Viewing Pictures In My Pictures - HP Media Center m1000 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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From the My Pictures
menu, you can select
Settings to:
Select a slide
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transition, slide
time delay, and a
background color.
Include picture
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folders you have
created.
Show captions.
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Display your
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pictures randomly.
Show song
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information during
slide show.
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If the message Image
cannot be displayed
appears, the file may
be corrupted or it
may be an
unsupported file
type. You may need
to edit your image
with a photo editor
and save it in a
supported file format.
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HP Media Center PC Software Guide

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 Start button
control.
2
Select My Pictures. The right side of the
window shows a small picture image
(thumbnail) and, if you've organized your
pictures into folders, folder icons. The
pictures are displayed just as you organized
them in the My Pictures folder in 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
picture to the original size, press OK a third
time.
Using supported picture file types
You can view the following types of image files in
Media Center.
File
extension File type
.jpg, .jpeg Joint Photographic Experts
Group
.tif, .tiff Tagged Image File Format
.gif Graphics Interchange Format
.bmp Bitmap
.wmf Windows MetaFile
.png Portable Network Graphics
on the remote
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Only supported image file types are displayed
in My Pictures. Unsupported files are skipped
in a slide show.
Folder icons appear even if the images inside
them cannot be displayed.
Corrupted and unsupported image file types
display a generic image icon but cannot be
displayed in Media Center.
Some file types are supported only if
appropriate filters and software are installed.