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Media Center MCP9360i
Use cases
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 2 Online help: www.P4C.philips.com For interactive help, downloads and frequently asked questions
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 3 Page Contents ® Using Windows XP Media Center .................................... 4 Control & navigation ................................................................................................................. 4 My TV ..................................................................................... 5 Watching live TV .....................................................................................................................
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 4 ® EN Using Windows XP Media Center ® After starting your Philips Media Center, Windows XP Media Center starts automatically. Control & navigation • When you move the cursor with the integrated trackball of your keyboard, the ® Windows XP Media Center menu bar and playback controls toolbar appear. • Use the media playback controls of the toolbar for playback and record functions, volume up/down and channel up/down. ® • Use the remote control navi
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 5 EN My TV My TV provides you with all necessary functions to watch live TV and buffered TV (time-shift function), record TV programs, search for TV programs and change TV settings. Watching live TV 1 Press the Live TV ( - 21) key on the remote control. OR: 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control and use the navigation keys (1 2 3 4 - 6) to select My TV. 2 Select Live TV and press OK (19). > The current TV program appears in full-screen mode. 3
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 6 EN TV guide function - Seeking a TV program The guide displays information on channels, TV programs and program schedules. This information is retrieved from your local television service provider. The guide can be updated automatically or manually. Note: Make sure that an internet connection is established for your Media Center. Using the guide 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control. > The Media Center Start menu appears. 2 Press the Guide
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 7 EN Automatically downloading TV program guide information You can set up Media Center to automatically download the latest TV program guide information. Note: You must have selected your local television service provider, before you can use the Guide. See ‘Optional setup - Configure tuners, TV signal and guide’ option in the quick install guide supplied. 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control. 2 Select Settings, General, Automatic Download Op
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 8 EN Change channel order To change the order of the TV channels in your preset channel list: 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control. 2 Select Settings and press the OK key (19) on the remote control. 3 Select TV, then Guide and press the OK key (19). 4 Select Change Channel Order and press the OK key (19). 5 Select the on-screen up or down arrows and press the OK key (19) to change the position of a channel in the preset channel list. 6 Select
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 9 EN Verifying a recording session 1 Press the i (info) key (20) on the remote control. 2 Select Program info in the window that appears and press the OK key (19). Scheduling a TV program recording Manually: 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control, select My TV, Recorded TV and press the OK key (19). 2 Select Add Recording and press the OK key (19). 3 Select channel number, recording frequency, date, start and stop time, the period for which yo
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 10 EN > Your recorded TV programs are displayed in the Recorded TV window. 2 Use the remote control navigation keys (1 2 3 4 - 6) to select a title, then select Play and press the OK key (19) to play the TV program. > In the Recorded TV window options are displayed for sorting the recorded TV programs by date or by title. In this window you can also add and view scheduled TV program recordings. Deleting TV program recordings TV program recordings t
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 11 EN My Music My Music offers you all functions to listen to CD’s and to add and play the music ® files in the Windows Media Player Library. Playing a CD 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control. 2 Insert a CD into the CD/DVD drive (3) of the Media Center. > After a few seconds CD playback starts and the CD track list is displayed. If the CD is already in the CD/DVD drive: 1 Select My Music from the Media Center Start menu and press press the OK
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 12 EN Playing music from your Media Library 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control, select My Music and press the OK key (19). > In the My Music window you have access to your music files sorted by album, by artist, by song or by genre. You can also browse the playlists you have generated in ® Windows Media Player or make use of the search function. Queue list With a queue list, a temporary list of songs created in My Music, you can have songs
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 13 EN OR: 1 Select My Music and press the OK key (19). 2 Select a song you like and start playback using the 2 (Play) key (11). 3 Select More Programs and press the OK key (19). 4 Select LikeMusic. > A playlist of songs, similar to the song currently playing is now generated. 5 Now continue with the instructions under Saving your playlist. OR: 1 Select My Music and press the OK key (19). 2 Select a song you like and start playback using the 2 (Play
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 14 EN Settings: Under Settings you can choose to either add the new playlist to the existing queue ® list (created via Windows Media Player) or to replace the existing queue list with the new playlist. 1 Select Settings. 2 Check the Replace Queue box if you wish to replace the existing queue list. Then select Save. > The existing Queue list will now be replaced with the new list. OR: 2 Leave the Replace Queue box empty if you wish to add the new li
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 15 EN My Pictures With My Pictures you display your digital image files, individually or as a slide show. You can use digital image files from many sources, such as a digital camera, a scanner, ® or from a CD or other storage media. To view pictures in Windows XP Media Center’s My Pictures, you first have to add and organize your picture files into the ® Windows XP My Pictures or Shared Pictures folders. Adding and organizing pictures ® 1 Click St
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 16 EN My Videos With My Videos you can play video files recorded with your digital video camera or downloaded from the Internet. Media Center saves your videos, including the TV ® program recordings you made, in the Windows XP My Videos folder and the Shared Video folder. ® Access to Windows XP My Videos and Shared Video folders Video files can be stored in folders you create and name yourself. All files should be ® stored in the Windows XP My Vide
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 17 EN Capturing Digital Video Capturing Digital Video To capture your own digital video camera recordings, you have to connect your digital video camera to the Media Center using the: FIREWIRE (IEEE1394 / i.LINK) connector (16) OR the USB 2.0 connector (15). See ‘Connecting a video camera (or other portable external source)’ in the quick install guide. 1 Make sure to connect the camera first before starting the DV Capture program. 2 Press the key (
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 18 EN Other functions Online Spotlight ® In Windows XP Media Center’s Online Spotlight new ways of using your Media Center are presented. Online Spotlight links to the Media Center Web site for the latest links to online media and information services. Note: To be able to use Online Spotlight, make sure that an Internet connection is established for your Media Center. 1 Press the key (8) on the remote control. 2 Select Online Spotlight. 3 Use the
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 19 EN Sync to Device – media content for portable devices You can synchronize music, pictures, videos, or recorded TV programs to compatible portable devices like mp3 players, smartphones or pocket PCs. Use the Media Center Help for more details about using Media Center with portable devices. 1 Connect your portable media device to your Media Center. 2 Select Yes when you are asked to sync content to the portable media device. OR: 2 Press the key
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Use_cases_English.qxd 01-08-2006 9:12 Pagina 20 EN Troubleshooting Scheduled TV program recording Scheduled TV program recording (timer recording) from standby is only possible if (Timer recording) does not work. the Media Center has been placed in standby mode using the remote control. • Repeat the ‘Scheduling a TV program recording’ procedure. Use the remote control to switch the Media Center to standby mode. Scheduled TV program recording Scheduled TV program recording (timer recording) fr
