HP Media Center m1200 Important Media Center Information: iTunes

Your system uses Microsoft

®

Windows

®

XP Media Center Edition 2005. Before starting the system and using

the Media Center Setup Wizard, please read this updated information regarding:

•

Initial Setup Wait Time

•

Using Media Center Setup Wizard for Optional Setup of your TV Display

•

Configuring Audio Out

•

Using HP Tunes in Media Center

Please keep this information with your Media Center documentation.

Initial Setup Wait Time

After you power up your system for the first time and

complete the initial setup, you will see a welcome screen.

This welcome screen will be displayed for one to three

minutes, without any visible sign of system activity. During

this period, your system is completing your account setup

and should not be interrupted — please do not power off

while the welcome screen is displayed. After it completes,

the desktop will be displayed and the Media Center Setup

Wizard will automatically launch.

Using Media Center Setup

Wizard for Optional Setup

of your TV Display

If your TV connects to the system using a composite or

S-video connection, the Media Center Setup Wizard cannot

make automatic adjustment of settings for your TV display.

This automatic adjustment is available during the Optional

Setup, within the option

Optimize how Media Center looks

on your display

. Instead of using the wizard for automatic

adjustment, set the TV display by using the Windows

Desktop Properties.

The following procedure describes what to do within the

Media Center Setup Wizard and how to use the Windows

Desktop Properties to adjust settings for your TV display.

1

During the Media Center Setup Wizard, at the Optional

Setup, after you select

Optimize how Media Center

looks on your display

, select the display type for

Identify Your Display Type

, and then select the

Connection Type

for your TV display by proceeding as

described below:

•

If you choose the option

Composite or S-video

,

click

Next

, and then continue with step 2.

•

If you choose the options

DVI or VGA

or

Component

(YPbPr)

, you do not need to continue with this

procedure. Continue using the wizard because the

wizard can adjust your TV display.

2

On the next screen, select

Keep my current settings

and continue

, and then click

Next

. Do not select the

option

Preview Automatic Adjustment

.

IMPORTANT:

If you choose option

Preview Automatic

Adjustment

, the screen may appear black or seem to halt

for approximately 20 seconds. Wait until the wizard screen

reappears, choose

Do not adjust any settings

, click

Next

, and then continue with the next step in this

procedure.

3

Continue using the wizard until finished, and then either

close or minimize Media Center.

4

Right-click a free area of the Windows desktop and

choose

Properties

.

5

Click the

Settings

tab, and then click the

Advanced

button on that tab.

6

Click the

ATI Displays

tab.

7

Click the

TV

button (the small bar above the TV icon).

The TV Properties window opens. (Your TV must be

connected to the system.)

NOTE:

You may need to click the

On

button (at the left

corner of the TV button bar) to make the On button green,

and then click

Apply

.

8

Click the

Adjustments

tab.

9

Adjust the screen position or screen size, and then click

Apply

.

10

Click

OK

as needed to close the windows.

Repeat steps 4 through 10 when you want to adjust your TV

display settings.

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HP Media Center m1200 Important Media Center Information: iTunes

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