Using Windows Media Center In Windows Vista; Media Center Setup - Toshiba F40-ST4101 User Manual

Using Windows® Media Center in Windows Vista®
Using Windows
The Windows
where you can play your entire library of audio, video, and picture
media on your computer. With the Media Center, you can:
Watch a DVD movie
Play back your digital videos
View your digital pictures, or play them as a slide show
Browse, select, and play music CDs and DVD movies

Media Center setup

This section shows you how to set up your computer to use the
Media Center. There are many different methods you can use to
connect your television and computer.
Connecting to a television
Your computer has TV-out capability, meaning you can connect it
to a television and view the computer image on the television.
There are two different ways you can connect your computer to a
TV:
1 Turn off the computer.
2 If your TV accepts digital video inputs:
NOTE
If your TV accepts S-video inputs:
3 If you are using S-video output, you will also need to connect
an audio cable (not included with your computer or system)
from the TV's audio connection to the headphone jack on the
left side of your computer.
4 Turn on the TV, then turn on the computer.
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Media Center in Windows Vista
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Media Center is a complete multimedia center
Connect an HDMI cable (not included with your
computer) to the TV's digital video input. Connect the
other end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI Out port on the
back of your computer.
The HDMI port is available on certain models.
Connect an S-video cable (not included with your
computer) from the TV's S-video input connection to the
S-video Out connector on the back of your computer.
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