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Viewing Pictures in My Pictures

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n From the My Pictures menu, you can select Settings to: ■ Select a slide transition, slide time delay, and a background color. ■ Include picture folders you have created. ■ Show captions. ■ Display your pictures randomly. ■ Show song information during slide show. Viewing Pictures in My Pictures After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to view your pictures: 1 Press the Start button control. on the remote 2 Select My Pictures. The right side of the window shows a small picture image (thumbnail) and, if you've organized your pictures into folders, folder icons. The pictures are displayed just as you organized them in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer. 3 Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to move through your picture files and folder files and select a picture. 4 Press OK to select a picture or folder to view. The selected picture opens in full-screen mode. 5 Press OK again to zoom in 150%; press OK again to zoom in 225%. Press the arrow buttons to pan across a picture. To return the picture to the original size, press OK a third time. n If the message Image cannot be displayed appears, the file may be corrupted or it may be an unsupported file type. You may need to edit your image with a photo editor and save it in a supported file format. Using supported picture file types You can view the following types of image files in Media Center. File extension .jpg, .jpeg .tif, .tiff .gif .bmp .wmf .png File type Joint Photographic Experts Group Tagged Image File Format Graphics Interchange Format Bitmap Windows MetaFile Portable Network Graphics 78 HP Media Center PC Software Guide ■ Only supported image file types are displayed in My Pictures. Unsupported files are skipped in a slide show. ■ Folder icons appear even if the images inside them cannot be displayed. ■ Corrupted and unsupported image file types display a generic image icon but cannot be displayed in Media Center. ■ Some file types are supported only if appropriate filters and software are installed.

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HP Media Center PC Software Guide
Viewing Pictures in My Pictures
After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures
folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to
view your pictures:
1
Press the Start button
on the remote
control.
2
Select
My Pictures
. The right side of the
window shows a small picture image
(thumbnail) and, if you’ve organized your
pictures into folders, folder icons. The
pictures are displayed just as you organized
them in the My Pictures folder in Windows
Explorer.
3
Use the arrow buttons on the remote control
to move through your picture files and folder
files and select a picture.
4
Press OK to select a picture or folder to view.
The selected picture opens in full-screen
mode.
5
Press OK again to zoom in 150%; press OK
again to zoom in 225%. Press the arrow
buttons to pan across a picture. To return the
picture to the original size, press OK a third
time.
Using supported picture file types
You can view the following types of image files in
Media Center.
Only supported image file types are displayed
in My Pictures. Unsupported files are skipped
in a slide show.
Folder icons appear even if the images inside
them cannot be displayed.
Corrupted and unsupported image file types
display a generic image icon but cannot be
displayed in Media Center.
Some file types are supported only if
appropriate filters and software are installed.
n
From the My Pictures
menu, you can select
Settings to:
Select a slide
transition, slide
time delay, and a
background color.
Include picture
folders you have
created.
Show captions.
Display your
pictures randomly.
Show song
information during
slide show.
File
extension
File type
.jpg, .jpeg
Joint Photographic Experts
Group
.tif, .tiff
Tagged Image File Format
.gif
Graphics Interchange Format
.bmp
Bitmap
.wmf
Windows MetaFile
.png
Portable Network Graphics
n
If the message
Image
cannot be displayed
appears, the file may
be corrupted or it
may be an
unsupported file
type. You may need
to edit your image
with a photo editor
and save it in a
supported file format.