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Updated HP Media Center

PC Information

Please review this information and keep it with

your guides. The information describes:

 Setting the location for the Media Center

television program guide.

 Installing speakers.

 Understanding the 6-In-1 memory card.

 Recording data to CDs and DVDs.

 Playing recorded TV programs.

 Safeguarding your capability to play recorded

TV programs.

 Using MyDVD to copy, or burn, recorded TV

programs to DVD+R or DVD+RW discs.

 Switching display devices.

 Updated information about software programs.

Setting PC Location for

Television Program Guide

During the initial setup of the PC, you specify

your PC country/region location. Media Center

uses this information to select the country/region

for the television program guide.

The Media Center lists United States as the PC

location. If this location does not match the ZIP

Code or postal code location you enter in the

Media Center program guide setting, you may

see an error message. In addition, you may see

No data available in the television program

guide, or you may not be able to get the correct

television program guide.

To resolve this problem, set the location for your

PC in the Control Panel first and then in the

Media Center Settings window.

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To set the PC location

1 Click Start on the taskbar, and click

Control Panel.

2 Click Date, Time, Language, and

Regional Options, if it is present.

3 Double-click Regional and Language

Options.

4 Click the Regional Options tab.

5 In the Location box near the bottom of the tab,

select your country/region (for example,

Canada) from the drop-down list.

6 Click Apply.

7 Click OK.

To change the program

lineup in Media Center

1 Open Media Center.

2 In the Start menu select Settings.

3 Select TV/DVD.

4 Select Guide Setup.

5 Select Change lineup, and follow the

onscreen instructions. When you enter your

postal code, do not leave any spaces. For

example, for Canadian postal code R2M 3Z4

you would enter R2M3Z4.

If you see an Invalid message, there is no guide

for your area.

Installing Speakers

Your PC may have a sound card with connectors

on the back of the PC for analog and digital

audio outputs (Line out -1, Line out -2, and

Line out -3), a microphone, and an audio input

(Line in). The example illustration below shows a

sound card that includes a FireWire®connector

on the left. If your PC has a sound card with these

connectors, perform the procedure “Installing

Creative Audigy for speakers“ on page 4 of this

document.

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Select PCs have the multi-channel audio capability

that uses the microphone, Audio (Line) In, and

Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the

PC. If your PC has these connectors, perform the

procedure “Installing multi-channel audio

speakers“ on page 4 of this document.

Installing Creative Audigy for speakers

After you turn on the PC for the first time and

complete the initial onscreen setup, do the

following so that your speakers work properly:

1 Close any open programs.

2 Click Start on the taskbar, choose All

Programs, Creative, and then click Install

Application for Creative Audigy.

3 The Audigy Application Setup window opens.

Click OK.

The InstallShield Wizard begins the installation

and automatically restarts the PC when the

installation completes.

Note: If you do not do this procedure, the speakers may

produce an audible pop when the PC wakes from

standby or hibernation.

Installing multi-channel audio speakers

If your PC has multi-channel speakers capability

(select models only), you can connect speakers for

4-channel or 6-channel output. You must connect

your speaker system to the PC, and then configure

the audio software for sound output.

Note: Multi-channel audio uses the Microphone,

Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors

on the back of the PC to connect the multi-channel

speakers system to the PC.

To connect your multi-channel

speaker system to the PC

1 Turn off the PC.

2 Connect the three audio cable plugs from the

speaker system to the connectors on the back

of the PC (see the table).

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Connect speaker

channels (plugs)

To PC back connector

Front speakers Audio (Line) Out (lime-green)

Rear speakers Audio (Line) In (blue)

Center/subwoofer

speakers

Mic-1 (pink)

3 Turn on the PC.

4 Turn on your speaker system.

5 Configure the multi-channel audio output;

refer to the next procedure.

To configure multi-channel audio output

for speakers configuration

1 Click Start on the taskbar.

2 Choose All Programs.

3 Choose Multi-channel Sound Manager,

and then click Multi-channel Sound

Manager again. The Audio Configuration

window opens.

Note: If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab,

your PC does not have the multi-channel option.

4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab. (Your

speakers must be connected to see this tab.)

5 Select the option describing the number

of speakers in your system, for example,

6 speaker mode (for 5.1 channels). You

can click the Speaker Test tab and then click on

a speaker to test it.

6 Click OK.

Understanding the

6-In-1 Memory Card Reader

The 6-In-1 memory card reader can read from

and write to six types of memory cards and to the

IBM Microdrive™disk drive.

Special note about the

Safely Remove Hardware utility

Warning: Do not click Stop in the Safely

Remove Hardware

window while the USB

Mass Storage Device is selected. Doing so

removes the operating system recognition

of the 6-In-1 memory card reader from

your PC. You must restart the PC to use

your reader again.

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If you inadvertently open the Safely Remove

Hardware window, click Close.

Understanding the in-use light

The 6-In-1 memory card reader in-use light turns

on when you insert media into a slot. The light

blinks when the memory card reader reads from

or writes to the media.

Warning: Do not insert or remove

media when the in-use light is blinking.

Doing so may cause data loss.

Recording Data to CDs and DVDs

You can record data to blank or appendable

CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW discs in

different ways: open a recording program, use

the Windows®XP CD Writing Wizard, or use the

DLA (Drive Letter Access) program drag-and-drop

method.

Important: The DLA program is not preinstalled on

your PC, but you can get it from the HP Web site;

see “Installing DLA Software“ on page 8 of this

document.

Recording with RecordNow

Use RecordNow to record data and music files

to CDs and DVDs.

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You can put data files on a DVD to store them

or transfer them to another Media Center PC.

However, data files on a DVD do not play in

a DVD player.

Note: To copy a recorded TV show to DVD to view on a

home DVD player, see “Using MyDVD to Copy

Recorded TV Programs to DVD“ on page 17 of this

document.

To open RecordNow, click Start on the taskbar,

choose All Programs, RecordNow CD/DVD

Writer, and then click RecordNow. Follow the

onscreen instructions.

Recording with MyDVD

Use MyDVD to record video files to CDs and

DVDs. MyDVD writes files to DVD that can play in

a DVD player.

To open MyDVD, click Start on the taskbar,

choose All Programs, Sonic MyDVD, and

then click Start MyDVD. Follow the onscreen

instructions.

Recording with the

Microsoft CD Writing Wizard

Use the CD Writing Wizard to record data or

music files to CDs only. The CD Writing Wizard

cannot write data to DVDs.

To copy data to a blank or appendable CD by

using the CD Writing Wizard:

1 Copy your files to a writeable CD drive folder

in My Computer by doing one of the following:



Dragging a file from a Windows Explorer

window to the writeable CD drive icon.



Selecting Save As from within certain

programs, and then saving the file to the

drive.



Right-clicking a file, selecting Send To, and

then selecting the drive.

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2 When you are ready to record your files to a

CD, click Start on the taskbar, and then click

My Computer.

3 Double-click your writeable CD drive icon.

The files you have copied to the drive should

appear in the drive window.

Important: The files displayed in the drive window are

not recorded to the CD yet. You must complete the

following steps to finish the recording process.

4 Click Write these files to CD in the CD

Writing Tasks section of the drive window. The

CD Writing Wizard opens.

5 Type the name of the CD, and then click Next.

6 Insert a blank or an appendable CD.

7 Click Next. The files are being recorded to

your CD.

8 When your files have finished recording, a

message appears telling you the files have

been successfully recorded. Click Finish.

Installing DLA Software

The DLA software is not preinstalled on your PC.

Important: Installing the DLA program disables the

CD Writing Wizard program.

DLA allows you to use your DVD Writer/

CD Writer drive as you would a diskette drive, by

copying files to disc or by using a drag-and-drop

method.

To get and install the DLA program:

1 Go to the Web site:

http://www.hp.com/cposupport

2 Type your model number into the Search box

(for example, Media Center 863n).

3 Click drivers and downloads for your

model. Click applications, if it is present.

4 Choose DLA, and then follow the onscreen

instructions to download and install the

program.

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Recording with DLA

Important: Format a blank CD or DVD before copying

files directly to a CD or DVD. If you don’t, a

message appears telling you to format the disc or

telling you that your drive is not accessible.

1 Press the Eject button on the drive and insert the

blank disc.

2 Click Start, and then click My Computer.

3 Right-click the drive icon and select Format.

4 Under Volume Label, type in the title of the disc.

5 Under Format type, select Full or Quick

(erase). You must select the quick format for all

CD-R or DVD+R discs. You must select the full

format for a CD-RW or a DVD+RW disc the first

time you format it.

Note: Full format can take up to 45 minutes. Quick

format usually takes less than a minute.

6 Click Start to format the disc.

7 Click Yes to the message that all files on the

disc will be erased.

8 Click OK.

When the disc formatting is complete,

you can copy your files directly to the disc

in My Computer by:

 Dragging a file from a Windows Explorer

window to your drive icon.

 Selecting Save As from within some

programs, and then saving the file to your

drive.

 Right-clicking a file, selecting Send To, and

then selecting your drive.

After you record your files, if you want to read the

DLA-formatted disc on most other CD-ROM drives,

you must make the disc compatible: Insert your

disc into your drive, right-click the DVD Writer/

CD Writer drive icon, and then select Make

Compatible.

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The Make Compatible feature in DLA makes

uncompressed CD-R and DVD+R discs readable

by most read-only CD and DVD drives, even if

DLA is not installed in the PC. When you make a

disc compatible, DLA closes the session on your

disc. This means:

 With a DVD+R, you are not able to add data to

the disc.

 With a CD-R, you are able to add more data in

another recording session, but you need to

select Make Compatible again after you

add the files.

Playing Recorded TV Programs

Most television broadcasters do not encrypt

programs, so a recording can be played on any

Media Center PC. A recording of a broadcaster-

encrypted TV program, though, can be played

only on the PC that recorded it. To protect your

ability to play recorded TV programs, follow the

instructions in “Safeguarding Your Capability

to Play Recorded TV Programs“ on page 10

of this document.

Note: To copy a recorded TV show to DVD to view on

a home DVD player, see “Using MyDVD to Copy

Recorded TV Programs to DVD“ on page 17 of

this document.

For information on playing recorded TV programs

on other devices, go to the Web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/mediacenterpc

Safeguarding Your Capability

to Play Recorded TV Programs

When you record TV programs using Media

Center, the TV program broadcaster may have an

encryption code that Microsoft includes as a

special code in the recorded files. This code is

keyed to your PC and is required to play

broadcaster-encrypted TV programs previously

recorded to hard disk, copied to DVD, or copied

to other media. When you perform a system

recovery or replace the hard disk drive in your

PC, you lose the special code.

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