My Pictures | EN |
With My Pictures you display your digital image files, individually or as a slide show. You can use digital image files from many sources, such as a digital camera, a scanner, or from a CD or other storage media. To view pictures in Windows® XP Media Center’s My Pictures, you first have to add and organize your picture files into the Windows® XP My Pictures or Shared Pictures folders.
Adding and organizing pictures
1Click Start on the taskbar of the Windows® XP desktop.
2Click My Pictures.
> The My Pictures window opens.
3Make (a) new folder(s) in the My Pictures folder for storing your picture files.
Cameras and Media Cards
When you connect your digital photo camera to one of the USB ports of the Media Center, Windows® XP will automatically recognize it. The same applies to Media Cards inserted in the card readers on the front of the Media Center.
1Select Viewing Pictures in the inset window in the upper right corner and press the OK key (19).
2Select Import to copy all the picture files to a folder for which you can enter a name with the keyboard or the 0 - 9 digit keys (12) on the remote control.
Viewing pictures
1Press the 
key (8) on the remote control.
2Select My Pictures.
>The right side of the window shows a thumbnail of a picture and, if you have created folders, folder icons.
3Use the remote control navigation keys (1 2 3 4 - 6) to search for a picture in the listed picture files and folders.
4Select a picture and press the OK key (19).
>The selected picture opens in full-screen mode.
5Press the OK key (19) once to zoom in 150%, press the OK key (19) twice to zoom in 225%. Use the remote control navigation keys (1 2 3 4 - 6) to pan
across the picture.
6Press the OK key (19) a third time to return to the original size.
Slide show
To view your pictures in a slide show:
1Press the 
key (8) on the remote control.
2Select My Pictures.
3Select the folder of pictures you want to view as a slide show and press the OK key (19).
4Select Play Slide Show and press OK key (19).
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