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Using the remote control with Windows Media Center You can use the remote control within Windows Media Center to view photos, play music, watch TV programs, and perform many other activities. Use the arrow keys to select a shortcut, and then press the OK key to activate the selected shortcut. To navigate within the Windows Media Center program, point the remote control at the remote control sensor at the front of the HP TouchSmart PC, and then press a button on the remote control. To turn on the HP TouchSmart PC or put it into Sleep mode, press the On/Sleep button on the remote control. 8 Watching and Recording TV

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to Watch TV in Windows Media Center	5
Setting Up the TV Signal	5
Changing Settings for Digital TV Antenna Signal Strength	6
Configuring the Display on Your HP TouchSmart PC	6
Setting Your TV Audio Preferences	7
Setting Your Closed Captioning Preferences	7
Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control	9
Remote Control Buttons Overview	10
Using the remote control with Windows Media Center	12
Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with a Set-top Box	13
Troubleshooting the Remote Control	14
Watching and Recording TV Programs	15
Navigating TV + Movies	15
Watching TV	17
Watching live TV	17
Controlling TV playback	18
Using the remote control in TV + Movies	19
Using the Television Program Guide	20
Using Windows Media Center without the guide	20
Television Program Guide errors	21
Viewing the Television Program Guide	22
Setting up how Windows Media Center downloads the guide	23
Adding a postal code to receive the correct guide	24
Adding missing channels to the guide	24
Editing and removing channels in the guide	25
Searching for TV Programs	25
Searching for TV programs by using categories	26
Recording TV Programs	27
Recording TV by using the guide	28
Recording programs manually without using the guide	28
Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space	29
Watching TV programs stored on the HP Media Drive	30
About recording TV to the HP Media Drive	31
Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive	31
Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive	32
Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive	32
Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find	33
Changing disk space for recording TV programs	33
Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive	33
System requirements to view recorded TV programs on other computers	34
Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD	34
Media copy protection	35
Playing Recorded TV Programs	36
Playing DVDs in Windows Media Center	36

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Watching and Recording TV

Using the remote control with Windows Media

Center

You can use the remote control within Windows Media Center to view photos, play music,

watch TV programs, and perform many other activities. Use the arrow keys to select a

shortcut, and then press the OK key to activate the selected shortcut.

To navigate within the Windows Media Center program, point the remote control at the

remote control sensor at the front of the HP TouchSmart PC, and then press a button on the

remote control.

To turn on the HP TouchSmart PC or put it into Sleep mode, press the On/Sleep button on

the remote control.