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Changing My TV Settings

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Changing My TV Settings Use My TV Settings to customize the Windows XP Media Center My TV. You can adjust settings for the TV recorder, Guide, TV signal, display settings, audio, and My TV. To use the Settings menu 1 On the remote, press the My TV button. The Windows XP Media Center starts. 2 Navigate to Settings, then press the OK button. The Settings menu opens. Help: For more information about the My TV Settings options, see topics in Change settings for My TV located under the My TV section of the Windows XP Media Center Help. To open Windows XP Media Center Help, move the mouse to activate the menu bar, then click the Help button . In Settings you can: • Select Recorder to view the TV program recording history log, change drive storage settings (such as how much disk space to allocate for program recordings), and change the TV program recording quality setting. Also, you can see how much recording time has been used, how much is available for recording new programs, what the recording default settings are, and more. • Select Guide to edit the Guide listings, add missing channels to the Guide, reset the Guide lineup, and update the Guide information. • Select Set up TV signal to choose the video source, such as cable, satellite, or antenna, that is connected to your Media Center PC. • Select Adjust display settings to adjust the video settings for the display. • Select Audio to set audio, captioning, and captioning display options. • Select My TV to choose whether to automatically start playing the TV after starting My TV or whether to start playing the TV only when you select Live TV. 38

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Changing My TV Settings
Use My TV Settings to customize the Windows XP Media
Center My TV. You can adjust settings for the TV recorder,
Guide, TV signal, display settings, audio, and My TV.
To use the Settings menu
1
On the remote, press the
My TV
button. The
Windows XP Media Center starts.
2
Navigate to
Settings
, then press the
OK
button. The
Settings
menu opens.
Help:
For more information about the My TV Settings options, see topics in
Change settings for My TV
located under the
My TV
section of the
Windows XP Media Center Help. To open Windows XP Media Center
Help, move the mouse to activate the menu bar, then click the
Help button
.
In Settings you can:
• Select
Recorder
to view the TV program recording
history log, change drive storage settings (such
as how much disk space to allocate for program
recordings), and change the TV program recording
quality setting. Also, you can see how much
recording time has been used, how much is
available for recording new programs, what the
recording default settings are, and more.
• Select
Guide
to edit the Guide listings, add missing
channels to the Guide, reset the Guide lineup, and
update the Guide information.
• Select
Set up TV signal
to choose the video
source, such as cable, satellite, or antenna, that is
connected to your Media Center PC.
• Select
Adjust display settings
to adjust the video
settings for the display.
• Select
Audio
to set audio, captioning, and
captioning display options.
• Select
My TV
to choose whether to automatically
start playing the TV after starting My TV or whether
to start playing the TV only when you select Live TV.