Changing General Settings

General settings affect each user’s experience in Media Center and can be changed only by the administrator of the computer.

To change your Media Center General settings:

1 Press the Start button on the remote control.

2 Select Settings.

3 Select General, and then select one of the options listed in the following table. Then, use the arrow buttons to select an option or follow onscreen instructions. If necessary, select Save to save your changes.

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Parental control and caption display settings for TV and DVDs are included with select models only.

General Setting

What it does

Appearance

Turn transition animations on or off, optimize the display for the computer

 

monitor or the television, and select a desktop background shade.

Media Center Sounds

Turn the sound on or off.

Notifications

Displays taskbar messages and TV tips, and notifies you when telephone

 

calls some in.

Autoplay

Enables autoplay options such as Enhanced Media Center content or

 

HighMAT player (if installed).

Parental control

Sets up rating permissions for TV viewing. This setting requires the

 

administrator to use a separate 4-digit code. This option may not be

 

available with your model.

Set up Internet

Opens the Internet Connection wizard. This allows you to set up your

connection

connection. Follow the onscreen instructions. You must be logged on as an

 

Administrator to change this setting.

Set up remote control

Makes sure your remote control is working with the remote sensor. Follow

 

the onscreen instructions.

Privacy

Views the Media Center Privacy statement, the Guide Privacy statement

 

and enables the privacy settings such as retrieving media information for

 

CDs and DVDs from the Internet.

Data Credits

Connects to the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Web site.

 

 

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