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... Digital TV Antenna Signal Strength 2 Configuring the Display on Your HP TouchSmart PC 2 Setting Your TV Audio Preferences 3 Setting Your Closed Captioning Preferences 3 Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control 5 Remote Control Buttons Overview 6 Using the remote control with Windows Media Center 8 Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with a Set-top Box 9 Troubleshooting the Remote Control...
... Digital TV Antenna Signal Strength 2 Configuring the Display on Your HP TouchSmart PC 2 Setting Your TV Audio Preferences 3 Setting Your Closed Captioning Preferences 3 Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control 5 Remote Control Buttons Overview 6 Using the remote control with Windows Media Center 8 Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with a Set-top Box 9 Troubleshooting the Remote Control...
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... 26 About recording TV to the HP Media Drive 27 Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive 27 Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive 28 Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive 28 Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find 29 Changing... disk space for recording TV programs 29 Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive 29 System requirements to view recorded TV programs on other computers 30 Copying...
... 26 About recording TV to the HP Media Drive 27 Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive 27 Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive 28 Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive 28 Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find 29 Changing... disk space for recording TV programs 29 Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive 29 System requirements to view recorded TV programs on other computers 30 Copying...
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...not in the selection box under Tasks when you are doing something else. Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to Watch TV in Windows Media Center For information on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Setting Up the TV ...and then Set Up TV Signal. 5 Click Yes, and then Next. 6 Select a region, and click Next. With Windows Media Center, you to Watch TV in Windows Media Center 1 Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to watch live TV and record TV programs on your TV shows automatically while you first click it...
...not in the selection box under Tasks when you are doing something else. Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to Watch TV in Windows Media Center For information on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Setting Up the TV ...and then Set Up TV Signal. 5 Click Yes, and then Next. 6 Select a region, and click Next. With Windows Media Center, you to Watch TV in Windows Media Center 1 Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to watch live TV and record TV programs on your TV shows automatically while you first click it...
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...on your display type and your preferred solution, and then click Next. Or Click No to change the way Windows Media Center looks on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Select Keep my current settings and continue, ... Button on your display. Or 2 Watching and Recording TV Changing Settings for Digital TV Antenna Signal Strength 1 Click the Windows Start Button on Your HP TouchSmart PC Use the Display Configuration wizard to change the resolution. If "settings" is not in the selection box under Tasks when ...
...on your display type and your preferred solution, and then click Next. Or Click No to change the way Windows Media Center looks on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Select Keep my current settings and continue, ... Button on your display. Or 2 Watching and Recording TV Changing Settings for Digital TV Antenna Signal Strength 1 Click the Windows Start Button on Your HP TouchSmart PC Use the Display Configuration wizard to change the resolution. If "settings" is not in the selection box under Tasks when ...
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...Shape), Brightness (Black & Shadow), Contrast (White), and RGB Color Balance. Setting Your Closed Captioning Preferences 1 Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Or Select Use Custom Settings Below, and use the ...Or Click Next to view a list of advanced Closed Captioning options. 8 Select Use Settings in Broadcast, and then click Save. Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to your preferences. 9 Click Save, and then Save again. Click No, and then Next. 8 If you selected Yes to accept the...
...Shape), Brightness (Black & Shadow), Contrast (White), and RGB Color Balance. Setting Your Closed Captioning Preferences 1 Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then All Programs. 2 Click Windows Media Center . 3 Locate the Tasks menu, and click settings. Or Select Use Custom Settings Below, and use the ...Or Click Next to view a list of advanced Closed Captioning options. 8 Select Use Settings in Broadcast, and then click Save. Setting Up Your HP TouchSmart PC to your preferences. 9 Click Save, and then Save again. Click No, and then Next. 8 If you selected Yes to accept the...
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...Control 5 Control the video display. You can : Navigate and control all Windows Media Center windows. Place the computer in a VCR or DVD player. Be used as a TV remote control helps you navigate the Windows Media Center windows on the computer. This remote control helps you navigate cable TV options ...or control the playback of a movie in and out of Windows Media Center. The remote control can use the remote control with Windows Media Center. Close Windows Media Center or switch users. Turn on the computer just as a VCR, DVD player, or...
...Control 5 Control the video display. You can : Navigate and control all Windows Media Center windows. Place the computer in a VCR or DVD player. Be used as a TV remote control helps you navigate the Windows Media Center windows on the computer. This remote control helps you navigate cable TV options ...or control the playback of a movie in and out of Windows Media Center. The remote control can use the remote control with Windows Media Center. Close Windows Media Center or switch users. Turn on the computer just as a VCR, DVD player, or...
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... Watching and Recording TV Turns computer sound off . 2 Visualization - The word Mute is displayed when Mute is synchronized to the previous window within all Windows Media Center windows. 8 DVD Menu - Remote Control Buttons Overview 1 On/Off - Moves the cursor to the beginning of the music tracks. 3 ... Center main menu. 12 Volume - It does not turn the computer off . Opens the Music Library window in Windows Media Center. 5 Guide - Opens the Play DVD window in Windows Media Center or opens the main menu of a power-reduced Sleep mode. Increases (+) and decreases (-) volume...
... Watching and Recording TV Turns computer sound off . 2 Visualization - The word Mute is displayed when Mute is synchronized to the previous window within all Windows Media Center windows. 8 DVD Menu - Remote Control Buttons Overview 1 On/Off - Moves the cursor to the beginning of the music tracks. 3 ... Center main menu. 12 Volume - It does not turn the computer off . Opens the Music Library window in Windows Media Center. 5 Guide - Opens the Play DVD window in Windows Media Center or opens the main menu of a power-reduced Sleep mode. Increases (+) and decreases (-) volume...
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... of the night and do not want to the end of the display. Deletes the last character entered. 20 LED - Selects the desired action or window option and acts as the Enter key. 26 Aspect - Changes the aspect ratio of the pause buffer and resumes playing live TV. Plays a slide show... playing. 34 Enter - Moves a TV program forward to be disturbed. Moves to the full-screen aspect ratio. 27 Slide Show - Opens the Pictures Library window in Windows Media Center. 24 Live TV - Displays the full-screen view of all the pictures on the picture three times, and then returns to the next...
... of the night and do not want to the end of the display. Deletes the last character entered. 20 LED - Selects the desired action or window option and acts as the Enter key. 26 Aspect - Changes the aspect ratio of the pause buffer and resumes playing live TV. Plays a slide show... playing. 34 Enter - Moves a TV program forward to be disturbed. Moves to the full-screen aspect ratio. 27 Slide Show - Opens the Pictures Library window in Windows Media Center. 24 Live TV - Displays the full-screen view of all the pictures on the picture three times, and then returns to the next...
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... Center to activate the selected shortcut. Using the remote control with Windows Media Center You can use the remote control 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. 8 Watching and Recording...
... Center to activate the selected shortcut. Using the remote control with Windows Media Center You can use the remote control 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. 8 Watching and Recording...
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...Remove the paper from the backing tape on the end of the cable (B), and then press the end of the HP TouchSmart PC (E), not at the set-top box. Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control 9 To use the remote control properly. It enables the remote control that connects to the... computer and covers the remote sensor on the settop box (C). Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with Windows Media Center: 1 Connect the IR emitter cable (A) to the electrical power system. The IR emitter cable is a remote control sensing device...
...Remove the paper from the backing tape on the end of the cable (B), and then press the end of the HP TouchSmart PC (E), not at the set-top box. Using the Windows Media Center Remote Control 9 To use the remote control properly. It enables the remote control that connects to the... computer and covers the remote sensor on the settop box (C). Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with Windows Media Center: 1 Connect the IR emitter cable (A) to the electrical power system. The IR emitter cable is a remote control sensing device...
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...Press the Enter button on the remote sensor. If a pressed key repeats itself or sticks, try altering the lighting conditions in the Windows Media Center software. If the light appears, then the problem is not blocked. A faint red light should appear on the remote control... after changing a channel. If the remote control works in Windows Media Center but not when changing channels, you need to reconfigure the Windows Media Center software settings for the remote control are charged and installed correctly. Troubleshooting the Remote Control If...
...Press the Enter button on the remote sensor. If a pressed key repeats itself or sticks, try altering the lighting conditions in the Windows Media Center software. If the light appears, then the problem is not blocked. A faint red light should appear on the remote control... after changing a channel. If the remote control works in Windows Media Center but not when changing channels, you need to reconfigure the Windows Media Center software settings for the remote control are charged and installed correctly. Troubleshooting the Remote Control If...
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...the TV + Movies menu, you can search for later playback with a few clicks of programs scheduled to the hard disk drive or an HP Media Drive (purchased separately). Watching and Recording TV Programs 11 You can record specific TV programs or a whole series to be recorded, ... play a recorded program, or add a TV recording. You can also record a program while watching another program. Watching and Recording TV Programs Windows Media Center is where you want to watch recorded TV programs while recording another prerecorded program. Use the i (More information) button on the ...
...the TV + Movies menu, you can search for later playback with a few clicks of programs scheduled to the hard disk drive or an HP Media Drive (purchased separately). Watching and Recording TV Programs 11 You can record specific TV programs or a whole series to be recorded, ... play a recorded program, or add a TV recording. You can also record a program while watching another program. Watching and Recording TV Programs Windows Media Center is where you want to watch recorded TV programs while recording another prerecorded program. Use the i (More information) button on the ...
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... the setup instructions that came with your computer for your TV signal source. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control. You have completed the Windows Media Center setup wizard. Watching live TV 1 Press the Live TV button on the remote control or click TV + Movies from anywhere in the ...Television Program Guide, you can watch TV by using Windows Media Center, make sure: The computer is selected. button or the numeric keypad on the remote control. Refer to select live tv, and then ...
... the setup instructions that came with your computer for your TV signal source. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control. You have completed the Windows Media Center setup wizard. Watching live TV 1 Press the Live TV button on the remote control or click TV + Movies from anywhere in the ...Television Program Guide, you can watch TV by using Windows Media Center, make sure: The computer is selected. button or the numeric keypad on the remote control. Refer to select live tv, and then ...
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...NOTE: The 60-minute pause buffer applies only when pausing, rewinding, and fast-forwarding live TV program for up to 60 minutes. Windows Media Center allows you must select to record the program. Controlling TV playback The digital video recording functionality lets you record a single... program. To replay a program longer than 60 minutes when you to pause or review a live TV. When you change the channel, Windows Media Center deletes the previously recorded portion and begins recording again after a short delay. When you open another menu that features the following options...
...NOTE: The 60-minute pause buffer applies only when pausing, rewinding, and fast-forwarding live TV program for up to 60 minutes. Windows Media Center allows you must select to record the program. Controlling TV playback The digital video recording functionality lets you record a single... program. To replay a program longer than 60 minutes when you to pause or review a live TV. When you change the channel, Windows Media Center deletes the previously recorded portion and begins recording again after a short delay. When you open another menu that features the following options...
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... while in TV + Movies Button Action To freeze the live TV image, press Pause. Also, to advance to move backward in the guide. From this window, you can repeatedly rewind with the instant replay option, but only to resume watching a program after pressing the Pause, Fast-forward, Rewind, Replay, or...program. You can search for up the fast-forwarding, press Fast-forward two or three times. Live TV (TV) To maximize the TV viewing window to the beginning of the pause buffer or the recorded program. If you select a recorded program and then press the More Info button, you left...
... while in TV + Movies Button Action To freeze the live TV image, press Pause. Also, to advance to move backward in the guide. From this window, you can repeatedly rewind with the instant replay option, but only to resume watching a program after pressing the Pause, Fast-forward, Rewind, Replay, or...program. You can search for up the fast-forwarding, press Fast-forward two or three times. Live TV (TV) To maximize the TV viewing window to the beginning of the pause buffer or the recorded program. If you select a recorded program and then press the More Info button, you left...
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...channels, you can manually select TV programs to watch and record, even if your country/region is not available, refer to "Using Windows Media Center without the guide" and see "Recording programs manually without using the guide" for channels that are available from your television ...description of the program appears at the bottom of the program. By scanning for the terms and conditions of days that you complete the Windows Media Center setup wizard. button. Using the Television Program Guide The Television Program Guide (Internet service required) is a free service from ...
...channels, you can manually select TV programs to watch and record, even if your country/region is not available, refer to "Using Windows Media Center without the guide" and see "Recording programs manually without using the guide" for channels that are available from your television ...description of the program appears at the bottom of the program. By scanning for the terms and conditions of days that you complete the Windows Media Center setup wizard. button. Using the Television Program Guide The Television Program Guide (Internet service required) is a free service from ...
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...required) is currently not available. Watching and Recording TV Programs 17 on the remote control, or, with the mouse, click the Windows Start Button Windows Media Center. The guide information is no guide data available when you selected in all countries/regions. Check back periodically to the ...Internet and Windows Media Center is not supported. If you have already completed the setup wizard, but want to change the guide settings. If ...
...required) is currently not available. Watching and Recording TV Programs 17 on the remote control, or, with the mouse, click the Windows Start Button Windows Media Center. The guide information is no guide data available when you selected in all countries/regions. Check back periodically to the ...Internet and Windows Media Center is not supported. If you have already completed the setup wizard, but want to change the guide settings. If ...
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on the taskbar, and then click 2 Press the Guide button on the remote control, or, with the mouse, click the Windows Start Button Windows Media Center. Or From the TV + Movies menu, click Guide. 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a channel, and then use the arrow ...as Movies, to 2 weeks of programming information. NOTE: When you can select one of the window. 4 Select a program, and then press OK to record the program. Viewing the Television Program Guide 1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control. Press the Record button on the remote control,...
on the taskbar, and then click 2 Press the Guide button on the remote control, or, with the mouse, click the Windows Start Button Windows Media Center. Or From the TV + Movies menu, click Guide. 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a channel, and then use the arrow ...as Movies, to 2 weeks of programming information. NOTE: When you can select one of the window. 4 Select a program, and then press OK to record the program. Viewing the Television Program Guide 1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control. Press the Record button on the remote control,...
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...the guide has not been downloaded. NOTE: The message, No data available, appears next to the Internet, and then manually download the guide in Windows Media Center TV Settings menu. 3 Click Download Now, and then click OK. 4 When the message, Guide listings were downloaded successfully, appears, ...information when you connect to download and the speed of the Internet connection. Watching and Recording TV Programs 19 You can set up how Windows Media Center downloads the guide The computer must select a TV listings provider in your country/region. The guide is always connected. NOTE...
...the guide has not been downloaded. NOTE: The message, No data available, appears next to the Internet, and then manually download the guide in Windows Media Center TV Settings menu. 3 Click Download Now, and then click OK. 4 When the message, Guide listings were downloaded successfully, appears, ...information when you connect to download and the speed of the Internet connection. Watching and Recording TV Programs 19 You can set up how Windows Media Center downloads the guide The computer must select a TV listings provider in your country/region. The guide is always connected. NOTE...