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Tip:

Recordable DVDs have a 4.7 GB maximum capacity. If the TV

program you want to record is long enough to require more than

4.7 GB of recording space, you can reduce the Windows XP Media

Center program recording quality setting before recording the

program. The record quality setting options are Fair, Good, Better,

or Best:

Recording

quality

Approximate

GB/hour

Best 3.0

Better 2.5

Good 2.0

Fair 1.0

Lowering the recording quality reduces the TV program recording

space requirement, which may reduce the TV program file size

enough for the program to fit on a recordable DVD (depending on

the TV program length).

For more information about setting the recorded image quality

option, see the topics in Change settings for My TV located

under the My TV section of the Windows XP Media Center Help. To

open Windows XP Media Center Help, move the mouse to activate

the menu bar, then click the Help button .

5 After you have selected the TV programs you want

to record, highlight Burn DVD, then press the OK

button. A message tells you that running additional

programs while burning a DVD may cause the

recording to fail.

6 If you have a number of programs running, close the

programs, then click OK. The TV programs burn to

the DVD.

Contents

Main Page Page Page Page Page Page About your Gateway 610 Media Center PC Locating connections Planning your Media Center PC setup Setting up the hardware Page Connecting the audio and video source 1 2 3 4 Connecting the IR control cable (optional) 1 2 Page Setting up the software 1 2 3 4 Page Page Setting up optional connections Connecting a TV (optional) Page Connecting your Media Center PC to an existing stereo or home theater (optional) Page Page GettingStarted ChapterThree Page Left side Right side Page Back Page Starting the Windows XP Media Center Using the Windows XP Media Center Learning about the remote Using the remote Learning about the keyboard UsingMyTV ChapterFour 30 Watching TV To watch a TV program 1 2 To view a TV program in full-screen mode Using the remote to play TV recordings 32 To rewind and replay a buffered TV program TV program 1 Using the Guide To start the Guide To select a program listed in the Guide 1 2 3 4 5 6 Manually updating the Guide Recording TV programs 36 To change program recording settings 1 2 3 To set up a recording for a program series 1 2 37 Using Recorded TV To watch and manage Recorded TV 1 2 38 Changing My TV Settings To use the Settings menu 1 2 Burning recorded TV programs to DVD 5 6 UsingMy Music ChapterFive 42 Adding music files to the Media Library To add music files on your Media Center PC to the Media Players Media Library Getting started with My Music 43 3 Adding music CDs to the Media Library 2 To add music files from a CD to the Media Players Media Library 1 3 4 5 6 Playing My Music 45 3 To listen to a CD in the Windows XP Media Center 1 2 1 2 3 Page UsingMy Pictures ChapterSix Getting started with My Pictures 51 Organizing picture files To organize picture files 1 2 Viewing My Pictures 2 1 53 Using More Info To view More Info about a picture 1 54 Playing audio during a slide show To view a slide show with music 1 2 3 UsingMy Videos ChapterSeven Getting started with My Videos 57 Organizing video files 2 To organize video files 1 58 Viewing My Videos To view videos from the Windows XP Media Center 1 2 59 Using More Info To use More Info for videos 1 2 Page Page 62 Playing a DVD To watch a DVD in the Windows XP Media Center 1 2 Page Page Page 66 2 Playing the Radio To auto-tune the FM radio with Seek 1 67 To manually-tune the FM radio with Tune 2 To play FM radio To listen to Internet radio 1 2 3 Using the remote to play Radio recordings 69 Changing Radio Settings To use the Settings menu 1 2 Page Page 72 Setting up the external video input To set up the external video input 1 2 3 Changing Windows XP Media Center Settings 3 Using More Programs Using Online Spotlight Page Page Media Center FAQs Page Page 81 Getting more help 2 To open Media Center Help 1 82 Using Help and Support 2 To open Help and Support 1 Documentation Other Media Center resources Contacting Gateway Identifying your model Gateway model number Gateway serial number Page Important safety information Setting up your system Replacement parts and accessories Care during use Important: Regulatory compliance statements Wireless Guidance Page United States of America FCC declaration of conformity Page Canada Page Mexico Television antenna connectors protection Laser safety statement California Proposition 65 Warning Macrovision statement Notices All Rights Reserved Trademark Acknowledgments