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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 .............................. 1 Transform your living space into a theater............ 1 Using Media Center Features ................................... 2 Navigating My TV ................................................19 Watching TV........................................................20 Watching Live TV............................................21 Controlling TV playback ..................................22 Using the remote control in My TV ....................23 Using the Television Program Guide........................24 Using Media Center without a Guide ................25 Television Program Guide Errors .......................25 Viewing the Television Program Guide ..............26 Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide ......................................................27 Manually downloading the Guide.....................28 Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide .................................................28 Adding missing channels to the Guide...............29 Editing channels in the Guide ...........................29 Removing channels from the Guide ...................30 Searching for TV Programs ....................................30 Searching for TV programs using categories ......32 Recording TV Programs .........................................33 Recording TV from the Guide ...........................34 Recording programs manually with or without a Guide..............................................34 Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space.................................................36 Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD ....................................................37 Media Copy Protection....................................38 Playing Recorded TV Programs...............................38 Using Media Center...........................3 Setting Up Media Center ......................................... 3 Opening Media Center using a trackball............. 3 Opening Media Center using the remote control .................................................. 4 Media Center menu bars ................................... 5 Navigating Media Center.................................. 5 Media Center control menu................................ 6 Using Media Center Quick Resume mode ............ 7 Completing the setup wizard steps...................... 8 Media Center Start Menu ........................................ 9 Online Spotlight ............................................. 10 Using Instant Messaging in Media Center................ 10 Logging in to your messenger account............... 11 Changing Media Center Settings............................ 11 Media Center Settings Categories..................... 12 Contacting HP Support in Media Center.................. 13 Finding Additional Media Center Information........... 13 Using the Remote Control................15 Remote Control Buttons Overview ........................... 16 Table of Contents iii Table of Contents Watching and Recording TV Programs .................................. 19 Playing Music Files ......................... 39 My Music ............................................................ 39 Using My Music with Media Center ........................ 40 Adding Music to the My Music Library .................... 41 Adding music files from your hard disk drive...... 41 Adding music files from a CD........................... 42 Deleting music files from the My Music library ........................................................... 42 Using supported music file types ...................... 43 Playing Music Files in My Music ............................. 44 Playing an album in My Music ......................... 45 Playing a song in My Music............................. 45 Creating a Queue List in My Music ......................... 46 Finding and Playing an Album in My Music............. 46 Creating a Playlist in My Music .............................. 47 Copying Music Files to CD in My Music .................. 48 Playing Videos................................59 Playing Digital Videos in Media Center ...................60 Using Supported Video File Types...........................61 Transferring and Recording Video Files ...................61 Creating a CD/DVD from Video Files......................62 Playing DVDs ..................................63 Playing DVD Movies in Media Center .....................63 Changing the DVD Movie Language .......................64 Changing DVD Audio Settings ...............................64 Listening to FM Radio ......................65 Playing FM Radio Stations .....................................66 Organizing Preset Radio Stations............................67 Using the FM Radio and the TV Signal at the Same Time.......................................................67 Working with Pictures .................... 49 My Pictures .......................................................... 49 Working with Digital Images ................................. 49 Using My Pictures in Media Center ......................... 50 Adding Pictures to My Pictures ............................... 51 Adding picture files from your hard disk drive .... 51 Viewing Pictures in My Pictures .............................. 52 Viewing pictures as a slideshow ....................... 53 Viewing a slideshow with music in My Pictures .................................................... 53 Using supported picture file types in My Pictures ................................................... 54 Editing Pictures in My Pictures ................................ 55 Fixing red eye or contrast ................................ 55 Cropping pictures in My Pictures ...................... 56 Rotating pictures ............................................. 56 Printing Pictures in My Pictures ............................... 57 Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs......................... 58 Creating Audio and Data Discs.......................................69 Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording ..............70 Working with Audio CDs.......................................71 Verifying an audio disc recorded without errors .................................................72 Audio CD tips ................................................72 Creating audio CDs ........................................73 Creating jukebox discs ....................................74 Working with Data DVDs and CDs .........................75 Verifying a data disc recorded without errors .....75 Creating data discs.........................................77 Copying a DVD or CD ..........................................78 Archiving Files on a CD or DVD .............................79 Working with image files.................................79 Creating an image file.....................................80 Burning from an image file...............................80 iv HP Digital Entertainment Center Software Guide Creating Video Discs and Movies.....................................89 Before You Begin Capturing Video ......................... 89 Sonic MyDVD Video Projects ................................. 90 Creating a video project.................................. 90 Adding files to a video project ......................... 91 Capturing video to a video project ................... 91 Adding slideshows to a video project................ 92 Adding submenus to a video project ................. 92 Editing the style of a video project .................... 93 Editing movie files........................................... 93 Burning a video project to disc ......................... 94 Creating a Video Project with the Direct-to-Disc Wizard ........................................ 95 Video Quality and Disc Size .................................. 96 DVD Recording Time............................................. 97 Using an HP Personal Media Drive ................................. 115 Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center .................................116 Locating the Drive After Installation .......................116 Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive .................................117 Viewing and Storing Files ....................................117 Playing Media Files.............................................118 Playing Music Files .............................................118 Creating Movies Using muvee autoProducer.......................99 Basic Steps to Make a Movie ................................. 99 Locating the two versions of muvee autoProducer...................................... 100 Table of Contents v Table of Contents Disc Labeling with LightScribe ................................ 81 LightScribe requirements .................................. 81 Burning a LightScribe label with Sonic Express Labeler...................................... 82 Using adhesive disc labels ............................... 82 Compatibility Information ...................................... 83 Disc Features and Compatibility Table..................... 84 Optical Drive Quick Reference Table ...................... 85 Software Quick Reference Table............................. 86 Using muvee autoProducer on the Desktop.............101 Getting started on the desktop ........................101 Capturing video from a DV camcorder ............102 Adding videos ..............................................104 Adding pictures ............................................105 Adding music ...............................................105 Selecting the style .........................................106 Changing the settings ....................................106 Adding an opening title and closing credits .........................................................107 Making the movie .........................................107 Saving the movie project................................108 Recording the movie project to disc.................108 Using muvee autoProducer unPlugged in Media Center .............................................109 Selecting videos............................................110 Selecting pictures ..........................................110 Selecting music.............................................111 Setting the style.............................................111 Adjusting audio and video settings..................112 Making the movie .........................................112 Upgrading muvee autoProducer ...........................113 Viewing Picture Files ........................................... 118 Playing Video Files ............................................. 119 About Recording TV to Your HP Personal Media Drive .................................................. 119 Watching TV Programs Stored on the HP Personal Media Drive................................. 120 Recording TV programs to Your HP Personal Media Drive.................................... 121 Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive............................... 121 Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive ..................................... 122 Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely ................................................... 122 Changing Disk Allocation .................................... 123 Updating Recorded TV List After Removing Your HP Personal Media Drive ......................... 123 System Requirements to View Recorded TV Programs on Other PCs.............. ...