Playing a recorded program on a non-HP Digital Entertainment Center

1Make sure the PC has Windows XP Service Pack 1 and DVD player software installed.

a Click Start and then click My Computer.

b Click Help and then click About Windows.

c In the About Windows dialog box, if you see Service Pack 1 in the version information, go to step 2. If not, you must install Windows XP Service Pack 1. For more information go to: http://www.microsoft.com

2Make sure the PC has a media player that works with Windows XP Service Pack 1, such as Windows Media Player 9 or later. If Windows Media Player is installed, check for software updates.

3Download and install the update from Microsoft’s Web site. Search for “Watch television shows recorded by HP Digital Entertainment Centers on other Microsoft Windows XP PCs.”

4Open the media player program and then open the digital video recording file (.dvr-ms extension) you want to watch.

Recorded TV shows are stored by default in the Recorded TV folder in the Shared Documents folder on the local hard disk drive of an HP Digital Entertainment Center.

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To play recorded TV programs in Windows Media Player, a PC requires:

■The Windows XP operating system.

■Windows Media Player 9 or later.

■A special Media Center codec file that may be available through Windows Update (for select models only).

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