Changing Windows Media Center Settings, Icon Action

Windows Media Center control menu

To access the control menu in Windows Media Center, move the mouse to display the menu bars:

1Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Center.

2From the Tasks menu, click shutdown to open the window with the menu items that are listed in the following table. Use the arrow keys on the remote control or the keyboard to scroll to the right or left of the screen to select the other options.

Icon Action

Closes Windows Media Center.

Logs off and ends your Windows Media Center session and switches users.

Shuts down the computer.

Restarts the computer.

Puts the computer in a power-reduced or Sleep mode.

Puts the computer in Media Only mode, which gives you access to

Windows Media Center, but not to the rest of the computer.

NOTE: This option is listed in the Tasks menu.

Changing Windows Media Center Settings

In the Windows Media Center settings window, you can change settings for viewing your pictures and slide shows, and for controlling sound and the display of all of the Windows Media Center windows.

To change your Windows Media Center settings:

1Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with the

mouse, click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Windows Media Center.

2From the Tasks menu, select settings.

166Getting Started (features vary by model)

SR5552F, SR5510F, SR5710F, SR5448F, SR5518F specifications

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