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1. D n _ Using Media Center 7 Media Center Start Menu TONMOUNnA 00 C D A 0 71 MediaCenter Z FG ax H m My Videos My Pictures My TV My Music Radio v OZ Zra B OF OH OOODOOO Oy Access a menu to exit Media Center to K Watch your home videos shut down or to restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center to log off to end your Media Center session to put the HP Digital Entertainment Center into standby mode or M Watch record and play back TV programs to switch users L View digital pictures or play a slide show print photos N Play music files or music CDs create and Use media playback controls Play Stop edit playlists and record music files to CD Pause Skip Fast Forward Replay Rewind and Record Volume Up Down Channel Up Down P Find utilities and programs instant messaging video editing and creating CDs DVDs and sync to device Play FM radio stations Open the Media Center Start menu Go back one screen Open the Media Center Help Minimize the Media Center window Resize the Media Center window Close the Media Center window Go to the Media Center Web site for the latest Media Center information Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Other menus not shown m HP Image Zone View digital pictures play a m Play DVD Watch DVD movies slide show and print photos m Settings Change Media C
2. 2 Click Start on the taskbar and then click Printers and Faxes 110 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the 8 Select View CD View DVD From here you can remote control delete a picture add more pictures or change the name of your disc 2 Select More Programs 9 After you have selected all of your pictures select 3 Insert writable media CD R CD RW DVD R or Create CD Create DVD DVD RW into the drive 10 Select Yes Media Center displays a message when 4 Select Create CD DVD your disc has been created n Q de mja A a oa gt e2 hm x 5 Select the Untitled area and enter the name of your disc by using the numeric keys on the remote control and then select OK Use the Clear button to delete letters 6 Select Pictures 7 Select the pictures you want to copy A check mark appears next to a picture when you select it Using the Desktop for Some Picture Tasks You can use the remote control to display edit print delete and copy your pictures to CD but some tasks you must perform with a keyboard and trackball from the desktop Some of these tasks are m Transferring pictures from an HP digital camera m Moving or labeling your picture folders m Uploading and sharing pictures on a personal Web site m E mailing pictures Working with Pictures 111 112 Micros
3. 5 Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Locating the Drive After Installation After you install the HP Personal Media Drive into the 1 Click Start on the taskbar HP Digital Entertainment Center you can find the drive 2 ci in My Computer The HP Digital Entertainment Center Click My Computer automatically assigns a drive letter which may change 3 Select your drive under Hard Disk Drives The default unless you assign a drive letter See Assigning a Drive panei LP Perona Meda Dive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive on page 179 178 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive You can permanently assign a drive letter to avoid the letter changing when you connect and disconnect this drive and other devices Also it is easier for a software program to locate files on the HP Personal Media Drive if a drive letter is assigned Some programs may not be able to find files if the drive changes letters every time you connect if To assign a drive letter 1 Click Start 2 Right click My Computer 3 Select Manage and then click Disk Management 4 Right click HP Personal Media Drive 5 Select Change Drive Letter and Paths HP recommends that you pick the drive letter Z 6 Click Change and select a letter and then apply the changes by clicking OK Viewing and Storing Files The best way to transfer files to the HP Personal Media I
4. Administrator 4 Internet Internet Explorer My Recent Documents A E mail Outlook Express My Pictures FA Media Center W My Documents Set Program 4ccess and 5 Defaults EJ 7 My Documents wi MSN Explorer e Internet Access AOL Windows Media Player All Programs gt File and Folder Tasks 9 Make a new folde g Fublsh this Folder to the web E Share this Folder Other Places G Desktop Ca Shared Documents ay My Computer a My Network Places Details 4 Media My D System Folder To organize and store your videos click Start on the taskbar click My Documents and then double click the My Videos folder If you want to share your videos with others place them in the Shared Video folder To do this click Start on the taskbar click My Documents click the Shared Documents folder under Other Places and then double click the Shared Video folder You can rename add delete or organize them into folders Shared Documents i What s a shared folder File and Folder Tasks C7 Make a new Folder Details Playing Videos 117 n O Q S gt O an a2 A Playing a Video Stored on Removable Media Once you capture your video to the HP Digital Entertainment Center by using a video capture and editing software you can use Media Center to find it and add it to your My Videos area Media Cen
5. B DVD Menu opens the Play DVD window or opens the main menu of a DVD movie if available C Music opens the My Music window D Radio opens the Radio window E Record records a selected television program and stores it on the hard disk drive when in Live TV mode The Record button is inactive for all other media F Rew Rewind moves the media backward at two speeds G Replay moves media backward 7 seconds H Pause pauses audio and video tracks and live or recorded TV programs J Back returns HP Digital Entertainment Center to the previous window within Media Center K Arrow buttons move the cursor to navigate and select actions within all Media Center windows i L Start opens Media Center to the main Start menu LIVE TV GUIDE RECORDED TV M Volume increases and decreases volume BB N Live TV is a shortcut to the full screen view of live TV Moves a TV program forward to the end of the pause buffer and resumes playing live TV Guide opens the Television Program Guide cc P Clear deletes the last character entered DD EE 20 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide TV opens the My TV window Pictures opens the My Pictures window Videos opens the My Videos window Play plays the selected media Stop stops the media currently playing lt cu3aw77wOQO Fwd Fast forward moves media forward at three speeds Skip moves media forward for example 30 seconds in vid
6. ghi jkl mno 4 5 6 pqrs tuv wxyz 7 8 9 0 Title search MOVIES On Now On Next Genres Top Rated Actors amp Directors Title Search Category search 46 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide To search enter letters by using either the numeric keypad on your remote or by using your keyboard Use the CLEAR button to delete letters Use the CH button to change to a different mode All Action and Adventure Adults Only Children Comedy Drama Family Fantasy Horror Musical The Record icon in the taskbar If a program is currently being recorded the Record icon also appears in the taskbar If you move your cursor over gl the icon Media Center displays which program is Media Center Now Recording Recycle Bin currently being recorded You can rightclick the icon to open Media Center and stop recording ye Loe SOM Recording TV tips m If your HP Digital Entertainment Center has one TV tuner and you are watching live TV during a scheduled recording time you can watch only the program being recorded If you change channels recording stops m If you go to another area in Media Center the TV channel you last selected will be displayed in the inset window at the bottom of the window m Some channels can be shared by two or more networks depending on the time of day The Guide may display only one network s programming This may cause recor
7. tis O 0 i Burning Videos To edit your video files 1 If your project is already open click the Edit button 4 If you have already captured video for this project and skip to step 4 drag and drop the video files from the Media Library to the Storyboard If you have video files on your hard disk drive you would like to add to this project click Drag and Drop 2 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 2 If you do not like the sequence of the video files drag and drop the files in the Storyboard to change the sequence 3 Open a project by selecting either the Create new project or the Open existing project button Adding images with WinDVD Creator 1 Click the Image Library icon n 4 Drag and drop images from the Image Library to Storyboard 2 Click the Drag and Drop button to open your Storyboar the My Pictures folder on your hard disk drive Now you can edit still images and video files See the following table 3 Select the images from your hard disk drive you oe would like to add to your Image Library and click Open Storyboard icons Group Groups multiple images into one on the Storyboard Expand Expands grouped images so they are all displayed on the Storyboard Records output directly to a DV camcorder or writes output to a file in your selected format Trims a video clip 1 Double click a video clip on th
8. This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program files Some files may be smaller or larger 1 GB 1 billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity Actual formatted capacity is less 48 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD You can record TV programs to DVD in Media Center to create a backup copy or to save space on your hard disk drive by using the following procedure These DVDs can be played from an HP Digital Entertainment Center and from some set top DVD players The HP Digital Entertainment Center includes several other recording software programs for you to create CDs and DVDs You can use InterVideo WinDVD Creator to record the recorded TV program to format that can be played from an HP Digital Entertainment Center and from some set top DVD players See Using Inter Video WinDVD Creator on page 161 For more detailed information about recording CDs and DVDs refer to information on the HP Support Web site at hitp www hp com support 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select More Programs 3 Insert a blank DVD RW DVD R CD RW or CD R disc 4 Select Create CD DVD 5 Select the type of CD or DVD you want Music or Data 6 Enter a title for your DVD by using the numeric buttons on the remote control and then select OK 7 Select Recorded TV 8 Select the Recorded TV programs you
9. aac files when you import them into the iTunes Library Some file types such as protected wma files and other proprietary file types cannot be played in iTunes Media Center cannot play aac files from My Music With iTunes you can share mp3 aiff wav and aac tiles between other computers on a local network aac Apple Lossless Encoder aiff Apple Compressed Encoded wav Windows audio file mp3 Audio files T a LL T 2 O P ae E Playing Music Files 73 Changing song name genre artist or album in iTunes For more information about changing name genre artist or album information with iTunes refer to the Help menu in the iTunes program It is not possible to make these changes from within HP Tunes in Media Center Playing CDs with HP Tunes When you insert a CD that has not been added to your iTunes music Library it will be listed under Playlists or Albums If it has been added to your library it will be displayed under Songs Albums Artists or Genres 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control and then select HP Tunes 2 Insert a CD 3 Select Playlists or Albums 4 Scroll through the displayed playlists or albums and then select your CD title If the songs on this CD weren t added to your iTunes music Library this playlist or album will disappear when you eject the CD 74 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating a Playlist
10. en eee aan Click New type in a keyword and then click OK 2 Click the My Images tab and then click All by The new keyword is added to the keyword list Use Keyword the arrow button to add the keyword to the Assign to all box 3 Select your picture by clicking it You can select more than one picture if desired 4 Click My Selections Menu at the bottom of the window choose Keywords and then click Assign to All New Keyword n Q lt E A a oa gt O x 5 Select a keyword from the available keywords list and then use the arrow button to add the keyword to the Assign to all box Click Assign and then click OK Assigning a place to your pictures 1 Using your trackball double click the HP Image 6 Click OK Zone Plus icon on the desktop 7 Click Close 2 Click the My Images tab and then click All by Place under View Search 3 Select your picture by clicking it You can select more than one picture if desired 4 Click Assign and then click Assign again 5 Click the map to find your location Each time you click the map it zooms in closer Use the arrow buttons surrounding the map to move around on the map When your location is in the center of the cross symbol click Assign Working with Pictures 95 Searching for pictures in HP Image Zone Plus You can search for pictures by date keyword and place by using your remote control or trackball in Media Center HP Image Zone P
11. 5 Select Library Songs are listed alphabetically or by the sort order of the library column heading you 2 Follow the online instructions to download your el aa songs If songs are downloaded from the iTunes Music Store they appear in your iTunes Library 3 If songs are downloaded to your desktop drag them into the iTunes Library If the files are in an unprotected wma format they are encoded into aac files by default or into the importing format you select from the Preferences menu and placed into the library 4 To change your import format a Click the Edit menu and then select Preferences b Select the Importing tab c Select the Import Using drop down menu and then select an import format 72 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Adding music files from your hard disk drive If the music files are in another format iTunes will automatically convert most files to the aac format before it adds them to your iTunes Library 1 Click Start on the taskbar choose All Click the File menu and then select Add File Programs iTunes and then click iTunes to Library Click the drop down arrow to browse f ic files Select file and th 2 If your music file is on the desktop select the file and A Open 2 a drag it into the iTunes Library Or Using supported music file types You can play the following types of digital audio files in iTunes By default iTunes converts several file types to
12. DVD LANGUAGE 2 In the Settings window select DVD ae 3 In the DVD Settings window select Language Subtitle None 4 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select Se Re or Press OK on the remote control to scroll nee through the languages available Menu 5 When you find the one you want use the arrow Title Default buttons to select Save and then press OK on the remote control 6 To return to the main Settings window press the Back button Changing DVD Audio Settings To select DVD audio settings for viewing the DVD 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 4 Select Audio The Audio Properties window opens remote control 5 Using your trackball or keyboard select your 2 Select Settings speaker and sound options and then click OK 3 Select DVD 124 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide About playing DVDs When you open Media Center and then insert a DVD into If your DVD includes its own playback software Media your drive there is a delay of a few seconds before the Center may not open when you insert the DVD movie Pegins playing To watch your DVD in Media Center cancel the onscreen Even though Media Center supports closed captioning messages to use the DVD player software and then open subtitles and multiple languages these options appear Media Center Smit ine VE amcyse nelces ne If you have manually resized the Media Center window the DVD plays i
13. Q oO o D 3 n p eu 9 a a Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide You must select a TV listings provider before you can use and download the Guide You can set up Media Center to download the Guide when you connect to the Internet or your can select to manually download the Guide 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select Settings General Automatic Wed Aug 04 Download Options and then select m Connect to the Internet and download Media Center connects to the Internet and then downloads the Guide Or Download when connected Connect to the Internet and Media Center automatically downloads the Guide E Or Stopped Manual download Connect to the Internet and then manually download the Guide in Media Center TV Settings menu 3 Follow the onscreen instructions When the Television Program Guide starts downloading from the Internet it can take up to 30 minutes depending on the amount of data to download and the speed of your Internet connection GUIDE 4 30 PM 5 00 PM No data available No data available No data available No data available No data available No data available No data available 38 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Manually downloading the Guide 4 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control GUIDE SETTINGS 2 Select Settings TV Guid
14. Using an HP Personal Media Drive 185 System Requirements to View Recorded TV Programs on Other PCs To play back recorded TV files dvr ms files that were recorded on your HP Digital Entertainment Center on another non HP Digital Entertainment Center the PC must have the following items installed m Windows XP operating system m Windows XP Service Pack 1 m Windows Media Player 9 or later m Software to play DVDs The audio and video codec file allows Windows Media Player to play recorded TV programs dvr ms files You can find this file in Windows Update Click Start choose All Programs and then click Windows Update You can also go to the Windows Web site and search for this code file Q810243 If you want more information about this file you can go to the HP Support Web site at http www microsoft com 186 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problems and Finding Solutions For help on general and miscellaneous problems you may be experiencing with the HP Digital Entertainment Center refer to the following pages for possible solutions Look up the description of the problem and try the solution listed For more detailed information press the Help button on your keyboard or click Start on the taskbar and select Help and Support HP Digital Entertainment Center hardware and operating system For hardware related troubleshooting topics such
15. VI Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Storing Files on a DVD or CD 146 Storing data files on disc 148 Copying a DYD Or D sc 148 Erasing a DVD or CD 149 Removing Files in RecordNow 149 Removing Files from a Recorded DTD DISC eA T 150 Creating an Image File 150 Saving an Image 150 Burning AN Mage senne 151 Archiving Files on a CD or DVD 151 Recording Video Files ccceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 152 Using Disc Labels 152 Using Compatibility Information 153 Identifying Disc Feature and Compatibility 154 Using the Optical Drive Quick Reference ClO 156 Using the Software Quick Reference Table 157 Importing Editing and Burning Videos ses 161 Using InterVideo WinDVD Creator 16 Getting Started with WinDVD Creator 162 Using the Preview window in WinDVD Creal ss 2 2 162 Using the Media Library in WinDVD Creaon a erceectarcarcotaceetiateas 162 Using the Storyboard in WinDVD Creator 163 Identifying Requirements for Capturing Video With WinDVD Creator 163 Capturing Digital Camcorder Video with WinDVD Creator seco 164 Capturing Analog Video with WinDVD CTI 164 Capturing a Still Image
16. and then play them on your HP Digital Entertainment Center Creating Burning CDs and DVDs Create video files record them to DVDs and CDs and then play them on some set top DVD players Record video files to 7 different formats muvee Add your own style to your movies with music pictures titles scene transitions and autoProducer captions unPlugged Edit your home movies Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 159 160 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Importing Editing and Burning Videos You can capture edit and record your home movies in a few easy steps by using the Inter Video WinDVD Creator program located in your All Programs folder on your desktop You can also use the muvee autoProducer unPlugged program select models only to personalize your video files from within Media Center by using your remote control Both programs allow you to edit your video files and save your files to your hard disk drive You need to use InterVideo WinDVD Creator to capture your video files from a video device and also to record your video file to a disc If you use muvee autoProducer to create your video file you can use WinDVD Creator to record it to disc For instructions on how to use InterVideo WinDVD Creator to create your own personalized video file see the following description and see Getting Started with WinDVD Creator on page 162 For instructions on how to use muvee auto
17. assigned and the storage amount of your HP Personal Media Drive Using an HP Personal Media Drive 183 So O N r O O T Q 2 im a D n Q 5 Click Save and then click Yes 6 Close Media Center 7 Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center To change the TV recording path back to your local hard disk drive follow this procedure and select your hard disk drive in step 4 Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive To change the Media Center TV recording path to your local hard disk drive 1 Open Media Center 3 Select your local hard disk drive C 2 Select Settings TV Recorder and then 4 Click Save and then click Yes Recorder storage You can also set the disk 5 allocation and recording quality settings in this Close Media Center window 6 Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely You can safely remove the drive when it is not active 2 Double click the Safely Remove When the amber activity light is blinking the drive is Hardware icon in the system tray at the active saving or transferring data Removing the drive bottom of the desktop If this icon is hidden while the light is blinking may cause data loss or click the arrows on the taskbar to display it The damaged files Safely Remove Hardware window opens To disconnect your HP Personal Drive safely 3 Double click USB Mass Stora
18. sensor does not seem to work with my remote control Media Center does not recognize my set top box remote control Possible solution 1 Turn on the HP Digital Entertainment Center and press the Eject button near the drive to extend the tray Or Double click My Computer right click the drive letter of the stuck drive and click Eject Or If you have a multimedia keyboard press the Eject key on the keyboard The Eject key is sometimes near the volume knob or media playback keys If these methods do not work a disc is jammed 1 Turn off the HP Digital Entertainment Center and unplug it from the power source 2 Open the protective door flap in front of the drive door by pressing it on the lower edge 3 Insert a paperclip gently into the hole on the front of the CD or DVD drive door until the door opens If you get an error message with Send and Don t Send options close the dialog box by clicking Send or Don t Send Continue with your tasks For best performance HP recommends that you restart your HP Digital Entertainment Center at a convenient time To restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Click Start on the taskbar click Turn Off Computer and then click Restart Make sure the remote control sensor is plugged into the HP Digital Entertainment Center correctly see the setup poster Make sure you point the receiver directly at the remote sensor at the correct range of about 5 to 10 feet away Restart y
19. 69 in My Pictures 90 in My TV 31 in My Videos 113 in Radio 127 memory card reader 90 movie ratings setting 57 music about burning a music CD 146 burning CD 77 playing with iTunes 137 Music Library 191 adding CD tracks 80 creating 79 muvee autoProducer adding music to your movie 173 adding pictures to your movie 173 adding videos to your movie 172 changing audio settings 174 copying a movie to disc 176 features 159 getting started 171 making a movie 175 setting the style 174 using 171 200 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide My Music 69 copying music to CD 86 creating a queue list 84 deleting music from the My Music library 81 finding and playing an album 84 playing a song 83 playing an album 83 84 playing music 82 playing songs chosen randomly by Media Center 83 supported file types 81 My Pictures 89 changing picture settings 106 editing pictures 108 organizing pictures 102 printing pictures 108 rotating pictures 109 Shared Pictures folder 102 sorting pictures 106 turning captions on or off 109 types of files it can display 99 107 viewing a slide show with music 97 105 viewing pictures 104 viewing pictures as a slide show 105 My TV 31 add missing channels to Guide 40 advanced recording options 44 block unwanted TV programs and movies 56 delete a scheduled TV program 55 display Teletext 58 icons 43 manually downloading the Guide 38 39 play recorded TV progr
20. Buy Music Visualize Track 8 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Playing Music Files 83 T a LL N 2 O a ae E Creating a Queue List in My Music A queue list is a temporary list of songs that is created in My Music as you select songs albums or playlists to play You can continue to add songs or you can delete songs from your queue list You can create a queue list and save it as a playlist that you can access in Media Center 1 From the My Music window m Select Songs and then use the arrow keys to select a song you want and then select Add to Queue Or m Select Albums or Playlists select an album or a playlist and then select Add to Queue to add the entire album or playlist to the queue 2 Use the Back button on the remote control to go back to the Songs Albums or Playlists menu if you want to select more songs to add to your queue list Repeat step 3 After you add the last song for your queue list select Play All songs in your queue list are played in the order you have selected them Finding and Playing an Album in My Music 1 In the Media Center Start menu select My Music and then select Albums 2 Use the arrow buttons to select an album and then press OK on the remote control You can also press Play on the remote control to play the album The Now Playing window opens and the album starts playing 3 In the
21. Click Start Backup in the Backup Utility window The Backup Job Information window opens 17 Click Start Backup The Backup Progress window opens When the process finishes the window displays the message The backup is complete 18 Click Close 19 Close the Backup Utility window Continue with the next procedure O ne O iT o E ne c D a O P gt iG y z Watching and Recording TV Programs 61 Making the backup CD 1 Click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs RecordNow and then click RecordNow again The RecordNow window opens 2 Insert a blank CD 3 Select the Data Projects tab and then click Data Disc 4 Click Continue 5 Click Add Files and Folders The Select files and folders to add window opens 6 In the Look in box select Desktop from the drop down list 7 Click the backup file for example Backup bkf so it appears in the File name box Click Add The window closes 8 In the RecordNow window click the red Burn icon If a warning window opens click OK 9 Wait while the program writes to the CD and the disc tray ejects 10 Remove the CD label it and store it in a safe place for use with the next procedure Click Done 11 Close the RecordNow window 12 Because you do not need the backup file you created drag the file to the Recycle Bin on the desktop This deletes the copy of the file that was on the hard disk drive Using the code key bac
22. Drive See Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive on page 183 2 Open Media Center 3 Record TV programs See Recording TV from the Guide on page 44 Your programs are recorded to the HP Personal Media Drive 4 Before disconnecting the drive m Make sure there are no scheduled recordings or recordings in progress to avoid losing data m Change the recording pathway back to your local hard disk drive See Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive on page 184 5 Close Media Center 6 Restart your HP Digital Entertainment Center You must perform this last step or errors can result when recording to your drive 7 Disconnect your HP Personal Media Drive safely See Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely on page 184 Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive If you decide to change your recording path to record directly to your HP Personal Media Drive Media Center creates a Recorded TV folder on your drive 1 Assign a drive letter to your HP Personal Media Drive See Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive on page 179 2 Open Media Center 3 Select Settings TV Recorder and then Recorder storage 4 Under Record on Drive select to select the HP Personal Media Drive You can also set the disk allocation and recording quality settings in this window HP recommends that you know the drive letter
23. Drive After Installation 178 Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive cccceeeeeeeeeeeees 179 Table of Contents VII N eS G Oo pa s 0 J wa 0 aS me pS Viewing and Storing Files 179 Updating Recorded TV List after Removing Playing Media ETES 180 the HP Personal Media Drive 185 Playing Music Ales 180 System Requirements to View Recorded Viewing Picture Files 180 TV Programs on Other PCs 186 Playing NASA sec cdeaeeaneietentatecuccsetace 181 Watching TV Programs Stored on the Troubleshooting 000000000000000000000000000e 1 87 HP Personal Media Drive EEEE E E E T E 181 Troubleshooting Problems and About Recording TV to the Finding SOlUIIONS 5 ns 187 HP Personal Media BJ ANT RER 182 Hardware and Operating System re ES 188 Recording TV programs to the e A stoadatiecictmntianc 190 HP Personal Media iiye a 183 Television Guide Recording TV 192 Changing the TV recording path to the Video DVD Video or Display HP Personal Media Drive 183 Problems or Errors c csecccececcusceceecececeeaeceee 196 Changing the TV recording path to the UCTS ata cs messes ras seine E eeenecee shone 198 local hard disk drive 184 Burni l l DOS CDS OMEONDS es cesectetedeecettecacreeatceces 198 Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive SGielVis nd 184 Changing Disk Allocation 185 Index 199 viii Microsoft Wind
24. Play window you can also select m View Cover to view cover art and play one track m View Queue to view an ordered list of all tracks that will be played on the album m Shuffle to rearrange the play order m Repeat to play the album again m Copy CD to copy an album into your Media Library m Buy Music to connect to the Internet find CD information and buy music CDs To go back to Media Center press Start on the remote control m Visualize to view a picture while listening to a song 4 To return to the previous window press Back on the remote control 84 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating a Playlist in My Music A playlist is a customized list of songs you can keep to play later or record to CD Using playlists you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show You can create playlists in Windows Media Player or from within Media Center To create a playlist 1 Select My Music and then select either Albums 6 On the Queue screen select Edit Queue and then Artists Playlists Songs or Genres select Save As Playlist 2 Use the arrow buttons to navigate to the music you 7 Use the numeric keypad to enter a name for the playlist and then select Save want to add to your
25. 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 CIE GCS ONV essersi aeei 52 Viewing recording errors 52 About Recording Errors 53 Common recording errors 53 Resolving Recording Conflicts ccccessseeeeeeeeeees 54 Recording priority Eul s 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 cccccccccesseeeeeeeeeeeees 56 Blocking unwanted TV programs CCM sung 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 WV ROOM GG cece Sess eco essa EN A 59 Preparing the code key files 60 Making the backup CD 22 2 62 Using the code key backup CD after a Si SIEM rECOVETY ee a de a au 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 Dri
26. T video files or to a video file on the Storyboard appears in the bottom right corner of the title clip on the Storyboard 3 Type the text you would like to appear on your title screen Importing Editing and Burning Videos 167 ne o D 5 h ne Li D a hm O0 Q i Burning Videos Adding video filters with WinDVD Creator 1 Click the Video Filters icon 2 Drag and drop a video filter to the video of your choice Authoring Your DVD with WinDVD Creator The Add Menu section makes your project interactive by creating a menu theme and by breaking it into chapters The menu theme can be your own images and music or a custom theme that comes with WinDVD Creator 1 If your project is already open click the Add Menu button 2 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 3 Select the Open existing project button and then select your project 4 Click the Add Menu button 5 Click the Media Library icons to add a menu theme chapters buttons audio tracks and images to your DVD 6 Click the Storyboard icons to edit the chapters and menu items 7 Click the Preview button to play your DVD as it will appear in a settop player 168 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Making a movie with WinDVD Creator This is the final step of your DVD project You select a format the type
27. Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing DVDs Watching DVDs in Media Center allows you to control the playback with your remote control If you play your DVD in another program outside of Media Center you will not be able to use the remote control Playing DVD Movies in Media Center 1 Press the Media Center Start button TA on the remote control 3 25PM MediaCenter z 2 Insert the DVD into the drive If you have other media playing Media Center asks if you want to play the DVD Select Yes or No If you don t select an option the DVD autoplays in full screen mode after a few seconds Settings O Play DVD J Online Spotlight If the DVD is already in the drive select Play DVD My Videos from the main start menu The DVD movie begins playing in full screen mode 3 If a DVD menu appears use the remote control or the trackball to select the DVD menu items and control the DVD movie playback 4 To stop playing the DVD press Stop on the remote control 5 To change the window size while the DVD movie is playing move the trackball for the Resize icon to appear 6 Click the Resize icon on the taskbar and then you can manually adjust the window size Oo un A gt A O k at Le a Playing DVDs 123 Changing the DVD Movie Language To select DVD language settings for subtitles closed captioning and viewing the DVD 1 In the Media Center Start menu select Settings
28. add your music files you can access them with the remote control in Media Center To add music files to iTunes music Library see Adding Music to the iTunes Library on page 71 To add music files to Windows Media Player Library see Adding Music to My Music Library on page 79 To open iTunes or Windows Media Player click Start choose All Programs and then click iTunes or Windows Media Player Codec is an abbreviation for compressor decompressor A codec is software or hardware used to compress and decompress digital media If you get a codec error when playing an audio file open the file in Windows Media Player If you have configured Windows Media Player to automatically download codecs and the correct codec is available then your file should play You must be connected to the Internet to download the codec file 190 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide My songs do not appear in Media Center cannot create a playlist in My Tunes or My Music in Media Center My CD titles are missing they say Track 1 Track 2 etc My Music Library in Media Center disappeared See Adding Music to the iTunes Library on page 71 and Adding Music to My Music Library on page 79 Make sure your songs are in the correct audio format See the Help in iTunes or Windows Media Player to find out which formats are supported Close and open Media Center to refresh the display Check that
29. and then follow any onscreen instructions Track 6 Track 7 6 Select Yes to begin copying tracks to your music library This process may take several minutes depending on the length of your music tracks 01 23 2 of 14 Track 1 Track 8 7 Click OK 80 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Deleting music files from the My Music library 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the 3 Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to scroll remote control and then select My Music through your songs Select the song you want to delete and then press OK on the remote control 2 Select Songs 4 Select Delete and then select Yes Using supported music file types You can play the following types of digital audio files in My Music Refer to Windows Media Player Help for more information about supported file types cda CD audio Wav Windows audio file mp3 m3u MP3 asx wm wma Windows Media audio WMV wmp wmx files T 2 LL N 2 O a a E Playing Music Files 81 Playing Music Files in My Music When you first open Media Center and open the My Music window you may not find any music files listed unless there is a music CD in your CD drive or unless you MY MUSIC have already added audio files to your Windows Media Player Library Albums Artists When you copy music files using Windows Media Player Playlists and your computer is connected to the I
30. as the remote control CD or DVD drive problems or operating system messages see Hardware and Operating System on page 188 Music For music related troubleshooting topics such as playback adding music files or playlist problems see Music on page 190 Pictures For picture related troubleshooting topics see Pictures on page 198 For online support go to the Microsoft or HP Support Web site at http www hp com support Television Guide recording TV For TV related troubleshooting topics such as recording live TV adding channels or Guide problems see Television Guide Recording TV on page 192 Video DVD For video DVD related troubleshooting topics such as video or display problems or errors see Video DVD Video or Display Problems or Errors on page 196 Burning CDs or DVDs For CD or DVD burning related troubleshooting topics see Burning CDs or DVDs on page 198 Troubleshooting 187 O im e e a n Q Hardware and Operating System Problem Possible solution My remote control Make sure that the two AA alkaline batteries for the remote control are charged does not work and installed correctly Make sure the remote control sensor is plugged into a USB port on the HP Digital Entertainment Center Make sure the front of the remote control sensor IR Receiver is not blocked Point the remote control within a 45 degree angle range
31. but only to the end of the pause buffer or the recorded program Allows you to skip 12 hours in the Guide Using the Remote Control 27 Navigation and other buttons These buttons allow you to play picture slide shows music D i files playlists music CDs DVD movies home videos and T live TV from within the Media Center program VOLUME CH PG H i a A MUTE FE Back Returns to the previous window More Displays available information about a selected media file and displays other menus Some Information i media may not include this information This button displays details such as TV program summary or music artist You may need to be connected to the Internet to receive TV programming or CD artist information Move between menus windows or activities Move the cursor to select actions within the Media Center windows Selects a desired action and works as an Enter button If you are watching live TV press OK to go to the previous channel Press OK again to toggle back to the original channel you were watching Increases or decreases volume Opens the Media Center Start menu if you are in Media Center or if you are at the desktop CH PG Changes channels up and down or moves the cursor to the next or previous page of options and Changes channels for live TV or moves to the next chapter of a DVD movie Mute Turns off the sound The word Mute appears in the window when it is turne
32. control to select a song and then press OK on the remote control to place a check mark next to the song 4 Select Add to Queue 5 Press the Back button on the remote control to return to the queue list Click View Queue and then Edit Queue to select songs to move or delete Or Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add more songs to your queue list 76 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating Music CDs with iTunes To create a music CD using iTunes 1 With your trackball click Start on the Windows For more information about creating music CDs with taskbar choose All Programs select iTunes and iTunes click the Help menu in the iTunes menu bar For then click iTunes help online go to http www hp com support 2 Click the Edit menu and select Preferences 3 Click the Burning tab and choose Audio CD as the disc format 4 Click the Use Sound Check check box if you would like all songs on the CD to play at the same volume level and click OK 5 Click the File pulldown menu and select New Playlist 6 Enter a name for your new playlist and an empty playlist window opens 7 Drag and drop selected songs from your source to your new playlist 8 Click the Burn Disc icon in the toolbar area When the disc is finished recording the Burn Disc icon disappears 9 Insert a blank CDR disc into your drive double layer DVD R discs are not compatible 10 Click Burn Disc to begin recordin
33. en you to erase the disc first O O 1 Click Start choose All Programs Sonic 3 Select the Home screen tab and then select RecordNow and then click RecordNow Erase Disc 5 again re VU 4 Click Yes to confirm that you want to erase the disc 2 Insert the DVD RW DVD RW or CD RW you want to erase If an autoplay window opens click Cancel Removing Files in RecordNow When removing files in RecordNow it is important to note m When you remove a recorded file from a data m You must use a blank CD to create a music CD DVD R DVD R or CDR the disc space is lost and m If you delete files from the file selection window in cannot be used for new recordings RecordNow before the disc is recorded available m You cannot remove music files from previously disc space is not affected If you remove a file from recorded music CDs but you can remove music files a DVD R DVD R or CD R after the disc is recorded trom the file selection window in RecordNow before available disc space is lost you record the files to your disc Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 149 Removing Files from a Recorded Data Disc RecordNow cannot erase files from recordable record once DVDs or CDs but files that have been previously recorded can be removed When you remove a recorded file from a data DVD R DVD R or CD R the disc space is lost and cannot be used for new recordings To remove data files from a recorded DVD or CD 1 Click Star
34. excluded for all users box put your cursor over the vertical line between Filename and Application in the title bar and then click and drag the line to the right to see the full list of entries 9 Scroll down the list to see and then click the entry C Documents and Settings All Users DRM 10 Click Remove click Apply and then click OK The Options window closes 11 In the Backup Utility window click the Backup tab 12 In the left box click the plus sign for Local Disk C The file tree expands Click the plus sign for Documents and Settings click the plus sign for All Users and then click the DRM box so a check mark appears 13 Scroll down the list and click the System State box so a check mark appears 14 Atthe bottom of the window beneath Backup media or file name click Browse Because a diskette is too small to save the backup file on you will need to save the file to the desktop portion of the hard disk drive before writing the file to CD If the message Insert a disk into drive A appears click Cancel 15 The Save as window opens In the Save as type box select Desktop from the drop down list In the Save as box use the default name Backup bkf or type a tile name with the extension bkf and then click Save The window closes Options Filename E El System Volume Informations 38088768 C176 4e48 Files excluded for user ATM_EFPC Filename Application Edit Apply 16
35. first DVD movie you play determines your DVD country region For example if you play a DVD with a country region 1 code WinDVD sets the current country region of your DVD player to 1 If you later play a DVD that is coded for a different country region WinDVD asks if you want to set this as the current country region 140 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing Video CDs VCD with InterVideo WinDVD 1 Insert your video CD VCD into a DVD or CD drive 3 If you have a dual language video CD the sound of one language comes out of the left speaker and the 2 Select Play DVD movie using InterVideo other language comes out of the right speaker WinDVD and click OK Double click the Volume icon on the taskbar Or 4 Under Volume Control Balance move the p m If the program does not open click Start choose slider bar all the way io the right or to the left gaf depending on which language you want All Programs InterVideo WinDVD Player and then click InterVideo WinDVD to hear 5 Close the Volume Control window n A gt a v o n A U D k gt ae A Playing CDs and DVDs 141 142 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating Burning CDs and DVDs You can make your own music or data CDs if your HP Digital Entertainment Center has a CD RW or DVD Writer or double layer drive select models only Your HP Digital Entertainment C
36. i Burning Videos 9 Select Continue to save your movie Your video project is saved to the My Videos folder on your hard disk drive by default You can also access your video tile in Media Center in the My Videos area 10 Close muvee autoProducer and then press the back button on your remote control Select My Videos and then select your video to play it back in Media Center Recording muvee autoProducer Movie to Disc with WinDVD Creator To create a VCD or DVD disc 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All 3 Select your video file you created in muvee Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo autoProducer and then click Open WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 4 Click the Make Movie tab select Burn to Disc and then select the arrow button to begin burning your 2 Select Create CD DVD with existing movie to disc video file 5 Follow the onscreen instructions 176 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using an HP Personal Media Drive The HP Personal Media Drive sold separately can be used as an internal or external USB hard disk drive designed to quickly and easily increase your storage capacity and to transfer media files such as digital photos music videos and other important files from one PC to another You can also use the HP Personal Media Drive to back up other drives on your HP Digital Entertainment Center The HP Personal Med
37. not record remote control select My TV Recorded TV and in the window and press OK on the remote control then select Scheduled 0 R 2 Use the arrow buttons to select the program title you do not want to record and press OK To remove the entire series from the recording schedule select Series Cancel Series and then press OK Watching and Recording TV Programs 55 Deleting a recorded program or series To free up hard disk drive space you may need to delete a program or series that has been recorded 1 Press the Media Center Start button gA on the remote control select My TV and then select Recorded TV A list of all the programs you have recorded and saved appears 2 To select the program title you want to delete use the arrow button to highlight the program title and then press OK 3 To remove the selected program from the hard disk drive select Delete 4 Select Yes Setting Parental Controls Blocking unwanted TV programs and movies Select models only If you set Media Center to block unrated channels an error can occur It is recommended that you make sure this option is not selected To do this 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select Settings General and then select Parental Controls 3 Enter your four digit code number 4 Select TV Ratings 5 Select Turn on TV blocking by selecting the area next to Turn on TV blocking to display a check mark
38. of TV system and volume name l a sie Me J A the Make Select Select the device that contains P P gt Device the blank recordable DYD 2 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo or CD WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again Burning Select the speed to use when Speed recording your project 3 Select the Open existing project button and then select your project Select one of the formats to record your project 4 Click the Make Movie button Select between NTSC and PAL for your TV system The 6 Choose one from each of the following sections NTSC format is used in North order of selections may differ America and the PAL format Burn to Disc Use this to burn directly to a DVD or CD 5 Insert a blank recordable DVD or CD into your drive is used in European and Asian countries regions Enter a Volume name for your disc optional Write Use this to create the file on content to your hard disk drive 7 Click the right arrow and then click Start hard disk 8 Click OK for later burning Burning Videos ne o D 5 ge LE D tis O 0 i Importing Editing and Burning Videos 169 Recording VHS Files Direct to DVD with WinDVD Creator To record VHS or other video files directly to DVDs 1 Connect your VCR or other analog video source to your computer See Capturing Analog Video with WinDVD Creator on page 164 for more infor
39. play a recorded TV program or to resume watching a program after pressing the Pause FastForward Rewind Replay or Skip buttons To advance in live TV or in a recorded program by 30 seconds press Skip once You can repeatedly skip forward but only to the end of the pause buffer or the recorded program Allows you to skip 12 hours in the Guide To move backward in live TV or a recorded program press Rewind Rew To speed up rewinding press Rew three times To resume watching the program press Play Rew allows you to move back 3 hours in the Guide n 5 hen D 2 A a To move backward in live TV by 7 seconds press Replay You can repeatedly rewind with the instant replay option but only to the beginning of the pause buffer or recorded program Allows you to move back 12 hours in the Guide D ne ha O 4 Q 4 ne 5 D Ps 3 Live TV To maximize the TV viewing window to full screen mode press Live TV Also to advance to the end of the pause buffer and resume watching the live TV broadcast press Live TV a a a oom More To see the channel number station identifier title of program time slot and category of information program press the More information button while in full screen mode If you select a recorded show and then press the More information button you can access more information Gi about a program stop or delete a program record a series change the Keep Until setting copy a
40. playlist 3 Press OK to select a song 4 Select Add To Queue A confirmation displays that the music was added to the list of music in the queue 5 Select the inset window in the lower left corner to go to the Queue T 2 LL N 2 O a a E Playing Music Files 85 Copying Music Files to CD in My Music To copy your music files to CD LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and select More Programs 2 Insert a blank CD R disc NAME THIS CD 3 Select Create CD DVD ae Use the numeric keypad on your remote to enter letters to name your CD 4 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select VE Use the CLEAR Dutton to delete letters the Untitled text box ee the CH buttons to change to a different mode 5 Use the numeric keypad buttons on the remote control to enter a name for your CD and then select OK 6 Select Music 7 Select the music files to record A check mark Oi appears next to the song when it is selected Use the Back button on the remote control to select more songs from different menus 8 When you are finished adding songs select View CD to see the songs you have selected If you want to delete songs use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select the X next to the song you want to delete Press OK on the remote control to delete the song from your list of songs to be recorded to CD This does not delete the song from your library 9 Sel
41. recording is complete Music files can be recorded repeatedly onto a rewritable CD RW disc but all previously recorded music files must be erased first m As you add music files in the recording session RecordNow calculates and displays the amount of recording time available to record additional music tiles m You can t record song titles unless you make an exact copy of a music CD in your collection m If you try to record more than a standard CD can hold RecordNow displays a message warning you that all the tracks may not fit on your disc Storing Files on a DVD or CD Unlike music CDs data DVDs and CDs can be recorded in multiple sessions 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 2 Select the Data Projects tab 3 Insert a blank or appendable CD R CD RW DVD R DVD RW or double layer DVD R select models only disc into your drive and then click Data Disc 5 m lf the disc is blank follow the onscreen instructions Or m lf the disc is full insert a blank or another appendable disc Or m If you are adding files to a disc follow the onscreen instructions 4 To name your disc select Volume Label and then type a name over it RecordNow assigns a name based on the recording date if you don t type a name 146 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 5 Add your data files to the file selecti
42. remote control DISH Network My TV program did not record and or my screen was blank when I tried to get it out of standby The Television Guide did not automatically download forgot my parental control password cannot play my recorded TV program If you have connected your TV signal source through a set top box that uses four digit channel selection for example a DISH Network EchoStar Satellite Corporation DP301 receiver you may need to change your TV signal settings To do this Open Media Center and select Settings TV and then select Set Up TV signal Follow the onscreen instructions until you get to the Choose Number of Digits screen Choose Four digits Then in the How Do You Change Channels screen be sure to select the option Yes have to press ENTER or OK Complete the setup wizard Make sure you do not put the HP Digital Entertainment Center into manual standby mode while Media Center is open You manually put the HP Digital Entertainment Center into standby by pressing the Power icon or Moon icon on the remote control or by pressing the Moon icon on the keyboard or by clicking Start on the desktop taskbar then clicking Turn Off Computer then Stand By Close Media Center before putting the HP Digital Entertainment Center into manual standby This will avoid missed TV recordings and a potential blank screen when coming out of standby See Common recording errors on page 53 for mor
43. select DVD remote control options while viewing the DVD 1 In the Media Center Start menu select Settings 2 In the Settings window select DVD 3 Select Remote Control Options 4 Select Skip Chapters or Skip Forward 5 Select an option and then select Save 126 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Listening to FM Radio If your HP Digital Entertainment Center is equipped with a radio tuner input FM TUNER IN Media Center can play FM radio The Radio window in Media Center makes it easy to play FM radio stations using your remote control In Radio you can m Listen to FM radio stations m Set up pre sets of your favorite radio stations m Delete or organize your radio station pre sets l Use the time shifting feature pause rewind and fast forward up to 30 minutes of radio programs e ge e Li O E O Le vo D n der Listening to FM Radio 127 Playing FM Radio Stations 1 Connect the FM radio antenna to the back of the HP Digital Entertainment Center to the connector labeled FM TUNER IN FM RADIO PRESETS 2 Press the Media Center Start button on the Start FM remote control 102 7 fea 3 Select Radio Seek Tune 4 Enter a radio station number by using the numeric keypad on the remote control or your keyboard 195 5 2101 9 Or Select the Seek or buttons for Media Center to find the next playable station Or Select the
44. selected program to CD DVD access the instant messaging dialog box and access TV settings CH PG To move to the next channel or page in the Television Program Guide press the CH PG and buttons To open the Television Program Guide press Guide When in the Guide window press Guide again to view a program categories menu To filter your Guide to display only programs in a category you can select a category such as Drama Watching and Recording TV Programs 35 Using the Television Program Guide In the Television Program Guide you can scroll through a description of the program The number of days list of the current and upcoming television programs and displayed depends on your television service provider channels available from your television service provider most providers display up to 14 days By selecting a The Guide displays the channel and network as well as program title a detailed description of the program the program title scheduled time block and a brief appears at the bottom of the window Important information about the Television Program Guide Television Guide data may not be available in your country region You can still record TV programs GUIDE Without a Guide see Recording TV without the Television Program Guide on page 45 QE a If there is no Guide data available when you try to No data available download or search for Guide information you may No data available receive on
45. the Windows Media Player setting for Access rights of other applications is not set to No access It must be set to Read only or Full access for your music files to appear Refer to Windows Media Player and iTunes Help for more information You must open iTunes or Windows Media Player with your keyboard and trackball to create playlists After you create your playlists you can access them with the remote control in Media Center To create a playlist in iTunes see Creating a Playlist with iTunes on page 75 To create a playlist in Windows Media Player see Creating a Playlist in My Music on page 85 iTunes and Windows Media Player display CD information if your HP Digital Entertainment Center is connected to the Internet Some CDs may not have information in the iTunes or Windows Media Player database If you cannot get the song information for a CD you can enter the information from within iTunes or Windows Media Player Refer to the Help menu in iTunes or Windows Media Player for more information If you are upgrading to Windows XP Media Center Edition Update from a previous version of Media Center your Media Library may be deleted You must rebuild your music library in Windows Media Player or use the Add Music menu in Media Center This may take up to 60 minutes depending on the size of your library Troubleshooting 191 Troubleshooting Television Guide Recording TV cannot enter four digit channels into my
46. this insert your recorded DVD open RecordNow click the Options icon wrench click Data select the recording option you want and then click OK Copying a DVD or CD RecordNow allows you to make a copy of a music or data disc from your collection To make a copy of a music or data disc from your collection 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 2 Select the Data Projects tab 3 Select Exact Copy 4 Insert the CD or DVD you want to copy 5 Click the Copy icon 6 Insert a blank DVD or CD into the drive and then click OK 7 Click Done when the recording is complete m When you record files that have the same name as previously recorded files RecordNow updates the file and the previous version is overwritten RecordNow allows you to change the names of files you want to record and the files that were previously recorded As you select data files to record to your disc RecordNow calculates and displays the amount of recording space used on your disc 148 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Erasing a DVD or CD You can use RecordNow to erase music data or video tiles from rewritable DVDs and CDs leaving almost all the T a VU disc space available for new recordings w If you try to record a video or music file to a rewritable gt disc that has files on it the recording program prompts gt Q fi
47. video or picture file to your movie project you can have muvee autoProducer make the movie The muvee autoProducer program makes a movie by combining the video picture and music files you have selected along with the style of movie and puts together all of these pieces into a professional looking movie with just a few steps 1 If your project is already open select the make muvee button and skip to step 4 2 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control to open Media Center 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon 4 Select the duration for your movie by clicking either Use Automatic to allow muvee autoProducer to set the duration or Set to for you to set the duration 5 Select Next to start the process of creating your movie 6 Preview the movie in the preview window Use the playback controls under the preview window to play pause and stop the movie preview Each time you make a change to a movie project you need to click the make muvee button again to add that change to your movie 7 Once you are satisfied with the look of your movie project it is ready to be saved to your hard disk drive Select Save 8 Select a format such as MPEG 2 or Windows Media Format by selecting the or buttons and then enter a name for your movie by using the numeric keypad on your remote control Importing Editing and Burning Videos 175 5 G 5 5 5 Li 5 aan En Q Q
48. with iTunes A playlist is a customized list of songs that you saved together and can play later or record to CD Using playlists you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show You can use iTunes or HP Tunes in Media Center to create playlists 1 Click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs iTunes and then click iTunes again 2 Click File and then select New Playlist 3 Type a name for your playlist 4 Select Library 5 Drag your music files from the library to your Playlist icon 6 Select the Playlist icon to check whether your songs were added Your playlist is now available in the HP Tunes area of Media Center T 2 LL N 2 O a a E Playing Music Files 75 Creating and Editing a New Playlist with HP Tunes A queue or Now Playing list is a temporary list of songs that are scheduled to be played in the order they were selected A queue list acts like a group of songs you select to play on a jukebox You can continue to add songs or you can delete songs from your queue list You also have the option of saving your queue list as a playlist 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control and then select HP Tunes 2 Select Songs 3 Use the arrow buttons on the remote
49. your hard disk drive 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select My Music Music Discovery MediaCenter 2 Press the More Information button on the remote Set folders that contain Music control and select Add Music My Documents 3 Select Add folders and then select Next My Albums My eBooks 4 Select Add folders on this computer and then select Next My Music including sub folders My Pictures 5 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select a location Press the OK button to expand a folder When you find the folder that contains your C Documents and Settings Symphony V 2160 My Documents My Music music folder select it by making sure an arrow appears next to the folder Repeat this step to add additional folders and then select Next and then select Finish 7 of 12 T LL T 2 O D Le a Playing Music Files 79 Adding music files from a CD To add the CD tracks to your Media Center music library 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control and then select My Music 2 Insert a CD into the CD drive 3 Select Albums UNKNOWN ALBUM 5 30 2003 Unknown Artist 14 tracks 65 13 ALBUM DETAILS Play Track 1 4 Select the Album CD you want to add to your music Shuffle Track 2 library Copy CD Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 5 Select Copy CD The first time you copy a music CD you must select your copy protection option
50. 165 Editing Video Files with WinDVD Creator 165 Adding images with WinDVD Creator 166 Adding audio effects with WinDVD Creat r 2 2 167 Adding transition effects with WinDVD Crealor 7 167 Adding title effects with WinDVD Creator 167 Adding video filters with WinDVD Creator 168 Authoring Your DVD with WinDVD Creator 168 Making a movie with WinDVD Creator 169 Recording VHS Files Direct to DVD with Wino DCE OT eee ene arene ea Tene 170 Converting Recorded TV to VCD or BABU ke fine ener en een Terr terre nr er ere ene 170 Using muvee autoProducer unPlugged 64 171 Getting Started with muvee autoProducer 171 Adding Videos to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer 172 Adding Pictures to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer 173 Adding Music to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer 173 Setting the Style in muvee autoProducer 174 Changing the Settings in muvee autoProducer 174 Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer 175 Recording muvee autoProducer Movie to Disc with WinDVD Creator 176 Using an HP Personal Media Drive cccccccccccccccccccccccece 177 Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center 178 Locating the
51. 4 Q 4 ne 5 D E r 3 n 5 hen D 2 A a Watching live TV and recording a different channel at the same time Select models only 1 Press the Media Center Start button TA on the 4 Select a second show to watch and then press the remote control OK button to begin watching it 2 Select My TV and then select Guide 5 Follow any onscreen instructions 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a show to record and then press the Record button on the remote control Managing Hard Disk Drive Space The space available for recording TV programs depends on your hard disk drive allocation drive size and default recording quality selections The HP Digital Entertainment Center requires a certain amount of space to run your Windows XP operating system run software programs and store data files If your hard disk drive becomes full it may affect the HP Digital Entertainment Center speed and performance You may need to free up storage space to record more programs or to optimize the performance of your HP Digital Entertainment Center There are several things you can do to optimize and increase your available hard disk drive space 64 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Increasing hard disk drive space m Adjust TV recording and recorder storage settings m Uninstall software programs See Uninstalling See Adjusting TV recording and storage settings software programs that are not neede
52. Center You can use your remote control with Media Center to play CDs and DVDs to view pictures and to watch and record Sa n O television programs B RADIO MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS This remote control helps you navigate the Media Center windows on your computer just as a TV remote control helps you navigate cable TV options or control the playback of a O U Q sj O D Q sien D A movie in a VCR or DVD player RECORD The remote control can ED m Navigate and control all Media Center windows m Control the video or live TV display m Place the computer in and out of standby mode D m Shut down or restart the HP Digital Entertainment BACK eS MORE Center m Log off from Media Center or switch users The remote control cannot lt S m O ac Ss m Navigate the Windows desktop or control other computer programs outside of Media Center m Be used as a VCR DVD player or stereo remote a control nie m Turn on or off a TV that is connected to your HP Digital Entertainment Center LIVE TV GUIDE RECORDED TV 2H 2C Turn on the HP Digital Entertainment Center JU Q x x A 5 G e 7 a gt x lt 2 N BUC ae 39e CLEAR PRINT ENTER S Using the Remote Control 19 Remote Control Buttons Overview Features and location may vary A Standby D puts the HP Digital Entertainment Center into and out of a power reduced state
53. Control tab 164 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 6 Click the Video Source drop down box and then select either S Video 2 or Composite Video 2 depending on which front panel connector you are t Conexant 2388x Video Capture usin g Audio Devices Tuner 7 Audio Sources GE Click OK Your video appears in the Preview window Input Input Types To begin capturing the video click the Record button Video Source T Oinput2 Antenna ml 8 Enter a file name and then click Save and recording osent Evene NN ET begins TV Standards oe Video 2 Mon SAP Lang 9 Click the Stop button to stop capturing your video file ai Your video file is processed and automatically saved ae to your hard disk drive 10 To play back your captured video double click the file Capturing a Still Image 1 Pause your input device on the position for which 3 The image is saved to the My Pictures folder on your you would like an image hard disk drive 2 Click the Capture Still Image button under the Preview window Editing Video Files with WinDVD Creator After you capture video files use the WinDVD Creator Edit module to create your customized video file In the edit mode you can add m Video files m Transition effects m Still images m Video filters m Audio and music tracks m Title effects Importing Editing and Burning Videos 165 ne 5 D 5 ge LE D
54. DVD Writer It supports single layer and double layer DVD media Double layer technology gives you greater capacity and allows you to store up to 8 5 GB of data on double layer DVD R media Double layer is a new technology Double layer media compatibility will widely vary with some home DVD players and DVD ROM drives GB is defined as 1 billion bytes 1 GB 1 billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity Actual formatted capacity is less For the latest disc compatibility information for your HP Digital Entertainment Center go to the HP Support Web site at http www hp com support Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 155 un m VU D TA L gt 270A 2g i e Q bed V Using the Optical Drive Quick Reference Table Optical Double EE drive can DVD ROM DVD RW R layer CD EE DVD Read CDs CD Rs and CD RWs Read DVDs DVDs a data on a CD Play music Play music Record data or music to disc for storage or backup View DVD movies Record DVD movies Play games Play games 156 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using the Software Quick Reference Table To open software programs you can use with various Your HP Digital Entertainment Center comes with the media and an optical drive click Start on the taskbar following software programs This is not a complete list of choose All Programs select the program folder and included softwar
55. Ds and DVD movies This section describes how to m Play music CDs using Windows Media Player or iTunes m Play DVD movies using Windows Media Player or InterVideo WinDVD m Play video CDs VCD with InterVideo WinDVD or Windows Media Player Playing Music CDs with iTunes You must have either a CD or DVD drive 1 Insert the music CD into your CD or DVD drive 3 To play the CD click the Play button in the upper left corner of the iTunes window To D The iTunes window opens If the Audio CD play a particular song double click the Ld wizard window opens choose Play audio CD song name or track number using iTunes or Show songs using iTunes You may have to scroll down in the window to For more information on using iTunes click the Help menu see iTunes in the iTunes menu bar or go to http www hp com music for help online Or mf the iTunes window does not automatically open click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs choose iTunes and then click iTunes 2 The music CD automatically begins to play Or Click the play button in the upper left corner of the iTunes window To play a particular song double click the song name or track number N Q gt a ne o n Q a g gt a Playing CDs and DVDs 137 Setting Media Center as the automatic CD or DVD player When you insert a CD or DVD while Media Center is active your disc plays automatically after a few seco
56. Explorer Working with Pictures 101 7 Q red E 0 Le gt O re gt Organizing Pictures in My Pictures For Media Center to find and display your pictures they can be stored in several places m The My Pictures folder on your Digital Entertainment Center m The Shared Pictures folder on your computer which allows you to share your pictures with others m Other removable media such as a memory card a DVD or a CD When you save pictures from your digital camera or scanner to your computer Windows automatically stores them in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer unless you manually store them in another place Before opening Media Center and viewing your pictures you may want to spend some time organizing your pictures by creating picture folders in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer 102 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Adding Pictures to My Pictures Adding picture files from your hard disk drive 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select My Pictures 2 Press the More information button on the remote control and select Add Pictures 3 Select Add folders and then select Next 4 Select Add folders on this computer and then select Next 5 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select a location Press the OK button to expand a folder When you find the folder that contains your picture fo
57. Image Zone Plus HP Image Zone Plus is a software program located in your All Programs menu that works together with the HP Image Zone Plus area in Media Center Both programs work together to organize search for and display your digital images It is designed to organize your photos scanned images and video clips by date keyword or place For more information about using HP Image Zone Plus see Using HP Image Zone Plus in Media Center on page 91 Play slide show View all images View albums Search Settings Print images O invent View all images Wo 2004 i 1 ET 2003 L he Wl sep 2003 Wa 2003 p d i a bn My Pictures My Music HP Image Zone Gem Master More Programs t 4 Working with Pictures 89 Working with Pictures My Pictures With My Pictures you can view and print your pictures from the folders you create in the My Pictures directory in Windows Explorer For more information about using My Pictures see Using My Pictures in Media Center on Play slide show page 01 n Sort by name Sort by date SAMPLE PICTURES My Pictures Shared Pictures Other media Settings Radio My Videos My Pictures My TV My Music AVN Working with Digital Images You can connect a digital image source such as a digital camera or a digital video camera directly to the HP Digital Entertainment Center or through a docking station Most digital pictur
58. Make sure that Block unrated TV programs is not selected 6 Select Advanced to select more restrictive ratings to block such things as fantasy violence suggestive dialogue offensive language and sexual content 7 Select Yes and then select Save 56 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Setting movie DVD ratings Select models only 1 Press the Media Center Start button dA on the 6 Select or next to the rating that is currently remote control selected to change the movie rating 2 Select Settings General and then select 7 Select Save Parental Controls 3 Enter your four digit code 4 Select Movie DVD Ratings 5 Select Turn on movie blocking by using the arrow buttons on the remote control to select the area to the left of Turn on movie blocking check mark appears when it is selected Changing parental control access code Select models only 1 Press the Media Center Start button d A on the 3 Enter your four digit code and select Change Access Code N p 5 9 25 a remote control 2 Select Settings General and then select 4 Enter a new four digit code twice and then click OK Parental Controls D Ee ham O v Q ne 5 D E A 3 Watching and Recording TV Programs 97 Setting Caption Display Select models only If you set Media Center to display captions while in window mode not full screen mode the window or the
59. Media Center HP Digital Entertainment Center help files located on your HP Digital Entertainment Center hardware as well as help files found on the Internet The help categories are m Help Find help on using Media Center from files located on your HP Digital Entertainment Center m Community Visit Media Center forums and get help online Get help on using Media Center here m Tips Go to the Microsoft Web site for helpful tips about using Media Center Opening Media Center Help 1 Press the Media Center Start button TA on the A aE V rarmote conirol MEDIA CENTER ASSISTANCE 2 Move the trackball to show the Media Center navigation bar and then select the Help Set u p Media Center icon from any window in Media Center 3 From the Help Center select Help Use Media Center 4 When Media Center Help files appear use your TV and Recordings trackball keyboard or your remote control to select a help category Music and Radio 5 Select a help topic ON Pictures and Videos DVD Media Files 12 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Media Center menu bars and control menu When you move the trackball the Media Center menu bars appear When you use the remote control or when you stop using the trackball after 5 seconds the menu bars disappear To access the control menu in Media Center fo menu move the trackball to display the menu bars Select the Turn Off icon o
60. Paint program Adding Digital Videos to My Videos If you have stored your videos in folders on your hard disk drive you can find them with Media Center This links your video to Media Center so you can play them or create a CD or DVD with them n O0 Q S gt O an az A LM 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select My Videos 2 Select Add Videos to open the Video Discovery wizard which helps you to locate other folders where your videos are stored 3 Select Add folders and then select Next Select Add folders on this computer and then select Next Make sure a check mark appears next to the selection Playing Videos 119 4 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll through and select the location of your video folder Select the drive you want to search and then select the or next to the drive or folder names by pressing the OK button to display all of the internal folders If you do not select a folder Media Center adds all the files and folders Select Next 5 Select the folder with your video by selecting the box on the left side of the folder name and pressing OK on the remote control Make sure a check mark appears next to the folder and then select Next 6 Select Finish set Video Discovery MediaCenter Choose folders that contain Videos My Documents My Albums My Music My Pictures My Videos Trip to Europe 1 of 11 C D
61. Producer to create your own personalized video files see the following description and see Getting Started with muvee autoProducer on page 171 Using InterVideo WinDVD Creator You can use InterVideo WinDVD Creator to create your personalized video files in a few easy steps amp Capture Take videos and pictures from digital camcorders analog video devices and Web cameras and then save them to your hard disk drive Edit Arrange and trim your files Add titles transition effects images and audio Add Menu Add a menu with chapters to your DVD Make Movie Finalize your project by burning your movie to your hard disk drive or to disc For more information about WinDVD Creator click the Help menu in the WinDVD Creator menu bar Importing Editing and Burning Videos 161 ne o e A 5 Li 5 am En O Q E Burning Videos Getting Started with WinDVD Creator 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 2 Select one of the menu options m Capture video into hard disk Opens the m Record video tape into DVD disc in one Capture section for you to capture media step Enables you to bypass the hard disk drive Create CD DVD with existing video file and record straight from your camera to a disc in Brings up the Open window for you to select your DVD drive existing video files m O
62. Setup and then Welcome select Run Media Center Setup Again Follow eee center setup wizard the onscreen instructions to complete the wizard Media Center is where you can access TV music pictures videos DVDs and more with a remote control Select Next to begin Cancel Using Media Center 5 S O an O U D mm Q 2 D n Listed below are some of the items included in the setup wizard Check for your Internet connection An Internet connection allows Media Center to download and update your Television Program Guide and display information about your music CDs and other media Configure your TV tuner TV signal source and Television Program Guide You need to provide information about your TV signal source and your TV signal equipment set top box cables and so on This step makes sure your Digital Entertainment Center receives the correct TV signal and Television Program Guide information If you have a cable box or satellite receiver the setup wizard programs your remote control to work with them Optimize how Media Center looks on your display You can change display settings such as brightness contrast RGB color and centering m Set up your speakers Select how many speakers you have and test them Getting the Most out of Media Center To maximize effective use of Media Center and to ensure access to all of its features complete the following list before getting start
63. Software Reference Guide HP Digital Entertainment Center CCG Ce em OO Nn o eee COP Geeccnce is lUet o P CL S Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein HP assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by HP This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of HP HewlettPackard Company P O Box 4010 Cupertino CA 95015 4010 USA 2002 2003 2004 HewlettPackard Development Company L P This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Apparatus Claims of U S Pate
64. TLCP_07_06_200 4 14 12 55 A Wedding Cybill_OXYGENP_07_0 u Story_TLCP_07_06_2 Guys_AMCP_07_06_2 3 Select Scheduled 4 Select History About Recording Errors A recording error means that a program scheduled to record is not recorded This can occur for several reasons If your HP Digital Entertainment Center is turned off and not in standby mode during the time the program is scheduled to record or if there is a recording conflict with another scheduled program a recording error occurs If you are watching live TV when the program is scheduled to record and decline the prompt to change channels a recording error occurs Common recording errors a series that are not first run are not recorded O oO 8 E Redundant Program already exists in Recorded TV library or has been recorded and deleted in the 2s past eight weeks D D Missed HP Digital Entertainment Center was turned off during scheduled recording time 5 9 7 7 am Conflict Another program was scheduled to record at the same time E gt Canceled You selected Don t record on the Program Info menu and canceled the recording T E TT RE a CRC a S RS aT AS gt Repeat In Advanced Record you selected First Run only for a series recording so any programs in Error Unknown technical error Media Center failed to start the recorder TV signal was lost Failed communication with the set top box Not enough space Hard disk drive is to
65. Tune or buttons to manually find a station 5 If you want select Save to save it as one of your nine pre set stations 6 Select Start FM to begin playing that station 7 Use the playback controls on the remote control such as Pause Rewind and Fast Forward to control radio playback If you press the Pause button Media Center continues to record the program for up to 30 minutes Press Play to resume listening to the program where you left off 8 Select Back to return to the previous window 128 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Organizing Pre set Radio Stations O 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the E remote control FM RADIO PRESETS a SETTINGS 2 Select Settings Save 195 5 A Vv 3 Select Radio Cancel 2101 9 FOIRE Q uto gt or O 4 Select the up arrows and down arrows next iak A k to each pre set station to move it to a different A Le position M 2 hd 2 NINY Or Fae Select the Delete icon X to delete a pre set AX station Sim Or Select Auto Sort to sort your pre set stations in numerical ascending or descending order 5 Select Save to save your changes 6 Select Back to return to the previous window Using the FM Radio and the TV Signal at the Same Time The FM radio signal and My TV input signal share a single tuner card This means that you are unable to watch or record TV and listen to FM radio at the same time unless you have two TV tuners
66. When Media Center is scheduled to start a recording a warning appears that says FM radio stops when the TV recording starts If you do not select Cancel recording then Media Center automatically stops radio and begins recording TV Listening to FM Radio 129 130 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Recording TV Programs Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD You can use Media Center or InterVideo WinDVD Creator to copy your recorded TV programs to DVD select models only for viewing and playing on your HP Digital Entertainment Center and in some settop box DVD players Copying a TV program to CD DVD using Media Center gt 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select My TV 3 Select Recorded TV 4 Select Create CD DVD 5 Enter a title for your DVD by using the numeric buttons on the remote control and then select OK 6 Select Recorded TV 7 Select the Recorded TV programs you want to copy to CD or DVD 8 Select View CD or View DVD 9 Select Create CD or Create DVD 10 Select Yes 11 Insert a blank DVD RW DVD R CD RW or CD R disc 12 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete burning your TV show to disc Recording TV Programs 131 N E e O 0 S 0 O oO S O Y Q oO Copy a recorded TV program to a DVD with other programs When you copy your recorded TV programs to a DVD For more information about creating a DVD with w
67. You can even play songs from your iTunes music Library Welcome 1 Share your digital memories Create personalized slide shows with music for viewing on your TV Easily edit and create professional looking home videos from the comfort of your couch with the remote control Transform your living space into a theater Whether you are watching a DVD movie or your own home videos Media Center delivers a rich viewing experience with a high quality digital sound system Sit back and enjoy the show Using Media Center Features You can control the Media Center functions and navigate Media Center windows by using the remote control the keyboard or the trackball You can easily switch back and forth between them by moving the trackball or by pressing a button on the remote control or the keyboard You can run Media Center side by side with other Windows software programs It s possible to browse through your pictures watch videos play music and even record TV while using other Windows programs 2 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide When using the remote control and the Media Center program you can Watch record and play back television programs on any TV in the house Pause rewind and fast forward TV programs Watch an instant replay Play back your digital videos View your digital pictures or play them as a slide show with music Easily print your photos Browse select and play
68. ainment Center to a DVDs with RecordNow on page 143 portable device such as a portable Media Center gt O vA Using Media Center 9 Navigating Media Center In the Media Center windows a selected item such as a folder file or menu item is outlined with a green border You can control the Media Center functions and navigate Media Center windows by using the remote control the keyboard or a trackball To select items in Media Center by using the remote control use the arrow buttons on the remote control and then use the OK button to enter your selection If you have media playing such as music or television it appears in an inset window in the lower left corner To switch from watching your media in the inset window to watching it in full screen mode use the arrows on the remote control to select it and then press OK Closing Media Center 1 Move the trackball to display the Media Center menu bars 2 Click the Close icon to close Media Center FISH SAMPLE PICTURES AY 12 2002 Play slide show 4 Sort by name Es gt Sort by date At the Arch Sunset 10 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide P i ba ON Freestyle I 2s Blue hills ne w exit 3 TULE 3 Pita ae Let r Overlooking Synchronizing Media to a Portable Media Device Sync to Device in More Programs allows you to automatically transfer your music picture video and r
69. ams 50 protect your recorded TV programs 59 recording TV from the Guide 44 recording TV manually 44 recording TV programs 43 recording TV programs without a Guide 45 remove channels from the Guide 40 resolving recording conflicts 54 searching for TV programs 41 set caption display 58 set movie DVD or TV ratings 57 sorting shows 50 Television Program Guide errors 36 time shifting 34 using the remote control 34 view recording errors 52 watching TV programs 33 My Videos 113 organizing and storing videos 114 117 playing digital videos 114 119 playing videos in inset window 118 stored on removable media 118 sorting videos 115 116 viewing video details 121 O optical drive quick reference 156 organizing pictures 102 pre set radio stations 129 videos 117 P parental controls setting 57 picture captions turning on or off 107 pictures changing settings 106 editing 108 printing 108 rotating 109 Index 201 playing CDs 137 digital music files 82 digital videos 114 119 DVDs 137 DVDs in Media Center 123 music CDs in Media Center 82 songs in My Music 83 videos in inset window 118 stored on removable media 118 playing song Buy Music option 84 Visualize option 84 playlist creating in iTunes 75 creating in My Music 85 Program Guide see Television Program Guide Q queue list creating in HP Tunes 76 creating in My Music 84 radio connecting antenna to HP Digital Entertainment Center 127 gett
70. ams that are not needed 1 Click Start 5 Click Yes when the confirmation window opens 2 Click Control Panel 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each program you want to remove 3 Double click Add or Remove Programs if it is present 7 Click Close 4 Click the program and then click the Change Remove button O ne O iY o E ne c GS amp A O LP iG y z Watching and Recording TV Programs 67 Content Protection Update Media Center will protect content based on all widely known flags delivered in NTSC PAL DVD and other formats All protected programs are encrypted to the HP Digital Entertainment Center via time limited Digital Rights Management DRM based licenses Some DVD movies and other programs that are broadcast are copy protected A Copy Never message may be displayed if the content cannot be recorded or archived to disc For more information about protected content and other restrictions about transferring or copying digital media refer to Media Center Help or go to the Microsoft Web site at http www microsoft com 68 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing Music The HP Tunes and My Music areas in Media Center are great ways to play organize and back up your music tiles HP Tunes is designed to work with the Apple iTunes program in your All Programs menu and My Music is designed to work with the Windows Media Player program HP Tunes W
71. and less than 26 feet 8 meters away from the remote sensor If a pressed key repeats itself or sticks unplug the remote sensor from the USB connector wait 1 minute and plug the remote sensor back in Try altering the lighting conditions in the room or moving the location of the remote sensor if this continues Press the Enter button on the remote control after changing a channel Point the remote control toward the remote sensor and press a button A faint red light should appear on the remote sensor If the light appears then the problem is probably in the Media Center software Close Media Center restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center and then open Media Center again If the remote control works in Media Center but not when changing channels you may need to reconfigure the Media Center software settings for the cable set top box or satellite receiver Media Center is not For Media Center to recognize your portable device such as a mass storage device recognizing my USB drive music storage device or other you must change the device settings To external device do this 1 Connect your device 2 Open Media Center by pressing the Media Center Start button on the remote control 3 Select More Programs and then select Sync to Device 188 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Problem Il cannot remove a CD or DVD Send Don t Send error messages keep appearing My remote control
72. ate your media file 4 Double click the file Most media files open in Windows Media Player When you disconnect the drive your music files may still appear in the Windows Media Player Library and Media Center My Music window To refresh your HP Digital Entertainment Center open and close Windows Media Player or Media Center If that doesn t work restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center 180 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide Playing Video Files You can view your videos stored on an HP Personal When you disconnect the drive your video files may still Media Drive If you want the video files that are stored on appear in the Media Center My Videos window To your HP Personal Media Drive to appear in the Media refresh your HP Digital Entertainment Center open and Center My Videos window you must complete the PMD close Media Center wizard in the More Programs area of Media Center See Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center on page 178 Watching TV Programs Stored on the HP Personal Media Drive To play back recorded TV files stored on your HP Personal Media Drive you must 1 Connect your HP Personal Media Drive to the 6 Move or copy your recorded TV programs to this HP Digital Entertainment Center with the power Recorded TV folder on your HP Personal Media turned off Drive Now you can view your stored TV programs o in Media Center or you can double click the f
73. ave the file in a is experiencing video supported format eens There may be a problem with the codec For more information look in Windows Media Player help and then search for codec If the error message Files Needed To Display Video Are Missing or Corrupt appears follow these steps Troubleshooting Click Start right click My Computer and then select Properties Click the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager button Click the plus sign next to Sound video and game controllers Double click the TV tuner device Click the Driver tab and then click the Update Driver button Select Install from a list or a specific location and then click Next Remove the check mark from Search removable media a b c d e f g h Click Include this location in this search and then click the Browse button Click the plus sign in order next to each of the following directories m My Computer m C m hp m drivers Click OK Next and then click Finish after the drivers are updated Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Troubleshooting 197 Pictures cannot see my Move your pictures to the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer You can also pictures in My add pictures to Media Center by pressing the More Information button on the Pictures remote control and then selecting Add Pictures Follow the onscreen instructions cannot print my Make sure your printer is set up properly See Settin
74. ayer DVD and the storage equivalent of 12 CDs Double layer DVD media can store up to 8 5 GB of data You can record on two layers of one side of a DVD Double layer technology uses two thin embedded organic dye films for data storage separated by a spacer layer Each layer has different optical properties General information about double layer DVD R discs m You can record 3 hours of DVD quality video or 6 hours of VHS quality video without turning over the disc m This disc can hold up to 8 5 GB This almost doubles the standard storage capacity of 4 7 GB for the single layer DVD R discs currently available m Double layer writing capability is supported by RecordNow and WinDVD Creator These are CD and DVD recording software programs that came with your HP Digital Entertainment Center m Double layer DVD R discs can only be written to with a double layer DVD RW R drive m These discs cannot be erased or written to again m You can use these discs to back up your hard disk drive files m These discs are able to play back in most commercially available DVD players GB is defined as 1 billion bytes Actual formatted hard disk drive capacity is less Recording TV Programs 135 n E O O 0 S A O oO de O Y Q a 2 136 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing CDs and DVDs The HP Digital Entertainment Center includes software that lets you play music C
75. back ceccceeeeeeeeeeee ees 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 OU er eee eee ene eee 38 Manually downloading the Guide 39 Changing a postal code to receive the correct Television Guide cccsceeeeeeeeeeee ees 39 Adding missing channels to the Guide 40 Removing channels from the Guide 066 AO Searching for TV Programs 4 Searching for TV programs using categories A2 Table of Contents N E D nien O U Le e 2 Q Recording IV Progfams ss menus 43 Recording TV from the Guide 44 Recording manually 44 Recording TV without the Television Program die 45 Record by using the Record button 45 Recording TV from Search 46 The Record icon in the taskbar 47 Recording TV tips cacetecceusreeemorepeaserertereesercenceet 47 Important information about My TV anad FM WACO os 47 Standby mode and scheduled recordings 48 Recording quality and hard disk drive S OrAge SPACE nn 48 Copying recorded TV programs to DYD Or CD secerneren ei 49 Playing Recorded TV
76. caption text may flash as the text scrolls in the window To tix this problem change the display to full screen mode or turn off the caption display option To turn off the caption display option 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select Settings TV and then select Audio Displaying Teletext Select models only To display the Teletext toolbar 1 While watching TV in full screen mode press D the More Information i button on the remote control to display the information bar 2 Select the Teletext button on the information bar The Teletext toolbar will also appear at the bottom of the screen so that you can navigate the Teletext pages For more information about the Teletext toolbar refer to the Help menu in Media Center 3 Click or next to the current Caption display setting to change it You can select On to view speech as text in a TV program containing the captioning signal On when muted to display speech in a muted TV program Off to disable caption display 4 Select Save 58 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide About Teletext Teletext is additional information that is broadcast within a TV signal in some countries regions You can navigate the Teletext main page and subpages to find information such as the weather sports scores or community events You can turn on subtitles in a specific language for a program you are wat
77. ching When a TV show is recorded the Teletext subtitles are stored with the recording so you can view the subtitles when you play the recording later Teletext may not be available for all the channels you receive The Teletext button will only display on the information bar if Teletext is available for that channel If you would like more information about which channels have Teletext available contact your TV service provider Safeguarding Recorded TV Programs Most television broadcasters do not encrypt programs so a recording can be played on any HP Digital Entertainment Center A recording of a broadcaster encrypted TV program though can be played only on the PC that recorded it When you record TV programs using Media Center the TV program broadcaster may have an encryption code that Microsoft includes as a special code in the recorded tiles This code is keyed to your HP Digital Entertainment Center and is required to play broadcaster encrypted TV programs previously recorded to your hard disk drive copied to DVD or copied to other media When you perform a system recovery or replace the hard disk drive in your HP Digital Entertainment Center you lose the special code You can safeguard your capability to play recorded TV programs by making a backup CD and using it as described in the procedures provided here Make the backup CD now before you need it so that you can use the CD after you perform a system recovery o
78. click Close in the Restore Progress window 16 A Backup Utility message window opens Click Yes to restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Wait until the restart completes Open Media Center and complete the setup You can now play previously recorded TV programs that are broadcaster encrypted Using Two TV Tuner Cards Select models only Your HP Digital Entertainment Center can support two analog antennae NTSE PAL or SECAM two analog cables no set top box two cable set top boxes or two satellite TV set top boxes You cannot set up the tuners to different TV signal sources such as satellite and antenna Both TV tuners must be connected to the same signal source For example you must use an antenna cable two cable boxes or two satellite set top boxes for both tuner inputs With two TV tuners your HP Digital Entertainment Center can record two programs at the same time You can also watch live TV while recording a program on another channel Recording two programs at the same time Select models only LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select My TV and then select Guide 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a show to record and then press the Record button on the remote control 4 Select a second show to record at the same time and then press the Record button again 5 Follow any onscreen instructions Watching and Recording TV Programs 63 D ne ha O
79. cture to the original size press OK a third time 104 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Viewing pictures as a slide show 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 6 Press the Back button to go to a previous picture Use remote control the arrow buttons to display the next or previous pictures 2 Select My Pictures If you do not select the pictures you want to view as a 3 Select the folder of pictures you want to view as a slide show Media Center uses the first folder listed If you slide show and then press OK have picture files that are not stored in folders you created Media Center plays all files stored in the My Pictures folder 4 Select Play Slide Show and then press OK 5 Press the More information button on the i remote control and then select Picture Details The picture name location last modification date and resolution appears if available Viewing a slide show with music in My Pictures 1 Select My Music on the Media Center Start menu 4 Select My Pictures 2 Select the music you want and then press OK on 5 Select the folder of pictures and then press OK the remote control If the music doesn t start automatically press the Play button on the remote 6 Select Play Slide Show and then press OK contol When Media Center switches to full screen mode the inset window disappears but the music continues 3 Press the Media Center Start button on the to play re
80. d on on page 65 page 67 m Use the Disk Cleanup Utility See Using the Disk m Archive TV programs to a DVD if your HP Digital Cleanup utility on page 66 Entertainment Center has a DVD Writer drive See m Adjust the System Restore settings See Adjusting Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD on System Restore settings on page 66 page 131 m Archive TV programs to an HP Personal Media Drive See Recording TV programs to the HP Personal Media Drive on page 183 m Delete recorded TV programs from the Recorded TV folder in Shared Documents See Deleting recorded TV programs on page 67 Adjusting TV recording and storage settings 1 Press the Media Center Start button Ez on the remote control STORAGE 5 SETTINGS 2 Select Settings TV and then select Recorder CE 2 Save C 76 GB Le 3 Select Recorder Storage to change your Disk Cancel ee a allocation and Recording quality settings Increase me 2 the percentage of hard disk drive space available for recorded TV programs in Default Settings Recording quality Fair D _ ne ham O 4 Q 4 oO 5 D E 3 Or Available recording time 57 hours 26 minutes Select Recording Defaults to change your recording storage settings Select Fair as the default recording quality The better the quality of the Recorded TV recording the more space the file takes Select Until Sie SEN I watch as the Keep setting for each recorded prog
81. d on 28 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Alphanumeric Keypad and Print buttons The alphanumeric keypad buttons allow you to enter text change channels and print your pictures O U Q D O D Q e sien D N _ Numeric Changes channels and enters text Each time you press a number key a different character keypad appears When you find the character you want press the Enter button or wait a few 1 9 and seconds Prints picture files from the My Pictures window of Media Center This button does not print tiles from Windows Explorer or from the HP Image Zone Plus area of Media Center Selects a desired action menu or window Enter works the same way as the OK button Deletes the last character entered Clear works the same way as a Backspace key on a keyboard Using the Remote Control 29 30 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Watching and Recording TV Programs Watch live TV or record your favorite shows for later playback Use the Television Program Guide to find the show you want to watch or record You can also record a show while watching another prerecorded show Navigating My TV From the My TV window you can search for and play your favorite TV shows Use the following menu items to help you locate what you want to do m Live TV Watch pause fast forward or rewind your favorite TV shows You can watch reco
82. d then numbers of the channels you are missing select Add 3 Select Add Channel 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 to add additional channels 7 Click Done when you have added all the channels Removing channels from the Guide You may want to remove some channels from your Guide to prevent users from having access to them e 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 3 Select or clear a check box to add or remove the remote control channel 2 Select My TV Settings Guide and then select 4 Select Save Edit Channels to remove the names and numbers of the channels you do not want to appear in the Guide 40 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Searching for TV Programs To find a TV program you can enter a title or keyword or select a category in your Guide by using your remote control 1 Press the Media Center Start button TA on the remote control select My TV and then select Search 2 Select Title Use the numeric keypad on your remote control or your keyboard to enter a program title word and then press OK on the remote control To search enter letters by using either the numeric Or C al keypad on your remote or by using your keyboard QCM abc def SEARCH TITLE X 2 3 Use the CLEAR button to Select Keyword Use the numeric keypad on your ki mno V6 he CH buttons t remote control or your keyboard to enter a DS descriptive word that would appear in a program woz title or pro
83. dentifying Requirements for Capturing Video with WinDVD Creator You can copy capture video files to your hard disk drive by using the WinDVD Creator program 5 O To capture digital video connect your digital video DV A camera to the FireWire IEEE 1394 port on the back c panel of the HP Digital Entertainment Center To capture analog video connect your VCR or analog video camera D gt to the Composite Video 2 or S Video 2 connectors on the 4 front panel of the HP Digital Entertainment Center Ds To capture video files you need to lt 2 om 1 Connect your video source device properly b Click the Wrench icon z 2 Turn your device on and set it to playback mode c Select Device Control tab and then select your video source from the Video Source drop down menu 3 Make sure WinDVD Creator can detect your digital or analog device 4 If your HP Digital Entertainment Center has multiple video devices connected they all appear on the Capture screen You must select the video source you would like to use a Inthe WinDVD Creator Capture screen click your input source Importing Editing and Burning Videos 163 Capturing Digital Camcorder Video with WinDVD Creator 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 2 Click the Capture video into hard disk button 3 Connect your digital camc
84. dia Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select More Programs 3 Insert writable disc CD R CD RW DVD R or DVD RW and then select OK 4 Select Create CD DVD 5 Select the Untitled area and enter the name of your disc by using the numeric keys on the remote control and then select OK Use the Clear button to delete letters 6 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select Video and then select OK 7 Select the video file you want to copy and then select View CD View DVD 8 Select Add More if you want to add additional video files to your disc 9 Select View CD View DVD to check the contents of your disc before recording them 10 Select Create CD Create DVD to begin recording the disc and then select Yes 116 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Organizing Videos When you attach a digital video camera to your HP Digital Entertainment Center Windows asks you how you want to capture your video You can choose from various software programs to capture and then edit your video file Most programs automatically save your file to the My Videos folder in Windows Explorer If not you can move your videos into the My Videos or Shared Video folder in Windows Explorer for Media Center to be able to automatically find them Once you have placed all your videos into the My Videos or Shared Video folder you can rename add delete and organize them into folders i o
85. ding options to be unavailable You may need to manually update the Guide before scheduling a recording O ne O W o E Ee c O O amp A O P gt iG y z Important information about My TV and FM radio If your Digital Entertainment Center has one TV tuner the When Media Center is scheduled to start a recording a FM radio shares the use of the single tuner card with My warning appears that says FM radio stops when the TV TV In Media Center you are unable to watch or record recording starts If you do not select Cancel recording TV and listen to FM radio at the same time If your system Media Center automatically stops radio and begins has two TV tuners you could watch or record TV and recording TV listen to FM radio at the same time Watching and Recording TV Programs 47 Standby mode and scheduled recordings You should always close Media Center before you manually place the HP Digital Entertainment Center in standby mode to avoid file corruption and other recording problems Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space The space available for recording TV programs depends on your hard disk drive size the percentage of hard disk drive space allocated to recorded TV and the recording quality setting To get the maximum recording time change the recording Best 2 7 GB hour quality to Fair instead of the default setting of Best Better 2 4 GB hour Good 1 4 GB hour Fair 1 2 GB hour
86. e Use this table to find out the programs then click the program to open the software Refer to the that record and play CDs record data CDs and import following table to determine the best programs for the edit and record video CDs and DVDs Some programs tasks you want to do ilunes Windows Media Player RealPlayer listed below may not be included with your model With this program you can E Play music CDs MP3s and other audio files Record music files Record a copy of an existing music or data CD to use on the HP Digital Entertainment Center Organize digital files into a library for recording or listening Play music CDs MP3s and other audio files Play DVD movies Windows Media Player can play DVDs only if another DVD player program such as InterVideo WinDVD is installed Play Windows Movie Maker files Record music files Organize digital files into a library for recording or listening Play music CDs MP3s and other audio files Play DVD movies RealPlayer can play DVDs only if another DVD player program such as InterVideo WinDVD is installed Play video CDs Record music files Organize digital files into a library for recording or listening Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 157 N A VU O Ses a O c O Q S VU and DVDs With this program you can Windows Movie Maker 2 0 InterVideo WinDVD iG RecordNow Import audio v
87. e and then select Get Latest Guide Listings Edit channels Add missing channels 3 Follow the onscreen instructions The Guide can take up to 30 minutes to download depending on the amount of data to download and the speed of your Internet connection Set up Guide listings Get latest Guide listings Guide Terms of Service About Guide listings O Ow o 6 Changing a postal code to receive the correct z9 e o O Television Guide n F 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 4 Enter your postal code and then select Next remote control a 5 To download your provider information and then 2 Select Settings TV Guide and then select Set start downloading your Guide information follow Up Guide listings the onscreen instructions 3 Select Next and follow the onscreen instructions Watching and Recording TV Programs 39 Adding missing channels to the Guide Some program channels are seasonal and do not appear in the Guide all the time To add the names and numbers of the television channels you are missing or to change the associations between channel numbers and lineups 1 Press the Media Center Start button A on the 4 Use the numeric keypad on your remote control or remote control your keyboard to enter the name of the missing channel and then select Next 2 Select My TV Settings Guide and then select Add Missing Channels to add the names and 5 Enter the correct channel number an
88. e Lo Ke EL CVS PP Re nee 79 Adding music files from a CD 80 Deleting music files from the My Music OR 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 MMA USICINONEEeS 87 Editing song and album information 87 Selecting a Visualization 87 Working with PICTUIES cccccccccccccccccces 89 HP Image Zone PSS ee ee eee 89 LA E E senee si eeetoeareens 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 een ee ene ne ne Ee 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 Pos 96 Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus 06 97 Viewing a slide show in HP Image Zone Plus 97 Viewing a slide show with music in HP Image Zone Plus csecccceeeeeeeeeeeeean wees 97 Cha
89. e Storyboard 2 Adjust the sliders to cut off video at the beginning or the end Splits a video clip 1 Click the video clip you want to split 2 Click the Play button in the Preview window 3 Click the Split Clip icon at the point of the clip you want split 166 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Adding audio effects with WinDVD Creator 1 Click the Audio Library icon 5 A musical note icon appears in the bottom right 2 ci Jd corner of the video file to which the audio track was Click the Drag and Drop button to open assigned the My Music folder on your hard disk drive ne 6 To keep the audio track running for more than one 3 Select the audio files from 1 hard disk drive as video file switch from Storyboard mode to Timeline want to add to your audio library and click Open mode Drag the music track across more than one 4 Drag and drop the audio files from the Audio Library video file to the video file of your choice Adding transition effects with WinDVD Creator 1 Click the Transition Effects icon 1 2 Drag and drop a transition effect between the two video files where you would like the effect to appear Adding title effects with WinDVD Creator 1 Click the Title Effects icon 4 If you inserted the title effect between video clips click the Image Setting icon to adjust the length of 2 Drag and drop a title effect either between time you want the title clip to appear capital
90. e Zone 3 Select the picture group you want to print from Select all Clear all 4 Select Print images Print 5 Select the picture you want to print Cancel 6 Select Print Follow any onscreen instructions You need to set up your printer before you can print from Media Center cy e invent Zone Plus Print images Select images or groups to print b a A a La Eve 12 31 2002 12 31 2002 12 31 2002 4q UT CA 12 31 2002 12 31 2002 100 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using My Pictures in Media Center My Pictures is a folder on your hard disk drive in the My It provides all the tools you need for viewing organizing Documents folder and it is a Media Center menu item editing printing sharing and protecting your digital that allows you to view and search for your digital images images by using the remote control or the keyboard and trackball OZ AA MediaCenter im Internet ay My Documents Fe My Recent Documents fF a E mail ait sor My Pictures Online Spotlight j Media Center kar My Music My Videos wr rach My Pictures g Control Panel My TV em Set Program Access and My Music Defaults Printers and Faxes G windows Media Player Help and Support Sod ED ENR hs e Search a i America Online 9 0 Ga Pun My Pictures menu in Media Center All Programs Lag Orr Oo Turn OFF Computer My Pictures folder in Windows
91. e files you copy or download from the device appear in the My Pictures folder You can copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras and other digital imaging devices by using the memory card reader select models only 90 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide BIG WAVE May 12 2002 x At the Arch HE SEO PEU S y v N Sunset Water lilies Blue hills aa gt F WEW E ere ET y Tat Overlooking Winter Using HP Image Zone Plus in Media Center Some tasks you must do in the HP Image Zone Plus program on your desktop with your trackball and OR MediaCenter i keyboard and some tasks you can do from within Media Center with your remote control For example you must add your pictures to the HP Image Zone Plus program on the desktop before you can access them in My Music the HP Image Zone Plus area in Media Center RAE HP Image Zone HP Tunes More Programs HP Image Zone Plus menu in Media Center Organizing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus The HP Image Zone Plus program and Media Center work together Before you can view and search for your pictures in Media Center you have to set some things up in HP Image Zone Plus program View Folders ec All Unselect To start organizing your pictures in HP Image Zone Plus 1 Create your image catalog This indexes all of your Le pictures so yo
92. e information about recording errors Media Center will not automatically connect to the Internet and download the Television Guide if you are using a dial up modem Automatic connection occurs only with broadband Internet access You must manually connect to the Internet and download the Guide Be sure to disconnect when the download is complete Open Media Center and select Settings and then select General Highlight do not open Parental Controls Hold down Ctrl and Alt and press Enter on your keyboard This will reset the password and allow you to enter a new four digit code If your TV program contains protected content it may have a time limit on playback If so an expiration message is displayed If the program has expired you must record it again 192 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Postal code results If program listings displayed in the Television Guide do not match your local do not match my channels after you have selected your postal code do one of the following hannels in Television Soke PE on m Select your city if it is listed select a lineup at the bottom of the list if it matches yours or set the listings manually To manually set the Guide listings open Media Center select Settings TV Guide and then select Add Missing Channels to add channels Select Set Up Guide Listings to turn off channels you do not have or to change channel numbers to the correct program information I
93. e of several error messages An error can No data available occur because your HP Digital Entertainment Center is Nee ee not connected to the Internet guide listings are not available in your country region or your TV signal provider and HP Digital Entertainment Center location settings are not supported No data available No data available Make sure you are connected to the Internet and check a your TV signal and guide settings in the Settings menu of Stopped Media Center 36 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Viewing the Television Program Guide 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select My TV and then select Guide 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a channel and then use the arrow buttons to scroll through up to two weeks of programming for that channel 4 Select a program and then press OK to watch it Press the Record button on the remote control to record the program If you press the Guide shortcut button on the remote control while you are already in the Guide you can select one of the Guide filter categories such as Movies to search for a movie Press the More information button on the remote control to access another menu for more options of searching the Guide All on now Movies Kids Sports News Special Program Info Filter Guide Messenger Settings Watching and Recording TV Programs 37 D A ne fi O 4
94. ecorded TV files from the HP Digital Entertainment Center to a portable device such as a portable Media Center device a SmartPhone a pocket PC or a mass storage device Select Help in Media Center for more information 1 Connect your portable media device to the HP Digital Entertainment Center 2 Select Yes when the message appears asking if you want to sync content to the device 3 If device is connected press Start on the remote control 4 Select More Programs and then select Sync to Device 5 Select the Up arrow or Down arrow on the screen to move a playlist up or down in the list The playlist at the top of the list is synchronized to the portable device first Or Select Delete next to a playlist you do not want to transfer to the device Or Select Add More to select other media categories you want to add to the list 6 Select Start Sync Viewing files on a portable media device 1 Connect your portable media device to the HP Digital Entertainment Center 2 Minimize Media Center by selecting the minimize icon 3 Click Start on the taskbar and then click Windows Media Player 4 Click the Syne tab to view files on the portable media device Using Media Center 11 in O an O U D mm Q 2 D n Using Media Center Help When you select the Help icon in Media Center the Help m Hardware Find support information about your Center window opens From here you can access local
95. ect Create CD 10 Select Yes 86 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Deleting music files from the My Music library To delete your music files 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select My Music 2 Select Songs 3 Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to scroll through your songs Select song you want to delete and then press OK on the remote control 4 Select Delete 5 Select Yes Editing song and album information 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select My Music 2 Select the song or album you want to edit 3 Select Edit Info Selecting a Visualization To select which visualization to display when you play a song LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select Settings 2 Select Music 3 Select Visualization Options 4 Use the arrow buttons and the numeric keypad on the remote control to enter new information about the song or album 5 Select Save 4 Use the arrow buttons to select the visualization settings you want and then press OK on the remote control change the setting 5 Select Save Playing Music Files 87 n a LL oe 4 5 D gt ae a 88 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Working with Pictures Use the HP Image Zone Plus and My Pictures areas in Media Center to view and print your pictures HP
96. ed m Play allows you to play the recorded program Delete allows you to delete the recorded program m Record Series allows you to record other shows in that series if available m Keep Until allows you to change the setting for keeping the program until space is needed or until a specitic date until you watch it or until you manually delete it m Copy to CD DVD allows you to record this program to CD or DVD m Messenger allows you to access your instant messaging login window m Settings allows you to access the main Settings window 50 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing a recorded program on a non HP Digital Entertainment Center 1 Make sure the PC has Windows XP Service Pack 1 and DVD player software installed a Click Start and then click My Computer b Click Help and then click About Windows c In the About Windows dialog box if you see Service Pack 1 in the version information go to step 2 If not you must install Windows XP Service Pack 1 For more information go to http www microsoft com 2 Make sure the PC has a media player that works with Windows XP Service Pack 1 such as Windows Media Player 9 or later If Windows Media Player is installed check for software updates 3 Download and install the update from Microsoft s Web site Search for Watch television shows recorded by HP Digital Entertainment Centers on other Microsoft Windows XP PCs 4 Open the
97. ed Refer to the Start Here booklet and the User s Guide that came with your HP Digital Entertainment Center Before opening Media Center make sure m The HP Digital Entertainment Center is set up correctly m The remote control has two AA alkaline batteries installed m The remote sensor is properly plugged into a USB connector on your HP Digital Entertainment Center and is placed where you can point the remote control at it The remote sensor control cable is securely plugged into the remote sensor and attached to your cable or satellite set top box if present The HP Digital Entertainment Center has a properly configured and working Internet connection The HP Digital Entertainment Center is properly connected to your TV signal source 6 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Opening Media Center Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control Or 2 Internet se My Documents Te E mail Click Start on the taskbar and then click 3 Media Center M Media Center ay My Music LE Le 2 My Computer iTunes 4 Control Panel Fe My Recent Documents gt My Pictures pif OE Paint W Set Program Access and Defaults Printers and Faxes 7 r LAJ YA ER TEA a A d Windows Media Player Help and Support Rie gee kere see Search OM America Online 9 0 L 1 Run All Programs p Log Off fo Turn OFF Computer ese E U D O
98. edia Center Start button Tz on the remote control select My TV and then select Guide 2 Select the program you want to record and then press the Record button on the remote control Watching and Recording TV Programs 45 O E 5 N LE 5 E O 5 gt 0 gt z Recording TV from Search You can find a program to record based on a keyword such as an actor or director name program title or a category select models only To record a current or future program or series using Search 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select My TV and then select Search 2 Select Title Keyword or Categories For Title and Keyword searches enter your descriptive search words Media Center starts searching from the first letter you type into the text box For a Categories search select the category you want and press OK 3 Use the arrow buttons to scroll through the search results to select the program you want to record select the program and then press OK 4 Select Record or Record Series in the window and then press OK The Record icon for a single program or the Record Series icon for a series appears next to the program in the Guide If there is a scheduling conflict Media Center displays a message and allows you to select which program you want to record 5 To return to the previous window press Back on the remote control SEARCH TITLE abc def 1 2 3
99. emote sensor ports on the remote sensor receiver Media Center is able to direct remote control commands to specific ports on your remote sensor 194 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide My TV Guide is not During the initial setup of the HP Digital Entertainment Center you specify your right for my location country region location Media Center uses this information to select the country region for the Television Guide The HP Digital Entertainment Center is preset to the country region where it was initially shipped If you did not select your correct location and if this location does not match the ZIP code or postal code location you entered in the Media Center TV Guide setting an error message may appear You may also see No data available in the TV Guide or you may not be able to get the correct TV Guide Troubleshooting To resolve this problem set the location for your HP Digital Entertainment Center in the Control Panel first and then in the Media Center Settings window To set your location 1 Click Start on the taskbar and then click Control Panel 2 Click Date Time Language and Regional Options if it is present 3 Click Regional and Language Options 4 Click the Regional Options tab 5 In Standards and formats select your language and country region for example English Canada from the drop down list 6 Select your location from the drop down list 7 Click Apply and then clic
100. enter has four recording software programs iTunes Windows Media Player RecordNow and Windows XP You copy or download music to their library and can then organize or copy the music files You can copy Windows Media files that have a wma extension mp3 files or wav files to a CD by using a CD RW drive or a DVD Writer drive You can also use iTunes or Windows Media Player to copy music files to a portable device or memory card CD R discs are compatible with more players than CD RW discs Creating Burning CDs and DVDs with RecordNow For more information about recording CDs and DVDs refer to the Help menu in the RecordNow software program Previously recorded files on CD RW discs must be erased before recording music files CD R discs cannot be erased 1 Using the trackball click Start on the Windows taskbar 2 Choose All Programs 3 Click Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 4 If you need to erase a disc CD RW or DVD RW Insert the disc select the Home screen house icon tab and then Erase Disc under the Home Screen tab Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 143 Creating Burning CDs and DVDs Creating music CDs with RecordNow RecordNow creates closed session music CDs which means you must record all music files on one CD in one recording session Music files can be recorded repeatedly on a rewritable CD RW disc but all previously recorded tiles must be erased first CD R discs canno
101. enter program settings m HP Tunes Play music from your iTunes music Library or from music CDs Using Online Spotlight Online Spotlight is a link to the Media Center Web site Tips This area includes tips from Microsoft on how to use for the latest Media Center information and for media Media Center offers and services Downloads This area includes information and Music This area includes links to music service services that you can download providers such as Napster and Live365 Movies This area includes links to movie service providers such as MovieLink and Cinema Now You can find information about popular films view trailers download movies and more News Sports This area lists top stories from news and sports broadcasters such as MSNBC and ESPN Using More Programs in Media Center device a SmartPhone a pocket PC or a mass storage device Select Help in Media Center for more information More Programs contains links to programs services and m Messenger opens an instant messaging log on le common tasks window For more information see Logging in to m Create CD DVD is a link to a CD creation wizard OT en Co al On Age i ay that helps you find the media files you want to copy m Sync to Device allows you to automatically transfer to CD or DVD For more information about creating your music picture video and recorded TV files CDs and DVDs see Creating Burning CDs and from the HP Digital Entert
102. eos and live TV or one music track X More i displays available information about a selected media file and displays other menus Y OK selects the desired action or window option and acts as the Enter key Z CH PG up and down changes the TV channels or moves pages up and down depending on available options Moves to the next DVD chapter AA Mute turns computer sound off The word Mute is displayed when Mute is turned on BB Recorded TV opens the Recorded TV window where recorded TV programs are listed CC Oto 9 are the numeric keypad buttons to change channels or enter text into a Media Center search or text box Each time you press a number button a different character appears Press the Enter button to select a character DD Enter selects the desired action menu or window option EE Print prints your pictures that you select in the My Pictures window of Media Center Using the Remote Control 21 O U Q D O D Q sien D n Begin using your remote control 1 Point the remote control at the remote sensor The remote sensor should be located near your monitor or in a convenient place Make sure there is nothing blocking the pathway between your remote control and the remote sensor t MediaCenter 2 To start Media Center and to open the Media Center Start menu press the Start button A Welcome to the Media Center setup wizard 3 If this is your f
103. er with your remote control For example you must add music files to the iTunes music Library before you can access them in HP Tunes in Media Center Also you can record your playlists to CDs in the iTunes program but not in Media Center Adding Music to the iTunes Library To create your iTunes music Library you can import music files from a CD download iTunes music files from the iTunes Music Store or the Internet or import them from your hard disk drive Adding music files from a CD in iTunes 1 With your trackball click Start on the 4 Make sure the songs you want to add to your library Windows taskbar choose All Programs iTunes are selected A check mark appears next to the song and then click iTunes when it is selected 2 Insert an audio CD 5 Click the Import icon in the toolbar to bring the songs into the library 3 Select your CD under the Source menu T a LL a N O a az Playing Music Files 71 Adding music files from a CD in HP Tunes 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the 4 Under CD Playlists select your CD title t trol and th lect HP Tunes ei aaa j 5 Select Copy CD Your CD is copied into the iTunes 2 Insert a CD Library and is accessible in HP Tunes 3 Select Playlists Adding music files from the Internet For more information about downloading music from the iTunes Music store refer to the Help menu in the iTunes program 1 Connect to the Internet
104. f the CD RW disc is not blank RecordNow prompts you to erase it and then automatically begins writing to it when it is erased If you want to play your music CD in your home or car stereo use a CDR disc 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 2 Click the Audio Projects tab 3 Select Jukebox CD CD RW discs may not play in some stereos 4 Insert a music CD to view the tracks on your CD 9 Click OK Click Find and then click either Scan for Music or 10 Click Done when recording is complete Browse to find music files on your hard disk drive that you want to record and DVDs N A VU O Ses a O en O Q a VU Click the Help icon and then select RecordNow Help for more information about recording music CDs 5 Select the tracks you want to record and then with the RecordNow program click Add Press and hold the Control Ctrl key to select more than one track 6 Click the Burn icon when you have a added all the audio files to your music CD project 7 Click Yes Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 145 Creating a music CD When recording music files it is important to note that m To play your music CD in a home or car stereo it needs to be recorded as a music CD in CD Audio CDA format not as a data CD m You must record all music files in one recording session because RecordNow closes the CD after
105. f you do not know the channel frequency information for your TV programs check the setup of your TV or contact your TV service provider for this information O S i Q e Le n Ee Q Oo he m For detailed instructions click the Help icon in Media Center If you have manually set your Guide listings you may not be able to download program listings to display in the Guide but you will still be able to schedule recordings and view programs from the added channels lam getting a disk full You may receive a disk full error message that is false Confirm the free space error message available on your hard disk drive Click Start on the taskbar click My Computer right click the C drive and then select Properties View the pie chart If you have plenty of hard disk drive space available close Media Center and then open it If you do not have much free space archive recorded TV programs or other data onto recordable CDs or DVDs then delete them from your hard disk drive You can also uninstall unneeded software programs Click Start on the taskbar click Control Panel then click Add or Remove Programs You can also perform disk cleanup click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs Accessories System Tools and then click Disk Cleanup and select the Cs drive Troubleshooting 193 Problem Possible solution cannot record two To record two programs at once rograms af once sa PSIS ATES m Y
106. f you want the files that are stored on your HP Personal Drive is to drag them from your local hard disk drive to Media Drive to appear in Media Center you must drag your HP Personal Media Drive them to the correct media folders such as My Personal Videos and My Personal Pictures on your HP Personal Media Drive These media folders appear after you complete the PMD setup wizard See Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center on page 178 D gt a amp a A L 0 5 5 De A Using an HP Personal Media Drive 179 Playing Media Files You can play all kinds of media from an HP Personal Media Drive 1 Click Start on the taskbar 2 Click My Computer Playing Music Files You can play all kinds of music stored on the HP Personal Media Drive If you want the music files that are stored on your HP Personal Media Drive to appear in the Media Center My Music window you must complete the PMD wizard in the More Programs area of Media Center See Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center on page 178 Viewing Picture Files You can view your pictures stored on an HP Personal Media Drive If you want the picture files that are stored on your HP Personal Media Drive to appear in the Media Center My Pictures window you must complete the PMD wizard in the More Programs area of Media Center 3 Double click the HP Personal Media Drive icon to loc
107. ferences button is used to customize HP Image Zone Plus and change some tab settings Gallery of images Selection tray displays images that you have selected Working with Pictures 93 Creating albums You can organize your pictures into albums by using the HP Image Zone Plus program After you create your picture albums in HP Image Zone Plus you can then view them in Media Center To create an album 1 Using your trackball double click the HP Image 6 To change the title of the album just select it and type Zone Plus icon on the desktop in a title using your keyboard You can now view your albums in Media Center 2 Click the My Images tab 3 Select the pictures that you want to place into an album 4 Click Albums under View Search 5 Click Albums and then select New Album Modifying a date assigned to your pictures Digital cameras and scanners assign a creation date to digital images HP Image Zone Plus automatically recognizes this creation date and organizes your pictures by date To change a date 1 Using your trackball double click the HP Image 3 Select a picture to assign a new date Zone Plus the desktop a 4 Select a date and then click Set 2 Click the My Images tab and then click All by Date under View Search Q4 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Assigning a keyword to your pictures 1 Using your trackball double click the HP Image Or Z Plus i the desktop
108. g Pictures to CDs and DVDs 111 Using the Desktop for Some Picture Tasks 111 Table of Contents V n es Oo pa s 0 J wa 0 a me pS Playing Videos ses 1 13 Playing Digital Videos in Media Center 114 Using Supported Video File Types 115 Transferring and Recording Video Files 115 Creating a CD DVD from Video Files 116 Organizing Videos 117 Playing a Video Stored on Removable MES 118 Changing the Display for Better Image Quality ARR 118 Creating a Desktop Background from a Video File searre reaS ee ee 119 Adding Digital Videos to My Videos 119 Using the More Information Button with My Videos ciesscdciedccnssenseneocededaeeteteedaueseas 121 Playing DVDS ccccccccccsccccscseses 123 Playing DVD Movies in Media Center 123 Changing the DVD Movie Language 124 Changing DVD Audio Settings 124 About playing DVDs ccccsseeeeeeeeeee eee 125 Stopping GOV DMOVIC a inrsvccnsceventenVereuratenteters 125 Watching DVD in the inset window or in a resized window cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeees 125 Playing a DVD movie already in OUI ANS a EE EEEn 126 Programming Remote Control Buttons for DVD 126 Listening to FM Radio csccccsese 127 Playing FM Radio Stations 128 Organizing Pre set Rad
109. g live TV or while in the TV Guide m Press Record twice to record a TV series while in the TV Guide m Press Record repeatedly until the record icon disappears from the TV Guide to cancel a recording Plays selected media Stops selected media When Stop is pressed while you are watching TV the Media Center pause buffer continues to record in the background Rewinds selected media Press Rew again to increase the rewinding speed m Moves the video backward m Moves live TV program to the beginning of the 30 minute pause buffer m Moves the TV Guide back 3 hours Pauses selected media Press Pause and then Fwd repeatedly to play media frame by frame in slow motion To continue slow motion you must press the Fwd button more than once 26 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Moves selected video media forward Press Fwd up to three times to increase the fast forwarding speed m Moves MP3 music files forward m Moves a video forward m Moves the TV Guide forward 3 hours Moves selected video media backward To move backward in live TV by 7 seconds press Replay You can repeatedly rewind with the instant replay option but only to the beginning of the pause buffer or recorded program Allows you to go back 12 hours in the Guide Using the Remote Control Moves selected video media forward To advance in live TV or in a recorded program by 30 seconds press Skip once You can repeatedly skip forward
110. g up your printer on pictures page 110 Burning CDs or DVDs cannot copy my Try different type or brand of CD or DVD music or files to CD or DVD Close all software other than the recording software and do not perform other tasks while recording media See Creating music CDs with RecordNow on page 144 198 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide A adding CD tracks to the Music Library 80 images to video file in WinDVD Creator 166 missing channels to the TV Guide 40 music files to the Music Library from the hard disk drive 79 appendable disc 147 archiving files 151 CD 151 DVD 151 authoring your DVD 168 blocking TV shows 56 burning CDs and DVDs 143 buttons remote control 20 shortcut 23 C caption display setting 58 capturing capture card 164 still image 165 video and image 161 capturing video digital camcorder video 164 requirements 163 CD cannot remove from drive 189 creating a music CD in My Music 86 playing in My Music 83 channels adding 40 removing 40 closed captioning 58 codec errors 190 computer shortcut buttons 23 copying pictures to CD 111 country region codes 140 creating CDs 143 Music Library 79 creating music CDs to play in your car and home 144 to play on your PC 145 D deleting recorded show or series 56 scheduled show or series 54 55 desktop switching from Media Center 13 disc feature and compatibility 154 disc and drive compatibility i
111. g your playlist n a LL oe n 5 D gt ae a Playing Music Files 77 Using My Music with Media Center You can copy digital music files and organize a music library by using My Music in Media Center or by using the Windows Media Player program MY MUSIC Music files that are added from within My Music in Media Center are copied into the Windows Media Albums Player Library and are then accessible from within Artists Media Center Playlists Sample album In My Music you can Songs m Play CDs or selected music tracks from your created Windows Media Player Library that you access in Genres Media Center eh m Select and edit a personalized queue list of songs from your library My Music menu in Media Center Delete songs from a music library or queue list m Burn your favorite songs to CDs m Back up your music tracks to a DVD or to an HP Personal Media Drive 78 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Adding Music to My Music Library When you add music files to your My Music library they You can also add music files to your music library from are placed into the music library in Windows Media within the Windows Media Player program For more Player The added music files can immediately be found information about adding and deleting music files to and played back by using My Music in Media Center the library use the Windows Media Player Help menu Adding music files from
112. ge Device to locate your HP Personal Media Drive USB Mass Storage 1 Close Media Center and all other programs that may Device may be listed twice One may contain a be accessing your HP Personal Media Drive Make memory card reader or other mass storage drives sure the activity LED is off 184 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide 4 Select your device that is labeled HP Personal Media 5 Click Close Drive and then click OK This name of the drive may appear as Generic Volume followed by the assigned drive letter A Safe to Remove Hardware message appears in the system tray at the bottom of your desktop letting you know that your drive is safe to disconnect 6 Disconnect the drive from the HP Digital Entertainment Center Changing Disk Allocation If you experience a Low Disk Space error message and you want to change the disk allocation to a higher percentage for your HP Personal Media Drive 1 Open Media Center 3 Change the disk allocation percentage setting by selecting the or option 2 Select Settings TV Recorder and then select ms ARES Recorder storage Updating Recorded TV List after Removing the HP Personal Media Drive If you want to update your Recorded TV list after removing the drive 1 Close Media Center 3 If this does not update the files restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center 2 Open Media Center S O gt a amp a A L O n 5 0 n n
113. gram description and then press OK on the remote control 0 3 To scroll through search results use the arrow buttons to select a program and then press OK If multiple times for the program are displayed select a time and press OK 4 To begin watching the program in full screen mode select the program and then press OK If the program is not currently playing select Record or Record Series and then press OK Watching and Recording TV Programs 41 ne O W o E c ei a O P gt iG y z Searching for TV programs using categories You can search the Guide to find a TV program by selecting a category using your remote control 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select My TV and then select Search On Now All 2 Select Categories On Next Action and Adventure Genres Adults Only 3 Select a category of program types such as A tee Movies Actors amp Directors Comedy Title Search Drama 4 Select an option such as Genres or Top Rated Family z Fantas 5 Select a sorting option such as By movie title ad Horror Musical 6 Use the arrow buttons to scroll through search results and to select a program Then press OK on the remote control 7 Select an option to find out more about the Top Rated program to watch it to schedule a recording or to view other showings of your program By release year By star rating By movie title By start
114. hat is moderately paced color enhanced and uses a wide screen format 1 If your project is already open select the Select 5 Select Next when you are finished adding pictures Style button and skip to step 4 to your movie project 2 Press the Media Center Start button a on the remote control to open Media Center 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon 4 Select a style from the list of ten A description of the style displays in the window Changing the Settings in muvee autoProducer After you have added at least one video or picture file to your movie project you can adjust the audio settings 1 If your project is already open select the Settings 4 Select the Sound Mix Level for the original sound button and skip to step 4 track and the added music 2 Press the Media Center Start button A on the 5 Check the Smart Join Multiple Music Clips box to remote control to open Media Center cross fade multiple music clips 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make 6 Check the Use Every Music Clip box to include all muvee icon music files in your movie 174 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 7 Select the Production button 8 Select whether to have video pictures and music to be repeated 9 Select whether to keep the video and pictures in sequence 10 Select the Next button to continue Making the Movie with muvee autoProducer After you have added at least one
115. have completed the Media Center setup wizard Search If you have not completed the setup wizard refer to vane Completing the setup wizard steps on page 5 no scheduled recordings Add Recording pS 32 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Watching Live TV 1 Press the TV button on the remote control or select My TV from the main start menu Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select Live TV and then press OK The last channel selected or the first channel available begins playing 2 Select a channel by using the CH PG or buttons or by using the numeric keypad on the remote control and then press Enter on the remote control The channel number and program information are displayed in the window 3 Press the More information button to open another menu with the following options and information Surfing 10 00 AM 1 00 PM m A zoom option m Access to Messenger and Settings windows m Program information such as channel number and station title and time period of program actual time and a brief summary of the program and TV rating if available Recording options are also shown n D eu 9 a 4 To exit full screen mode and return to the previous window press Back on the remote control D E ne fi O Q Q ne o D T Watching and Recording TV Programs 33 Controlling TV playback The personal video recorder functio
116. he remote control 3 Press the Record button on the remote control The Record icon appears next to the program in the Guide Press Record twice to record a series The Record Series icon Op is displayed to indicate a series Press Record again to cancel the recording 4 To return to the previous window press Back on the remote control 5 If there is a recording conflict Media Center displays a message and allows you to select which program you want to record MANUAL RECORD Record Channel Do not record Change title Frequency Record once Date Mon Jun 07 Start time Stop time 44 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 4 Select the or buttons and then press OK on the remote control to scroll through choices and enter the recording frequency date start and stop times and storage and quality options 5 To set the recording and return to the Recorded TV window select Record in the window and then press OK on the remote control 6 To return to the previous window press Back on the remote control Recording TV without the Television Program Guide You do not need the Television Program Guide to record TV You can record a TV program by pressing the Record button on the remote control while watching live TV You can also select the program you want to record manually See Recording manually on page 44 Record by using the Record button 1 Press the M
117. he controls that appear at the top of the window to control the playback of your slide show Viewing a slide show with music in HP Image Zone Plus 1 Select My Music on the Media Center Start menu 2 Select the music you want and then press OK on the remote control If the music doesn t start automatically press the Play button on the remote control 3 To go back to the Media Center Start menu press Start on the remote control 4 Select HP Image Zone 5 Select the pictures and then press OK 6 Select Play slide show and then press OK When Media Center switches to full screen mode the inset window disappears but the music continues to play Working with Pictures 97 N Q de mja A a oa gt 0 thes x Changing view and slide show options You can change the way pictures are displayed w 0 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 3 Select your settings Use the scroll arrows at the remote control bottom of the window to view all the setting options 2 Select HP Image Zone and then select Settings 4 Select OK Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus You can make changes to your pictures and video clips in For more information about the editing tools refer to the HP Image Zone Plus Some of the editing features include Help menu in the HP Image Zone Plus program removing red eye cropping or resizing images rotating images and adjusting the color brightness and sharpness of y
118. hronizing Media to a Portable Medig Device ee 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 ca ssaccaasonesostcanensasssantanaaseosssass 16 Changing the display resolution 17 Contacting HP Support in Media Center 17 Finding Additional Media Center Information 18 Using the Remote Control 19 Remote Control Buttons Overview ccsseeeeeeees 20 Begin using your remote control 22 Remote Control Buttons 23 Shortcut buttons a 23 Standby A e 101110 RER 24 Recording in standby mode 25 Remote control LED and the remote sensor UE D eect ce ened eee 25 Media playback buttons ccccceeeeeeeeeee eee 26 Navigation and other buttons 28 Alphanumeric Keypad and Print buttons 29 Watching and Recording TY PrOSPOMS sssisnsssssnssiensssssenunssss l Navigating My TV 31 Woning IY cerae tee patie ccs eased cassenoadenes 32 Watching LIVE NE 33 Controlling TV play
119. ia drive is designed to m Work with the HP Digital Entertainment Center and other PCs that have a USB port Store large media files and personal files Transfer files between PCs Play media files Back up your files For more information about using your HP Personal Media Drive with Media Center refer to the documentation on the HP Support Web site at http www hp com support Using an HP Personal Media Drive 177 So e n D A o c O D n Q 2 im a D n Q Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center When you complete this setup procedure you will be able to easily access content such as music photos videos and recorded TV programs from customized folders on your HP Personal Media Drive Once you complete the HP PMD Personal Media Drive setup wizard you can drag and drop your music video pictures and recorded TV files from your primary hard disk drive to personalized folders in the HP Personal Media Drive for backup or storage You will also be able to use your remote control to access these files from within Media Center 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select More Programs and then press OK on the remote control 3 Select HP PMD Setup and then press OK on the remote control 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup wizard
120. ideo and other media files from a videotape an audiotape a Web camera or a television broadcast Record audio and video files to create a video project that becomes a Windows Media source file with a wmv extension Edit and preview files Send a movie in an e mail or upload it to a Web server Add music files MP3 Import audio files such as mp3 asf or wma video files such as wmv asf avi or mpg or image files such as jpg or gif Create avi and wmv Windows Media Video files Play DVD movies and video CDs VCDs Record data and music files Record a copy of an existing music or data CD to use on the HP Digital Entertainment Center Create customized music CDs from CDs in your collection or from wav mp3 or wma tiles These CDs can be played in your home or car stereo Copy and share data files Copy short video files 158 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide With this program you can InterVideo Capture digital and analog video files directly from a digital video DV camera VCR or WinDVD other analog capture device Creator Assemble movies by capturing video clips and scenes into a video project Edit your movies Cut scenes and add music and sound effects still images text video transitions and voice overs Preview movies during editing and before recording final files Create video files export them to your hard disk drive or your digital video camera
121. ile and 2 Turn on the HP Digital Entertainment Center and view the show in Windows Media Player open Media Center 7 Close Media Center before disconnecting the drive 3 Click Settings TV Recorder Recorder storage When you connect your drive stored TV files appear a 4 Under Record on drive select the HP Personal Media pW a alien a anal Drive select Save and then select Yes A Recorded TV folder is created and placed in your HP Personal Media Drive Recorded TV shows must be placed in this folder to access them with Media Center 5 Under Record on drive select your local hard disk drive select Save and then select Yes Q 2 im a D n Q So e n D A o c O D n Using an HP Personal Media Drive 181 About Recording TV to the HP Personal Media Drive The HP Digital Entertainment Center was set up to record TV shows to your local hard disk drive when using Media Center It is possible to change the recording pathway to an HP Personal Media Drive but several errors can occur if the drive is unexpectedly or improperly removed It is best to record TV shows to your local hard disk drive and then copy the files over to your HP Personal Media Drive If you decide to change your recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive consider the following m The TV recording path does not default back to your local hard disk drive after the HP Personal Media drive is disconnected This mean
122. ing reception 127 Radio window 127 organizing pre set radio stations 129 playing FM stations 127 playing radio in Media Center 127 recording radio programs 129 RealOne Player features 157 recorded TV 50 deleting shows 67 recording CDs 131 DVDs 131 161 errors 53 options in My TV 44 radio programs 129 TV shows 43 how to stop recording 43 recording TV from the Guide 44 recording TV shows making sure a show is being recorded 43 manually 44 resolving recording conflicts 54 single shows or series canceling 43 using the Guide 44 when two scheduled for same time 44 recording VHS files direct to DVD 170 RecordNow 131 143 161 archiving files 151 creating music CD to play on your PC 145 creating music CDs 144 for car and home CD players 144 erasing a DVD or CD 149 image files 150 removing files 149 storing files on a DVD or CD 146 remote control 188 buttons 20 21 22 26 28 29 LED 25 shortcut buttons 23 Standby button 24 using 23 using in My TV 35 removing files 149 rotating pictures 109 202 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide S searching for programs 41 settings background color 15 calibration settings 15 for phone call notification 15 for sound 15 general 15 Internet connections 15 parental controls 15 remote control and remote sensor 15 Shared Pictures folder 102 Shared Video folder 113 slide show displaying information about pictures 105 viewing picture
123. io Stations 129 Using the FM Radio and the TV Signal al the Same TIME cccteccanannevsmnessaeccceooetuesaeceats 129 Recording TV Programs 131 Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD 131 Copying a TV program to CD DVD using Media Center 131 Copy a recorded TV program to a DVD With other programs 132 Watching Recorded TV Programs on DVD 0 00 132 Digital Media Copy Protection cccccccceeeeeees 133 Copy protection for DVD movies 134 CON eee teers ere 134 Macrovision 134 Using Double Layer Technology and Media 135 Playing CDs and DVDs esse 137 Playing Music CDs with iTunes ccceceeeeeeeees 137 Setting Media Center as the automatic CD or DY D BIG El 2 e s 138 Playing DVD Movies with InterVideo WinDVD ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeee anaes 139 Using country region codes 140 Playing Video CDs VCD with InterVideo WinDVD scecsnccscasnscuconterdawcasaqnmuets 141 Creating Burning CDs anad DVDS sccsiwsaxcasenancnaranwonecasseanaceu 1 Creating Burning CDs and DVDs with RECONNU 143 Creating music CDs with RecordNowl 144 Creating CDs to play in your car or home CDI eee 144 Creating CDs to play on your HP Digital Entertainment Center cccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeees 145 Creating a music CD ies 2 146
124. irst time using the remote control the Media Center is where you can access TV music M di pictures videos DVDs and more with a remote edia Center setup wizard opens Follow the vel onscreen instructions to complete the remote control setup steps Select Next to begin Or CDR Cancel If you have completed the Media Center setup wizard the Media Center Start menu opens Use the arrow keys on the remote control to select an item MediaCenter and then press OK to select an option and to begin using Media Center My Videos My Pictures My TV My Music Online Spotlight 22 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Remote Control Buttons Shortcut buttons Select models only DAOME You can use the remote control shortcut buttons to open specific windows in Media Center RADIO MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS The direct access buttons open the main Media Center windows Le LIVE TV GUIDE RECORDED TV DVD Menu Opens the Play DVD main menu where you can play your DVD movies TV Opens the My TV window where you can watch and record TV open your Television Guide schedule future TV recordings and find your recorded TV programs Opens the FM radio station window where you can select FM radio stations to listen to Opens the My Music window where you can browse and play music CDs and your music Opens the My Pictures window where you can search for sort and view pictures and slide sh
125. ith HP Tunes you can play your favorite music you have added to your iTunes music Library For more D 10 29AM MediaCenter gj information about using HP Tunes see Using HP Tunes with Media Center on page 70 My Music Radio HP Tunes HP Image Zone More Programs HP Tunes is designed to work with Apple iTunes T 2 LL N 2 O a a E Playing Music Files 69 My Music With My Music you can find and play your favorite music files and CDs you have added to the Windows MediaCenter Media Player Library For more information about using My Music see Using My Music with Media Center on page 78 My Pictures My TV My Music Online Spotlight More Programs My Music is designed to work with Windows Media Player Using HP Tunes with Media Center iTunes is an Apple developed software program located in your All Programs menu that works together with the HP Tunes area in Media Center HP Tunes is linked to HP Tunes your Apple iTunes music Library Both programs work Play All together to organize and play back your favorite music 4 e files CDs and created playlists ss r More Info View Now Playing list Albums Artists Ti Track 01 HP Tunes menu in Media Center 70 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Some tasks you must do in the iTunes program with your trackball and keyboard and some tasks you can do from within Media Cent
126. ith InterVideo WinDVD Creator it can be converted to RecordNow see Storing data files on disc on an MPEG format that can be played in a PC and in some page 148 set top box DVD players See Authoring Your DVD with WinDVD Creator on page 168 When you copy your recorded TV programs to CD or DVD using RecordNow it is recorded as a data file which can be played back from a PC not a set top DVD player Your recorded TV programs are stored in the Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder on your hard disk drive Watching Recorded TV Programs on DVD To play your DVD when Media Center is closed 1 Insert the DVD TEST 3 D 2 When the autoplay window appears select Pore PP Windows can perform the same action each time you insert i i i disk t a devi ith this kind of file E Play DVD movie using InterVideo a disk or connect a device with this kind of file WinDVD T DYD movie Or What do you want Windows to do e Play DYO movie _ Play DVD Video using Windows Media using intervideo wini E Player Play OVD Video Or using Windows Media Player m Play DVD Video using Media Center ADIT a uzing Media Center 3 Use the playback controls in the program to view your DVD gt Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer RN Always do the selected action 132 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide To play your DVD when Media Center is open 1 Inse
127. k OK 8 Click Start and then select Media Center 9 Select Settings TV Guide and then Set Up Guide listings to reset your location to receive the correct TV Guide Troubleshooting 195 Video DVD Video or Display Problems or Errors My DVD will not play My DVD is vertically stretched My image and video display is a poor quality You can put data files on a DVD to store them or transfer them to another PC However data files on a DVD do not play in a DVD player Re record your files to a tile format that can be read by DVD players If your DVD playback is vertically stretched in Media Center stop playback and eject the disc Reinsert the DVD and try to play it again Or Click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Player and then click InterVideo WinDVD to play the DVD For the best image and video quality on fixed pixel displays LCDs Windows desktop resolution should always be set to the original resolution of the panel Media Center requires more video memory at higher resolutions and may not function reliably if there is not enough Media Center displays a message if there is not enough RAM to support the current resolution 196 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide My HP Digital m The file may be corrupt or in an unsupported format Open the video file in a Entertainment Center video editor such as InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then res
128. kup CD after a system recovery 1 Insert the backup CD you made into a drive The drive window opens and shows the disc contents Or If the window does not open automatically click Start My Computer and then right click the drive icon to view the contents of your backup disc 2 Double click the backup file for example Backup bkf The Backup or Restore Wizard opens 3 Click Next 4 Choose Restore files and settings and then click Next 5 When the What to restore window opens click Browse and the Browse window shows the A drive 6 Click Browse again and the window shows Select file to catalog 7 Click the drop down menu arrow and click the optical drive with the backup CD 8 Click the backup file name 9 Click Open and then click OK 10 In the Items to restore box click the plus sign for the backup file name The file tree expands Click the C box so a check mark appears Click the System State box so a check mark appears 62 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 11 Click Next 12 The Backup or Restore Wizard window shows the message You have created the following restore settings In the window click the Advanced button Click Next 13 A warning message window opens Click OK in the Warning window 14 Select Replace existing files and then click Next Click Next again Click Finish The Restore Progress window opens 15 Wait until the process completes and then
129. lder select it by making sure an arrow appears next to the folder Repeat this step to add additional folders and then select Next 6 Select Finish Picture Discovery MediaCenter Select folders that contain Pictures Local drive C cmpnents Documents and Settings including sub folders HP Personal Media Drive 1386 C HP Personal Media Drive Working with Pictures 103 n Q S E m A oa gt O S S Viewing Pictures in My Pictures After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer open Media Center to view your pictures 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control a iy ad PICTURES oT 2 Select My Pictures The right side of the window qe 7 Play Slide Show 3 shows a small picture image thumbnail and if mms r Sort by Name Lake you ve organized your pictures into folders folder Se i Sort by Date 7 icons The pictures are displayed just as you Sample Pictun organized them in the My Pictures folder in gt ong Windows Explorer 3 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to move through your picture files and folder files and select a picture 4 Press OK to select a picture or folder to view The selected picture opens in full screen mode 5 Press OK again to zoom in 150 press OK again to zoom in 225 Press the arrow buttons to pan across a picture To return the pi
130. lect My Pictures 3 Select the picture you want to rotate 4 Press the More information button on the remote control and then select Picture Details 5 Select Rotate and then press the OK button on the remote control 6 After you select the options you want to fix select Save The picture is displayed with the new settings 7 Select Yes to save changes and replace the original picture file TOUCH UP Save Cancel Red eye Contrast Select Red eye or Contrast to touch up your picture Stopped Working with Pictures 109 N Q de ses A oan gt O S x Printing Pictures in My Pictures LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control PICTURE DETAILS 2 Select My Pictures Play slide show 3 Select the picture you want to print acto 4 Press the More information button on the remote ae control and then select Picture Details Print Touch up 5 Select Print and then select Print again rer 6 Follow any onscreen instructions Previous You may need to set up your printer before you can print ae from Media Center Sample Pictures Friday March 28 2003 1280 x 853 Setting up your printer Set up your printer before you try to print your pictures With the remote control 1 Connect your printer to the HP Digital Entertainment Center and install the printer drivers for your printer if necessary Follow the instructions that came with your printer
131. lect closed captioning You can also access audio settings for your speakers You must use a trackball or keyboard to select the audio settings Messenger and Caller ID to allow instant messages within Media Center and set notifications for caller ID Radio to organize or delete pre set radio stations ines O an O U D ne Q D n Using Media Center 15 General to set Startup and Window behavior Visual and Sound Effects to set transition animations and sounds when navigating in Media Center More Programs Options to change settings for other programs on the HP Digital Entertainment Center Media Center Setup to configure your Internet connection TV signal speakers TV or monitor access Windows updates run Media Center setup again set up remote desktop and reset Start Page defaults Parental controls to block unwanted TV channels and block unwanted TV and movie ratings change access code and reset parental controls Automatic Downloads Options to get media information about CDs DVDs and movies from the Internet and to select how to download the Television Program Guide Help to find help about using Media Center and your hardware Changing audio video display resolution and other settings To change your audio and video settings LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select More Programs 3 Select HP Settings 4 Select o
132. lus automatically organizes your pictures by date based on the date assigned by the camera when the picture was taken or the date the picture was scanned 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select HP Image Zone 3 Select Search 4 Select By date Use the number keypad on the remote to enter the start and end date range The date range of the pictures you selected is displayed in this window Or Select By keyword Select a keyword and then press OK on the remote control Or Select By place Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to rotate the globe and numbers 1 through 5 to zoom in or out When you have picked a location press OK Locations that have pictures assigned to them will have a colored dot on the map 96 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus Viewing a slide show in HP Image Zone Plus When viewing images you can view a slide show of all your images individual albums or pictures selected from a search M 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select HP Image Zone 3 Select the pictures you want to view as a slide show and then press OK If you do not select the pictures you want to view as a slide show Media Center displays all pictures 4 Select Play slide show and then press OK on the remote control 5 Use the media playback keys on the remote control or t
133. mation about capturing analog video 2 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 3 Select the Record video tape into DVD disc in one step button 4 Insert a blank DVD into your drive 5 Click the Capture button and select your VCR on the Device Control tab 6 Press the Playback button on your VCR 7 Click the Record button when the Preview window displays what you want to record Converting Recorded TV to VCD or DVD Format You may not be able to preview recorded TV programs with InterVideo WinDVD Creator WinDVD Creator until the recorded TV program is converted to an MPEG 2 format 1 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 2 Open a project by selecting Create new project 3 In the Edit window double click and select the Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder Double click the Recorded TV program you want to open Drag the file onto an empty storyboard 4 Click the Save Movie icon and select Output to File 5 Select a GQ HQ SP LP or EP format and click OK 6 Enter a file name and click Save 170 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using muvee autoProducer unPlugged Select models only You can use muvee autoProducer to create your personalized video files in a few easy steps You can access muvee autoProd
134. may have to scroll down in the window to see it Or If the program does not automatically open a Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD Player and then click InterVideo WinDVD b Use the playback buttons on the control panel to view the movie To see what a button does on the control panel place the cursor on the button the button title appears onscreen N Q gt a ne 5 n a W O gt a Playing CDs and DVDs 139 To use the WinDVD control panel m To move the WinDVD control panel place the cursor on the panel but not on a button and drag it to the desired location on the screen m To resize the video window when it is not full screen place the cursor on a window corner and drag the border Or Click the Full Screen button in the upper right corner of the WinDVD control panel m For information on the InterVideo WinDVD software refer to the online Help within the program by clicking the question mark icon in the WinDVD control panel Using country region codes Most DVD discs have country region codes embedded in the disc data that limit where the DVD movie can be played The country region number is usually placed over a world globe printed on the DVD packaging and disc DVDs without country region codes will play on any player or drive in any country region WinDVD is not pre set to a particular country region the country region code of the
135. media player program and then open the digital video recording file dvr ms extension you want to watch Recorded TV shows are stored by default in the Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder on the local hard disk drive of an HP Digital Entertainment Center Watching and Recording TV Programs 51 D ne ha O 4 Q ne 5 D Ps 3 n p 5 9 25 a Locating recorded TV programs on your hard disk drive 1 Click Start on the taskbar and then click My Computer Recorded TV File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back 2 Search Folders X J EEA 2 Double click the Shared Documents folder 3 Double click the Recorded TV folder 4 Double click your recorded TV program file 5 Use the playback controls in Windows Media Player to control the playback of your recorded TV program Viewing recording errors 1 Press the Media Center Start button E on the remote control select My TV 2 Select Recorded TV 52 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide s C Documents and Settings All Users Documents Recorded TY 4 Video Tasks gt Play all Copy all items to CD File and Folder Tasks Make a new folder Publish this Folder to the Web fag Share this folder Other Places Shared Documents E My videos i My Computer J My Network Places Details 7th 7th 4 Wedding Heaven_F MP 07 06 Heaven_FAMP 07 06 Story_
136. mote control to go back to the Media Center Start menu Zooming into and panning across your pictures 1 Press the Media Center Start button A on the 5 Press OK again to magnify 225 remote control 6 Once you have zoomed in you can use the arrow buttons on the remote control to pan around the 2 Select My Pictures image 3 Select a picture you want to view 7 Press OK again to return the picture to the 4 Press OK on the remote control once to original size magnify 150 Working with Pictures 105 N Q de mja A a oa gt e2 tes gt Sorting pictures To organize your pictures by date or by name 1 Select My Pictures on the Media Center 2 Select the folder of pictures you want to sort If you Start menu want to sort all your pictures do not select a folder 3 Select Sort by date or select Sort by name Changing picture settings Each user can set his or her own picture settings 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control SETTINGS 2 Select Settings You may need to select the scroll arrows on the Start menu to view Settings Show pictures in random order Show pictures in subfolders Save 3 Select Pictures Use the scroll arrows at the bottom Show caption of the picture settings window to view all of the Show song information during slide show options Beginning and end of song Always 4 Select an option Press OK on the remote control to eel select a s
137. mote sensor 24 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Recording in standby mode Media Center can take the HP Digital Entertainment Media Center begins recording with the monitor and Center out of standby mode just before a scheduled show sound turned on unless you manually turn them off before begins recording The HP Digital Entertainment Center the scheduled recording t to st hen th ing i l returns to standby mode when the recording is complete Media Center cannot record TV programs if the computer is turned off Remote control LED and the remote sensor LED Under the Standby button is an LED that blinks when the remote control is sending a signal to the remote sensor O U Q D O D Q lt sien D n gt The remote sensor displays a red LED when you press a button on the remote control select models only Some kinds of lighting may cause the remote sensor to blink without you pressing the remote control Using the Remote Control 25 Media playback buttons These buttons allow you to play back picture slide shows RECORD PLAY STOP music files playlists music CDs DVD movies home videos and live TV from within the Media Center ory ne program 4 PAUSE REPLAY SKIP Records TV programs The Record button works only when My TV is used to play a TV show It is inactive when other media is playing m Press Record once to record a TV show while watchin
138. music CD files with full screen visualizations Record CD tracks to your media library Play DVD movies Resume playing your DVDs where you left off Listen to FM radio stations Access streaming music and video subscription services Record your TV shows automatically while you are doing something else Open specific windows in Media Center by using the shortcut buttons on the remote control Communicate with your friends and family by using instant messaging Enjoy Media Center remotely select models only Easily back up your media files to CD DVD or another hard disk drive such as the HP Personal Media Drive Welcome 3 4 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using Media Center Setting Up Media Center The first time you start your HP Digital Entertainment Media Center setup wizard may take approximately Center a Media Center setup wizard opens It is best to 10 to 40 minutes to complete If there are steps you still complete each step in the Media Center setup wizard to need to complete you can go to the Settings menu by be able to use all the features in Media Center The following the procedure below Completing the setup wizard steps 4 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select Settings You may need to use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll down to see all the menu items 4 MediaCenter 3 Select General Media Center
139. n the main Media Center window From this menu you can select icons to perform various actions MediaCenter r aly amp P 5e OO Log off and end your Media Center session and switch users Turn off the HP Digital Entertainment Center Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center Put the HP Digital Entertainment Center in a reduced power state standby mode tees Q ain Q QO k ge Q O N Using Media Center 13 Using Instant Messaging in Media Center Media Center supports instant messaging so you can communicate with your friends and family while you are doing something in Media Center You always have the option to turn this feature on or off You can use your remote control to log in and type messages You can even have multiple conversations Logging in to your messenger account 1 First you must go to http www msn com to set up your messenger account You will need a NET x MEDIA CENTER passport to log in to messenger NET passport is MESSENGER an e mail address a login name and a password Make sure you verify the account with MSN before you try to log in from Media Center 2 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control to open Media Center Sign in Cancel 3 Select More Programs and then select the Messenger icon 4 Select Sign In 5 Enter your net passport information and then select Sign In 14 Microsoft Windows XP Media Ce
140. n this same window size Stopping a DVD movie 1 Press the Stop button on the remote control to stop the movie 2 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select an item on the Stopped menu and then press OK Stopped m To begin playing the DVD where you left off select Resume Resume To begin playing the DVD at the beginning select Restart m Togo to the DVD main menu if available select Title nestali Menu Title Menu m To change the language for the DVD sound track subtitles DVD Languages and menu if available select DVD Languages Eject m To open the disc tray select Eject Watching DVD in the inset window or in a resized window While the DVD movie is playing press the Media Center While the DVD movie is playing move the Start button on the remote control This opens the trackball for the Resize icon to appear Select the Of Resize icon and then you can manually adjust Media Center Start menu with the DVD playing in the O D inset window N Q gt a O k gt A s5 Playing DVDs 125 Playing a DVD movie already in your drive If you already have a DVD movie in your drive but you have been doing other things in Media Center or in other programs from your desktop you can play the DVD by 1 Pressing the Media Center Start button on the 2 Selecting Play DVD The DVD movie begins remote control playing in full screen mode Programming Remote Control Buttons for DVD To
141. nality lets you record single shows or capture entire series for later viewing When you open the My TV window and begin watching live TV Media Center begins recording the selected program in the background for up to 30 minutes When you pause a live TV program while watching in full screen mode the time shifting window appears You can return to the live broadcast by pressing the Live TV button on the remote control When you change the channel Media Center deletes the previously recorded portion and begins recording again after a short delay You cannot use time shifting when recording a TV program For example you can t pause a live TV program and then rewind to the beginning of the pause buffer and then begin recording You can record a TV program only from live TV ie wes 2 29 12 gt A LA 2 30 4 34 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using the remote control in My TV To freeze the live TV image press Pause While paused My TV continues to record a pause buffer for up to 30 minutes To resume watching TV where you left off press Play To stop live TV or a recorded program press Stop once To resume watching the program press Play To move forward in the live TV program that has been paused or in a recorded program press FastForward Fwd To speed up the fast forwarding press Fwd two or three times Fwd allows you to skip 3 hours in the Television Program Guide To
142. nds If you are not in Media Center Windows asks you what you want to do with the disc To avoid this message you can select Media Center as the primary program to play CDs or DVDs To select Media Center as the primary CD or DVD playing program 1 Close Media Center 2 Insert a CD or DVD into the drive A message appears asking you what you want Windows to do 3 Select Play Audio CD using Media Center Or Select Play DVD Video using Media Center 4 Check the Always do the selected action check box and then click OK Audio CD E Windows can perform the same action each time you insert a disk or connect a device with this kind of file EA Music CD What do vou want Windows to do gt Copy music from CD a using Windows Media Player gt b Play audio CO 7 using Windows Media Player Play Audio CD J using Media Center h Open folder to view files using Windows Explorer RN 138 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing DVD Movies with InterVideo WinDVD The InterVideo WinDVD program uses a DVD drive to play DVD movies 1 Insert a DVD disc into the DVD drive 2 Close the disc tray by gently pushing the button to the right of the tray on the chassis The movie plays in its own resizable video window and the WinDVD control panel appears If the Play DVD movie wizard window opens select Play DVD movie using InterVideo WinDVD from the list You
143. ne of the following settings DVD to adjust audio and video settings for DVD playback using InterVideo WinDVD player Resolution to adjust the appearance of Windows Desktop for your TV m Front Panel to adjust the brightness of the front panel display on the HP Digital Entertainment Center HP Media Drive to set up your HP Personal Media Drive to access music pictures videos and recorded TV shows from within HP Media Center 5 Use the arrow buttons to select an option or follow the onscreen instructions 16 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Changing the display resolution The desktop display resolution utility changes the viewing 1 Press the Media Center Start button Tz on the experience outside of Media Center Use this if you have remote control trouble reading programs running from the Windows Desktop Some programs may not work with the lower resolution recommended for standard definition TVs 2 Select More Programs and then select HP Settings 3 Select Resolution and then select OK 4 Select a resolution that is best for your type of display and then select Apply Or Select the Advanced button to open the display properties control panel where you can select the Settings tab and then select another resolution setting by moving the slider bar under Screen resolution Select OK Contacting HP Support in Media Center You can access a link to HP Support in Media Center b
144. nformation 153 disc labels 152 DVD cannot remove from drive 189 double sided 139 will not play 196 DVD movies changing audio settings 124 language 124 size of window 125 creating 161 playing in Media Center 123 in small window 125 stopping 125 E edit pictures 108 video files 165 encrypted TV shows 59 erasing a DVD or CD 149 Index 199 error messages 14 common recording errors 50 53 Image cannot be displayed 99 107 Low Disk Space 182 185 No data available 195 errors recording 53 F FM radio see radio G Guide see Television Program Guide H hard disk drive space increasing 64 Help Media Center 12 HP Image Zone Plus 91 HP Personal Media Drive 177 HP Tunes adding music from a CD 72 creating a queue list 76 playing CDs 74 using iTunes with Media Center 69 70 image files 150 adding 166 burning 151 saving 150 Internet radio 127 InterVideo WinDVD Creator 131 see WinDVD Creator 161 iTunes 77 adding music from a CD 71 adding music from the Internet 72 adding music from your hard disk drive 73 adding music to library 71 changing music information 74 creating a playlist 75 creating music CDs 77 features 157 playing music CDs 137 supported file types 73 M Media Center Help 12 navigating 10 opening 7 playing CDs 138 playing DVDs 123 resizing window 13 Start menu 8 toolbars 13 using with another program open 13 viewing your pictures 104 Media Center what you can do in My Music
145. nging view and slide show options 98 Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus 0664 98 Updating edited picture files in Media Center oc csncuieanconnietenbscabnrcatudeanddavecansecs 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 coe acsctaede yeeiaateedeereceedeseeatenccses 103 Viewing Pictures in My Pictures 104 Viewing pictures as a slide show 105 Viewing a slide show with music in PSS AE 105 Zooming into and panning across your OCIS a etc ceecctancqerenstennte ae 105 Sorting NUS S ace eictagex ne casatecceencesaancneoneeeunsers 106 Changing picture settings 106 Turning photo captions on or off 107 Using supported picture file types in MPG cic essen T 107 Editing Pictures in My Pictures 108 Fixing red eye or contrast cceeeeeeeceeeeeeeees 108 Cropping pictures in My Pictures 108 Rotating pictures 109 Printing Pictures in My Pictures 110 Setting up your printer 110 Copyin
146. nk CD or DVD into the drive 3 Select Burn Image 3 7 Click Done when recording is complete and DVDs N A VU O Ses a O en O Q a VU Archiving Files on a CD or DVD 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All 7 Click the Burn icon when all of your files F Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click have been added RecordNow in r o If the files do not fit on one disc File 2 Select the Backup Projects tab Archive asks you for additional discs 3 Select File Archive 8 Click Done when recording is complete Insert a blank CD or DVD into the drive 5 Place a check mark in the Changed since box to limit the scan to files that have been changed since the last time you completed a file archive 6 Add your files to the Archive window m Select one or more categories from the list on the left and click Sean RecordNow scans your hard disk drive for files related to the category m Drag files from the Windows Explorer to the Archive window Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 151 Recording Video Files Video quality depends on the quality of the source files the PC speed and its graphics processing ability For more information about recording VHS files to DVD refer to Recording VHS Files Direct to DVD with WinDVD Creator on page 170 Using Disc Labels 152 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using Compatibility Information An im
147. nt Nos 4 631 603 4 577 216 4 819 098 and 4 907 093 licensed for limited viewing uses only HP supports lawful use of technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by copyright law Intel Pentium Intel Inside and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries regions Microsoft the Microsoft logo Windows and Windows XP are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The information in this document is subject to change without notice Table of Contents ni L Experience the Entertainment Fun 000ccceeeeeeees Watch and record live TV The right music for the moment Share your digital memories 2 Transform your living space into a theater 2 Using Media Center Features 2 Using Media Center D 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 cceeeeeeceeeeeeaeeeeeeees 8 Using Online Spotlight 9 Using More Programs in Media Center 9 Navigating Media Center 10 Closing Media Center 10 Sync
148. nter Edition 2005 Reference Guide Use your keyboard or remote control to enter your e mail address and password With the remote control use the channel up and down buttons to switch among upper case lower case and symbols e mail address name isp com password Sign me in automatically Changing Media Center Settings In the Media Center Settings window you can change settings for watching television for viewing your pictures L Te center Gi and slide shows and for controlling sound and the display of all the Media Center windows To change your Media Center settings Radi w adio 1 Press the Media Center Start button BEA on the More Programs remote control Settings 2 Select Settings Play DVD 3 Select a category 4 Select one of the settings listed Then use the arrow buttons to select an option or follow the onscreen instructions 5 Select Save to save your changes Media Center settings categories m TV to set up TV signal audio and closed m Pictures to set slide show settings captioning You oo download or edit the Television m Music to select visualizations or song information to Program Guide view or clear recording history set display when playing a song hard disk drive recorder storage space configure your display and set recording defaults DVDs to select a language for subtitles audio tracks and menus of your DVDs program the remote control buttons for your DVDs and se
149. nternet the CD pamm information is copied and displayed in Media Center and in the Windows Media Player Library Genres Search If you insert a music CD when Media Center is not open a message appears asking what you want to do You can select Windows Media Player as your default audio player If you have another program set as the default audio player Windows opens the program and begins playing the CD 82 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Unable to view music by album Either the music does not contain album information or there is no music in your Media Library To add music to your Media Library press More Info on the remote control and then select Add Music Playing an album in My Music 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select My Music 3 Insert a music CD into the CD drive 4 Select Albums 5 Select the album you want to play 6 Select Play Playing a song in My Music You can play a song from anywhere in My Music You can select it from the View Song list or from the Album Artist and Genre lists You can also play a single song from a playlist 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Select My Music 3 Select Songs The list displays all the songs in your library 4 Use the arrow buttons to select a song and then press OK on the remote control to play it View Cover View Queue Shuffle Repeat Copy CD
150. o full Deleted You deleted the program Not recorded Program was not recorded because of recording conflict or because of other error Partial Part of the program was recorded Watching and Recording TV Programs 53 Resolving Recording Conflicts Media Center can record only one TV program at a time If your HP Digital Entertainment Center includes one TV tuner and you schedule two recordings for the same time a message appears telling you to resolve the conflict If you do not resolve the conflict Media Center automatically makes the selection just before the program begins recording Before the program records a conflict icon a red circle with an exclamation point is listed next Recording priority rules Media Center selects which program to record based on the following priority rules 1 A scheduled program that is not a rerun 2 The program that was scheduled first 3 Manual recordings Often Media Center is able to find an alternative date and time for recording one of the programs so that both programs can be recorded If one recording partially overlaps another Media Center records to the end of the first and then begins recording the second After you resolve a recording conflict the conflict icon continues to appear for the program that is not scheduled to record so you can return to the conflict and reverse it if needed to the program in the Guide Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control selec
151. ocuments and Settings Wasser YOUR 1VMVM9HBZF My Documents Cancel set Video Discovery MediaCenter Choose folders that contain Videos My Documents My Albums My Music My Pictures My Videos Trip to Europe 6 of 11 C Documents and Settings Wasser YOUR 1VMVM9HBZF My Documents 120 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using the More Information Button with My Videos To display information about the video in Media Center select a video file and then press the More Information button on the remote control The information includes the If you press the More Information button after you have selected the video file that is not playing a different menu m Video title appears From this submenu you can ideo description if available Video description it available m Delete the video file from your hard disk drive Copy to CD DVD Get Picture Details Access the instant messenger login screen a m Date the video file was created or modified m Resolution setting of the picture If you press the More Information i button on the D remote control while the video is playing the title and time span or size of the video is displayed at the bottom of the window Access the Help menu submenu appears Use this menu to m Zoom in m Access the instant messenger login screen m Access the Help menu n O Q S gt O an a A Playing Videos 121 122 Microsoft
152. oft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing Videos The My Videos window in Media Center makes it easy to play home video files you created or video files you downloaded from the Internet In My Videos you can Play videos that are stored anywhere on your hard disk drive Create a CD or DVD of your video files View your videos in full screen mode or from an inset window in Media Center Display your video details such as the name and date your video file was modified View small image thumbnail and title of video file Sort by Name e ad Playing Videos 113 n O0 Q E gt O an A Playing Digital Videos in Media Center After you organize your videos in the My Videos or Shared Video folder in Windows Explorer open Media Center to watch your videos 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select My Videos MY VIDEOS Sort by Name 3 Select the video folder you want and then press Woy Date OK The video folder opens displaying a list of video files You may need to use the scroll arrows at the bottom of the window to display all videos 4 Select the video file and press OK again The video plays in full screen mode Use the trackball to resize the window if you want to watch your video while doing something else on your desktop 5 To exit full screen mode and return to the previous window press Back on the remote control Yo
153. on window Data Disc a m Click the Add Files and Folders button find oe Used 2 and select your folders and files and then click amp Volume Label vY OPE X Oo Add Repeat this step until all files are added anc Size Type Path A Or RecordNow images File Folder CA Docu cw My Webs File Folder C Docu m Drag your file from your desktop or from My Videos File Folder C Docu anywhere in Windows Explorer into the file My Pictures File Folder CADocu a selection window Repeat this step until all files Ga My Music oe Se dd d 3 My eBooks File Folder C Docu O 5 ae S video2dvd wep 20KB WinDVD CDocu 6 Click the Burn icon when all of your files E Personal Folders 1 32KB OfficeD CADocu D have been added 2 wep 117 KB WinDVD CADocu Q 1wcp 144KB WinDVD C Docu U 7 Click Done when recording is complete AV02122004_17305 2MB Moviefil C Docu lt gt i Click the Help icon and then click RecordNow eT Help for more information about recording data files with the RecordNow program Cancel Gad Burn 5 I rE Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 147 Storing data files on disc When storing data files on a disc it is important to note that m You can add new data files to a CD R and a DVD R in a later recording session until the disc is full With DVD R discs you need to select the correct setting in RecordNow to record files in a later session To do
154. order to your HP Digital Entertainment Center 4 Make sure the output from your digital camcorder appears in the Preview window If it does not double check your connections and make sure your camera is in playback mode 5 Click the Play button to preview your video file before you record it 6 Find your starting point in the video and click the Pause bution 7 Click the Record button 8 Enter a file name click Save and recording begins 9 Click the Stop button to stop capturing your video tile Your video file is processed and automatically saved to the My Videos folder on your hard disk drive The video clip appears in the Media Library portion of the screen 10 To play back your captured video click the file in the Media Library and click the Play button in the Preview window Capturing Analog Video with WinDVD Creator 1 Click Start choose All Programs InterVideo WinDVD InterVideo WinDVD Creator and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again 2 Click the Capture video into hard disk button 3 Connect your VCR television or other analog input device to the Composite Video 2 or S Video 2 connector on the front panel of the HP Digital Entertainment Center 4 Connect the Audio L and R connectors of your analog input device to the Audio L and R connectors on the front panel of the HP Digital Entertainment Center Make sure the Capture button is selected 5 Click the Wrench icon and then select the Device
155. our HP Digital Entertainment Center If you cancel out of the setup wizard while the HP Digital Entertainment Center is learning the remote signals the remote sensor may no longer receive commands normally Set top box remote controls that use the RC5 protocol are not compatible with Media Center Troubleshooting 189 Troubleshooting Music My songs will not play cannot hear my music after turn on my HP Digital Entertainment Center cannot add music files to the iTunes or My Music music library by using my remote control Codec errors are occurring when play certain files Make sure your songs are in a supported format Locate the songs on your HP Digital Entertainment Center and determine the format Some common supported file types are MP3 Unprotected WMA AAC WAV and AIFF Audio tiles must be in a supported format to play in iTunes Windows Media Player and Media Center Check the properties for the audio file to determine whether the file is in Protected or Unprotected WMA format iTunes cannot import or play WMA files that are protected by Windows Media Digital Rights Management DRM Windows Media Player cannot play aac files Some models and hardware configurations require that you turn on your TV and the HP Digital Entertainment Center to hear your music files You must open iTunes or Windows Media Player with your keyboard and trackball to add music files to your music library After you
156. our HP Digital Entertainment Center must have a dual TV tuner or two TV tuners with the same TV signal source to record two programs at the same time This feature is available for select models only For set top boxes that use the same IR code set each must have its own remote control sensor control cable plugged into different IR emitter ports on the IR sensor MC is able to direct IR commands to specific emitter ports but all devices plugged into that port will receive the commands You must make sure the IR signal that is coming from one remote control sensor cable to the set top box is not received by the other set top box On an HP Digital Entertainment Center with two TV tuners if you schedule three recordings that overlap leave one in conflict and then schedule a fourth one you will get a Conflict Changed error message The program that was a conflict appears in your conflict choices Select Don t Record on Program Information for the show you do not want cannot burn live TV Because some programs are encrypted and copy protected from the broadcasters to DVD you may not be able to record live TV directly to DVD cannot watch one Your HP Digital Entertainment Center must have two TV tuners that are connected to channel and record the same TV signal source to be able to watch one channel and record another another If you are using a set top box you must have two TV tuners and they must each be plugged into different r
157. our images Updating edited picture files in Media Center After you make edits to your picture files you need to update the files before they can be displayed correctly in Media Center To update the files LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 4 Under Thumbnail options select Refresh and then remote control select OK 2 Select HP Image Zone 5 Select View all images Your edited pictures 3 Select Setti should now be displayed elect Settings 98 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using supported picture file types with HP Image Zone Plus HP Image Zone Plus supports the following types of image files video files and audio files n Q hn sjm 0 A om gt O hes gt iPg jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group tif tiff Tagged Image File Format gif Graphics Interchange Format bmp Bitmap fpx FlashPix Bitmap pcx Bitmap Graphics pdf Portable Document Format png Portable Network Graphics m Only supported image file types are displayed in My Pictures Unsupported files are skipped in a slide show m Corrupted and unsupported image file types display a generic image icon but cannot be displayed in Media Center m Some file types are supported only if appropriate filters and software are installed Working with Pictures 99 Printing Pictures in HP Image 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control 2 Select HP Imag
158. ows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Experience the Entertainment Fun Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 lets you do amazing things with your HP Digital Entertainment Center With a full range of easy to use digital entertainment features experience TV movies music and photos like never before Media Center is simple and easy to use You can easily tind and choose your media You can play movies listen to music view photos and watch TV with a single remote control Combine the powerful features of your HP Digital Entertainment Center with a home theater receiver to enjoy an even more dynamic entertainment experience Watch and record live TV With Media Center you can pause advance frame by frame skip ahead or use instant replay to catch every moment of live TV Use fast forward to bypass unwanted content When you are not able to watch your favorite show you can use Media Center to record it MediaCenter Z My Videos My Pictures MyTVv CT My Music Online Spotlight Record TV with ease by using the Television Program Guide to select the shows you want to record You can record one show or an entire series and watch it when it is convenient for you You will never miss a moment of your favorite shows The right music for the moment Browse your entire music library by artist genre and song Select a playlist or a single album or do a random shuffle from your music collection
159. ows that are stored in the My Pictures or the Shared Pictures folder in Windows Explorer You can also view your pictures on other media such as a digital camera or a memory card Videos Opens the My Videos window where you can search for sort and play back your video files that are stored in the My Videos or the Shared Video folder in Windows Explorer You can also view your videos on other media such as a memory card Live TV Moves a TV program forward to the end of the pause buffer and resumes playing live TV When you pause a TV program you can use the Live TV button to move forward to live TV Opens Media Center and then begins playing live TV in full screen mode Using the Remote Control 23 O U Q D O D Q e sien D N _ Opens the Television Guide Recorded TV Opens the Recorded TV window where all your recorded TV programs are stored From this window you can search for and play back a recorded show Standby button The Standby button puts the computer into and out of a power reduced state called standby which O runs the computer with minimal power until you give it a command To take the computer out of standby press the Standby button for at least 1 to 2 seconds on the remote control It is recommended that you use this button when Media Center is closed An LED lightemitting diode located under the Standby button blinks when the remote control is transmitting a signal to the re
160. pecific setting ransitions gt When you have selected all of your picture settings Animated select Save Cross fade 106 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Turning photo captions on or off A caption displays the file name or title and the date the file was created or edited whichever is first 1 Press the Media Center Start button TA on the 3 Select Pictures remote control 4 Select Save and then press OK 2 Select Settings n Q de mja A a oa gt 0 x Using supported picture file types in My Pictures You can view the following types of image files in Media Center iP9 jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group tif tiff Tagged Image File Format gif Graphics Interchange Format bmp Bitmap wmf Windows MetaFile png Portable Network Graphics m Only supported image file types are displayed in My Pictures Unsupported files are skipped in a slide show m Folder icons appear even if the images inside them cannot be displayed m Corrupted and unsupported image file types display a generic image icon but cannot be displayed in Media Center m Some file types are supported only if appropriate filters and software are installed Working with Pictures 107 Editing Pictures in My Pictures Fixing red eye or contrast LA 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control TOUCH UP 2 Select My Pictures Save 3 Selec
161. pen existing project Brings up the Open window for you to select an existing project m Create new project Opens the Edit section for you to begin creating a new project Using the Preview window in WinDVD Creator The Preview window is located in the upper left corner Edit Plays back the selected video or displays the and behaves differently for each task selected image Capture Displays what your capture device is viewing Add Menu Displays what your menu and buttons look like Using the Media Library in WinDVD Creator The Media Library contains your video clips images and audio tracks To import existing media files from your hard disk or CDs into the Media Library click the Drag and Drop button Capture Located in bottom right corner Contains your Add Menu Located in upper right corner Contains video clips images and audio tracks menu themes video backgrounds audio tracks images l t hapter th ils Edit Located in upper right corner Contains your video buttons chapter layouts and chapter thumbnails clips images and audio tracks 162 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using the Storyboard in WinDVD Creator Located on the bottom of the Edit and Add Menu area The Storyboard can be displayed in either Menu Picker or Timeline mode Use the Storyboard to organize your media and add special effects such as titles transition effects audio tracks and video filters I
162. portant feature of a DVD Writer CD Writer drive is its high level of compatibility with other optical drives and CD and DVD players m The CDs that you create play in most home and car m CD R discs are more compatible with home and car stereos and in most computer DVD ROM and stereos than CD RW discs are CD ROM drives Your DVD Writer CD Writer drive is able to read from m The DVDs that you create are compatible with some and record to almost every type of optical disc Writing DVD video players and with most computer speed rates for the DVD Writer CD Writer drive are fast DVD ROM drives allowing quick recording times Understanding video recording lengths and video quality settings Video quality setting GB Hour Minutes on a 4 7 GB DVD Minutes on a 8 5 GB DVD Minutes listed are approximate and not exact This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program files Some files may be smaller or larger Creating Burning CDs and DVDs 153 and DVDs N A VU O Ses a O en O Q S VU Identifying Disc Feature and Compatibility Can be Plays in recorded home or Plays in home File type onto Plays in PC car stereo DVD player oe te Varies by model Varies by model Varies by model CS Varies by model S a ee MP3 music 154 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide NOTE The HP Digital Entertainment Center comes with the Double Layer
163. r replace the hard disk drive in your HP Digital Entertainment Center If you do not have the backup CD after you perform a system recovery or replace the hard disk drive you will not be able to play any previously recorded TV programs that are broadcaster encrypted The procedures that follow describe how to prepare your HP Digital Entertainment Center make the backup files you need copy the file to CD and use the backup CD to restore the files to your HP Digital Entertainment Center after a system recovery To safeguard your recorded TV programs you need to m Prepare the code key files m Make a backup CD m Perform a system recovery if necessary E Use the code key backup CD after a system recovery Important information about recorded TV programs When you replace the hard disk drive you lose any files or software that you created saved or installed on the HP Digital Entertainment Center You also lose a special code that Microsoft includes in the files of the recorded TV programs Without the code Media Center will not play the TV programs previously recorded to disk or copied to DVD or to other media Watching and Recording TV Programs 59 O oO O iv o ne c D a O P gt iG y z Preparing the code key files 1 After you set up your HP Digital Entertainment Center and turn it on complete the initial Microsoft Windows setup Open Media Center and complete its set
164. ram Watching and Recording TV Programs 65 4 Use your arrow buttons on the remote control to select the or next to the recording default RECORDING DEFAULTS setting to change your options Press OK on the SETTINGS remote control to change the setting p GENERAL RECORDING ANN G a K z 5 Select Save ance eep For 1 week Quality Fair Start when possible 2 minutes before Stop when possible 3 minutes after Using the Disk Cleanup utility 1 Click Start on the taskbar 3 Select the drive you want to clean up and then click OK 2 Choose All Programs Accessories System Tools and then Disk Cleanup 4 Select the type of files you want to delete and then click OK Adjusting System Restore settings 1 Click Start on the taskbar 5 Select a drive and then click the Settings button 2 Right click My Computer 6 Move the slider under Disk space to use to a lower setting to save disk space 3 Click Properties 7 Click OK and then click OK again 4 Select the System Restore tab 66 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Deleting recorded TV programs 1 Click Start on the taskbar and then click My 3 Right click recorded TV files and then select Delete Computer j To delete a recorded TV program from within Media 2 Double click Shared Documents and then Center see Deleting a recorded program or series on double click Recorded TV page 56 Uninstalling software progr
165. rded TV shows while recording another show Use the More information button on the remote control to display TV show information 4 21PM MediaCenter m Recorded TV View a list of recorded programs by My Videos date or title view a list of programs scheduled to be Pe Pictures recorded play a recorded program find out why a My TV program wasn t recorded or add a TV recording manually TV Programs My Music Radio Watching and Recording m Search Quickly find a TV program or a series to watch or record by entering a descriptive word program title or program category m Guide Not available in all countries regions Scroll through the free Television Program Guide to tind programs to watch and record You can record specitic TV shows or a whole series to your hard disk drive or an HP Personal Media Drive m Movies Select models only Go online to find movies to watch now or later Get the latest information about movies on TV read reviews see cast lists find other times the movie is broadcast view the DVD cover browse for related movies and find other movies with the same cast members Watching and Recording TV Programs 31 Watching TV Before you can watch TV by using Media Center make sure m The computer is set up correctly for your TV signal source Refer to the Start Here booklet and the Live TV HP Digital Entertainment Center User s Guide for Recorded TV more information Guide m You
166. res by date keyword or place by using HP Image Zone Plus 1 Using the trackball double click the HP Image Zone Plus icon on your desktop Or 3 At the top of the gallery window click the My Images tab A and then click the Select All check box below it to see all of the images in the catalog You can also sele ct a drive under the Folders Menu B to browse for images Click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs and then click HP Image Zone Plus The HP 4 Click Help at the bottom of the window for more Image Zone Plus window opens information about creating your picture catalog in 2 When the catalog message appears click OK to HP Image Zone Plus index the images and place them in the HP Image Zone Plus catalog 92 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide ll HP Image Zone My Images Go to My Pictures Arrange by Display as Thumbnails hg O Select All 2004 June 2 items All by Date All by Keyword All by Place Albums Folders a 6 2004 C 6 3 2004 gt Show All images 2004 May 4 Items C ck on a bar to scroll to that date 8 20 2004 O 5 28 2004 gt 5 18 2004 gt 7 5717 2004 gt 5 17 2004 amp 2003 December 8 tems 0 12Me200 gt O 12na200 gt 121020 O 2003 September 2 tems v n Q de ses A a oa gt 0 tes x Preferences Hel Mode tabs are used to choose a work area The Pre
167. rt the DVD 2 When Media Center opens a Play DVD window click the DVD icon to start playing your DVD Digital Media Copy Protection Digital media content such as DVDs or TV programs may have restricted access depending on the terms of the copyright owner This protects copyrighted media files trom being illegally copied and used When you record certain music or video files they may retain copy protection such as digital rights management DRM DRM encrypts digital media content and limits access to people who have a license to play the content For more detailed information about digital rights management you can go fo http www microsoft com n E O en O 0 S A e2 oO de O Y Q a 2 Recording TV Programs 133 Copy protection for DVD movies Most DVD movies in the market are encrypted with copy protection to prevent illegal duplication of copyrighted material This protection distorts the picture quality when copied or prevents it from being copied The following tables shows two of the currently used copy protection methods and their effect on playback CGMS ETC sowe cord mep Piee CGMS is Copy Generation Management System and Redistribution Control Macrovision 134 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using Double Layer Technology and Media Select models only Double layer technology gives you almost twice the storage capacity of a single l
168. s 105 viewing with music 105 software uninstalling 67 sorting TV shows by category 50 by date 50 by name 50 Standby button 24 standby mode recording 25 Start menu Media Center 5 storing files about storing data files 148 using RecordNow 146 System Restore settings 66 Teletext displaying 58 Television Guide adding missing channels 40 filter categories 37 no data available 36 recording TV programs 44 recording TV without the Television Program Guide 45 removing channels 40 searching for TV programs 41 setting up 39 setting up a download method 38 using the More information button 37 viewing 37 troubleshooting image not displayed in My Pictures 99 107 radio reception 128 resolving recording conflicts 54 unable to get correct Television Program Guide 14 recording settings 64 searching for shows by category 42 time shifting 34 using digital video recorder while watching 34 watching 32 TV shows copying to CDs or DVDs 131 161 copying with RecordNow 132 deleting show or series 55 not recorded 50 53 playing 52 playing encrypted shows 59 watching shows on DVD 132 Index 203 V VCD playing with WinDVD 141 video capturing 164 video editing getting started with muvee autoProducer 171 video errors resolving 197 video files recording 152 video movies displaying information about a video 121 playing in inset window 118 when stored on removable media 118 sorting 115 116 visualiza
169. s scheduled recordings may not be recorded The recording error Low Disk Space may occur and then your program will not be recorded See Changing Disk Allocation on page 185 for more information about fixing this error m When the drive is disconnected the disk allocation for Recorded TV shows reverts to 10 and your recorded programs can be lost if you have selected the Keep until space is needed setting in My TV See Changing Disk Allocation on page 185 for more information about changing the allocation m If you disconnect the drive while Live TV is active a video error can occur m Recorded TV shows are not updated in Media Center when the drive is removed m The drive may be assigned a different drive letter which prevents Media Center from recognizing the recording path or the stored Recorded TV files When you set the TV recording pathway to your HP Personal Media Drive Media Center stores the recording buffer data for pausing live TV on your drive This means that if live TV is playing you won t be able to remove the drive safely To avoid this scenario change the recording pathway back to your local hard disk drive and then restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center before disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive 182 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide Recording TV programs to the HP Personal Media Drive 1 Change your recording pathway to your HP Personal Media
170. t choose All Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 2 Select the Data Projects tab 5 3 Insert the disc from which you want to remove files If an autoplay window opens click Cancel 4 Click Data Disc Creating an Image File RecordNow can take all the files from a CD or DVD and convert it into a single file called an image file You can use the image file to reproduce the original disc This is often used when you need to make multiple copies of the same disc Saving an Image 1 Click Start choose All Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click RecordNow again 2 Select the Backup Projects tab 3 Select Save Image 5 You must have at least one file on your data disc to re record it Select the file you want to remove and then click the Remove icon in the upper right corner 6 Click Yes 7 Click the Burn icon to save your data disc Without the files you removed 8 Click Done when the recording is complete 4 Insert the source disc into the drive 5 Click Browse to set the destination and name of the image file 6 Click the Save icon to create the image file 150 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Burning an Image 1 Click Start choose All Programs Sonic 4 Click the Browse button to locate your saved RecordNow and then click RecordNow image file again 5 Click the Burn icon 2 Select the Backup Projects tab SNA awe a 6 Insert a bla
171. t My TV Recorded TV and then select Scheduled To enable Media Center to resolve recording conflicts you can set up how program recordings are handled When you try to record a program and another is scheduled at the same time Media Center prompts you to choose a program to record If you are watching TV while recording a program you can watch only the channel being recorded If a recording is scheduled to begin and you are watching a different channel a message appears giving you the choice to change the channel to begin the recording If no choice is made the channel changes automatically 54 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Resolving a recording conflict 1 Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control select My TV Recorded TV and then select Scheduled 2 Select a program you want to change 3 Select Resolve Conflict and then select the show you want to record Or Select Record settings and then Change settings Or Select a recording option Do not record Record Series or Other Showings to find other times it is playing Deleting TV Programs ne O W o E ne c O O A P gt iG y z Deleting a scheduled program or series To prevent recording conflicts you may need to delete a program or series that is scheduled to be recorded 1 Press the Media Center Start button Ez on the 3 To remove a single program select Do
172. t be erased CD R discs play in most home and car stereos CD RW discs play only in some stereos You can use RecordNow to create audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player or on your HP Digital Entertainment Center Creating CDs to play in your car or home CD players 1 Using the trackball click Start choose All 7 Click Yes Programs Sonic RecordNow and then click cabinet again a 8 When prompted insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc If you want to play your music CD in your home or 2 Select the Audio Projects tab car stereo use a CD R disc CD RW discs may not play in some stereos 9 Click OK 3 Select Audio CD for Car or Home CD Player 4 Insert a music CD to view the tracks on 2 Y your CD Select View if you would like 10 Click Done when recording is complete to look at another optical drive Click the Help icon and then select RecordNow Or Help for more information about recording music CDs with the RecordNow program Click Find and then click either Scan for Music or Browse to find music files on your hard disk drive that you want to record 5 Select the tracks you want to record and then click Add 6 Click the Burn icon when you have added all the audio files to your music CD mn project 144 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating CDs to play on your HP Digital Entertainment Center 8 When prompted insert a blank CD R or CD RW disc I
173. t the picture you want to edit Cancel Press the More information button on the remote Red Eye control and then select Picture Details Contrast Crop 5 Select Touch Up Preview 6 Select Red Eye or Contrast and then press OK 7 After you select the options you want to fix select Save The picture is displayed with the new settings Select Red Eye Contrast or Crop to touch up your Stopped picture 8 Select Yes to save changes and replace the original picture file Cropping pictures in My Pictures 4 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and select My Pictures TOUCH UP 2 Select the picture you want to edit Save 3 Press the More information button on the remote Cancel control and then select Picture Details Red eye Contrast 4 Select Touch up and then select Crop Preview a tt Select Red eye Contrast or Crop to touch up your picture 108 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 5 Select the arrows under the picture to move the picture side to side up or down Select the magnifying glass to move the cropping tool in or out Select the rotate tool to move the cropping tool to a vertical or horizontal position Rotating pictures If your picture appears horizontally or vertically and you want to change the orientation you can change it in Media Center M 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control 2 Se
174. ter does not support playing videos from removable media Changing the Display for Better Image Quality You can use a Media Center wizard and the display controls on your monitor or TV to adjust various display settings to improve the quality of the picture To adjust your display settings by using the Media Center wizard 4 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control and then select Settings 2 Select General Media Center Setup and then select Configure Your TV or Monitor 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to select your display type This wizard allows you to change settings such as onscreen centering and sizing aspect ratio shape brightness contrast color and sharpness 118 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating a Desktop Background from a Video File gt 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the 5 Select the Edit menu and then select Paste remote control and then select My Videos 6 Save the image to your My Pictures folder 2 Select the video you want to capture and then select Play 7 Click Start on the desktop and then click My Pictures to open your My Pictures folder 3 Press the Print Screen button on the keyboard when you find the image you want 8 Right click the picture and then click Set as Desktop Background 4 Click Start on the desktop with your trackball choose All Programs Accessories and then click Paint to open the
175. time 1 of 149 MOVIE INFO Cast amp More Watch Record Advanced record Other showings 42 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Recording TV Programs Media Center allows you to record TV programs so that you can watch them when it is convenient You can record the program you are watching or you can record a future program or series from the Guide the Search or the Recorded TV window in My TV You can record two programs at the same time if your HP Digital Entertainment Center has two TV tuners select models only If a recording error occurs the program will not be recorded unless the conflict is resolved If you try to schedule a recording and another is already scheduled for the same time a conflict window appears and gives you the option to record the new program or record the previously scheduled program To make sure your program is being recorded select My TV Recorded TV and then select Scheduled The Record icon also appears next to the program in the Guide while you are recording The Record icon disappears when the recording is complete Recording icons The Record icon appears in the Television Program Guide next to the program scheduled to record The Record Series icon appears in the Television Program Guide next to each occurrence of a program in a series that is scheduled to be recorded The Record Conflict Error icon appears in the Television Program G
176. tion selecting 87 W Windows Media Player 137 features 157 playing DVD movies 137 playing music CDs 137 setting as default player 73 81 types of files 73 81 Windows Movie Maker 2 0 features 158 WinDVD control panel 140 playing DVD movies 139 playing video CDs 141 WinDVD Creator adding audio effects 167 adding images 166 adding title effects 167 adding transition effects 167 Authoring your DVD 168 capturing a still image 165 capturing analog video 164 capturing digital camcorder video 164 capturing videos and pictures 161 edit 161 editing video files 165 features 159 getting started 162 help 161 making a movie 169 Media Library 162 Preview window 162 recording TV shows to DVD 131 recording VHS files directly to DVD 170 Storyboard 163 using the Media Library 162 WinDVD player features 158 204 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 5 991 1748
177. u can assign dates keywords and rue places to your files See Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone Plus on page 92 2 Assign dates keywords and places to your pictures See Modifying a date assigned to your pictures on page 94 Assigning a keyword to your pictures on page 95 and Assigning a place to your pictures on page 95 Working with Pictures 91 n Q hn sjm 0 A oa gt O tes gt 3 You can edit your images from this window too See Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus on page 98 View all images 4 When you have finished organizing your images Wan 2004 Woz open Media Center to view play a slide show and lai iia 7 i i search for your photos by the labels you have View all images rk established See Searching for pictures in HP Image View albums Zone Plus on page 96 Search WE E 2008 j Settings For more information about changing picture dates assigning keywords and locations and performing searches of your pictures go to the help files inside the 2 2008 ga HP Image Zone Plus program Print images HP Image Zone Plus window in Media Center Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone Plus The first time you open the HP Image Zone Plus program a message appears asking you if you want to create a catalog by indexing images in the My Pictures folder and its subfolders This catalog allows you to search for your pictu
178. ucer in Media Center under More Programs Che 3 You must capture digital video files to your hard disk drive and burn your movies to disc using the InterVideo WinDVD Creator program The basic steps when using muvee autoProducer are m Add videos and pictures Select video and For more information about muvee autoProducer click the pictures files in the muvee autoProducer menu bar m Add music Select music files to add to your movie m Select a style Apply a movie style for a different effect and picture transition m Make the movie Combine your pictures music and styles to your movie and save your movie to your HP Digital Entertainment Center Burning Videos 5 G 5 5 5 LE 5 ei tis O Q E Getting Started with muvee autoProducer Select Models Only You can use muvee autoProducer to create your personalized video files in a few easy steps 1 Press the Media Center Start button A on the remote control to open Media Center 2 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon Importing Editing and Burning Videos 171 3 Select one of the button options m Select Video Opens the Select Video window for you to select existing video files m Select Pictures Opens the Select Pictures window for you to select existing image files m Select Music Opens the Select Music window for you to select existing music files m Select Style Opens the Select Style windo
179. uide and the taskbar if another program is scheduled to be recorded at the same time Record Series means that you select to record each episode of that program from one channel Media Center won t record duplicate episodes Media Center also looks for alternative times to record an episode if a recording conflict arises Watching and Recording TV Programs 43 D E ge m O v Q ne o D 3 n p g 9 a a Recording TV from the Guide To record a current or future program or series from the Guide 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select My TV and then select Guide 2 To find the program you want to record use the arrow buttons on the remote control and then select the program You can also use the numeric keypad on the remote control to enter a channel number Press the right arrow button in the Guide to select a program that will be broadcast in the future Recording manually Recording a program manually allows you to select a specitic date channel and recording time period For some programs you may want to begin recording before the scheduled beginning and after the scheduled ending of the program 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select My TV Recorded TV and then select Add Recording 2 Select Channel and Time 3 Select the channel number box and enter the channel number using the numeric keypad on t
180. up 2 Record at least one TV program 3 Close Media Center 4 Open the Microsoft Backup utility Click Start on the taskbar choose All Programs Accessories System Tools and then click Backup The Backup or Restore Wizard opens 5 Click the Advanced Mode link near the middle of the window 6 At the top of the Backup Utility window click Tools and select Options 7 Click the Exclude Files tab Backup or Restore Wizard Welcome to the Backup or Restore Wizard This wizard helps you back up or restore the files and settings on your computer IF vou prefer you can switchfte Advanced Mode tohange the settings used for backup or atore This option ige commended for advanced users only To continue click Next Sy Backup Utility Untitled Job Edit Yiew Tools Help Welcome to the Backup Utility Advanced Mode If you prefer you can switch to Wizard Mode to use simplified settings for backup or restore AA Backup Wizard Advanced A The Backup wizard helps you create a backup of your programs and files Restore Wizard Advanced The Restore wizard helps you restore your data from a backup Automated System Recovery Wizard The ASR Preparation wizard helps you create a two part backup of your system a floppy disk that has your system settings and other media that contains a backup of your local system partition 60 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide 8 In the Files
181. ur video continues to play in the inset window 6 When the video is finished select Restart and then press OK to replay the video or select Done to close the file and return to the My Videos window 114 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using Supported Video File Types You can view the following types of video files in Media Center Other file types are supported if your HP Digital Entertainment Center has the correct software installed avi Video file mpeg mpg Movie file mpe mlv mp2 mpv2 Windows Media file Windows Media A V file wm asf wmv Transferring and Recording Video Files Once you capture your video by using video capture and editing software you can use Media Center to find it and add it to your My Videos area Recording an analog video file Refer to Capturing Analog Video with WinDVD Creator on page 164 for more information about capturing and recording videos to DVDs or CDs from an analog video camera Recording a digital video file Refer to Identifying Requirements for Capturing Video with WinDVD Creator on page 163 and Capturing Digital Camcorder Video with WinDVD Creator on page 164 for more information about recording videos to DVDs or CDs from a digital camera Playing Videos 115 n ve Q E gt O an as A Creating a CD DVD from Video Files To create a CD DVD from your videos 1 Press the Me
182. ures to add to your Selected Pictures 5 Adjust the order of the images by using the Move Up and Down buttons 6 Select Next when you are finished adding pictures to your movie project Adding Music to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer You can use mp3 wav or wma formatted music files in your movie project You can also choose whether to use the original sound track from your video blend the sound track with your music selections or just use the selected music files 1 If your project is already open select the Select Music button and skip to step 4 2 Press the Media Center Start button A on the remote control to open Media Center 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon 4 Select the music files under My Music to add to your Selected Music 5 Adjust the order of the music by using the Move Up and Down buttons 6 Select Next when you are finished adding pictures to your movie project Importing Editing and Burning Videos 173 5 G 5 A 5 Li 5 am En O Q E Burning Videos Setting the Style in muvee autoProducer The muvee autoProducer program comes with a set of style templates for setting the pace scene transition effects and caption fonts The style you use also effects how muvee autoProducer combines the video picture and music files in your movie project to produce the final movie For example using the Cinema style results in a movie t
183. ve 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 HOT kr eee een eae nen ten nea eer een eee 67 Content Protection Update ccccccceeeeeeeeeeeeees 68 Playing Music Files s ccccccccseseer 09 RS E E 69 IN TSI E EE EEI A ET 70 Using HP Tunes with Media Center 70 Adding Music to the iTunes Library 7 Adding music files from a CD in iTunes 7 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 ese sccccemoatcnsadcacetenceeunemauusinnces 74 Playing CDs with HP Tunes 2 2 es 74 Creating a Playlist with iTunes 75 Creating and Editing a New Playlist with HP TRES a Sayan 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 L
184. w for you to select a style template for your movie m Settings Opens the Settings window for you to set the audio mix for your movie m Make muvee Opens the Make muvee window for you to set the duration of your movie and automatically create the movie Adding Videos to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer It is easy to add video files to your muvee production The following formats are supported m Video dv avi mpeg l mpeg 2 1 If your project is already open select the Select Video button and skip to step 4 2 Press the Media Center Start button A on the remote control to open Media Center 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon 4 Select the video files under My Videos to add to your Selected Videos 5 Adjust the order of the videos by using the Move Up and Down buttons 6 Select Next when you are finished adding videos to your movie project 172 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Adding Pictures to Your Movie with muvee autoProducer It is easy to add still image files to your muvee production The following formats are supported m Pictures bmp jpg jpeg gif 1 If your project is already open select the Select Pictures button and skip to step 4 2 Press the Media Center Start button A on the remote control to open Media Center 3 Select More Programs and then select the Make muvee icon 4 Select the images under My Pict
185. want to copy to CD or DVD 9 Select View DVD or View CD 10 Select Create DVD or Create CD 11 Select Yes n p 5 9 25 a 12 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete burning your TV show to disc D ne ha O 4 Q ne 5 D T A 3 Watching and Recording TV Programs 49 Playing Recorded TV Programs Recorded TV is the storage place for all your recorded programs In the Recorded TV window you can sort your programs by name date or category You can also delete a recorded program or series of programs and check for any recording errors Ld 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control select My TV and then select Recorded TV 2 To organize all of your previously recorded programs select Sort by Date or Sort by Title 3 To begin watching the program select the recorded program you want to watch and then press OK on the remote control Media Center places recorded TV programs in the Recorded TV folder that is located in your Shared Documents folder on your hard disk drive Using the More Information button with recorded TV programs When you select a recorded TV program and then press the More Information button on the remote control a menu appears with several options you can select m More Information i displays details about the recorded TV show such as the title the date and time recorded a summary of the program and the original date it was air
186. y using your remote control At HP Support you can m Register your product with HP 3 Select HP Settings m Learn more about your HP Digital Entertainment 4 Select HP Support Center and Media Center m Test your hardware with interactive diagnostic software 5 Select an option and then follow onscreen instructions You need to use your trackball and keyboard in this Web site m Connect to online technical support or access a telephone number to talk with a technical support agent Press the Media Center Start button FA on the remote control pi es O aan Q U D ne Q 2 D n _ 2 Select More Programs Using Media Center 17 Finding Additional Media Center Information To learn more about using Media Center refer de to the online and other Help files located in Media Center Using your trackball click the Help icon in the Media Center toolbar You can select Online Spotlight from the main Media Center menu to go online for the latest Media Center tips and other information Also you can access the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide when you go online to the HP Support Web site at hitp www hp com support To find the online documentation for your product search for your model number and then click Manuals 18 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Using the Remote Control The remote control is designed to work with Media

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