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Table of Contents Welcome...........................................1 Experience the Entertainment Fun ............................. 1 Watch and record live TV.................................. 1 The right music for the moment ........................... 1 Share your digital memories .............................. 2 Transform your living space into a theater............ 2 Using Media Center Features ................................... 2 Using the Remote Control ............... 19 Remote Control Buttons Overview ...........................20 Begin using your remote control........................22 Remote Control Buttons..........................................23 Shortcut buttons ..............................................23 Standby button ...............................................24 Recording in standby mode..............................25 Remote control LED and the remote sensor LED .....................................................25 Media playback buttons ..................................26 Navigation and other buttons ...........................28 Alphanumeric Keypad and Print buttons ............29 Using Media Center...........................5 Setting Up Media Center ......................................... 5 Completing the setup wizard steps...................... 5 Getting the Most out of Media Center ....................... 6 Opening Media Center ..................................... 7 Media Center Start Menu ........................................ 8 Using Online Spotlight ............................................ 9 Using More Programs in Media Center ..................... 9 Navigating Media Center................................ 10 Closing Media Center ........................................... 10 Synchronizing Media to a Portable Media Device .................................................. 11 Viewing files on a portable media device .......... 11 Using Media Center Help ...................................... 12 Opening Media Center Help............................ 12 Media Center menu bars and control menu ....... 13 Using Instant Messaging in Media Center................ 14 Logging in to your messenger account............... 14 Changing Media Center Settings............................ 15 Media Center settings categories ...................... 15 Changing audio, video, display resolution, and other settings ........................................... 16 Changing the display resolution ....................... 17 Contacting HP Support in Media Center.................. 17 Finding Additional Media Center Information........... 18 Watching and Recording TV Programs .................................. 31 Navigating My TV ................................................31 Watching TV........................................................32 Watching Live TV............................................33 Controlling TV playback ..................................34 Using the remote control in My TV ....................35 Using the Television Program Guide........................36 Important information about the Television Program Guide ................................36 Viewing the Television Program Guide ..............37 Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide ......................................................38 Manually downloading the Guide.....................39 Changing a postal code to receive the correct Television Guide ..................................39 Adding missing channels to the Guide...............40 Removing channels from the Guide ...................40 Searching for TV Programs ....................................41 Searching for TV programs using categories ......42 Table of Contents iii Table of Contents Recording TV Programs ......................................... 43 Recording TV from the Guide ........................... 44 Recording manually ........................................ 44 Recording TV without the Television Program Guide .............................................. 45 Record by using the Record button.................... 45 Recording TV from Search ............................... 46 The Record icon in the taskbar ......................... 47 Recording TV tips ........................................... 47 Important information about My TV and FM radio................................................. 47 Standby mode and scheduled recordings .......... 48 Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space ................................................ 48 Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD .................................................... 49 Playing Recorded TV Programs............................... 50 Using the More Information button with recorded TV programs............................. 50 Playing a recorded program on a non-HP Digital Entertainment Center .................. 51 Locating recorded TV programs on your hard disk drive ............................................... 52 Viewing recording errors ................................. 52 About Recording Errors ......................................... 53 Common recording errors................................ 53 Resolving Recording Conflicts ................................ 54 Recording priority rules ................................... 54 Resolving a recording conflict .......................... 55 Deleting TV Programs............................................ 55 Deleting a scheduled program or series............. 55 Deleting a recorded program or series .............. 56 Setting Parental Controls ....................................... 56 Blocking unwanted TV programs and movies .................................................... 56 Setting movie/DVD ratings .............................. 57 Changing parental control access code............. 57 Setting Caption Display ................................... 58 Displaying Teletext.......................................... 58 Safeguarding Recorded TV Programs ......................59 Important information about recorded TV programs ..................................................59 Preparing the code key files .............................60 Making the backup CD ...................................62 Using the code key backup CD after a system recovery ..............................................62 Using Two TV Tuner Cards.....................................63 Recording two programs at the same time..........63 Watching live TV and recording a different channel at the same time .....................64 Managing Hard Disk Drive Space ..........................64 Increasing hard disk drive space ......................65 Adjusting TV recording and storage settings.......65 Using the Disk Cleanup utility ...........................66 Adjusting System Restore settings ......................66 Deleting recorded TV programs ........................67 Uninstalling software programs that are not needed ....................................................67 Content Protection Update .....................................68 Playing Music Files..........................69 HP Tunes .............................................................69 My Music ............................................................70 Using HP Tunes with Media Center .........................70 Adding Music to the iTunes Library .........................71 Adding music files from a CD in iTunes..............71 Adding music files from a CD in HP Tunes .........72 Adding music files from the Internet...................72 Adding music files from your hard disk drive ......73 Using supported music file types .......................73 Changing song name, genre, artist, or album in iTunes ..............................................74 Playing CDs with HP Tunes ....................................74 Creating a Playlist with iTunes ................................75 Creating and Editing a New Playlist with HP Tunes...................................................76 Creating Music CDs with iTunes .............................77 iv Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using My Music with Media Center ........................ 78 Adding Music to My Music Library ......................... 79 Adding music files from your hard disk drive ............................................... 79 Adding music files from a CD........................... 80 Deleting music files from the My Music library ............................................ 81 Using supported music file types ....................... 81 Playing Music Files in My Music ............................. 82 Playing an album in My Music ......................... 83 Playing a song in My Music ............................. 83 Creating a Queue List in My Music ......................... 84 Finding and Playing an Album in My Music............. 84 Creating a Playlist in My Music .............................. 85 Copying Music Files to CD in My Music .................. 86 Deleting music files from the My Music library ............................................ 87 Editing song and album information.................. 87 Selecting a Visualization.................................. 87 Working with Pictures.....................89 HP Image Zone Plus .............................................. 89 My Pictures .......................................................... 90 Working with Digital Images.................................. 90 Using HP Image Zone Plus in Media Center ............. 91 Organizing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus ............. 91 Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone Plus ........................................ 92 Creating albums ............................................. 94 Modifying a date assigned to your pictures........ 94 Assigning a keyword to your pictures ................ 95 Assigning a place to your pictures .................... 95 Searching for pictures in HP Image Zone Plus ........................................ 96 Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus ..................97 Viewing a slide show in HP Image Zone Plus ........................................97 Viewing a slide show with music in HP Image Zone Plus ........................................97 Changing view and slide-show options..............98 Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus ....................98 Updating edited picture files in Media Center .................................................98 Using supported picture file types with HP Image Zone Plus ........................................99 Printing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus .................100 Using My Pictures in Media Center .......................101 Organizing Pictures in My Pictures........................102 Adding Pictures to My Pictures .............................103 Adding picture files from your hard disk drive .............................................103 Viewing Pictures in My Pictures.............................104 Viewing pictures as a slide show ................... ...