User manual ACER VERITON S4610

[. . . ] This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of ACER. Box 4010 Cupertino, CA 95015-4010 USA © 2002, 2003, 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. [. . . ] This process may take several minutes, depending on the length of your music tracks. 7 Click OK. Each time you add music files outside of Windows Media Player, you must use the Tools menu to add music files to your Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to find them. n 80 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Deleting music files from the My Music library 1 Press the Media Center Start button 2 Select Songs. on the remote control, and then select My Music. 3 Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to scroll through your songs. Select the song you want to delete, and then press OK on the remote control. 4 Select Delete, and then select Yes. Using supported music file types You can play the following types of digital audio files in My Music. Refer to Windows Media Player Help for more information about supported file types. File extension . cda . wav . mp3, . m3u . asx, . wm, . wma, . wmv, . wmp, . wmx File type CD audio Windows audio file MP3 Windows Media audio files For more information about music file formats, use Windows Media Player Help and Media Center Help. Only supported audio file types are displayed in the My Music window. Unsupported files won't play. n Playing Music Files 81 Playing Music Files Playing Music Files in My Music When you first open Media Center and open the My Music window, you may not find any music files listed unless there is a music CD in your CD drive or unless you have already added audio files to your Windows Media Player Library. When you copy music files using Windows Media Player and your computer is connected to the Internet, the CD information is copied and displayed in Media Center and in the Windows Media Player Library. If you insert a music CD when Media Center is not open, a message appears asking what you want to do. You can select Windows Media Player as your default audio player. If you have another program set as the default audio player, Windows opens the program and begins playing the CD. You can place all your music files into the My Music folder or into other folders on your hard disk drive, but you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. n 82 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Playing an album in My Music 1 Press the Media Center Start button remote control. 6 Select Play. Playing a song in My Music You can play a song from anywhere in My Music. You can select it from the View Song list, or from the Album, Artist, and Genre lists. If you want to delete songs, use the arrow buttons on the remote control to select the X next to the song you want to delete. Press OK on the remote control to delete the song from your list of songs to be recorded to CD. This does not delete the song from your library. 9 Select Create CD. 10 Select Yes. IMPORTANT: ACER supports the lawful use of technology and does not endorse or encourage the use of our products for purposes other than those permitted by copyright law. n 86 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Deleting music files from the My Music library To delete your music files: 1 Press the Media Center Start button 2 Select Songs. on the remote control, and then select My Music. 3 Use the arrow buttons on your remote control to scroll through your songs. Select song you want to delete and then press OK on the remote control. 4 Select Delete. 5 Select Yes. Editing song and album information 1 Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, and then select My Music. 4 Use the arrow buttons and the numeric keypad on the remote control to enter new information about the song or album. 2 Select the song or album you want to edit. 3 Select Edit Info. 5 Select Save. Selecting a Visualization To select which visualization to display when you play a song: 1 Press the Media Center Start button remote control, select Settings. on the 4 Use the arrow buttons to select the visualization Playing Music Files settings you want, and then press OK on the remote control change the setting. 2 Select Music. 3 Select Visualization Options. 5 Select Save. Playing Music Files 87 88 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Working with Pictures ACER Image Zone Plus ACER Image Zone Plus is a software program located in your All Programs menu that works together with the ACER Image Zone Plus area in Media Center. Both programs work together to organize, search for, and display your digital images. It is designed to organize your photos, scanned images, and video clips by date, keyword, or place. For more information about using ACER Image Zone Plus, see "Using ACER Image Zone Plus in Media Center" on page 91. Working with Pictures 89 Working with Pictures Use the ACER Image Zone Plus and My Pictures areas in Media Center to view and print your pictures. My Pictures With My Pictures, you can view and print your pictures from the folders you create in the My Pictures directory in Windows Explorer. [. . . ] Re-record your files to a file format that can be read by DVD players. If your DVD playback is vertically stretched in Media Center, stop playback and eject the disc. Reinsert the DVD and try to play it again. Or Click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, InterVideo WinDVD, InterVideo WinDVD Player, and then click InterVideo WinDVD to play the DVD. [. . . ]