HP HP-380467-003 Important PC Updates

Your PC uses the Microsoft

®

Windows

®

XP Media Center Edition

2005 operating system. Before starting the system and using the

Media Center setup wizard, read this updated information

regarding the following topics. Keep this information with your

Media Center documentation.

Documentation Updates

IMPORTANT

:

For the latest information about setting up your

PC, refer to the setup poster that was included with your PC.

If your PC model does not include a TV tuner, a remote control,

or an HP Personal Media Drive bay, some of the chapters in the

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software

Guide

may not apply to your PC model. These chapters are:

•

Using the Remote Control

•

Watching and Recording TV Programs

•

Listening to FM Radio

•

Using an HP Personal Media Drive

•

Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos

Opening and navigating Media Center without a

remote control

Most of the procedures in the

Microsoft Windows XP Media

Center Edition 2005 Software Guide

include instructions using

the remote control.

Use your mouse to open and navigate within Media Center

without a remote control:

1

Click

Start

on the taskbar, and then click

Media

Center

.

2

Move your mouse over the Media Center Start menu items

and click an item to open it. Select an option by clicking it.

To scroll the list of Start menu items, move the mouse pointer

over the list until the item is selected, then continue moving

the pointer past the list to see the items that are not

displayed.

3

Click the

back arrow

at the top of the window to

go to a previous window.

4

Click the

?

icon at the top of the window to open the

Media Center Help.

5

Click the

Media Center

icon to return to the Media

Center Start menu.

NOTE:

For the latest information about using Media Center, go

to the Microsoft Web site at

http://www.microsoft.com

Using Media Center without a TV tuner

If your PC does not come with a TV tuner:

•

Your PC does not have audio and video input connectors

on the front panel.

•

You cannot use the video capture software referred to in

the printed documentation.

•

The

My TV

and

FM Radio

options do not appear on the

Media Center Start menu or in the Settings menu.

•

All of the procedures regarding watching, searching, and

recording TV programs do not apply.

•

The information about the Television Program Guide does

not apply.

•

The information about FM Radio does not apply.

•

The information about capturing analog and digital video

does not apply.

NOTE:

HP does not support TV tuner cards purchased

separately.

Using Media Center with or without

an HP Personal Media Drive

If you purchase an HP Personal Media Drive separately, refer to

the documentation that comes with the drive and refer to the

”Using the HP Personal Media Drive” chapter in the

Getting

Started Guide

for setting up and using the drive.

If you plan to use this drive with Media Center, refer to the

”Using an HP Personal Media Drive” chapter in the

Microsoft

Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide.

If

you do not intend to use this drive, you can disregard this

chapter

.

Hardware Updates

•

Some of the components listed in the

HP Media Center

Getting Started Guide

are optional and are for select

models only.

•

Some of the components included with your PC model may

not be listed in the

documentation

.

•

Your HP Media Center PC may not include speakers.

HP speakers can be purchased separately. For some models,

speakers are included with the HP monitor.

•

Some HP PC models come with a camera docking bay.

The camera, docking station, and the docking station bay

lids are optional items that can be purchased separately.

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