Table of Contents

Welcome

1

Experience the Fun of Media Center

1

Watch and record live TV

1

The right music for the moment

1

Share your digital memories

1

Transform your living space into a theater

1

Using Media Center Features

2

Using Media Center

3

Setting Up Media Center

3

Completing the setup wizard steps

3

Media Center Start Menu

4

Online Spotlight

5

Navigating Media Center

5

Media Center menu bars

5

Media Center control menu

6

Using Instant Messaging in Media Center

6

Logging in to your Messenger account

6

Changing Media Center Settings

7

Media Center Settings categories

8

Finding Additional Media Center Information

8

Using the Remote Control

9

Remote Control Buttons Overview

10

Teletext access buttons

12

Watching and Recording TV Programs

13

Navigating My TV

13

Watching TV

14

Watching live TV

14

Controlling TV playback

15

Using the remote control in My TV

16

Using the Television Program Guide

17

Using Media Center without the Guide

17

Television Program Guide errors

18

Viewing the Television Program Guide

18

Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide

19

Manually downloading the Guide

20

Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide

20

Adding missing channels to the Guide

20

Editing channels in the Guide

21

Removing channels from the Guide

21

Searching for TV Programs

22

Searching for TV programs using categories

23

Recording TV Programs

24

Recording TV from the Guide

24

Recording programs without the Guide

25

Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space

26

Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD

26

Playing Recorded TV Programs

27

Playing Music Files

29

HP Tunes

29

My Music

30

Using HP Tunes with Media Center

30

Completing the iTunes setup wizard

31

Delays with HP Tunes

31

Selecting a default audio player

31

Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library

32

Adding music files from a CD in iTunes

32

Adding music files from the Internet

32

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

32

Using supported music file types

33

Changing song name, genre, artist, or album in iTunes

33

Playing CDs with HP Tunes

33

Creating a Playlist with iTunes

34

Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes

34

Creating Music CDs with iTunes

34

Troubleshooting HP Tunes

35

Resetting HP Tunes

35

Using My Music with Media Center

36

Adding Music to My Music Library

37

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

37

Adding music files from a CD

38

Deleting music files from the My Music library

38

Using supported music file types

39

Playing Music Files in My Music

39

Playing an album in My Music

40

Playing a song in My Music

40

Creating a Queue List in My Music

40

Finding and Playing an Album in My Music

41

Creating a Playlist in My Music

41

Copying Music Files to CD in My Music

42

Working with Pictures

43

HP Image Zone Plus

43

My Pictures

43

Working with Digital Images

43

Using HP Image Zone Plus in Media Center

44

Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone Plus

44

Creating albums

46

Modifying a date assigned to your pictures

46

Assigning a keyword to your pictures

47

Assigning a place to your pictures

47

Searching for pictures in HP Image Zone Plus

47

Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus

48

Viewing a slideshow in HP Image Zone Plus

48

Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Image Zone Plus

49

Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus

49

Using supported picture file types with

 

HP Image Zone Plus

49

Printing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus

50

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