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Table of Contents
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Configuring Speaker and Sound Options
Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control
Introducing Your Computer Software
Managing Files
Using CD and DVD Media Drives
Using the Memory Card Reader
Using the HP Personal Media Drive and HP Pocket Media Drive
Using Windows Media Center
Playing CDs, DVDs, or VCDs
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Working with Pictures and Videos
Creating Movies by Using muvee autoProducer
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Getting Help
Using the hardware diagnostic tools
Using HP Total Care Advisor Software
3Click HP Total Care Advisor
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Turning On the Computer for the First Time
Using Shut Down
Using Lock
Using Sleep mode
Using Hibernate mode
Automatic Sleep, Hibernate, or Away mode
Connecting to the Internet
All Programs
c Click Online Services and then click Easy Internet Services
Internet Explorer
Using the Computer with Safety and Comfort
User Guides
Safety & Comfort Guide
Setting Up User Accounts
Protecting the Computer
Computer risk
Security feature
Using passwords
Using antivirus software
Using firewall software
Configuring the computer for automatic Microsoft software updates
Installing critical security updates
Transferring Files and Settings from an Old Computer to a New Computer
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Using the Keyboard
Alphanumeric keys
Function keys
Edit keys
Arrow keys
Numeric keys
Keyboard indicators
Special keyboard buttons
Identifying Special Keyboard Buttons
Access buttons
Feature
hp Or
Compaq
Description (continued)
Media control or playback buttons
Label
Customizing the keyboard buttons
Synchronizing a wireless mouse and keyboard
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Using the Mouse
Scrolling
Autoscrolling
Panning
Switching mouse button functions
Changing mouse pointer speed
Changing the double-clickspeed
Turning on the ClickLock option
Changing the scroll wheel speed
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Configuring Speaker and Sound Options
Adjusting speaker volume
Selecting a microphone
Adjusting microphone volume
Configuring audio output
Using the Creative Sound Blaster X-Fior X-FiFatality audio card
Configuring the audio card software
Configuring the FlexiJack connector
Sound Blaster X-Ficonfiguration modes
Using Audio Creation Mode
Using Entertainment Mode
Using Game Mode
Configuring speakers with Realtek HD Audio Manager
The Realtek HD Audio Manager control screens
Microphone:
Line In (Digital Input):
Configuring sound for recording with the Realtek HD Audio Manager
Retasking front panel audio connectors
Configuring multistreaming audio
Audio output overview
Audio input overview
When to use multistreaming audio
Setting up multistreaming audio
Example 1: For online gaming
Example 2: For digital home entertainment
Configuring audio for Windows Media Center
Selecting recording devices
Resolving sound issues
Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control
The remote control can:
The remote control cannot:
Remote Control Buttons Overview
1 On/Off (Sleep) —
2 Visualization —
3 Music —
4 Radio —
Clear —
LED —
Print —
Picture —
Video —
About the Remote Control
Remote sensor is not receiving a signal from the remote control
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Introducing Your Computer Software
Removing desktop icons
Retrieving desktop icons
Removing files permanently
Using the All Programs menu
Organizing the All Programs list
Resizing Windows
About the Internet
http://www.hp.com
Searching the Internet
Restricting Internet content
Configuring and registering Norton Internet
Security software
Manually running a scan
Setting a Full System Scan time
Setting up a Custom Scan time
Using Windows Mail
Using the e-mailprogram provided by your ISP
Software Quick Reference Table
DVD Play
With this program: You can:
HP, and then click HP Photosmart Essential
With this program:
You can: (continued)
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Managing Files
Creating Folders
Organize
New Folder
Moving Files
Cut
Finding Files
Renaming Files
Deleting Files
Retrieving Files from the Recycle Bin
Restore this item
Copying Files
Copy Here
Using a Printer
File
Print
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Using CD and DVD Media Drives
Handling CDs and DVDs
Inserting and removing CDs and DVDs
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Compatibility Information
Disc Features and Compatibility Table
Can be
Plays in
recorded
home or car
Optical Drive Quick Reference Table
Using Blu-rayand HD Disc Drives
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Using the Memory Card Reader
4-slotmemory card reader (select models only)
Card (continued)
MiniSD
MMC
RSMMC
MMC Plus
2-slotmemory card reader (select models only)
Understanding the Activity Light
Formatting a Memory Card
Format
FAT
Start
Troubleshooting the Memory Card Reader
Stop
Using the HP Personal Media Drive and HP Pocket Media Drive
Connecting the Drive
Inserting the Drive into an HP Drive Bay
HP Media Drive fronts
Locating the Drive and Assigning a Drive Letter
2Click Computer
Transferring files to another computer manually
Disconnecting the Drive
Safely Remove Hardware
USB Mass Storage Device
HP Media Drive
Microsoft updates
Drive does not appear on my computer
Data transfer rate seems slow with my USB 2.0 adapter card
HP Media Drive software has stopped working
Write Cache Enable does not stay enabled
Administrator privilege for installing software
Using Windows Media Center
Completing the setup wizard
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Windows Media Center Start menu items
Music —
Tasks —
Shutdown —
Windows Media Center Features
Watch and record live TV
The right music for the moment
Playing FM or Internet radio
Sharing your digital memories
Transforming your living space into a theater
Online media
Opening Windows Media Center with a mouse
Opening Windows Media Center with the Windows Media Center remote control
Using the Windows Media Center menu bars
Selecting items in Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center control menu
Windows Media Center Settings categories
Using Windows Media Center power settings
8Click Save changes
Playing CDs, DVDs, or VCDs
Using Music with Windows Media Center
Adding music to the music library
Adding music files from the hard disk drive
Adding music files from a CD
Deleting music files from the music library
Using supported music file types
Playing Music Files in Windows Media Center
music library
play
play all
playlists
Changing the visualization settings
Playing an album in Windows Media Center
Playing a song in Windows Media Center
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Searching for music tracks and files
artists
genres
6Click play all
7Click View Queue
Save As Playlist
Copying Music Files to CD in Windows Media Center
Tasks
burn cd/dvd
Retry
Audio CD
Listening to Online Radio Stations
radio
presets
sources
Listening to FM Radio Stations
Setting Up the TV Signal
Set Up TV Signal
Configure my TV signal automatically (Recommended)
Playing FM Radio Stations
FM RADIO
Seek
Tune
Preset
Save as Preset
Edit Preset
Organizing and Using Preset Radio Stations
Cancel
Using preset radio stations
Playing CDs with Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player
Now Playing
Playing DVDs
HP DVD Play
Using Windows Media Center to play DVDs
Troubleshooting poor playback when playing DVDs
Using country/region codes
Changing the DVD movie language
Changing DVD remote control options
Changing DVD closed captioning
Changing DVD Audio Settings
Playing DVDs with Windows Media Player
Find DVD Info
Using DVD Play to Play DVDs, Videos, High-DefinitionDVDs, and Blu-rayDVDs
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Playing video CDs (VCDs) with
Windows Media Player
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Creating Audio and Data Discs
Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording
CyberLink DVD Suite
Power2Go
Disc Utilities
Erase Disc
Audio CD tips
Before you begin creating discs
Creating audio CDs
Creating video discs
Copying a disc
Copying a disc using two disc drives
Copying a disc using one disc drive
Creating data discs
Making a disc label using LightScribe Technology
What is LightScribe
LightScribe requirements
Making a LightScribe label by using CyberLink LabelPrint
Making a paper disc label
8Under Step 3: Select the label’s layout and background:
Working with Pictures and Videos
Adding picture files from the hard disk drive
2Click Pictures + Videos and then click picture library
tags
date taken
folders
Picture Details
Viewing pictures as a slide show
Viewing a slide show with music
Using supported picture file types in Windows Media Center
Fixing red eye or contrast
Cropping pictures in Windows Media Center
Rotating pictures
Printing Pictures in Windows Media Center
Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs in
Playing digital videos
Using supported video file types
Recording analog and digital video files
Creating a DVD from Video Files in
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Creating Movies by Using muvee autoProducer
Basic steps for making a movie
File type (continued)
.tif
Add music:
.aac
.mp3
Getting started
Button
Enables you to:
See
Get Video from
Camera
Capturing video from a digital video camera
Capturing live video from a DV camera
Capturing pictures from a DV camera
Capturing recorded video from a DV camera
Adding videos
magicMoments
green
thumbs-up
red
thumbs-down
Adding pictures
Adding music
Selecting the style
Changing the settings
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Making the movie
Previewing the movie
Modifying the movie
Saving the movie project
Recording the movie project to disc
Upgrading muvee autoProducer
Supported muvee autoProducer output file types
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Watching and Recording TV Programs
movies guide:
play dvd:
Watching live TV
Controlling TV playback
Using the remote control in TV + Movies
Using Windows Media Center without the guide
Television Program Guide errors
Viewing the Television Program Guide
Setting up how Windows Media Center downloads the guide
Adding a postal code to receive the correct guide
Adding missing channels to the guide
Editing and removing channels in the guide
Searching for TV programs by using categories
Recording TV Programs
recorded tv
View scheduled
Recording icons Description
Recording TV by using the guide
Recording programs manually without using the guide
Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space
Watching TV programs stored on the
HP Media Drive
About recording TV to the HP Media Drive
Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive
Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive
Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive
Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find
Changing disk space for recording TV programs
Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive
System requirements to view recorded TV programs on other computers
Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD
Media copy protection
Playing Recorded TV Programs
Users
Public
Play with Windows Media Center
date recorded
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