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

Opening Media Center using a mouse

3

Opening Media Center using the remote control

4

Media Center menu bars

4

Navigating Media Center

5

Media Center control menu

5

Using Media Center Away mode

6

Completing the setup wizard steps

7

Media Center Start Menu

8

Media Center Start menu items

8

Online Spotlight

9

Using Instant Messaging in Media Center

9

Logging in to your Messenger account

9

Changing Media Center Settings

10

Media Center Settings categories

10

Finding Additional Media Center Information

11

Using the Remote Control

13

Remote Control Buttons Overview

14

Watching and Recording TV Programs

17

Navigating My TV

17

Watching TV

18

Watching live TV

18

Controlling TV playback

19

Using the remote control in My TV

20

Using the Television Program Guide

21

Using Media Center without the Guide

21

Television Program Guide errors

22

Viewing the Television Program Guide

22

Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide

23

Manually downloading the Guide

24

Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide

24

Adding missing channels to the Guide

24

Editing channels in the Guide

25

Removing channels from the Guide

25

Searching for TV Programs

26

Searching for TV programs using categories

27

Recording TV Programs

28

Recording TV from the Guide

28

Recording programs manually without using the Guide

29

Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space

30

Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD

30

Media Copy Protection

31

Playing Recorded TV Programs

31

Playing Music Files

33

HP Tunes

33

My Music

33

Using HP Tunes with Media Center

34

Completing the iTunes Setup Assistant wizard

34

Delays with HP Tunes

34

Selecting a default audio player

35

Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library

35

Adding music files from a CD in iTunes

35

Adding music files from the Internet

36

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

36

Using supported music file types

37

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

37

Playing CDs with HP Tunes

37

Creating a Playlist with iTunes

38

Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes

38

Creating Music CDs with iTunes

39

Troubleshooting HP Tunes

39

Resetting HP Tunes

40

Using My Music with Media Center

41

Adding Music to My Music Library

41

Adding music files from your hard disk drive

42

Adding music files from a CD

43

Deleting music files from the My Music library

43

Using supported music file types

44

Playing Music Files in My Music

44

Playing an album in My Music

45

Playing a song in My Music

45

Creating a Queue List in My Music

46

Finding and Playing an Album in My Music

46

Creating a Playlist in My Music

47

Copying Music Files to CD in My Music

47

Working with Pictures

49

HP Image Zone

49

My Pictures

49

Working with Digital Images

50

Using HP Image Zone in Media Center

50

Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone

50

Creating albums

52

Modifying a date assigned to your pictures

52

Assigning a keyword to your pictures

53

Assigning a place to your pictures

53

Searching for pictures in Media Center

54

Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone

54

Viewing a slideshow in HP Image Zone

54

Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Image Zone

55

Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone

55

Editing pictures in HP Image Zone from the desktop

55

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