Table Of Contents - HP Media Center m7200 - Desktop PC Software Manual

Welcome ...................................................... 1
Experience the Fun of Media Center ....................................... 1
Watch and record live TV...................................................... 1
The right music for the moment............................................... 1
Share your digital memories .................................................. 1
Transform your living space into a theater ............................... 1
Using Media Center Features................................................. 2
Using Media Center ...................................... 3
Setting Up Media Center....................................................... 3
Opening Media Center using a mouse.................................... 3
Opening Media Center using the remote control ...................... 4
Media Center menu bars....................................................... 4
Navigating Media Center ..................................................... 5
Media Center control menu ................................................... 5
Using Media Center Away mode ........................................... 6
Completing the setup wizard steps ......................................... 7
Media Center Start Menu ...................................................... 8
Media Center Start menu items .............................................. 8
Online Spotlight ................................................................... 9
Using Instant Messaging in Media Center................................ 9
Logging in to your Messenger account .................................... 9
Changing Media Center Settings.......................................... 10
Media Center Settings categories ......................................... 10
Finding Additional Media Center Information. ....................... 11
Using the Remote Control ........................... 13
Remote Control Buttons Overview ......................................... 14
Teletext access buttons ........................................................ 16
Watching and Recording TV Programs ........ 17
Navigating My TV .............................................................. 17
Watching TV ..................................................................... 18
Watching live TV................................................................ 18
Controlling TV playback ...................................................... 19
Using the remote control in My TV ........................................ 20
Using the Television Program Guide ..................................... 21
Using Media Center without the Guide ................................. 21
Television Program Guide errors........................................... 22
Viewing the Television Program Guide .................................. 22
Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide ............... 23
Manually downloading the Guide ........................................ 24
Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide ................. 24
Adding missing channels to the Guide .................................. 24
Editing channels in the Guide .............................................. 25
Removing channels from the Guide....................................... 25
Searching for TV Programs .................................................. 26
Searching for TV programs using categories .......................... 27
Recording TV Programs ....................................................... 28
Recording TV from the Guide ............................................... 28
Recording programs manually without using the Guide ........... 29
Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space .............. 30

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Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD .......................30
Media Copy Protection........................................................31
Playing Recorded TV Programs.............................................31
Playing Music Files ..................................... 33
HP Tunes ...........................................................................33
My Music ..........................................................................33
Using HP Tunes with Media Center .......................................34
Completing the iTunes Setup Assistant wizard ........................34
Delays with HP Tunes ..........................................................34
Selecting a default audio player ...........................................35
Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library ..............................35
Adding music files from a CD in iTunes .................................35
Adding music files from the Internet.......................................36
Adding music files from your hard disk drive..........................36
Using supported music file types ...........................................37
Changing song title, genre, artist, or album in iTunes ..............37
Playing CDs with HP Tunes ..................................................37
Creating a Playlist with iTunes ..............................................38
Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes ...........38
Creating Music CDs with iTunes ...........................................39
Troubleshooting HP Tunes ....................................................39
Resetting HP Tunes ..............................................................40
Using My Music with Media Center ......................................41
Adding Music to My Music Library .......................................41
Adding music files from your hard disk drive..........................42
Adding music files from a CD...............................................43
Deleting music files from the My Music library ........................43
Using supported music file types ...........................................44
Playing Music Files in My Music ...........................................44
Playing an album in My Music .............................................45
Playing a song in My Music .................................................45
Creating a Queue List in My Music .......................................46
Finding and Playing an Album in My Music ...........................46
Creating a Playlist in My Music ............................................47
Copying Music Files to CD in My Music ................................47
Working with Pictures ................................ 49
HP Image Zone ..................................................................49
My Pictures ........................................................................49
Working with Digital Images................................................50
Using HP Image Zone in Media Center .................................50
Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone ....................50
Creating albums .................................................................52
Modifying a date assigned to your pictures............................52
Assigning a keyword to your pictures ....................................53
Assigning a place to your pictures ........................................53
Searching for pictures in Media Center .................................54
Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone.......................................54
Viewing a slideshow in HP Image Zone.................................54
Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Image Zone .................55
Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone.........................................55
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