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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
Media Center Setup
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Connecting the TV Signal Source When You Have an Existing Setup
This section describes how to connect the signal source from
the wall to a VCR/DVD player to a TV using two coaxial
cables (not shipped with your computer or system).
1Remove the coaxial cable from the VCR/DVD player input,
and connect it to the input of a coaxial cable signal splitter
(not shipped with your computer or system).
2Connect two coaxial cables to the splitter outputs.
3Connect one of the coaxial cables to the VCR/DVD
player input, and the other end to coaxial adapter cable
(included with your computer). Connect the adapter cable
to the Antenna In port on the back of the computer.
To connect your computer to a TV, you need an S-video cable
(not included with your computer or system).
Connecting a VCR/DVD player or Set-Top Box to the Computer
There are three different ways you can connect a VCR/DVD
player or Set-Top box to the computer:
❖Connect the AV Composite cable (not included) from the
VCR/DVD player or Set-top box to the Composite
Video/Audio adapter cable (included with your
computer). Connect the adapter cable to the RGB
(monitor) port on the back of the computer.
❖Connect a coaxial cable from the VCR/DVD player or
Set-top box to the coaxial adapter cable (included with
your computer). Connect the adapter cable to the
Antenna In port on the back of the computer.
❖For those VCR/DVD players or Set-top boxes that
support S-video out, connect an S-video cable from the
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