Navigating Media Center

In the Media Center windows, a selected item such as a folder, file, or menu item is outlined with a green border.

You can control the Media Center functions and navigate Media Center windows by using the remote control, the keyboard, or a mouse.

To select items in Media Center, use the arrow keys on the keyboard or use the arrow buttons on the remote control, and then press the Enter key on the keyboard or the OK button on the remote control to enter your selection.

If you have media playing, such as music or a slideshow, it appears in an inset window in the lower-left corner. To switch from watching your media in the inset window to watching it in full- screen mode, use the arrow buttons on the remote

control or use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select it, and then press OK on the remote control or the Enter key on the keyboard.

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Media Center control menu

To access the control menu in Media Center, move the mouse to display the menu bars. Select the Shut Down icon on the main Media Center window.

From this control menu, you can select icons to perform various actions.

Icon Action

Log off and end your Media Center session and switch users

Shut down the PC

Restart the PC

Put the PC in a power- reduced state — standby mode

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■If you are recording a TV program and then put the PC into standby, the recording will stop.

■If the PC is in standby and a recording is about to begin, the PC wakes from standby and records the program.

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