Using Digital Media

The Media button on the remote control provides you with a simple way to connect your TV to your PC or online services. This enables you to do the following:

￿View photos

￿Watch videos

￿Listen to music

￿Access online media services for music, video, or photos

The TV appears as a digital media receiver in the Microsoft Windows Media Player networking software program. This program, installed on your PC, provides networking services by streaming music, video, or picture files to the TV connected to your local area network (LAN). To initially set up the TV and the PC to use the Media function, including installing Windows Media Player, see “Setting Up the TV for Digital

Media” on page 27. For information about sharing media on your computer or network attached storage device, see “Sharing Media” on page 96.

The Media Center Green Start button on the remote control can function as a Windows Media Center Extender to display the Windows Media Center main menu from your computer. For the remote control buttons you can use for this feature, see “Using the Media Center Green Start Button” on page 44. For information about setting up and using this feature, see “Setting up and using Windows Media Center Extender” on page 31.

The HP MediaSmart Services Gateway software automatically installs on your PC from the Installation CD. For information about this software, see “Using MediaSmart Services Gateway Software” on page 97.

Using the Media

Main Menu

To use the Media button (or the Media Center Green Start button), the TV must be the selected device on the remote control.

1Point the remote control at the remote control sensor on the display and, if necessary, press the Device button to light the HP MediaSmart TV indicator.

On/Off

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HP MediaSmart TV

Sleep

Device

Screen

2Press the Media button.

Media

The Media main menu opens.

The Media main menu lists these options:

￿Photos (pictures icon)

￿Music (headphones icon)

￿Online Media Services (globe icon)

￿Servers (PC icon) [not shown]

￿Windows Media Center (Green Start icon)

￿Videos (movie reel icon)

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