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HP Digital Entertainment Center
User’s Guide
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Table of Contents Before You Begin ..............................1 Connecting Audio ........................... 35 Welcome ..............................................................1 Audio Overview...................................36 Benefits and Features ..............................................2 Audio Output Connectors ......................................36 Sound Connector Jacks..........................................37 Functional Overview.............................. 3 Speaker
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Connecting Video Out..................... 59 Connecting Video Equipment...........95 Video Out Overview ............................60 Video Equipment Overview..................96 Video Out Connection Overview............................ 60 Connectors ..........................................................96 Video Output Connectors ...................................... 61 Video Equipment Connection Overview...................97 Component Video Settings..................................... 62
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Initial Configuration ......................121 Troubleshooting............................ 141 Starting the HP Digital Entertainment Problems and Solutions ......................142 Center for the First Time..................... 122 Audio................................................................142 Installing the Keyboard Batteries (Initial) ................122 Video................................................................143 Initial Start Up........................................
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vi HP Digital Entertainment Center
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Before You Begin Welcome Thank you for purchasing the HP Digital Entertainment entertainment system. Access all of your TV programs, Center. Your HP Digital Entertainment Center puts you in videos, pictures, music CDs, and DVDs using Microsoft’s control of your complete home entertainment experience. Media Center software and the remote control. Enjoy your TV, movies, music, photos, and home videos This User’s Guide helps you to set up the HP Digital with one simple interface. Pause and repl
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Benefits and Features Benefits ■ Complete home digital entertainment solution for ■ Burn music and picture CDs. your living room. ■ Store audio CDs in an easy-to-use music jukebox. ■ Watch, pause, and replay live TV on one channel ■ Listen to your collection of MP3 and AAC music. while recording another (select models only). ■ View and edit your favorite digital photos. ■ Schedule future recordings with the complementary ■ Play DVDs in 7.1 surround sound. programming guide (no charge). ■ Store
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Functional Overview Front Panel The following illustration shows the HP Digital Entertainment Center front panel. Your model might not have all features. HP Personal Media Drive Bay CD/DVD HP Digital Entertainment Center z545 AV inputs USB and Card Readers Front panel Item Function Comments Power button and LED Solid blue: On Press and hold button four seconds Solid amber: Standby to turn off. Push for standby. CD/DVD CD/DVD player/recorder Push the Eject button to open. Push the tray or Ejec
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Item Function Comments 9-in-1 Memory card readers Card readers behind lower right door HP Digital Entertainment Center z545 SmartMedia / xD MMC / SD EED SmartMedia/xD, MMC/SD, LED: Green (with media inserted) 2.0 CompactFlash I/II MS / MS PRO CompactFlash I/II, Micro drive, Off (no media inserted) SmartMedia / xD MMC / SD SPEED SB 2.0 CompactFlash I/II MS / MS PRO MS/MS-Pro See “Memory Card Reader” on page 5. USB 2.0 (2) Media info display Front-panel text content displayed from Media Center KE
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Memory Card Reader The HP Digital Entertainment Center card readers are on Two USB 2.0 connectors are also included. the front panel, located behind a door. Four horizontal card slots accept memory cards. An in-use light-emitting diode (LED) indicates card reader w activity when the HP Digital Entertainment Center is Removing media when the in-use light is reading or writing data. Wait until the LED stops blinking blinking may cause damage. before removing media. Digital cameras and other d
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Back Panel The following illustration shows the HP Digital Entertainment Center back panel. (Location and number of connectors may vary by model.) AUDIO IN AUDIO 7.1 PRE-OUT VIDEO OUT WIRELESS LAN 802.11 b/g SURROUND SURROUND CENTER FRONT REMOVABLE ANTENNA Y ACTIVITY BACK VIDEO L L L L LINK Pb TV SOURCE 1 IN CABLE/ANT. IN FM ANTENNA IN DVI R L 1 Pr 100-240V- 4/A 50/60Hz AUDIO VIDEO S-VIDEO R R R SUB R S-VIDEO COMPONENT VGA AC IN WOOFER TV SOURCE 2 IN CABLE/ANT. IN COAXIAL 10/ 100
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Item Connector Type Color Supported format Digital Audio Out Optical Gray S/PDIF 5.1 only OPTICAL AUDIO DIGITAL OUT VIDEO Video Out RCA jack Yellow Analog VIDEO (Composite) S-VIDEO VIDEO S-video Out Y/C video Black Analog: VIDEO 4-pin Up to 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT Component Video Out 3 RCA jacks Green: Y Analog: Y (interlaced or Blue: Pb Default: 480i; all-interlaced Pb progressive scan) Red: Pr display up to 1080i, Pr Plus 480p, 720p (Not all COMPONENT modes support DVD playba
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Item Connector Type Color Supported format Ethernet RJ-45 N/A 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 10/100/1000 ETHERNET WIRELESS LAN Wireless LAN Removable Gold 802.11b/g REMOVABLE ANTENNA Antenna 802.11 b/g LEDs (2) Activity: Link: Solid green when Wireless LAN 802.11b, ACTIVITY LINK Blinks when transmits/ wireless LAN is enabled and 802.11g receives data connected. Blinks when wireless LAN is scanning. R L Audio RCA jacks White: left Analog TV Source 1 In Red: right AUDIO VIDEO Video (Composite) RCA j
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Item Connector Type Color Supported format L S-video TV Source 2 In Y/C video Black Analog: VIDEO S-VIDEO (select models only) Analog 4-pin Up to 1,024 x 768 @ 60 Hz CABLE/ANT. IN Cable/Antenna in 2 Coaxial Silver RF (select models only) 2 Infrared Transmitter 2 outputs Silver IR Blaster INFRARED TRANSMITTER OUT 2 1 Out 1/8-inch mini- Remote infrared jack AC In AC 110–240V Black Power 50–60 Hz 110-240V 50-60Hz AC IN Before You Begin 9 Before You Begin
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Keyboard The following illustration shows the HP Digital Entertainment Center wireless keyboard. Left, Right TrackBall mouse button The following table shows the wireless keyboard features and function keys from left to right. Icon Item Description On/Standby Turns HP Digital Entertainment Center on, when in Standby. Places HP Digital Entertainment Center in standby. Activity LED Amber: Caps lock on Green: Key or mouse button activity Mouse button left, Left-click, right-click right Select left
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Icon Item Description E-mail Opens an Internet e-mail page. E-mail Messenger Opens your messenger program. Messenger Minimize Minimizes Media Center application. Minimize Maximize Maximizes Media Center application. Maximize Media Center Starts Media Center. Media Center Previous Selects media previous track. Previous Play Plays media. Play Pause Pauses media. Pause Next Selects next media track. Next Vol – Decreases speaker volume. Vol Vol + Increases speaker volume. Vol Mute Turns speaker so
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n The Internet, E-mail, and Messenger buttons can be reconfigured to open a Web site or software program. See “Configuring the Keyboard Buttons” on page 138. Refer to the Media Center Edition 2005 Software Guide. Wireless Keyboard Operation Your HP Digital Entertainment Center includes a wireless On/Standby keyboard that uses a built-in receiver/transmitter instead of a connector cable to communicate. The Keyboard HP Digital Entertainment Center z545 KEYBOARD CONNECT FRONT INPUT Connect b
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Replacing the Keyboard Batteries Keep spare batteries on hand. Battery life will vary with the use of the system. 1 Slide the battery cover off the back of the keyboard. 4 Make sure the HP Digital Entertainment Center is powered on. 5 Test the keyboard. ■ The keyboard is set to connect to the HP Digital Entertainment Center automatically. 6 If the keyboard does not operate: a Check the battery orientation. 2 Insert four AA batteries (alkaline). Make sure the b Sync the keyboard. See “Syncing
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Remote Control Remote Control Buttons (Features and location may vary.) KArrow A Standby Puts the HP Digital Buttons move the cursor to Entertainment Center into navigate within all Media and out of a power- Center windows. They reduced standby state. also move forward and It does not turn the backward through slide- HP Digital Entertainment show images. Center off. LMedia Opens Media Center to BDVD DVD MENU Center Opens Play DVD window the main menu. Menu in Media Center or opens MVolume
