Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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Protection of Stored Data
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Critical Applications
The computer you have purchased is not designed for any "critical applications. " "Critical applications" means life support systems, medical applications, connections to implanted medical devices, commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any other applications where product failure could lead to injury to persons or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. [. . . ] With a quick click of the mouse or using your remote control, you can:
Watch or record TV programs Listen to music Display your digital photos Watch your own digital movies Watch a DVD movie Change your Media Center Settings
When enjoying the Media Center, use the icons on the Title Bar to return to the Media Center main screen, go back to the previous screen, or to display the Media Center's online help.
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Home screen
Back
Help
Sample Title Bar Icons Use the Media Playback controls at the bottom of the screen to control your movies, music, and photo displays.
Media Playback controls
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Navigating Media Center
In the Media Center windows, a selected item, such as a folder, file, or menu item is outlined with a green border. To select items, use the arrow buttons on the remote control, and then the OK button to enter your selection. If you have media playing, such as music or a television program, it displays in an inset window in the lower left corner. To switch from watching your media in the inset window to watching it in full screen mode, use the arrows on the remote control to select it and then press OK.
Remote Control For Media Center
You can use your remote control with Media Center to play CDs, DVDs and videos; to view pictures; and to watch and record television programs. The remote control helps you navigate the Media Center windows on your computer just as a cable TV remote control navigates cable TV options or controls the playback of a movie in a VCR or DVD player. Using the remote control, you can:
Navigate and control all Media Center windows. Place the computer in and out of standby mode.
The remote control can send a strong signal to the remote sensor from within a range of about 26 feet and from an angle of about 45 degrees.
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Remote Control Buttons Overview
Play Record REW Replay Start Back OK Live TV My Music My Video Volume Standby Stop FWD Skip Pause Guide Arrow buttons More Info My TV My Pictures Mute Channel/Page Up 0 to 9 Enter
DVD Menu Clear
The Remote Control The remote control has the following buttons/functions: Standby -- Puts the computer into a power reduced standby state. Record -- Records the selected television program and stores it on your hard disk. Stop -- Stops the media currently playing. REW (Rewind) -- Moves the media (video, DVD, music, and so on) backwards. Play -- Plays the selected media.
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FWD (Fast forward) -- Moves media forward. Media playback -- The media playback buttons control the playback of music, DVD movies, videos, recorded and live TV programs, and picture slide shows. Navigation and other direct access -- The navigation buttons move the cursor around Media Center windows and select desired actions, much like a mouse does. The other direct access buttons open specific windows within the Media Center, such as the Television Program Guide, a DVD main menu, and live TV in full screen mode.
Audio and Video -- The audio and video buttons control sound and channel selection, display details, and allows you to enter text.
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Direct Access Buttons
The direct access buttons open the main Media Center windows.
TV opens the My TV window where you can watch and record TV and access other My TV features. Recorded TV opens the Recorded TV window where all your recorded TV programs are stored. From this window, you can search for and play back a recorded show. Music opens the My Music window where you can play music CDs and your music files. Pictures opens the My Pictures window where you can search for, sort, and view pictures and slide shows that are stored in the My Pictures or the Shared Pictures folder in Windows Explorer. Video opens the My Videos window where you can search for, sort, and play back your recorded video files that are stored in the My Videos or the Shared Videos folder in Windows Explorer.
Media Playback Buttons
These buttons allow you to play back picture slide shows, music files, playlists, music CDs, DVD movies, home videos, and live TV, from within the Media Center program. Press Pause and then FWD repeatedly to play media frame by frame in slow motion. To continue slow motion, you must press the FWD button more than once. Use FWD to move selected video or picture media forward. [. . . ] resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. For a printer, resolution is expressed in dots per inch (dpi). For a screen, it is expressed as the number of pixels available horizontally and vertically. To reset the computer by reloading the operating system without turning the computer off. [. . . ]