HP Pavilion Media Center m7600 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 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 25 Editing channels in the Guide 25 Removing channels from the Guide 26 Searching for TV Programs 26 Searching for TV programs using categories 27 Recording TV Programs 28 Recording TV from the Guide 29 Recording programs manually without using the Guide ...........30 Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space 31 Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD 31 Media Copy Protection 32 Playing Recorded TV Programs 32 Playing Music Files 33 My Music 33 Using My Music with Media Center 33 Adding Music to My Music Library 34 Adding music files from your hard disk drive 34 Adding music files from a CD 35 Deleting music files from the My Music library 35 Using supported music file types 36 Playing Music Files in My Music 36 Playing an album in My Music 37 Playing a song in My Music 37 Creating a Queue List in My Music 38 Finding and Playing an Album in My Music 38 Creating a Playlist in My Music 39 Copying Music Files to CD in My Music 40 Working with Pictures 41 HP Photosmart 41 My Pictures 41 Working with Digital Images 42 Using HP Photosmart in Media Center 42 Creating your picture catalog in HP Photosmart Premier ..........42 Creating albums 44 Modifying a date assigned to your pictures 44 Assigning a keyword to your pictures 45 Assigning a place to your pictures 45 Searching for pictures in Media Center 46 Viewing Pictures in HP Photosmart 46 Viewing a slideshow in HP Photosmart 46 Viewing a slideshow with music in HP Photosmart 47 Editing Pictures in HP Photosmart Premier 47 Editing pictures in HP Photosmart Premier from the desktop ......47 Editing pictures in HP Photosmart in Media Center 48 Sharing Pictures in HP Photosmart Premier 48 Using supported file types with HP Photosmart Premier 50 Printing Pictures in HP Photosmart 51 Creating a Backup Disc of Your Pictures 51 Using My Pictures in Media Center 52 Adding Pictures to My Pictures 53 Adding picture files from your hard disk drive 53 Viewing Pictures in My Pictures 54 Viewing pictures as a slideshow 54 Viewing a slideshow with music in My Pictures 55 Table of Contents iii