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Information ..........................................1

Setting PC Location for Television Program Guide .....2

Changing the Program Lineup in Media Center ........3

Setting Parental Controls ........................................3

Setting Closed Captioning .....................................4

Installing Speakers ................................................4

Connecting Altec Lansing Speakers .....................4

About Installing 5.1 Speakers.............................5

Installing Multi-channel Audio Speakers ...............5

Understanding the 6-In-1 Memory Card Reader........8

Recording Data to CDs and DVDs...........................9

Recording with RecordNow................................9

Recording with MyDVD .....................................9

Recording with the CD Writing Wizard .............10

Installing DLA Software ....................................11

Playing Video CD Slideshows............................... 13

Playing Recorded TV Programs............................. 13

Safeguarding Your Recorded TV Programs......... 13

Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD................ 21

Standby Mode and Scheduled Recordings............. 22

Switching Display Devices ................................... 23

Updated Information about Software Programs ...... 23

Capturing Analog Home Video ............................ 24

Using Application Recovery and

System Recovery................................................. 29

Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs.......................... 32

Using HP PC Recovery CD-DVD Creator ............ 34

Using HP Recovery Tools CD ............................ 35

System Restore ............................................... 36

Application Recovery ...................................... 37

System Recovery............................................. 38

System Recovery Using Recovery Discs.............. 40

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This document contains updated information

about your Media Center PC. Please review this

information and keep it with your hardware and

software guides. The information describes:

■ Setting PC location for television program

guide

■ Changing the program lineup in Media Center

■ Setting parental controls

■ Setting closed captioning

■ Installing speakers

■ Understanding the 6-In-1 memory card reader

■ Recording data to CDs and DVDs

■ Playing video CD slideshows

■ Playing recorded TV programs

■ Copying recorded TV programs to DVD

■ Standby mode and scheduled recordings

■ Switching display devices

■ Updated information about software programs

■ Capturing analog home video

■ Using Application Recovery and System

Recovery

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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.

Important: Make sure the PC has a connection to the

Internet and that you have completed the Media

Center Setup Wizard before you try to download

your television program guide.

The Media Center program lists United States as

the PC location by default. If you did not select

your correct location and if this location does not

match the ZIP Code or postal code location you

entered in the Media Center program guide

setting, an error message may appear. You may

also 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.

To set the PC location

1 Click Start on the taskbar, and then click

Control Panel.

2 Click Date, Time, Language, and

Regional Options.

3 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, and then click OK.

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Changing the Program

Lineup in Media Center

Important: Make sure you are connected to the Internet

before you try to download the Electronic Program

Guide or before you change the settings of the

Guide in Media Center.

1 Click Start, and then click Media Center.

2 In the Media Center Start menu, click

Settings.

3 Click TV/DVD.

4 Click Guide setup.

5 Click 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.

Setting Parental Controls

If you set Media Center to block unrated

channels, an error could occur. It is

recommended that you make sure this option is

not selected.

To do this:

1 Click Start and then click Media Center.

2 Click Settings, TV/DVD, and then click

Parental control.

3 Enter your PIN number.

4 Select TV Ratings.

5 Make sure that Block unrated TV

programs is not selected.

6 If desired, you can select the Maximum

allowed TV rating setting, select a rating,

and then click OK. Selecting this setting does

not cause an error.

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Setting Closed Captioning

If you set Media Center to display closed

captions while in window mode (not full-screen

mode), the window or the closed-caption text

may flash as the text scrolls in the window. To fix

this problem, change the display to full-screen

mode or turn off the closed-captioning option.

To turn off the closed-captioning option:

1 Click Start and then click Media Center.

2 Click Settings and then click Audio.

3 Click plus sign (+) to disable Caption display.

Installing Speakers

Connecting Altec Lansing Speakers

If your PC model came with the Altec Lansing

Speakers System Model 251, use the following

procedure to connect the speakers to a Sound

Blaster Audigy Audio Card on the back of the

PC. Also, refer to the setup information that came

with your PC and your speaker system.

Note: If your PC uses an integrated 5.1 audio solution

(no audio card), refer to the section titled “Installing

multi-channel audio speakers” and disregard this

notice.

Your speaker system has a yellow plug that does

not match the color of the corresponding

connector on the back of the PC.

1 Plug this yellow tip of the subwoofer cable into

the orange audio card connector on the back

of your PC.

2 Plug the other two tips of the audio cable into

their matching color-coded connectors on the

back of the PC.

3 Follow the speaker system documentation to

connect the other speakers to the subwoofer.

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About Installing 5.1 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 game port connector

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

these connectors, perform the procedures in the

next section.

Some 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, you

can connect and install a multi-channel audio

speaker system. To do this, follow the procedures

in the next section.

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.

Your PC may include the Multi-channel Sound

Manager or the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy

sound manager. Refer to the correct procedure to

configure your multi-channel speakers.

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.

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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).

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 PCs with Multi-channel

Sound Manager

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 Multi-channel Audio

Configuration window opens.

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

your PC may not have the multi-channel option.

4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab. (Your

speakers may need to be plugged in to see

this tab.)

5 Select the option describing the number

of speakers in your system, for example,

6/5.1 speaker mode. You can click the

Speaker Test tab and then click each speaker

to test it.

6 Click OK.

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