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Burning a Label on a LightScribe Media Disc Creating a label with LightScribe is a separate process from recording data, music, or picture files onto a disc. Depending on the LightScribe software you use, you can create a label before or after you burn files onto the disc. Labels can be a simple title and contents list, or you can get more creative by adding backgrounds and images. There are two ways to create a LightScribe disc label in HP Image Zone Plus. You can create a simple backup label or a more customized label. The backup label contains a disc title, the name of the person logged in, and the date and time the label is recorded, and takes about 3 to 7 minutes to print. A customized label can contain different formats and pictures and can take up to 40 minutes to print, depending on how much data is on the label. You can continue to work on your HP Media Center PC while LightScribe is burning the label. Both labels have a grayscale image similar to a black-and-white photograph. Creating a simple backup disc label with HP Image Zone Plus 1 Click Start, choose All Programs, HP, HP ImageZone Plus, and then click HP ImageZone Plus again. 2 Select the Backup and Restore tab, and then click Backup on the left side of the window. 3 Click Start backup. 4 Select Full backup or Incremental backup, and then click Next. 5 Select your media type, make sure the Use LightScribe Media check box is selected, and then click Next. 6 Select the LightScribe drive from the drop-down list, and then click Next. 7 Insert a blank disc, and then click Write disc. If you want to create a LightScribe label for your backup disc, insert a LightScribe disc with the label side up. 8 After the backup is complete, turn your disc over with the label side facing down, and then click Write Label. 9 When the label is complete, click Next, and then click Finish. Creating a customized disc label with HP Image Zone Plus 1 Click Start, choose All Programs, HP, HP ImageZone Plus, and then click HP ImageZone Plus again. 2 Select the Backup and Restore tab, and then click Backup on the left side of the window. 3 Click Print LightScribe label. 4 Insert disc, and click OK. The Sonic Express Labeler program opens. 5 Click Disc Titles, and then enter your text for Title and Subtitle. 6 Click Tracks to display the Edit Tracks window. Click New to display the Track window. Enter text for the information you want to include, and then click OK. 7 Click OK again when finished adding all the contents information. 8 Select a label template by clicking Layout and choosing a layout. Working with Pictures 51

Section	Page
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide	1
Table of Contents	3
Welcome	7
Experience the Fun of Media Center	7
Watch and record live TV	7
The right music for the moment	7
Share your digital memories	7
Transform your living space into a theater	7
Using Media Center Features	8
Using Media Center	9
Setting Up Media Center	9
Completing the setup wizard steps	9
Media Center Start Menu	10
Online Spotlight	11
Navigating Media Center	11
Media Center menu bars	11
Media Center control menu	12
Using Instant Messaging in Media Center	12
Logging in to your Messenger account	12
Changing Media Center Settings	13
Media Center Settings categories	14
Finding Additional Media Center Information	14
Using the Remote Control	15
Remote Control Buttons Overview	16
Watching and Recording TV Programs	19
Navigating My TV	19
Watching TV	20
Watching live TV	20
Controlling TV playback	21
Using the remote control in My TV	22
Using the Television Program Guide	23
Using Media Center without the Guide	23
Television Program Guide errors	24
Viewing the Television Program Guide	24
Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide	25
Manually downloading the Guide	26
Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide	26
Adding missing channels to the Guide	26
Editing channels in the Guide	27
Removing channels from the Guide	27
Searching for TV Programs	28
Searching for TV programs using categories	29
Recording TV Programs	30
Recording TV from the Guide	30
Recording programs without the Guide	31
Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space	32
Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD	32
Playing Recorded TV Programs	33
Playing Music Files	35
HP Tunes	35
My Music	36
Using HP Tunes with Media Center	36
Completing the iTunes setup wizard	37
Delays with HP Tunes	37
Selecting a default audio player	37
Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library	38
Adding music files from a CD in iTunes	38
Adding music files from the Internet	38
Adding music files from your hard disk drive	38
Using supported music file types	39
Changing song name, genre, artist, or album in iTunes	39
Playing CDs with HP Tunes	39
Creating a Playlist with iTunes	40
Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes	40
Creating Music CDs with iTunes	40
Troubleshooting HP Tunes	41
Resetting HP Tunes	41
Using My Music with Media Center	42
Adding Music to My Music Library	43
Adding music files from your hard disk drive	43
Adding music files from a CD	44
Deleting music files from the My Music library	44
Using supported music file types	45
Playing Music Files in My Music	45
Playing an album in My Music	46
Playing a song in My Music	46
Creating a Queue List in My Music	46
Finding and Playing an Album in My Music	47
Creating a Playlist in My Music	47
Copying Music Files to CD in My Music	48
Working with Pictures	49
HP Image Zone Plus	49
My Pictures	49
Working with Digital Images	49
Using HP Image Zone Plus in Media Center	50
Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone Plus	50
Creating albums	52
Modifying a date assigned to your pictures	52
Assigning a keyword to your pictures	53
Assigning a place to your pictures	53
Searching for pictures in HP Image Zone Plus	53
Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus	54
Viewing a slideshow in HP Image Zone Plus	54
Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Image Zone Plus	55
Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus	55
Using supported picture file types with HP Image Zone Plus	55
Printing Pictures in HP Image Zone Plus	56
Creating a Backup Disc of Your Pictures	56
Burning a Label on a LightScribe Media Disc	57
Creating a simple backup disc label with HP Image Zone Plus	57
Creating a customized disc label with HP Image Zone Plus	57
Using My Pictures in Media Center	58
Adding Pictures to My Pictures	59
Adding picture files from your hard disk drive	59
Viewing Pictures in My Pictures	60
Viewing pictures as a slideshow	60
Viewing a slideshow with music in My Pictures	61
Using supported picture file types in My Pictures	61
Editing Pictures in My Pictures	62
Fixing red eye or contrast	62
Cropping pictures in My Pictures	62
Rotating pictures	63
Printing Pictures in My Pictures	63
Copying Pictures to CDs and DVDs	64
Playing Videos	65
Playing Digital Videos in Media Center	65
Using Supported Video File Types	66
Transferring and Recording Video Files	66
Creating a CD/DVD from Video Files	66
Playing DVDs	67
Playing DVD Movies in Media Center	67
Changing the DVD Movie Language	68
Changing DVD Audio Settings	68
Listening to FM Radio	69
Playing FM Radio Stations	70
Organizing Radio Station Presets	71
Using the FM Radio and the TV Signal at the Same Time	71
Creating Audio and Data Discs	73
Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording	73
Working with Audio CDs	74
Verifying audio disc recorded without errors	74
Audio CD tips	75
Creating audio CDs	75
Creating jukebox discs	76
Working with Data DVDs and CDs	76
Verifying data disc recorded without errors	76
Data disc tips	77
Creating data discs	77
Copying a DVD or CD	78
Archiving Files on a CD or DVD	78
Working with Image Files	79
Creating an image file	79
Burning from an image file	79
Disc Labeling with LightScribe	79
LightScribe requirements	80
Burning a LightScribe label with Sonic Express Labeler	80
Burning a LightScribe label after burning with iTunes	80
Using adhesive disc labels	81
Compatibility Information	81
Disc Features and Compatibility Table	82
Optical Drive Quick Reference Table	83
Software Quick Reference Table	84
Creating Video Discs and Movies	87
Before You Begin Capturing Video	87
Sonic MyDVD Video Projects	87
Creating a Video Project	88
Adding files to a video project	88
Capturing video to a video project	89
Adding slideshows to a video project	89
Adding submenus to a video project	90
Editing the style of a video project	90
Editing movie files	90
Burning a video project to disc	91
Creating a Video Project with Direct-to-Disc Wizard	92
Video Quality and Disc Size	93
DVD Recording Time	93
Creating Movies Using muvee autoProducer	95
Basic Steps to Make a Movie	95
Locating the two versions of muvee autoProducer	96
Using muvee autoProducer	97
Getting started	97
Capturing video from a DV camcorder	98
Adding videos	99
Adding pictures	100
Adding music	100
Selecting the style	101
Changing the settings	101
Adding an opening title and closing credits	102
Making the movie	102
Saving the movie project	103
Recording the movie project to disc	103
Using muvee in Media Center	104
Getting started in Media Center	104
Selecting videos	105
Selecting pictures	105
Selecting music	106
Setting the style	106
Adjusting audio and video settings	106
Making the movie	107
Upgrading muvee autoProducer	108
Using an HP Personal Media Drive	109
Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with Media Center	109
Locating the Drive After Installation	110
Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive	110
Viewing and Storing Files	110
Playing Media Files	111
Playing Music Files	111
Viewing Picture Files	111
Playing Video Files	111
Watching TV Programs Stored on the HP Personal Media Drive	112
About Recording TV to the HP Personal Media Drive	112
Recording TV programs to the HP Personal Media Drive	113
Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive	113
Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive	114
Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely	114
Changing Disk Allocation	115
Updating Recorded TV List after Removing the HP Personal Media Drive	115
System Requirements to View Recorded TV Programs on Other PCs	115

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Working with Pictures

Burning a Label on a LightScribe Media Disc

Creating a label with LightScribe is a separate

process from recording data, music, or picture files

onto a disc. Depending on the LightScribe software

you use, you can create a label before or after you

burn files onto the disc. Labels can be a simple title

and contents list, or you can get more creative by

adding backgrounds and images.

There are two ways to create a LightScribe disc

label in HP Image Zone Plus. You can create a

simple backup label or a more customized label.

The backup label contains a disc title, the name of

the person logged in, and the date and time the

label is recorded, and takes about 3 to 7 minutes to

print. A customized label can contain different

formats and pictures and can take up to 40 minutes

to print, depending on how much data is on the

label. You can continue to work on your HP Media

Center PC while LightScribe is burning the label.

Both labels have a grayscale image similar to a

black-and-white photograph.

Creating a simple backup disc label with HP Image Zone Plus

Click

Start

, choose

All Programs

HP ImageZone

Plus

, and then click

HP ImageZone

Plus

again.

Select the

Backup and Restore

tab, and

then click

Backup

on the left side of the

window.

Click

Start backup

Select

Full backup

Incremental

backup

, and then click

Select your media type, make sure the Use

LightScribe Media check box is selected, and

then click

Select the LightScribe drive from the

drop-down list, and then click

Insert a blank disc, and then click

Write

disc

. If you want to create a LightScribe label

for your backup disc, insert a LightScribe disc

with the label side up.

After the backup is complete, turn your disc

over with the label side facing down, and then

click

Write Label

When the label is complete, click

, and

then click

Finish

Creating a customized disc label with HP Image Zone Plus

Click

Start

, choose

All

Programs

HP ImageZone Plus

, and then click

HP ImageZone Plus

again.

Select the

Backup and Restore

tab, and

then click

Backup

on the left side of the

window.

Click

Print LightScribe label

Insert disc, and click

. The Sonic Express

Labeler program opens.

Click

Disc Titles

, and then enter your text for

Title and Subtitle.

Click

Tracks

to display the Edit Tracks

window. Click

New

to display the Track

window. Enter text for the information you

want to include, and then click

Click

again when finished adding all the

contents information.

Select a label template by clicking

Layout

and choosing a layout.