Windows Media Center Features .........................................................................

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The right music for the moment ........................................................................

162

Playing Internet radio .....................................................................................

162

Sharing your digital memories.........................................................................

162

Transforming your living space into a theater ....................................................

163

Online media................................................................................................

163

Navigating Windows Media Center .....................................................................

163

Opening Windows Media Center with a mouse................................................

163

Opening Windows Media Center with the Windows Media Center

 

remote control ...............................................................................................

164

Using the Windows Media Center menu bars ...................................................

164

Selecting items in Windows Media Center........................................................

165

Windows Media Center control menu ..............................................................

166

Changing Windows Media Center Settings ...........................................................

166

Windows Media Center Settings categories......................................................

167

Using Windows Media Center power settings...................................................

168

Creating Audio and Data Discs.............................................................

169

Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording ............................................................

170

Working with Audio CDs ....................................................................................

170

Audio CD tips ...............................................................................................

171

Before you begin creating discs.......................................................................

172

Creating audio CDs .......................................................................................

172

Creating video discs ......................................................................................

173

Copying a disc .............................................................................................

174

Creating data discs........................................................................................

175

Making a disc label using LightScribe Technology .............................................

175

Making a paper disc label..............................................................................

177

Working with Pictures and Videos .......................................................

179

Working with Digital Images ...............................................................................

179

Viewing Pictures in Windows Media Center ..........................................................

180

Adding Pictures in Windows Media Center ...........................................................

180

Adding picture files from the hard disk drive .....................................................

180

Viewing Pictures in Windows Media Center ..........................................................

181

Viewing pictures as a slide show .....................................................................

182

Viewing a slide show with music .....................................................................

182

Using supported picture file types in Windows Media Center..............................

183

Editing Pictures in Windows Media Center ............................................................

184

Fixing red eye or contrast ...............................................................................

184

Cropping pictures in Windows Media Center ...................................................

184

Rotating pictures............................................................................................

185

Printing Pictures in Windows Media Center ...........................................................

186

Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs in Windows Media Center ................................

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