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Summary of Contents for s3600f - Pavilion - Slimline

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Page 2: ...SA Copyright 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual property rights Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision and is intended for home and other limited pay per view viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Reverse engineeri...

Page 3: ...e control with Windows Media Center 9 Setting up the HP TouchSmart PC with a Set top Box 10 Troubleshooting the Remote Control 11 Watching and Recording TV Programs 13 Navigating TV Movies 13 Watching TV 15 Watching live TV 15 Controlling TV playback 16 Using the remote control in TV Movies 16 Using the Television Program Guide 18 Using Windows Media Center without the guide 18 Television Program ...

Page 4: ...rive 28 Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive 29 Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive 29 Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive 30 Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find 30 Changing disk space for recording TV programs 30 Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive 31 System requirements to view recorded TV programs on ot...

Page 5: ...gh definition displays With Windows Media Center you can Watch record and play back television programs Pause rewind and fast forward TV programs Watch an instant replay Record your TV shows automatically while you are doing something else Setting Up the TV Signal 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 se...

Page 6: ...nd then Next Configuring the Display on Your HP TouchSmart PC Use the Display Configuration wizard to change the way Windows Media Center looks on your display Adjustments are based on your display type and your aesthetic 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 If settings is not in th...

Page 7: ...n and then click Next Select Keep my current settings and continue click Next and then click Finish Or Select Preview automatic adjustments and then click Next Select Yes to accept the new settings and then click Next Or Click No and then Next 8 If you selected Yes to accept the new settings you can Select Finish this wizard click Next and then Finish Or Click Next to view a list of controls you s...

Page 8: ...ing 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 If settings is not in the selection box under Tasks when you first click it click settings again when it appears in that box 4 Click TV and then Closed Captioning 5 Use the plus and minus signs to set your preferences 6 Click Save 7 Click Adv...

Page 9: ...ote control helps you navigate cable TV options or control the playback of a movie in a VCR or DVD player The remote control can Navigate and control all Windows Media Center windows Control the video display Place the computer in and out of sleep mode Shut down or restart the computer Close Windows Media Center or switch users Access Teletext menus while watching live TV The remote control cannot...

Page 10: ...within all Windows Media Center windows 8 DVD Menu Opens the Play DVD window in Windows Media Center or opens the main menu of a DVD movie if available 9 Back Returns to the previous window within Windows Media Center 10 i More information Displays available information about a selected media file and displays other menus 11 Start Opens the Windows Media Center main menu 12 Volume Increases and de...

Page 11: ...t ratio 27 Slide Show Plays a slide show of all the pictures on the hard disk drive 28 Ch and Ch Changes the TV channels or moves pages up and down depending on available options Moves to the next DVD chapter 29 Eject Ejects CD or DVD drive 30 Pause Pauses audio and video tracks and live or recorded TV programs 31 Fast Forward Moves media forward at three speeds 32 Skip Forward Moves media forward...

Page 12: ...art of the television signal and decoded by the television Teletext pages are accessed by a three figure number on most channels the front page is on page 100 The Teletext access buttons listed below open the main Teletext pages Each Teletext page has a unique three digit page number All pages can be accessed by typing in the number using the numeric keypad on the remote control Use the up and dow...

Page 13: ...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 th...

Page 14: ...ws Media Center 1 Connect the IR emitter cable A to the IR Out connector D on the back of the PC 2 Remove the paper from the backing tape on the end of the cable B and then press the end of the cable over the remote infrared IR sensor receiver window on the set top box C To locate the remote infrared sensor window shine a flashlight through the plastic on the front of the set top box 3 When you us...

Page 15: ...te sensor if this continues Press the Enter button on the remote control after changing a channel Point the remote control toward the remote sensor and press a button A faint red light should appear on the remote sensor If the light appears then the problem is probably in the Windows Media Center software Close Windows Media Center restart the computer and then open Windows Media Center again If t...

Page 16: ...12 Watching and Recording TV ...

Page 17: ...watch recorded TV programs while recording another program Use the i More information button on the remote control to display TV program information record the program zoom and access TV settings recorded tv View a list of recorded programs by date recorded or title view a list of programs scheduled to be recorded find information about a recorded program play a recorded program or add a TV record...

Page 18: ...nformation about movies on TV read reviews see cast lists find other times at which the movie is broadcast view the DVD cover browse for related movies and find other movies that have the same cast members play dvd Play DVD movies NOTE The Movies online information feature is available for some countries regions ...

Page 19: ...ypad on the remote control The channel number and program information display in the window 3 Press the More Info button to open another menu that features the following options and information Program information such as channel number and station title and time period of program actual time and a brief summary of the program and TV rating if available Record a program Record a program series Acc...

Page 20: ...s the previously recorded portion and begins recording again after a short delay Using the remote control in TV Movies NOTE The 60 minute pause buffer applies only when pausing rewinding and fast forwarding live TV Windows Media Center allows you to record a program for longer than 60 minutes when you select to record the program NOTE You cannot pause a live TV program then rewind to the beginning...

Page 21: ...V TV To maximize the TV viewing window to full screen mode press Live TV Also to advance to the end of the pause buffer and resume watching the live TV broadcast press Live TV Recorded TV To open the recorded tv window press the Recorded TV button From this window you can search for recorded TV programs by title or the date recorded and then play them More Info To see the channel number station id...

Page 22: ...n service provider most providers display up to 14 days By selecting a program title a detailed description of the program appears at the bottom of the window Using Windows Media Center without the guide Before using Windows Media Center it is important that you complete the Windows Media Center setup wizard This wizard takes you through steps to identify your TV signal source and scan for channel...

Page 23: ... Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control or with the mouse click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar and then click Windows Media Center 2 Press the Guide button on the remote control Or From the TV Movies menu click Guide 3 Use the arrow buttons to select a channel and then use the arrow buttons to scroll through up to 2 weeks of programming for that channel 4 Select a program...

Page 24: ...ia Center automatically downloads the guide Or Manual download Connect 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 click OK NOTE If the computer has a digital subscriber line DSL connection the computer is always connected The guide is down...

Page 25: ...e program guide 10 Click Finish Adding missing channels to the guide If some program channels do not appear in the guide you can add them To add the names and numbers of the channels that are missing or to change the association between channel numbers and lineups 1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control or with the mouse click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar and...

Page 26: ...meric keypad on the remote control or keyboard to enter the number of the correct channel and then press OK on the remote control or the Enter key on the keyboard Click Assign channel to assign a new channel number Or Click Share channel to share the channel number with another channel 6 Click Save when you have edited all the channels 7 If you need to go back to the channel numbers automatically ...

Page 27: ...ss OK on the remote control Searching for TV programs by using categories You can search the guide to find a TV program by selecting a category Some categories are not available in all countries regions 1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control or with the mouse click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar and then click Windows Media Center 2 From the TV Movies menu cli...

Page 28: ...that you select to record each episode of that program from one channel Windows Media Center will not record duplicate episodes Windows Media Center also looks for alternative times to record an episode if a recording conflict arises WARNING If you turn off the computer Windows Media Center will not record a scheduled program The computer must be turned on or be in sleep mode to record a TV progra...

Page 29: ...cord twice to record a series The Record Series icon displays to indicate a series Press Record again to cancel the recording 5 To return to the previous window press the Back button on the remote control or the Backspace key on the keyboard 6 If there is a recording conflict Windows Media Center opens a message and allows you to select which program that you want to record Recording programs manu...

Page 30: ...Time 3 Select the channel number box and enter the channel number by using the numeric keypad on the remote control or the keyboard 4 Select the or buttons and then press the Enter key on the keyboard or the OK button on the remote control to scroll through choices and to enter the recording frequency date start and stop times and storage and quality options 5 To set the recording and return to th...

Page 31: ... Click Save 5 In the Tasks menu click settings TV Recorder and then Recording Defaults 6 Select the settings by clicking the or next to the item that you want to change 7 Click Save This table shows approximate sizes of recorded TV program files Some files might be smaller or larger 1 GB 1 billion bytes when referring to hard disk drive capacity Actual formatted capacity is smaller Watching TV pro...

Page 32: ...cording path does not revert to the local hard disk drive after the HP Media Drive is disconnected This means that scheduled recordings might not be recorded If the recording message Low Disk Space appears the program will not be recorded See Changing disk space for recording TV programs for more information about changing the hard disk space settings When the drive is disconnected the disk alloca...

Page 33: ...ecide to change the recording path to record directly to the HP Media Drive purchased separately Windows Media Center creates a Recorded TV folder on the drive 1 Assign a drive letter to the HP Media Drive 2 Open Windows Media Center 3 In the Tasks menu click settings TV Recorder and then Recorder Storage 4 Under Record on Drive select to select the HP Media Drive You can also set the disk allocat...

Page 34: ...rder and then More TV Locations 3 Select Add folder to watch and then click Next 4 Select folder by clicking the by the drive or folder and then click Next 5 Click Finish Changing disk space for recording TV programs If you get a Low Disk Space message and you want to change the disk allocation to a higher percentage for the HP Media Drive 1 Open Windows Media Center 2 In the Tasks menu click sett...

Page 35: ...Click the Windows Start Button click All Programs and then click Windows Update If you want more information about this code file QB10243 you can go to the Microsoft Web site at http www microsoft com Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD You can record TV programs to DVD or CD in Windows Media Center to create a backup copy or to save space on the hard disk drive by using the following proced...

Page 36: ...u want to copy to CD or DVD A check mark appears in the corner of the program when it is selected and then click Next 10 Click Burn DVD 11 Click Yes 12 Click OK to do other things while the disc is being burned 13 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the recording of your TV program to disc Media copy protection Media content such as DVDs or TV programs might place restrictions on rights t...

Page 37: ...Center 1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control or with the mouse click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar and then click Windows Media Center 2 From the TV Movies menu click recorded tv 3 To organize all of the previously recorded programs click date recorded or title 4 To begin watching the program select the recorded program that you want to watch and then click ...

Page 38: ...34 Watching and Recording TV ...

Page 39: ...0 P PC connecting the remote sensor 10 Program Guide see Television Program Guide R recording options 25 recording icons 24 recording TV how to stop recording 24 making sure a program is being recorded 24 manually 25 recorded TV 33 single program or series canceling 24 TV programs 24 using the guide 25 when two are scheduled for the same time 25 remote control buttons 6 sensor 9 using in TV Movies...

Page 40: ...ing icons 24 recording TV from the guide 25 recording TV manually 25 removing channels from the guide 22 searching for TV programs 22 searching for TV programs by category 23 sorting programs 33 Television Program Guide errors 19 time shifting 16 using digital video recorder while watching 16 using the remote control 16 watching 15 watching TV programs 15 Part number 466698 031 W Windows Media Cen...

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