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1 Media Ceter Software Guide

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3 Table of Cotets Welcome... 1 Experiece the Fu of Media Ceter... 1 The right music for the momet... 1 Share your digital memories... 1 Trasform your livig space ito a theater... 1 Usig Media Ceter Features... 2 Usig Media Ceter... 3 Settig Up Media Ceter... 3 Opeig Media Ceter usig a mouse... 3 Opeig Media Ceter usig the remote cotrol... 4 Media Ceter meu bars... 4 Navigatig Media Ceter... 5 Media Ceter cotrol meu... 5 Usig Media Ceter Away mode... 6 Completig the setup wizard steps... 7 Media Ceter Start Meu... 8 Media Ceter Start meu items... 8 Olie Spotlight... 9 Usig Istat Messagig i Media Ceter... 9 Loggig i to your Messeger accout... 9 Chagig Media Ceter Settigs Media Ceter Settigs categories Archivig files usig Media Ceter Fidig Additioal Media Ceter Iformatio Usig the Remote Cotrol Remote Cotrol Buttos Overview Playig Music Files My Music Usig My Music with Media Ceter Addig Music to My Music Library Addig music files from your hard disk drive Addig music files from a CD Deletig music files from the My Music library Usig supported music file types Playig Music Files i My Music Playig a album i My Music Playig a sog i My Music Creatig a Queue List i My Music Fidig ad Playig a Album i My Music Creatig a Playlist i My Music Copyig Music Files to CD i My Music Workig with Pictures HP Photosmart...25 My Pictures...25 Workig with Digital Images...26 Usig HP Photosmart i Media Ceter...26 Creatig your picture catalog i HP Photosmart Premier...26 Creatig albums...28 Modifyig a date assiged to your pictures...28 Assigig a keyword to your pictures...29 Assigig a place to your pictures...29 Searchig for pictures i Media Ceter...30 Viewig Pictures i HP Photosmart...30 Viewig a slideshow i HP Photosmart...30 Viewig a slideshow with music i HP Photosmart...31 Editig Pictures i HP Photosmart Premier...31 Editig pictures i HP Photosmart Premier from the desktop...31 Editig pictures i HP Photosmart i Media Ceter...32 Sharig Pictures i HP Photosmart Premier...32 Usig supported file types with HP Photosmart Premier...34 Pritig Pictures i HP Photosmart...35 Creatig a Backup Disc of Your Pictures...35 Usig My Pictures i Media Ceter...36 Addig Pictures to My Pictures...37 Addig picture files from your hard disk drive...37 Viewig Pictures i My Pictures...38 Viewig pictures as a slideshow...38 Viewig a slideshow with music i My Pictures...39 Usig supported picture file types i My Pictures...39 Editig Pictures i My Pictures...40 Fixig red eye or cotrast...40 Croppig pictures i My Pictures...40 Rotatig pictures...41 Pritig Pictures i My Pictures...41 Copyig Pictures to CDs ad DVDs...42 Playig Videos Playig Digital Videos i Media Ceter...43 Usig Supported Video File Types...44 Trasferrig ad Recordig Video Files...44 Recordig a aalog video file...44 Recordig a digital video file...44 Creatig a CD/DVD from Video Files...45 Playig DVDs Playig DVD Movies i Media Ceter...47 Chagig the DVD Movie Laguage...48 Chagig DVD Audio Settigs...48 Table of Cotets iii

4 Creatig Movies Usig muvee autoproducer Basic Steps to Make a Movie...49 Locatig the two versios of muvee autoproducer...50 Usig muvee autoproducer o the Desktop...51 Gettig started o the desktop...51 Capturig video from a DV camcorder...52 Addig videos...53 Addig pictures...54 Addig music...55 Selectig the style...55 Chagig the settigs...55 Addig a opeig title ad closig credits...56 Makig the movie...57 Savig the movie project...57 Recordig the movie project to disc...58 Usig muvee autoproducer uplugged i Media Ceter...58 Selectig videos...59 Selectig pictures...60 Selectig music...60 Settig the style...61 Adjustig audio ad video settigs...61 Makig the movie...62 Upgradig muvee autoproducer...62 Idex iv Media Ceter Software Guide

5 Welcome Experiece the Fu of Media Ceter Microsoft Widows XP Media Ceter Editio 2005 with Update Rollup 2 lets you do amazig thigs with your PC. With a full rage of easy-to-use digital etertaimet features, you ca experiece movies, music, ad photos like ever before. Media Ceter is simple ad coveiet to use. You ca easily fid ad choose your media. You ca play movies, liste to music, ad view photos with a sigle remote cotrol (select models oly). Combie the powerful features of your PC with a home theater receiver to ejoy a eve more dyamic etertaimet experiece. The right music for the momet Browse your etire music library by artist, gere, ad sog. Select a playlist or a sigle album, or do a radom shuffle from your music collectio. You ca eve play sogs from your Widows Media Player music library. Share your digital memories Create persoalized slideshows with music for viewig o your PC. View professioal-lookig home videos from the comfort of your couch with the remote cotrol. Trasform your livig space ito a theater Whether you are watchig a DVD movie or your ow home videos, Media Ceter delivers a rich viewig experiece with a high-quality digital soud system. Sit back ad ejoy the show. Welcome 1

6 Some of the Media Ceter features listed are for select models oly. Some of the compoets listed i the PC documetatio, such as speakers ad TV tuers are optioal or sold separately. Usig Media Ceter Features You ca cotrol the Media Ceter fuctios ad avigate Media Ceter widows by usig the remote cotrol (select models oly), the keyboard, or the mouse. You ca easily switch back ad forth betwee them by movig the mouse or by pressig a butto o the remote cotrol or the keyboard. You ca ru Media Ceter side-by-side with other Widows software programs. It is possible to browse through your pictures, watch videos, ad play music while usig other Widows programs. With Media Ceter, you ca: If your PC came with a rewritable DVD drive, the drive is able to read ad record to DVD+/-R/RW media. The Televisio Program Guide (Iteret service required) is ot available i all coutries/regios. Play back your digital videos. View your digital pictures or play them as a slideshow with music. Easily prit your photos. Browse, select, ad play music CD files with full-scree visualizatios. Record CD tracks to your media library. Play DVD movies. Resume playig your DVDs where you left off. Access streamig music ad video subscriptio services. Some music ad video subscriptio services may ot be available i all coutries/regios. Ope specific widows i Media Ceter by usig the shortcut buttos o the remote cotrol. Commuicate with your frieds ad family by usig istat messagig. Istat messagig (Iteret service required) may ot be supported i all coutries/regios. Easily back up your media files to CD, DVD, or aother hard disk drive such as the HP Persoal Media Drive (sold separately). Use the Optimizatio settig to keep your computer ruig smoothly. Use Away mode to save power whe the computer is ot i use, ad the you ca display the computer desktop istatly by touchig a keyboard key or a remote cotrol butto. 2 Media Ceter Software Guide

7 Usig Media Ceter Settig Up Media Ceter The first time you start Media Ceter o your PC, a Media Ceter setup wizard opes. It is recommeded to complete each step i the setup wizard to be able to use all the features i Media Ceter. The Media Ceter setup wizard may take Opeig Media Ceter usig a mouse You ca use either your remote cotrol or your mouse to ope ad avigate Media Ceter. To use your mouse: several miutes to complete. If there are steps you still eed to complete, you ca go to the Settigs meu to do so. See Completig the setup wizard steps o page 7. For more iformatio about settig up your PC, refer to the setup poster. 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Move your mouse over the Media Ceter Start meu items, ad click a item to ope it. Select a optio by clickig it. To scroll the list of Start meu items, move the mouse poiter over the list util a item is selected, the cotiue movig the poiter dow the list to see the items that are ot displayed. 3 Move the mouse to display the Media Ceter toolbar, ad the click the back arrow at the top of the widow to go to a previous widow. 4 Click the? ico at the top of the widow to ope the Media Ceter Help. 5 Click the Media Ceter Start ico at the top of the Media Ceter widow to retur to the Media Ceter Start meu. Usig Media Ceter 3

8 Opeig Media Ceter usig the remote cotrol You ca use either your remote cotrol or your mouse to ope ad avigate withi Media Ceter. To use your remote cotrol: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol. 2 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to select a Media Ceter meu. 3 Press the OK butto to eter your selectio ad ope that widow. To scroll the list of Start meu items, use the arrow buttos util the item is highlighted, ad the cotiue movig the arrow buttos dow the list to see the items that are ot displayed. 4 Press the Back butto o the remote cotrol to go to a previous widow. 5 Use the arrow buttos to select the? ico at the top of the widow to ope the Media Ceter Help. 6 Press the Media Ceter Start butto to retur to the Media Ceter Start meu. You ca use the Miimize ad Resize buttos to switch to the desktop or to ru Media Ceter side-byside with aother program. Media Ceter meu bars Whe you move the mouse, the Media Ceter meu bars appear. These meu bars allow you to access media cotrols, Media Ceter Help, the back arrow, widow cotrol icos, ad the Media Ceter ico that takes you to the mai Media Ceter meu. If you use the remote cotrol, or if you stop usig the mouse (after 5 secods), the Media Ceter meu bars become hidde. 4 Media Ceter Software Guide

9 Navigatig Media Ceter I the Media Ceter widows, a selected item such as a folder, file, or meu item is outlied with a gree border. You ca cotrol the Media Ceter fuctios ad avigate Media Ceter widows by usig the remote cotrol, the keyboard, or a mouse. To select items i Media Ceter, use the arrow keys o the keyboard or use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol, ad the press the Eter key o the keyboard or the OK butto o the remote cotrol to eter your selectio. If you have media playig, such as music or a slideshow, it appears i a iset widow i the lower-left corer. To switch from watchig your media i the iset widow to watchig it i fullscree mode, use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or use the arrow keys o the keyboard to select it, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or the Eter key o the keyboard.. Media Ceter cotrol meu To access the cotrol meu i Media Ceter, move the mouse to display the meu bars. Select the Shut Dow ico o the mai Media Ceter widow. From this cotrol meu, you ca select icos to perform various actios. Ico Actio Log off ad ed your Media Ceter sessio ad switch users Shut dow the PC Restart the PC Put the PC i a power-reduced state stadby mode Usig Media Ceter 5

10 The audio or video of TV recordigs is ot affected whe the PC is i Away mode. Usig Media Ceter Away mode Whe your computer is i Away mode it appears off, but you ca actually still perform tasks such as recordig TV programs or music files. Away mode turs off the display ad mutes the audio. After you have eabled Away mode i the Cotrol Pael, you ca activate it by pressig the sleep butto o your computer, keyboard, or remote cotrol. You ca retur to your desktop almost istatly by pressig ay sleep butto agai, by pressig ay key o the keyboard, by movig the mouse, or by pressig ay butto o the remote cotrol if you select the Retur the computer from Away mode o mouse or keyboard activity optio i the Power Optios Properties widow. See the followig procedure. To eable your PC for Away mode: 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Cotrol Pael. 2 Click Performace ad Maiteace. 3 Click Power Optios. 4 Select the Away tab. 5 Place a check mark i the Eable Away mode check box. 6 Uder Optios you ca select to: Retur the computer from Away mode o mouse or keyboard activity Or Prompt for password whe the computer returs from Away mode 7 Click OK. 6 Media Ceter Software Guide

11 Completig the setup wizard steps If you did ot complete the Media Ceter setup wizard steps the first time through, you ca complete or chage your selectios by usig the followig procedure. You eed to complete all of the required setup steps to access all of the Media Ceter features. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select Settigs. You may eed to use the arrow keys o the keyboard or the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to scroll dow to see all the meu items. 3 Select Geeral, Media Ceter Setup, ad the Ru Media Ceter Setup Agai. Follow the oscree istructios to complete the wizard. You ca chage your Media Ceter settigs i the Settigs meu. Followig are some of the items icluded i the setup wizard: Check for your Iteret coectio. A Iteret coectio allows Media Ceter to display iformatio about your music CDs, DVDs, ad other media. Optimize how Media Ceter looks o your display. You ca chage display settigs such as brightess, cotrast, color, ad ceterig. Set up your speakers. Select how may speakers you have ad test them. Speakers are sold separately for some models. Display Calibratio. You ca test ad adjust the display settigs of your moitor, TV, or other display. You ca use the Media Ceter video to help you chage oscree ceterig, sizig, aspect ratio (shape), brightess, cotrast, color, ad sharpess of the display with your TV remote cotrol or your moitor cotrols. You must subscribe with a Iteret service provider (ISP) to have a Iteret coectio. Usig Media Ceter 7

12 Media Ceter Start Meu C D E FG A H B *Some of the features ad programs listed are for select models oly. A B C D E Access a meu to exit Media Ceter, to shut dow or to restart the PC, to log off to ed your Media Ceter sessio, to put the PC ito stadby mode, or to switch users. See page 5. Use media playback cotrols: Play, Stop, Pause, Skip, Fast-Forward, Replay, Rewid, Record, Volume Up/ Dow, Mute, ad Chael Up/Dow. See page 14. Ope the Media Ceter Start meu. See page 3. Go back oe scree. Ope the Media Ceter Help. Media Ceter Start meu items Play DVD Watch DVD movies. See page 47. *Olie Spotlight Go to the Media Ceter Web site for the latest Media Ceter iformatio. See page 9. My Videos Watch your home videos. See page 43. My Pictures View digital pictures, play a slideshow, or prit photos. See page 36. My Music Play music files or music CDs, create ad edit playlists, ad record music files to CD. See page 17. F G H Miimize the Media Ceter widow. Resize the Media Ceter widow. Close the Media Ceter widow. More Programs Fid utilities ad programs for commuicatig with istat messagig (see page 9) ad backig up files (see page 11). Settigs Chage program settigs. See page 10. *HP Photosmart View, edit, share, ad prit digital pictures, ad play a slideshow. See page Media Ceter Software Guide

13 Olie Spotlight Olie Spotlight is a lik to the Microsoft Web site, where you ca fid the latest Media Ceter iformatio ad media offers ad services. This site is periodically updated by Microsoft. Some of the services listed may ot be available i certai coutries/regios. Your PC must be coected to the Iteret to access the Olie Spotlight Web site. Usig Istat Messagig i Media Ceter Istat messagig may ot be supported i all coutries/regios. Media Ceter supports istat messagig (Iteret service required) so you ca commuicate with your frieds ad family while you are doig somethig i Media Ceter. You always have the optio to tur this feature o or off. You ca use your remote cotrol to log i ad type messages. You ca eve have multiple coversatios. Loggig i to your Messeger accout 1 First, you must go to to set up your Messeger accout. You will eed a.net passport to log i to Messeger. A.NET passport is a address, a logi ame, ad a password. Make sure you verify the accout with MSN before you try to log i from Media Ceter. 2 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 3 Select More Programs, ad the select the Messeger ico. 4 Select Sig I. 5 Eter your.net passport iformatio, ad the select Sig I. From most areas i Media Ceter, you ca select a media file ad the press Ctrl+D o the keyboard or select a media file ad press the i(more iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol to access the Messeger logi scree. Usig Media Ceter 9

14 Chagig Media Ceter Settigs I the Media Ceter Settigs widow, you ca chage settigs for viewig your pictures ad slideshows, ad for cotrollig soud ad the display of all the Media Ceter widows. To chage your Media Ceter settigs: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select Settigs. 3 Select a category. 4 Select oe of the settigs listed. The, use the arrow keys o the keyboard or the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to select a optio or follow the oscree istructios. 5 Select Save to save your chages. Media Ceter Settigs categories Geeral Startup ad Widow behavior. Visual ad Soud Effects to set trasitio aimatios ad souds whe avigatig i Media Ceter. More Programs Optios to chage settigs for other programs o the PC. Media Ceter Setup to cofigure your Iteret coectio ad speakers, access Widows updates, ru Media Ceter setup agai, set up remote desktop, ad reset Start Page defaults. Automatic Dowloads Optios to get media iformatio about CDs, DVDs, ad movies from the Iteret. Optimizatio to keep your computer ruig smoothly by performig various tasks o a regularly scheduled basis. The Optimizatio settig closes ad the opes Media Ceter at a specific time each day that you determie. Pictures to set slideshow settigs. Music to select visualizatios or sog iformatio to display whe playig a sog. DVD to select a laguage for subtitles, audio tracks, ad meus of your DVDs, program the Skip ad Replay buttos o the remote cotrol for your DVDs, ad select closed captioig. You ca also access audio settigs for your speakers. Messeger to allow istat messages withi Media Ceter. Istat messagig may ot be supported i all coutries/regios. Help to fid help about usig Media Ceter ad your hardware. 10 Media Ceter Software Guide

15 Archivig files usig Media Ceter The Soic DigitalMedia Archive software is icluded with select models oly. To archive your hard disk drive files: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select More Programs. 3 Select Media Archive. 4 Select the drive where your files are located by selectig (+) or ( ). 5 Select the type of files to archive, by placig a check ext to Music, Pictures, Video, ad Recorded TV. 6 Select the drive where you wat to archive your files by selectig (+) or ( ). 7 Select Archive. Follow ay oscree istructios. Fidig Additioal Media Ceter Iformatio To lear more about usig Media Ceter, refer to the olie ad other Help files located i Media Ceter. Usig your mouse, click the Help ico i the Media Ceter toolbar. You ca select Olie Spotlight from the mai Media Ceter meu to go olie for the latest Media Ceter tips ad other iformatio. Olie Spotlight may ot be available i all coutries/regios. You ca also fid guides ad iformatio for your PC usig the Iteret to access a Support Web site. To view iformatio for your PC, go to the Support Web address listed i the Warraty ad Support Guide, ad search for your model s ame ad umber. The product model is o the lower frot of the PC chassis. To fid the olie documetatio for your product, search for your model umber, ad the click Mauals. Iformatio ad guides are associated with specific PC model umbers. Some models do ot have guides or mauals available o the Web site. Usig Media Ceter 11

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17 Usig the Remote Cotrol (Select models oly) The remote cotrol is desiged to work with Media Ceter. You ca use your remote cotrol with Media Ceter to play CDs ad DVDs, view pictures, ad much more. This remote cotrol helps you avigate the Media Ceter widows o your computer just as a TV remote cotrol helps you avigate cable TV optios or cotrol the playback of a movie i a VCR or DVD player. The remote cotrol ca: Navigate ad cotrol all Media Ceter widows. DVD MENU TV RADIO MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS RECORD REW PLAY PAUSE STOP FWD REPLAY SKIP The remote cotrol is icluded with select models oly. Features ad locatio may vary. Cotrol the video display. BACK MORE Place the computer i ad out of stadby mode. Shut dow or restart the PC. Log off from Media Ceter or switch users. The remote cotrol caot: Navigate the Widows desktop or cotrol other computer programs outside of Media Ceter. Be used as a VCR, DVD player, or stereo remote cotrol. Tur o or off a TV that is coected to your PC (select models oly). Tur o the PC. VOLUME LIVE TV MUTE GUIDE CH/PG RECORDED TV The remote cotrol requires two AA batteries. The remote cotrol operates up to 7.9meters (26feet) away from the remote sesor. PRINT Make sure there is othig blockig the pathway betwee your remote cotrol ad the remote sesor. Usig the Remote Cotrol 13

18 Remote Cotrol Buttos Overview Make sure you tur off the moitor ad tur dow or mute the volume, for example, if you have a scheduled recordig i the middle of the ight ad do ot wat to be disturbed. The PC does ot automatically go ito stadby mode if Media Ceter is ope. It is recommeded that you close Media Ceter before you maually place the PC i stadby mode. 1 Stadby Puts the PC ito ad out of a power-reduced stadby state. It does ot tur the PC off. 2 DVD Meu Opes the Play DVD widow i Media Ceter or opes the mai meu of a DVD movie, if available. 3 Music Opes the My Music widow i Media Ceter. 4 Radio Opes the FM Radio widow i Media Ceter. 5 Record Records a selected televisio program ad stores it o the hard disk drive. 6 Rew Moves the media backward for three speeds. 7 Replay Moves media backward 7 secods, or to the begiig of a music track or a DVD chapter. 8 Pause Pauses audio ad video tracks ad live or recorded TV programs. 9 Back Returs to the previous widow withi Media Ceter DVD MENU TV RADIO MUSIC PICTURES VIDEOS RECORD REW PLAY PAUSE STOP FWD REPLAY BACK SKIP MORE VOLUME CH/PG Arrows Move the cursor to avigate ad select actios withi all Media Ceter widows. 11 Start Opes the Media Ceter mai meu. 12 Volume Icreases (+) ad decreases ( ) volume LIVE TV MUTE GUIDE RECORDED TV Live TV Is a shortcut to the full-scree view of live TV. Moves a TV program forward to the ed of the pause buffer ad resumes playig live TV Guide Opes the Televisio Program Guide. 15 Clear Deletes the last character etered. 15 PRINT Media Ceter Software Guide

19 16 LED Activity idicator light. The LED tells you that the remote cotrol is emittig a sigal whe you press a butto. 17 TV Opes the My TV widow i Media Ceter. 18 Pictures Opes the My Pictures widow i Media Ceter. 19 Videos Opes the My Videos widow i Media Ceter. 20 Play Plays the selected media. 21 Stop Stops the media curretly playig. 22 Fwd Moves media forward at three speeds. 23 Skip Moves media forward 30 secods i videos ad live TV, oe music track, or oe DVD chapter. 24 i (More iformatio) Displays available iformatio about a selected media file ad displays other meus. 25 OK Selects the desired actio or widow optio ad acts as the Eter key. 26 CH/PG up (+) ad dow ( ) Chages the TV chaels or moves pages up ad dow, depedig o available optios. Moves to the ext DVD chapter. 27 Mute Turs computer soud off. The word Mute is displayed whe Mute is tured o. 28 Recorded TV Opes the Recorded TV widow where recorded TV programs are listed to 9, #, * Use umeric keypad buttos to chage chaels or eter text ito a Media Ceter search or text box. Each time you press a umber butto, a differet character appears. Press the Eter butto to select a character. 30 Eter Selects the desired actio, meu, or widow optio. 31 Prit Prits your pictures that you select i the My Pictures widow of Media Ceter. The PC will ot automatically go ito stadby mode if Media Ceter is ope. It is recommeded that you close Media Ceter before you maually place the PC i stadby mode. If the PC model does ot iclude a TV tuer, some remote cotrol buttos are iactive. Usig the Remote Cotrol 15

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21 Playig Music Files The My Music area i Media Ceter is a great way to play, orgaize, ad back up your music files. My Music is desiged to work with the Widows Media Player program. My Music With My Music, you ca fid ad play your favorite music files ad CDs you have added to the Widows Media Player music library. For more iformatio about usig My Music, see Usig My Music with Media Ceter o page 17. My Music is desiged to work with Widows Media Player Usig My Music with Media Ceter You ca copy digital music files ad orgaize a music library by usig My Music i Media Ceter or by usig the Widows Media Player program. Music files that are added from withi My Music i Media Ceter are copied ito the Widows Media Player music library ad are the accessible from withi Media Ceter. I My Music you ca: Play CDs or selected music tracks from your created Widows Media Player music library that you access i Media Ceter. Select ad edit a persoalized list of sogs from your library. Delete sogs from a music library or a queue list. My Music meu i Media Ceter Bur your favorite sogs to CDs. Back up your music tracks to a DVD or to a HP Persoal Media Drive. You ca store your music files i the My Music folder or i other folders o your hard disk drive, but you eed to add those files to the Widows Media Player music library for Media Ceter to be able to fid ad play them. Playig Music Files 17

22 Addig Music to My Music Library Whe you add music files to your My Music library, they are placed ito the music library i Widows Media Player. The added music files ca immediately be foud ad played back by usig My Music i Media Ceter. You ca also add music files to your music library from withi the Widows Media Player program. For more iformatio about addig ad deletig music files to the library, use the Widows Media Player Help meu. Addig music files from your hard disk drive 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Press Ctrl+D o the keyboard or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad select Add Music. 4 Select Add folders, ad the select Next. 5 Select Add folders o this computer, ad the select Next. 6 Use the arrow buttos o the keyboard or the remote cotrol to select a locatio. Press the Eter key o the keyboard or press the OK butto to expad a folder. Whe you fid the folder that cotais your music folder, select it by makig sure a arrow appears ext to the folder. Repeat this step to add additioal folders, ad select Next ad the Fiish. 7 Select OK. 18 Media Ceter Software Guide

23 Addig music files from a CD To add the CD tracks to your Media Ceter music library: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Isert a CD ito the CD drive. 4 Select Albums. 5 Select the Album CD you wat to add to your music library. 6 Select Copy CD. The first time you copy a music CD you must select your copyprotectio optio ad the follow ay oscree istructios. Each time you add music files outside of Widows Media Player, you must add these music files to your Widows Media Player music library for Media Ceter to fid them. Select the Tools meu, ad the select Search for Media Files to add ew music files to your library. 7 Select Yes to begi copyig tracks to your music library. This process may take several miutes, depedig o the legth of your music tracks. 8 Click OK. Deletig music files from the My Music library 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Select Sogs. 4 Use the arrow buttos o your remote cotrol or the keyboard to scroll through your sogs. Select the sog you wat to delete. 5 Select Delete, ad the select Yes. Playig Music Files 19

24 Usig supported music file types For more iformatio about music file formats, use Widows Media Player Help ad Media Ceter Help. Oly supported audio file types are displayed i the My Music widow. Usupported files wo t play. You ca play the followig types of digital audio files i My Music. Refer to Widows Media Player Help for more iformatio about supported file types. File extesio.cda.au,.sd.aif,.aifc,.aiff.wav.mp3,.m3u.wax,.wma.asf,.asx,.wm,.wma,.wmv,.wmp,.wmx,.wpl,.wm,.wmd,.wmz File type CD audio file Audio file AIFF audio file Widows audio file MP3 file Widows Media Audio file Widows Media file Playig Music Files i My Music You ca place all your music files ito the My Music folder or ito other folders o your hard disk drive, but you eed to add those files to the Widows Media Player music library for Media Ceter to be able to fid ad play them. Whe you first ope Media Ceter ad ope the My Music widow, you may ot fid ay music files listed uless there is a music CD i your CD drive or uless you have already added audio files to your Widows Media Player music library. Whe you copy music files usig Widows Media Player ad your computer is coected to the Iteret, the CD iformatio is copied ad displayed i Media Ceter ad i the Widows Media Player music library. If you isert a music CD whe Media Ceter is ot ope, a message appears askig what you wat to do. You ca select Widows Media Player as your default audio player. If you have aother program set as the default audio player, Widows opes the program ad begis playig the CD. 20 Media Ceter Software Guide

25 Playig a album i My Music 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Isert a music CD ito the CD drive. 4 Select Albums. 5 Select the album you wat to play. 6 Select Play. Playig a sog i My Music You ca play a sog from aywhere i My Music. You ca select it from the View Sog list, or from the Album, Artist, ad Gere lists. You ca also play a sigle sog from a playlist: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Select Sogs. The list displays all the sogs i your library. 4 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to select a sog, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or the Eter key o the keyboard to play it. You ca select Visualize i the Now Playig widow to see a visualizatio while you play a music track. Playig Music Files 21

26 Creatig a Queue List i My Music A queue list is a temporary list of sogs that is created i My Music as you select sogs, albums, or playlists to play. You ca cotiue to add sogs or you ca delete sogs from your queue list. You ca create a queue list ad save it as a playlist that you ca access i Media Ceter. 1 From the My Music widow: Select Sogs, use the arrow keys to select a sog you wat, ad the select Add to Queue. Or Select Albums or Playlists, select a album or a playlist, ad the select Add to Queue to add the etire album or playlist to the queue. 2 Select OK. 3 Use the Back butto o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard to go back to the Sogs, Albums, or Playlists meus if you wat to select more sogs to add to your queue list. Repeat step 1. 4 After you add the last sog for your queue list, select Play. All sogs i your queue list are played i the order you have selected them. Fidig ad Playig a Album i My Music 1 I the Media Ceter Start meu, select My Music, ad the select Albums. 2 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to select a album, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard. Select Play to play the album. The Now Playig widow opes, ad the album starts playig. 3 I the Play widow, you ca also select: View Cover to view cover art ad play oe track. View Queue to view a ordered list of all tracks that will be played o the album. Shuffle to rearrage the play order. Copy CD to copy a album ito your Widows Media Player music library ad your My Music library. Buy Music to coect to the Iteret, fid CD iformatio, ad buy music CDs. To go back to Media Ceter, press Start o the remote cotrol, or click Start o the taskbar ad click Media Ceter. Visualize to view a movig picture while listeig to a sog. Edit Queue to save your queue list as a playlist, create a CD/DVD, or clear all the sogs i the queue list. 4 To retur to the previous widow, press Back o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard. Repeat to play the album agai. 22 Media Ceter Software Guide

27 Creatig a Playlist i My Music A playlist is a customized list of sogs you ca keep to play later or record to CD. Usig playlists, you ca group various digital music files together ad determie the order i which you wat the files to play. You ca create a playlist that icludes several tracks from various CDs or eve a playlist that cotais backgroud music for a slideshow. You ca create playlists i Widows Media Player or from withi Media Ceter. To create a playlist: 1 Select My Music, ad the select either Albums, Artists, Playlists, Sogs, or Geres. 2 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to avigate to the music you wat to add to your playlist. 3 Press OK o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard to select a sog. 4 Select Add To Queue. A cofirmatio displays that the music was added to the list of music i the queue. 5 Select the iset widow i the lower-left corer to go to the queue. 6 O the Queue scree, select Edit Queue, ad the select Save As Playlist. 7 Use the alphaumeric keypad to eter a ame for the playlist, ad the select Save. If your PC is coected to the Iteret, the CD track titles ad cover art appear i Media Ceter. Playig Music Files 23

28 Copyig Music Files to CD i My Music To copy your music files to CD:! IMPORTANT: HP supports the lawful use of techology ad does ot edorse or ecourage the use of our products for purposes other tha those permitted by copyright law. For more iformatio about writable media, refer to the other documetatio that came with your PC. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select More Programs. 3 Isert a blak CD-R disc. 4 Select Create CD/DVD. 5 Select a disc format: Audio CD or Data CD, ad the select OK. 6 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to select the Utitled text box. 7 Use the alphaumeric keypad buttos o the remote cotrol or the keyboard to eter a ame for your CD, ad the select OK. 8 Select Music. 9 Select the music files to record. A check mark appears ext to the sog whe it is selected. Use the Back butto o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard to select more sogs from differet meus. 10 Whe you are fiished addig sogs, select View CD to see the sogs you have selected. If you wat to delete sogs, use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to select the X ext to the sog you wat to delete. Press OK o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard to delete the sog from your list of sogs to be recorded to CD. This does ot delete the sog from your music library. 11 Select Create CD. 12 Select Yes. 13 Select OK. 14 Follow the oscree istructios. 24 Media Ceter Software Guide

29 Workig with Pictures Use the HP Photosmart ad My Pictures areas i Media Ceter to view, edit, prit, ad share your pictures. HP Photosmart HP Photosmart Premier is a software program located i your All Programs meu that works together with the HP Photosmart area i Media Ceter. Both programs work together to orgaize, search for, display, prit, ad share your digital images. It is desiged to orgaize your photos, scaed images, ad video clips by date, keyword, or place. For more iformatio about usig HP Photosmart Premier, see Usig HP Photosmart i Media Ceter o page 26. The HP Photosmart Premier program is icluded with select models oly. My Pictures With My Pictures, you ca view, sort, edit, prit, ad create a CD or DVD of your pictures from the folders you create i the My Pictures directory i Widows Explorer. For more iformatio about usig My Pictures, see Usig My Pictures i Media Ceter o page 36. Workig with Pictures 25

30 Whe trasferrig pictures from a digital photo camera to the PC i HP Photosmart Premier, set the camera s USB settig to disk drive istead of digital camera. Workig with Digital Images You ca coect a digital image source, such as a digital photo or video camera, directly to the PC or through a dockig statio. Most digital picture files you copy or dowload from the device appear i the My Pictures folder. Widows XP ad Media Ceter detect your exteral device ad display a message askig if you wat to view your images. You ca display them from the desktop or from withi Media Ceter. You ca copy digital picture files from the memory cards used by digital cameras ad other digital imagig devices by usig the memory card reader (select models oly). r Usig HP Photosmart i Media Ceter Most tasks, such as viewig a slideshow, sharig your pictures olie, croppig, rotatig, ad pritig your pictures, you ca do i both the HP Photosmart Premier program o your desktop, ad from withi Media Ceter. There are a few thigs, for example, like some editig fuctios ad the Help files, that are oly available i the HP Photosmart Premier program o the desktop. HP Photosmart meu i Media Ceter Media Ceter displays a message allowig you to add pictures to your My Pictures folder wheever Media Ceter detects ay ew pictures. Creatig your picture catalog i HP Photosmart Premier The first time you ope the HP Photosmart Premier program, a message appears askig if you wat to create a catalog by idexig images i the My Pictures folder ad its subfolders. This catalog allows you to search for your pictures by date, keyword, or place, by usig HP Photosmart Premier. 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 26 Media Ceter Software Guide

31 2 Whe the catalog message appears, click OK to idex the images ad place them i the HP Photosmart Premier catalog. 4 Click Help at the top of the widow for more iformatio about creatig your picture catalog i HP Photosmart Premier. 3 At the top of the gallery widow, click the View tab, click the Browse tab, ad the click the Image Catalog ico it to see all of the images i the catalog. You ca also select the Search tab to browse for images. A B E F G C D H HP Photosmart Premier Widow A B C D The Mode tabs allow you to create a image project, view, edit, prit, share ad back up your images. The meu items ad display optios allow you to view images or perform various tasks. Various items, depedig o the tab you select. The View tab icludes a map of the folders o your hard disk drive. The Tips widow displays helpful hits about usig HP Photosmart Premier. E F G H The Prefereces butto allows you to customize HP Photosmart Premier. The Help meu gives you troubleshootig tips, istructioal videos, ad other iformatio. The Image display icos let you view images i a group, oe at a time, i full scree, or as a slideshow. Gallery of images. The Selectio tray displays images that you have selected. Workig with Pictures 27

32 After you create your picture albums i the HP Photosmart Premier program, you ca view them i Media Ceter. Creatig albums You ca orgaize your pictures ito albums by usig the HP Photosmart Premier program. HP Photosmart Premier liks your photos together ito albums. HP Photosmart Premier does ot move or create copies of your picture files. After you create your picture albums i HP Photosmart Premier, you ca the view them i Media Ceter. To create a album: 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Click the View tab. 3 Select the Image Catalog ico. 4 Select the pictures that you wat to place ito a album by placig a check i the check box uder the image. The selected images appear i the My Selectios area at the bottom of the widow. 5 Select the Albums ico, ad the select Create a ew album. 6 Type a title usig your keyboard, ad the click OK. You ca ow view your albums i Media Ceter whe you ope Media Ceter, select HP Photosmart, ad the select Albums. Modifyig a date assiged to your pictures Digital cameras ad scaers assig a creatio date to digital images. HP Photosmart Premier automatically recogizes this creatio date ad orgaizes your pictures by date. The most recet images are listed first i your Image Catalog. To chage a date: 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Click the View tab, ad the click Image Catalog uder the Browse tab. The most recet images are listed first i your Image Catalog. 3 Select a picture or pictures to assig a ew date. 4 Right-click oe of the images, ad the select Set Image Date ad Time. 5 Select a date ad time, ad the click OK. 28 Media Ceter Software Guide

33 Assigig a keyword to your pictures 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Click the View tab, ad the click Image Catalog uder the Browse tab. The most recet images are listed first i your Image Catalog. 3 Select a picture or pictures to assig a keyword. 4 Right-click oe of the images, ad the select Keywords, Assig, ad the select a previously created keyword or (New Keyword). 5 Type the ew keyword, ad the click OK. 6 Click OK agai. Assigig a place to your pictures 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Click the View tab, ad the click Image Catalog uder the Browse tab. The most recet images are listed first i your Image Catalog. 3 Select a picture or pictures to assig a place. 4 Select the Search tab, ad the select By Place. 5 Uder By Place, select Assig. 6 Click the map to fid your locatio. Each time you click the map, it zooms i closer. Use the arrow buttos surroudig the map to move aroud o the map. 7 Whe your locatio is i the ceter of the cross symbol, click Assig. 8 Click Assig agai. 9 Click Close. There are two ways to move aroud the HP Photosmart Premier map: you ca click ad drag or poit ad click the small globe. Workig with Pictures 29

34 You must ope the HP Photosmart Premier program from the desktop to assig dates, keywords, ad places to your pictures. Searchig for pictures i Media Ceter You ca search for pictures by date, keyword, ad place by usig your remote cotrol or mouse i Media Ceter. HP Photosmart Premier automatically orgaizes your pictures by date, based o the date assiged by the camera whe the picture was take or the date the picture was scaed. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select HP Photosmart. 3 Select the Search tab. 4 Select By Date. Select the Year, Moth, ad Day boxes ad the use the umber keypad o the remote or the umbers o the keyboard to eter the start ad ed date rage. The date rage of the pictures you selected is displayed i this widow. Or HP Photosmart Search Select By Place. Select the arrow buttos uder the globe to rotate the globe. Select the magifyig glass ico to zoom i ad out. Select a locatio. Locatios that have pictures assiged to them will have a colored dot o the map. Or Select By Keyword. Select a keyword. 5 Select Search. Viewig Pictures i HP Photosmart Viewig a slideshow i HP Photosmart Whe viewig images, you ca view a slideshow of all your images, idividual albums, or pictures selected from a search. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select HP Photosmart. 3 Navigate to the group of pictures you wat to view as a slideshow. 4 Select Slide Show. If you do ot select the pictures you wat to view as a slideshow, Media Ceter displays all pictures. 5 Use the media playback keys o the remote cotrol, or move the mouse to display the media cotrols to cotrol the playback of your slideshow. 30 Media Ceter Software Guide

35 Viewig a slideshow with music i HP Photosmart 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Select the music you wat, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol. If the music does t start automatically, press the Play butto o the remote cotrol. 4 To go back to the Media Ceter Start meu, press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 5 Select HP Photosmart. 6 Select the pictures. 7 Select Slide Show. Whe Media Ceter switches to full-scree mode, the iset widow disappears, but the music cotiues to play. Editig Pictures i HP Photosmart Premier Editig pictures i HP Photosmart Premier from the desktop You ca make chages to your pictures i HP Photosmart Premier from Media Ceter. Some of the editig features iclude removig red eye, croppig or resizig images, rotatig ad flippig images, ad adjustig the color, brightess, ad sharpess of your images. 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or 2 Click the Help drop-dow list at the top of the widow, ad the select Edit Tab Help for more iformatio about editig your images. Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. Workig with Pictures 31

36 You may eed to refresh the widow to view your edited picture i your HP Photosmart Premier folders. Editig pictures i HP Photosmart i Media Ceter You ca make chages to your pictures i HP Photosmart Premier from the desktop. Some of the editig features iclude removig red eye, croppig, resizig, ad rotatig images. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select HP Photosmart. 3 Select the picture you wat to edit. The edit widow appears whe you select a picture file. 4 Select a editig optio such as Crop. 5 Select the arrow buttos uder the picture to crop your picture. 6 Select Save As whe you are fiished editig the picture. HP Photosmart Crop i Media Ceter 7 Select OK to save your edited picture. Sharig Pictures i HP Photosmart Premier For more iformatio about the HP Share tools, refer to the Help meu i the HP Photosmart Premier program. You ca quickly share your photos with frieds ad family by first creatig shortcuts ad the sedig thumbails of your photos. The recipiet the clicks o a lik i the message to view the full-size photo o a secure Web page without dowloadig ay attachmets. The Web page is automatically displayed i a laguage based o the recipiet s Web browser settigs. The photos ca be viewed, prited, ad saved to a computer. Before you ca share photos i Media Ceter, you must agree to the licese agreemet i the desktop versio of HP Photosmart Premier. See the followig procedure. 32 Media Ceter Software Guide

37 To agree to the licese agreemet i HP Photosmart Premier: 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Select the HP Share tab. 3 Select . 4 Select your coutry/regio from the dropdow meu uder Select your coutry/regio. 5 Select the I Agree check box, ad the select Next. To share photos i Media Ceter: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select HP Photosmart. 3 Select the group of pictures you wat to share ad the select Share. 4 Select the pictures you wat to share by placig a check mark o each picture, ad the select Next. 5 Select a shortcut. Or Use the remote cotrol keypad or the keyboard to type a address ito the text box. If you wat to save this address, select Save as a shortcut by placig a check i the check box ext to it. Eter a shortcut ame for the address. 6 Select Next. HP Photosmart Share i Media Ceter 7 Select Origial or Compressed image size. 8 Use the remote cotrol keypad or the keyboard to type a subject i the text box, ad the select Sed. 9 Select OK to have HP Share sed your To view the status of the , select Outbox i HP Photosmart Premier. Workig with Pictures 33

38 Usig supported file types with HP Photosmart Premier HP Photosmart Premier supports the followig types of image, video, ad audio files. If the message Image caot be displayed appears, the file may be corrupted, or it may be a usupported file type. You may eed to edit your image with a photo editor ad save it i a supported file format. File extesio.jpg,.jpeg.tif,.tiff.gif.mov,.qt.mpeg-1.m1v.mpg File type Joit Photographic Experts Group Tagged Image File Format Graphics Iterchage Format QuickTime Movie file Movie file Movie file Movie file,.mpeg aimatio Oly supported image file types are displayed i My Pictures. Usupported files are skipped i a slideshow. Corrupted ad usupported image file types display a geeric image ico but caot be displayed i Media Ceter. Some file types are supported oly if appropriate filters ad software are istalled..avi Audio Video Iterleaved.bmp Bitmap.dcx Multipage.pcx file.fpx FlashPix Bitmap.pcx Bitmap Graphics.pg Portable Network Graphics 34 Media Ceter Software Guide

39 Pritig Pictures i HP Photosmart 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select HP Photosmart. 3 Select Albums, Moths, or Folders ad the select the album, moth, or folder where your picture is located. You eed to set up your priter before you ca prit from Media Ceter. 4 Select Prit. 5 Select the picture you wat to prit by placig a check mark o the picture, ad the select Next. HP Photosmart Prit i Media Ceter 6 Select the (+) or ( ) to choose a priter, ad the select Prit. 7 Follow ay oscree istructios. Creatig a Backup Disc of Your Pictures To create a backup disc of images you have put ito HP Photosmart Premier: 1 Click Start o the taskbar, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. Or Click Start o the taskbar, choose All Programs, HP, ad the click HP Photosmart Premier. The HP Photosmart Premier widow opes. 2 Select the Backup tab, ad the click Back Up Images o the left side of the widow. 3 Select your backup settigs, ad the click Next. 4 Isert a blak disc. 5 Select the drive ad media type, ad the click Next. 6 Click Start Backup. 7 Follow ay oscree istructios. Workig with Pictures 35

40 Usig My Pictures i Media Ceter My Pictures is a folder o your hard disk drive i the My Documets folder, ad it is a Media Ceter meu item that allows you to view ad search for your digital images by usig the remote cotrol or the keyboard ad mouse. It provides all the tools you eed for viewig, orgaizig, editig, pritig, sharig, ad protectig your digital images. My Pictures i Media Ceter My Pictures folder i Widows Explorer 36 Media Ceter Software Guide

41 Addig Pictures to My Pictures Addig picture files from your hard disk drive 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Press Ctrl+D o the keyboard or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Add Pictures. 4 Select Add folders, ad the select Next. 5 Select Add folders o this computer, ad the select Next. Addig Picture Files 6 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to select a locatio. Press the OK butto o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard to expad a folder. Whe you fid the folder that cotais your picture folder, select it by makig sure a arrow appears ext to the folder. Repeat this step to add additioal folders, ad the select Next. 7 Select Fiish. Workig with Pictures 37

42 From the My Pictures meu, you ca select Settigs to: Select a slide trasitio, a slide time delay, ad a backgroud color. Iclude picture folders you have created. Show captios. Display your pictures radomly. Show sog iformatio durig a slideshow. Viewig Pictures i My Pictures After you orgaize your pictures i the My Pictures folder i Widows Explorer, ope Media Ceter to view your pictures: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. The right side of the widow shows a small picture image (thumbail) ad, if you ve orgaized your pictures ito folders, folder icos. The pictures are displayed just as you orgaized them i the My Pictures folder i Widows Explorer. 3 Use the arrow keys o the keyboard or the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to move through your picture files ad folder files, ad select a picture. 4 Press the Eter key o the keyboard or press the OK butto o the remote cotrol to select a picture or folder to view. The selected picture opes i full-scree mode. Viewig Pictures 5 Press the Eter key o the keyboard or the OK butto o the remote cotrol agai to zoom i 150 percet; press it agai to zoom i 225 percet. Use the arrow keys or buttos to pa across a picture. To retur the picture to the origial size, press Eter or OK a third time. Viewig pictures as a slideshow 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Select the folder of pictures you wat to view as a slideshow, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or Eter o the keyboard. 4 Select Play Slide Show, ad the press OK. 5 Press Ctrl+D o the keyboard or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Picture Details. The picture ame, locatio, last modificatio date, ad resolutio appears, if available. 38 Media Ceter Software Guide

43 6 Press the Backspace key o the keyboard or the Back butto o the remote cotrol to go to a previous scree. Use the arrow keys o the keyboard or arrow buttos o the remote cotrol to display the ext or previous pictures. If you do ot select the pictures you wat to view as a slideshow, Media Ceter uses the first folder listed. If you have picture files that are ot stored i folders you created, Media Ceter plays all files stored i the My Pictures folder. Viewig a slideshow with music i My Pictures 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Music. 3 Select the music you wat, ad the press Eter o the keyboard or press OK o the remote cotrol. If the music does t start automatically, move the mouse to display the media cotrol toolbar, ad the select the Play butto, or press the Play butto o the remote cotrol. 4 Press the Back butto o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard util you are back to the Media Ceter Start meu. 5 Select My Pictures. 6 Select the folder of pictures, ad the press Eter o the keyboard or OK o the remote cotrol. 7 Select Play Slide Show, ad the press the Eter key o the keyboard or the OK butto o the remote cotrol. Whe Media Ceter switches to full-scree mode, the iset widow disappears but the music cotiues to play. Usig supported picture file types i My Pictures You ca view the followig types of image files i Media Ceter. File extesio.jpg,.jpeg.tif,.tiff.gif.bmp.wmf.pg File type Joit Photographic Experts Group Tagged Image File Format Graphics Iterchage Format Bitmap Widows MetaFile Portable Network Graphics Oly supported image file types are displayed i My Pictures. Usupported files are skipped i a slideshow. Folder icos appear eve if the images iside them caot be displayed. Corrupted ad usupported image file types display a geeric image ico but caot be displayed i Media Ceter. Some file types are supported oly if appropriate filters ad software are istalled. If the message Image caot be displayed appears, the file may be corrupted or it may be a usupported file type. You may eed to edit your image with a photo editor ad save it i a supported file format. Workig with Pictures 39

44 Editig Pictures i My Pictures Fixig red eye or cotrast 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Select the picture you wat to edit. 4 Right-click the picture or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Picture Details. 5 Select Touch Up. 6 Select Red Eye or Cotrast, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard. 7 After you select the optios you wat to fix, select Save. The picture is displayed with the ew settigs. Editig Pictures 8 Select Yes to save chages ad replace the origial picture file. Croppig pictures i My Pictures 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Select the picture you wat to edit. 4 Right-click the picture or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Picture Details. 5 Select Touch up, ad the select Crop. Croppig Pictures 40 Media Ceter Software Guide

45 6 For this step, you must use the mouse ad keyboard. Select the arrows uder the picture to move the picture side to side or up or dow. Select the magifyig glass to move the croppig tool i or out. Select the rotate tool to move the croppig tool to a vertical or horizotal positio. 7 After you select the optios you wat to fix, select Save or Save As. Oce saved, you caot revert to the origial picture. 8 Select Yes to save chages ad replace the origial picture file if you selected Save i the previous step. Or Select Yes to create a differet versio of the origial file if you selected Save As i the previous step. Rotatig pictures If your picture appears horizotally or vertically ad you wat to chage the orietatio, you ca chage it i Media Ceter: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Select the picture you wat to rotate. 4 Right-click the picture or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Picture Details. 5 Select Rotate, ad the press the Eter key o the keyboard or press the OK butto o the remote cotrol. Rotatio occurs i 90 icremets. Pritig Pictures i My Pictures 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Pictures. 3 Select the picture you wat to prit. You eed to set up your priter before you ca prit from Media Ceter; otherwise the file is saved to the My Documets folder by default whe you select to prit the picture. Pritig Pictures Workig with Pictures 41

46 4 Press the Prit butto o the remote cotrol. 5 Follow ay oscree istructios. Or Press Ctrl+D o the keyboard or press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol, ad the select Picture Details. Select Prit, ad the select Prit agai. I Media Ceter, all pictures are copied to CDs as.jpg files. Copyig Pictures to CDs ad DVDs You ca copy your pictures to CDs ad DVDs i Media Ceter or by usig the Soic Digital Media Projects program. You ca also create a LightScribe label for your CD or DVD if you have a LightScribe optical drive ad you use LightScribe media discs. Refer to the other documetatio that came with your PC. For more iformatio about writable media, refer to the electroic ad prited documetatio that came with your PC. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select More Programs. 3 Isert writable media (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+/-R, or DVD+/-RW) ito the drive. 4 Select Create CD/DVD. 5 Select the Utitled area, ad eter the ame of your disc by usig the umeric keys o the keyboard or the remote cotrol, ad the select OK. Use the Backspace key o the keyboard or the Clear butto o the remote cotrol to delete letters. 6 Select Pictures. 7 Select the pictures you wat to copy. A check mark appears ext to a picture whe you select it. 8 Select View CD/View DVD. From here you ca delete a picture, add more pictures, or chage the ame of your disc. 9 After you have selected all of your pictures, select Create CD/Create DVD. 10 Select Yes. Media Ceter displays a message if you eed to isert a additioal disc to complete your recordig. Media Ceter displays a message whe your disc has bee created. 42 Media Ceter Software Guide

47 Playig Videos The My Videos widow i Media Ceter makes it easy to play home video files you created or video files you dowloaded from the Iteret. I My Videos you ca: Play videos that are stored aywhere o your hard disk drive. Create a CD or DVD of your video files. View your videos i full-scree mode or from a iset widow i Media Ceter. View small image (thumbail) ad title of video file. Each user has a separate My Videos folder that ca be opeed oly by that perso. You ca share videos with others by storig them i the Shared Video folder. Playig Digital Videos i Media Ceter After you orgaize your videos i the My Videos or Shared Video folder i Widows Explorer, ope Media Ceter to watch your videos. 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select My Videos. 3 Select the video folder you wat. The video folder opes, displayig a list of video files. You may eed to use the scroll arrows at the bottom of the widow to display all videos. 4 Select the video file. The video plays i fullscree mode. Use the mouse to resize the widow if you wat to watch your video while doig somethig else o your desktop. 5 To exit full-scree mode ad retur to the previous widow, press Back o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard. Your video cotiues to play i the iset widow. 6 Whe the video is fiished, select Restart to replay the video, or select Doe to close the file ad retur to the My Videos widow. Use the mouse to select the up arrows ad dow arrows at the bottom of the widow, to scroll to other pages of video files ad folders. You ca maximize the media playig i the iset widow by usig the arrow buttos to select the iset widow ad the pressig OK o the remote cotrol. Playig Videos 43

48 Usig Supported Video File Types For more iformatio about supported video file types, refer to Media Ceter Help meu. You ca view the followig types of video files i Media Ceter. Other file types are supported if your PC has the correct software istalled. File extesio File type.avi Video file.dvr-ms Digital Video Recordig Microsoft (TV file format).mpeg,.mpg, Movie file.mpe,.m1v,.mp2,.mpv2.wm,.asf Widows Media file.wmv Widows Media AV file Trasferrig ad Recordig Video Files Oce you capture your video by usig video capture ad editig software, you ca use Media Ceter to fid it ad add it to your My Videos area. Recordig a aalog video file Refer to the Gettig Started Guide ad the other documetatio that came with your PC for more iformatio about capturig ad recordig video files from a aalog video camera. Recordig a digital video file Refer to the Gettig Started Guide for more iformatio about recordig video files from a digital video camera. 44 Media Ceter Software Guide

49 Creatig a CD/DVD from Video Files 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select More Programs. 3 Isert a writable disc, ad the select OK. 4 Select Create CD/DVD. 5 Select the Utitled area, eter the ame of your disc by usig the umeric keys o the remote cotrol or the keyboard, ad the select OK. Use the Clear butto o the remote cotrol or the Backspace key o the keyboard to delete letters. 6 Select Video, ad the select OK. 7 Select the video file you wat to copy, ad the select View CD/View DVD. 8 Select Add More if you wat to add additioal video files to your disc. 9 Select View CD/View DVD to check the cotets of your disc before recordig them. 10 Select Create CD/Create DVD to begi recordig the disc, ad the select Yes. Playig Videos 45

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51 Playig DVDs Watchig DVDs i Media Ceter allows you to cotrol the playback with your remote cotrol. If you play your DVD i aother program outside of Media Ceter, you will ot be able to use the remote cotrol. Playig DVD Movies i Media Ceter 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Isert the DVD ito the drive. If you have other media playig, Media Ceter asks if you wat to play the DVD. Select Play DVD. If you do t select a optio, the DVD automatically plays i full-scree mode after a few secods. Or If the DVD is already i the drive, select Play DVD from the Start meu. The DVD movie begis playig i full-scree mode. To view more iformatio about a DVD that you are watchig, such as the DVD title, chapter title, gere, paretal ratig, legth, ad curret positio, press the i (More iformatio) butto o the remote cotrol. 3 If a DVD meu appears, use the remote cotrol or the mouse to select the DVD meu items ad cotrol the DVD movie playback. 4 To stop playig the DVD, press Stop o the remote cotrol or move the mouse to display the media cotrols, ad the click the Stop butto. 5 To chage the widow size while the DVD movie is playig, move the mouse for the Resize ico to appear. 6 Click the Resize ico o the taskbar to adjust the widow size. Playig DVDs 47

52 Chagig the DVD Movie Laguage To select DVD laguage settigs for subtitles, closed captioig, ad viewig the DVD: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select Settigs. 3 I the Settigs widow, select DVD. 4 I the DVD Settigs widow, select DVD Laguage. 5 Use the arrow buttos o the remote cotrol or the arrow keys o the keyboard to select (+) or ( ). Press OK o the remote cotrol or press the Eter key o the keyboard to scroll through the laguages available. 6 Whe you fid the oe you wat, select Save, ad the press OK o the remote cotrol or the Eter key o the keyboard. 7 To retur to the mai Settigs widow, press the Backspace key o the keyboard or press the Back butto o the remote cotrol. Chagig DVD Audio Settigs To select DVD audio settigs for viewig the DVD: 1 Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. 2 Select Settigs. 3 Select DVD. 4 Select Audio. The Audio Properties widow opes. 5 Select Cofiguratio, ad the select your speaker ad soud optios. Select your speaker output ad your chael mode, if applicable. Select Save. 6 Select OK. 48 Media Ceter Software Guide

53 Creatig Movies Usig muvee autoproducer (Select models oly) Creatig persoalized ad professioal-lookig video movies is simple with muvee autoproducer, a software program o your PC. Basic Steps to Make a Movie The basic steps to produce a movie with muvee autoproducer are: 1 Capture digital video: Capture live or recorded video to your hard disk drive directly from a compatible digital video camcorder (oly from the desktop muvee autoproducer versio). 2 Add videos ad pictures: Select video ad picture files from your PC folders. You ca easily add videos ad still images to your movie productio. You ca use these video ad still image file types i your movie project: File extesio.dv.avi.mpeg-1.mpeg-2.mpeg-4.mov.wmv.asf.jpg,.jpeg.gif.bmp File type Digital video Audio Video Iterleaved Motio Picture Experts Group video playback Motio Picture Experts Group DVD video playback High-quality video format (for Web streamig, wireless devices, etc.) QuickTime movie Widows Movie Video (oly i the desktop versio of muvee autoproducer) Advaced Streamig Format Joit Photographic Experts Group, still image Graphics Iterchage Format, still image Bitmap, still image 3 Add music: Select music files o your PC to add to your movie soudtrack. You ca use these music file types i your movie project: File extesio File type.aac Advaced audio codig.mp3 MPEG Layer 3.m4a MPEG-4 audio layer.wav Widows audio.wma Widows Media audio 4 Select a style: Apply a movie style editig template for differet effects ad picture trasitios i your movie. 5 Add captios: Persoalize your movie with opeig titles ad closig credits. 6 Make the movie: Automatically aalyze the videos, pictures, music, movie style, ad captios you added to your movie ad save your movie to your PC hard disk drive, CD, or DVD. 7 Bur to disc: You ca bur a video to DVD, VCD, or SVCD oly from the desktop muvee autoproducer versio. The followig sectios cotai detailed istructios. Creatig Movies Usig muvee autoproducer 49

54 Locatig the two versios of muvee autoproducer You ca access two versios of muvee autoproducer (select models oly): Desktop To view Help files, press the F1 fuctio key o the keyboard. Click Start o the taskbar, ad the select All Programs, muvee Techologies, muvee autoproducer, ad the muvee autoproducer to ope muvee autoproducer. This versio of muvee autoproducer has more features, such as video capture ad disc recordig. See Usig muvee autoproducer o the Desktop o page 51. Or Media Ceter To view Help files, select the? ad the press OK o the remote cotrol. Press the Media Ceter Start butto o the remote cotrol, or, with your mouse, click Start o the taskbar, ad the click Media Ceter. Select More Programs ad the Make muvee to ope the muvee autoproducer uplugged program. Use your remote cotrol from withi Media Ceter to persoalize your video files. See Usig muvee autoproducer uplugged i Media Ceter o page Media Ceter Software Guide

55 Usig muvee autoproducer o the Desktop Gettig started o the desktop To ope muvee autoproducer (select models oly): 1 Close or miimize Media Ceter. 2 Click Start o the taskbar. 3 Select All Programs, muvee Techologies, muvee autoproducer, ad the muvee autoproducer to ope muvee autoproducer. 4 Ope a project by selectig, from thefilemeu, either New Project or Ope Project. 5 Select oe of the butto optios: You ca also lauch the muvee autoproducer program from withi Soic DigitalMedia Plus: uder the Video tab, select muvee autoproducer. Butto Allows you to See Get Video from Camera Ope the muvee Video Capture widow to capture (copy) live video or recorded video. Capturig video from a DV camcorder o page 52. Add Video Ope the Add Video widow to add existig video files to your project. Addig videos o page 53. Add Pictures Ope the Add Pictures widow to add existig still image files to your project. Addig pictures o page 54. Add Music Ope the Add Music widow to add existig music files to your project. Addig music o page 55. Chage Settigs Ope the muvee Settigs widow to adjust audio ad video productio settigs for your movie. Chagig the settigs o page 55. Title/Credits Ope the muvee Title ad Credits widow to type a opeig title ad closig credits for your movie. Addig a opeig title ad closig credits o page 56. Make muvee Save muvee Ope the Make muvee widow to automatically create ad preview the movie. Ope the Save muvee widow to save the fiished movie o your PC hard disk drive i.wmv or.mpeg formats. Makig the movie o page 57. Savig the movie project o page 57. Bur to Disc Ope the muvee Burer widow to record the fiished movie i DVD, VCD, or SVCD formats. Recordig the movie project to disc o page 58. Creatig Movies Usig muvee autoproducer 51

56 Capturig video from a DV camcorder You ca capture (copy) digital video files to your hard disk drive by usig muvee autoproducer either: Live (kow as camera mode) usig a compatible DV camcorder. See Capturig live video from a DV camcorder o page 52. Or Recorded (kow as VCR mode) usig a recorded tape i your DV camcorder. See Capturig recorded video from a DV camcorder o page 53. Captured video files are automatically added to your movie project. To remove the file from your movie project, select the video file i the list of Captured Video Files, ad the click the Trash Ca ico. Whe capturig video, it is importat to be aware of the amout of free space available o your PC hard disk drive. Capturig video ca use a large amout of disk space. The amout of free disk space displays o the Capture Video widow i muvee autoproducer while you are capturig video. Capturig live video from a DV camcorder Capturig live video i camera mode allows you to create a video file without eve havig a tape i the camcorder. To capture (copy) live video to your hard disk drive usig muvee autoproducer: 1 Coect your DV camcorder to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port o your PC. 2 Tur o the camcorder ad set it to VCR mode. Refer to the istructios i the maufacturer s documetatio. 3 Click the Get Video from Camera butto. 4 Click the Start Capture butto to begi capturig the live image directly to your hard disk drive. 5 Click the Stop Capture butto to stop capturig. 6 Click Capture Folder to specify a folder for the captured video file. 7 Click Fileame to specify a file ame for the captured video file. 8 Click the Doe butto to automatically add captured video files to your movie project. 52 Media Ceter Software Guide

57 Capturig recorded video from a DV camcorder For best results with muvee autoproducer, capture oly video footage that you are most iterested i usig i your movie project. To capture camcorder (copy) recorded video to your hard disk drive: 1 Coect your DV camcorder to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port o your PC. 2 Tur o the camcorder ad set it to VCR mode. Refer to the istructios i the maufacturer s documetatio. 3 Click the Get Video from Camera butto. 4 Click the Play butto o the scree to begi viewig the video. 5 Click Start Capture whe you see the start of the video footage you wat to use i your movie project. 6 Click Stop Capture to stop capturig. 7 Repeat steps 5 ad 6 to capture additioal sectios of video footage. 8 Click Capture Folder to specify a folder for the captured video file. 9 Click Fileame to specify a file ame for the captured video file. 10 Click the Doe butto to automatically add captured video files to your movie project. Addig videos To add video files to your movie productio: 1 Select the Add Video butto i the video/pictures area. The Add Pictures widow opes. 2 Browse the folders o your hard disk drive to select existig video files for your movie: Add up to three video files. Select multiple video files by pressig ad holdig Ctrl o your keyboard while selectig the files. 3 Adjust the order of the video files by selectig ad the draggig ad droppig the file. Select the clip, ad click the Trash Ca ico to remove a video clip from the productio. 4 You ca mark specific scees i a video clip to iclude or leave out of your fial movie with the magicmomets feature i muvee autoproducer. To select video scees with magicmomets: a Select a video file i the Select Video/Pictures widow, ad the click the magicmomets butto. The magicmomets widow opes. b Click the Play butto to start viewig the video. Creatig Movies Usig muvee autoproducer 53

58 c Use the magicmomet cotrols to mark video scees to iclude ad exclude: Click or hold dow the arrow buttos to avigate backward ad forward through the video footage. Video footage left umarked is still aalyzed whe you make the movie ad may be icluded i the fial versio of the movie. Click ad hold dow the gree thumbs-up butto to mark scees that must be icluded i the movie. Click ad hold dow the red thumbsdow butto to mark scees that must be left out of the movie. Click or hold dow the gray thumb butto to udo 1 secod of a selected scee. Press the Shift key o the keyboard, ad the click the scee to udo scees that were marked with the thumbs-up or thumbs-dow buttos. For best results with the productio of your movie: Keep each magicmomet to less tha 10 secods. Keep the total duratio of magicmomets to less tha 50 percet of the duratio of your movie. It is recommeded to select oly a few scees. d Click OK whe you fiish markig scees. The widow closes. Note that the video clip is marked o the lower-left side. Addig pictures To add still image files to your movie productio: 1 Select the Add Pictures butto i the Video/Pictures area. The Add Pictures widow opes. 2 Browse the folders o your hard disk drive to select existig still image files for your movie: Add up to 50.jpg,.gif, or.bmp picture files. Select multiple picture files by pressig ad holdig Ctrl o your keyboard while selectig the files. 3 Adjust the order of the picture files by selectig ad the draggig ad droppig the picture file. Select the picture, ad click the Trash Ca ico to remove a picture from the productio. 4 Select the Rotate Image Clockwise butto to rotate still images. 5 Use magicspot to cotrol the motio that is applied to your picture: Select the magicspot butto to ope the magicspot widow. Click the maual butto to display two overlappig frames over your picture. Move the frames aroud to set the start ad ed poits for motio. The arrow i the frames shows the directio of motio. 54 Media Ceter Software Guide