HP Pavilion Media Center 884, Supplementary Manual

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Page 2: ...rograms 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 guid...

Page 3: ...ide 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...

Page 4: ...eld 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 ...

Page 5: ...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...

Page 6: ...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 Install...

Page 7: ...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 Wizar...

Page 8: ... 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 c...

Page 9: ... 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 Or Selecting...

Page 10: ... 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 mediac...

Page 11: ...ocedures that follow describe how to prepare your PC make the backup files you need copy the file to CD and use the backup CD to restore the files to your PC after a system recovery To prepare the code key files Note The code key files and backup CD you make can be used in your PC only 1 After you set up your PC and turn it on complete the initial Microsoft Windows setup Open Media Center and comp...

Page 12: ...for all users box put your cursor over the vertical line between Filename and Application in the title bar and then click and drag the line to the right to see the full entries 9 Scroll down the list to see and then click the entry C Documents and Settings All Users DRM 10 Click Remove 11 Click Apply 12 Click OK The Options window closes ...

Page 13: ...kup tab 14 In the left box click the plus sign for HP Pavilion C The file tree expands Click the plus sign for Documents and Settings click the plus sign for All Users and then click the DRM box so a check mark appears as shown in the next figure ...

Page 14: ...nto drive A appears click Cancel 17 The Save as window opens In the Save in box select Desktop from the drop down list In the Save as box use the default name or type in a file name with the extension bkf and then click Save The window closes 18 Click Start Backup in the Backup Utility window The Backup Job Information window opens 19 Click Start Backup The Backup Progress window opens When the pr...

Page 15: ...Remove the CD label it and store it in a safe place for use with the next procedure Click Done 11 Click the x in the upper corner of the RecordNow window to close it 12 Because you do not need the backup file you created drag the file to the Recycle Bin on the desktop This deletes the copy of the file that was on the hard disk drive To use the code key backup CD after system recovery Important Aft...

Page 16: ...ick the drop down menu arrow and click the optical drive with the backup CD Click the backup file name Click Open and then click OK 6 In the Items to restore box click the plus sign for the backup file name The file tree expands Click the C box so a check mark appears Click the System State box so a check mark appears The next figure shows the boxes checked 7 Click Next 8 The Backup or Restore Wiz...

Page 17: ...d TV shows to DVD for viewing and playing in a home DVD player Your MyDVD program has an icon called Get Recorded TV Shows When you click this icon the Shared Documents folder on the hard disk drive C drive opens and lists your recorded TV shows by name The recording quality determines the size of the file created for the recorded program Best is the pre set recording quality setting A two hour pr...

Page 18: ...lts 5 Use the arrow buttons to select the Quality option and then press OK on the remote control to change the setting until Good is selected Select OK in the window and then press OK on the remote control again to enter the change 6 Press the Back button on the remote control to return to the main Settings menu Switching Display Devices When you connect more than one display device CRT monitor fl...

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