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shade of black that might appear on the left and
right or on the top and bottom of your video.
1.
Click the
Start
button
, click
All
Programs
, and then click
Windows
Media Center
.
2.
On the Windows Media Center start screen,
scroll to
Tasks
, click
Settings
, click
General
, and then click
Visual and
Sound Effects
.
3.
Under
Video background color
, click
the
Plus
or
Minus
button to change
the color. The default color is black
—
you
can change it to different shades of gray, or
to solid white.
4.
Click
Save
.
Play a CD or DVD or BD
To play a DVD
1.
Click the
Start
button
, click
All
Programs
, and then click
Windows
Media Center
.
2.
If Media Center is not in full-screen mode,
click the
Maximize
button
.
3.
Insert the DVD into a DVD drive on your
computer.
4.
If the main DVD title menu doesn't appear
automatically, on the Media Center start
screen, scroll to
Movies
, and then click
Play DVD
.
5.
Click the appropriate button (this will
usually be a
Play
button) on the DVD menu
to play the DVD.
6.
While your DVD is playing, you can move
the mouse to make the playback controls
appear. Here are some of the things you can
do with these controls:
Click the
Skip Forward
button
to
skip to the next chapter on the DVD.
Click the
Skip Backward
button
to
go back to the previous chapter on the
DVD.
Click the
Pause
button
, and then click
the
Fast Forward
button once to watch
the DVD in slow motion. (Click the
Fast
Forward
button again to watch the DVD
in fast motion.)
Click the
Stop
button to stop playing
the DVD.