playback on any CD player. Enjoy your new CDs!
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