HP Media Center m7200 HP Media Center PC Software Guide - Page 3

Table of Contents Welcome 1 Experience the Fun of Media Center 1 Watch and record live TV 1 The right music for the moment 1 Share your digital memories 1 Transform your living space into a theater 1 Using Media Center Features 2 Using Media Center 3 Setting Up Media Center 3 Opening Media Center using a mouse 3 Opening Media Center using the remote control 4 Media Center menu bars 4 Navigating Media Center 5 Media Center control menu 5 Using Media Center Away mode 6 Completing the setup wizard steps 7 Media Center Start Menu 8 Media Center Start menu items 8 Online Spotlight 9 Using Instant Messaging in Media Center 9 Logging in to your Messenger account 9 Changing Media Center Settings 10 Media Center Settings categories 10 Finding Additional Media Center Information 11 Using the Remote Control 13 Remote Control Buttons Overview 14 Teletext access buttons 16 Watching and Recording TV Programs ........ 17 Navigating My TV 17 Watching TV 18 Watching live TV 18 Controlling TV playback 19 Using the remote control in My TV 20 Using the Television Program Guide 21 Using Media Center without the Guide 21 Television Program Guide errors 22 Viewing the Television Program Guide 22 Setting up how Media Center downloads the Guide 23 Manually downloading the Guide 24 Adding a postal code to receive the correct Guide 24 Adding missing channels to the Guide 24 Editing channels in the Guide 25 Removing channels from the Guide 25 Searching for TV Programs 26 Searching for TV programs using categories 27 Recording TV Programs 28 Recording TV from the Guide 28 Recording programs manually without using the Guide 29 Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space 30 Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD 30 Media Copy Protection 31 Playing Recorded TV Programs 31 Playing Music Files 33 HP Tunes 33 My Music 33 Using HP Tunes with Media Center 34 Completing the iTunes Setup Assistant wizard 34 Delays with HP Tunes 34 Selecting a default audio player 35 Adding Music to the iTunes Music Library 35 Adding music files from a CD in iTunes 35 Adding music files from the Internet 36 Adding music files from your hard disk drive 36 Using supported music file types 37 Changing song title, genre, artist, or album in iTunes 37 Playing CDs with HP Tunes 37 Creating a Playlist with iTunes 38 Creating and Editing a Now Playing List with HP Tunes ...........38 Creating Music CDs with iTunes 39 Troubleshooting HP Tunes 39 Resetting HP Tunes 40 Using My Music with Media Center 41 Adding Music to My Music Library 41 Adding music files from your hard disk drive 42 Adding music files from a CD 43 Deleting music files from the My Music library 43 Using supported music file types 44 Playing Music Files in My Music 44 Playing an album in My Music 45 Playing a song in My Music 45 Creating a Queue List in My Music 46 Finding and Playing an Album in My Music 46 Creating a Playlist in My Music 47 Copying Music Files to CD in My Music 47 Working with Pictures 49 HP Image Zone 49 My Pictures 49 Working with Digital Images 50 Using HP Image Zone in Media Center 50 Creating your picture catalog in HP Image Zone 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 Media Center 54 Viewing Pictures in HP Image Zone 54 Viewing a slideshow in HP Image Zone 54 Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Image Zone 55 Editing Pictures in HP Image Zone 55 Table of Contents iii