User manual HP Z545 Software Guide

[. . . ] Software Reference Guide HP Digital Entertainment Center Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. HP assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by HP. [. . . ] 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. You can also play a single song from a playlist: 1 Press the Media Center Start button remote control. on the 3 Select Songs. The list displays all the songs in your library. 4 Use the arrow buttons to select a song, and then press OK on the remote control to play it. You can select Visualize in the Now Playing window to see a visualization while you play a music track. Playing Music Files 83 Playing Music Files 2 Select My Music. n Creating a Queue List in My Music A queue list is a temporary list of songs that is created in My Music as you select songs, albums, or playlists to play. You can continue to add songs or you can delete songs from your queue list. You can create a queue list and save it as a playlist that you can access in Media Center. 1 From the My Music window: 2 Use the Back button on the remote control to go back to the Songs, Albums, or Playlists menu if you want to select more songs to add to your queue list. Repeat step 1. Select Songs, and then use the arrow keys to select a song you want, and then select Add to Queue. Or 3 After you add the last song for your queue list, select Play. All songs in your queue list are played in the order you have selected them. Select Albums or Playlists, select an album or a playlist, and then select Add to Queue to add the entire album or playlist to the queue. Finding and Playing an Album in My Music 1 In the Media Center Start menu, select My Music, and then select Albums. 2 Use the arrow buttons to select an album, and then press OK on the remote control. You can also press Play on the remote control to play the album. The Now Playing window opens, and the album starts playing. Buy Music to connect to the Internet, find CD information, and buy music CDs. To go back to Media Center, press Start on the remote control. Visualize to view a picture while listening to a song. 4 To return to the previous window, press Back on the remote control. 3 In the Play window, you can also select: View Cover to view cover art and play one track. View Queue to view an ordered list of all tracks that will be played on the album. Copy CD to copy an album into your Media Library. When you select Buy Music, your Internet browser opens the Microsoft Web site. Here you'll find information about the artist or album you're currently listening to or similar artists. You have the option to purchase CDs. n 84 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Creating a Playlist in My Music A playlist is a customized list of songs you can keep to play later or record to CD. Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play. [. . . ] My image and video display is a poor quality. For the best image and video quality on fixed-pixel displays (LCDs), Windows desktop resolution should always be set to the original resolution of the panel. Media Center requires more video memory at higher resolutions and may not function reliably if there is not enough. Media Center displays a message if there is not enough RAM to support the current resolution. 196 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Reference Guide Problem My HP Digital Entertainment Center is experiencing video errors. Possible solution There may be a problem with the codec. [. . . ]