Manual Standby Mode - HP Media Center PC User Manual

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hp media center pc user's guide

Manual Standby Mode

Putting the PC into Standby
You can put the PC in Standby in several ways:
Press the Standby button on the
■
keyboard.
Press the Standby button on the
■
remote control.
Briefly press the On button on the front of the
■
PC. The screen goes dark, and the computer
goes into standby mode. The On button on
the front of the PC has a power indicator light
that flashes when the PC is in standby.
Taking the PC out of Standby
When you want to use the computer again, to make
the screen display reappear just as you left it, do
one of the following:
On the front of the PC, briefly press the On
■
button.
On the keyboard, press the Esc key or the
■
Standby button.
Standby Mode Tips
If the computer does not work properly when you
wake it from standby, reset the PC by pressing and
holding the On button on the front of the PC for
approximately 5 seconds until the computer turns
off. Then turn the computer back on.
If you are using Media Center to record television
programs, put the PC into standby mode (instead of
turning it off or using hibernation) so that the PC can
"wake" at the proper time to record TV programs.
Or
1
Click Start
2
Click Turn Off Computer at the bottom of
the menu.
3
Click Stand By.
On the remote control, press and hold the
■
Standby button for 1 or 2 seconds and then,
when the screen display appears, press the
Start button.
Press the Alt + F4 buttons on the keyboard to
■
close the Standby program.
If both standby and hibernation timers are set, the
system hibernates timer must be set for a longer time
than the system standby timer.
If Live TV or other media is playing in Media Center,
the PC won't go into Standby mode automatically.
on the taskbar.