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APPENDIX▼ C
USING POWER CINEMA
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Software Installation:
Power Cinema resides in a separate HDD partition to Windows.
When you press the “P” button while the notebook is off, the
computer boots to the Linux environment and launches the Powe r
Cinema application.
If you are required to re-install Windows O/S or when you have
purchased a new or upgraded HDD, you need to observe the
following steps before installing Power Cinema.
1. Partitioning. Assuming you are starting with a fresh hard drive
or the hard drive is removed of its previous partitions. You need
to reserve 500MB of disc space for Power Cinema. You could
either use a partition tool or as you install Windows XP, when
Windows prompts you about creating a partition for Windows
during the initial installation process (Press C to create a new
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partition for Windows), you should set aside 500MB of disc
space. For example, if your hard drive has 30GB disk space,
then you should create a partition of 29.5GB for Windows and
leave 500MB aside for Power Cinema.
Power Cinema needs to be on the 4th primary partition. Otherwise, the
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system cannot boot to Power Cinema when you press the P button.
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2. Installation.
2-1 Before installing Linux system, please make sure you have
a "4th partition" on the HDD and it should be 500MB. If not,
please create a new one.
2-2 Insert the PCM4 Linux installation disc into the optical drive
and reboot the system.
2-3 When system finished booting from the optical drive, you
should see a warning message. Read it carefully.
2-4 In the step above, follow the on-screen instruction. When
prompted, type "YES", and then press the "Enter" key. It
will take about 2-3 minutes to install the software.
2-5 When installation is finish, please type "poweroff" and
press the "Enter" key to shutdown system. Press the P
button to start Power Cinema.
If you made a mistake in the steps above, (for example, you didn't type
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"YES" in the 4th step), the system will exit to a Linux shell. If you still want to
install PCM Linux, you can continue the installation by typing "install.sh" in the
command prompt and you will return to step 2-3 as above.
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Using Power Cinema:
PowerCinema is an integrated player for Audio CDs, music clips,
photos, DVD/VCD movies, and video clips. To watch or listen to
different types of media, click a content button on the Welcome
page. The corresponding function opens, allowing you to enjoy the
type of media you have selected.
Finding and Playing Content
Click or press Enter to open folders and to play or view media files.
To go up a folder level, click the onscreen up arrow. To return to a
previous screen within a mediafunction, click Return. Use the Up,
Down, Left, and Right buttons to navigate within PowerCinema.
To return to the Welcome page from within a media function, click
the Backspace key on the keyboard.
Audio CD
Click a track to play it or click Play All to play all of the tracks
displayed. Click Stop to stop music playback. To n avigate in the list
of tracks, click Next or Prev.
Note: When you exit this function, music playback stops.
DVD/VCD
Whenever you move the mouse during playback, player controls
appear at the bottom of the screen. These player controls include
the following: Play (plays the movie), Stop (stops movie
playback), Pause (pauses movie playback), Next (jumps to the
next movie chapter), Prev (jumps to the previous movie chapter),
Fast Forward (fast forwards movie playback), Rewind (rewinds
movie playback), Main Menu (goes to the disc’s main menu), and
Quit (returns to the Welcome page). These controls automatically
disappear several seconds after the mouse stops moving.
To facilitate navigation and media playback, use the following
hotkeys while watching a DVD/VCD movie:
Left arrow Navigate left in the main menu
Up arrow Navigate up in the main menu
Right arrow Navigate right in the main menu
Down arrow Navigate down in the main menu
F Fast forward
H Audio
L Main menu
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N Next/End
Esc Quit
P Previous/Beginning
Spacebar Pause
Q Mute
0-9 Enter numbers 0-9
S Stop
A Angle
T Step
B Scan backward
U Subtitles
E Step backward
Music Clips
Use this function to listen to music files in MP3 and WAV formats.
Click Device to select a media source. You can select CDROM (for
media on a CD), USB Devices (for media on a removable device),
or HDD (for media in hard disk folders).
Click a music clip to play it or click Play All to play all of the clips
displayed. Click Stop to stop music playback. To n avigate in the list
of clips, click Next or Prev.
Note: When you exit this function, music playback continues.
Photo
Use this function to view photo files in BMP, JPG, PNG, and TGA
formats.
Click Device to select a media source. You can select CDROM (for
media on a CD), USB Devices (for media on a removable device),
or HDD (for media in hard disk folders).
Click a photo to view it. Click Slideshow to view a slideshow of the
photos in the current directory. When the Subfolders option is
selected, images in all of the subfolders contained in the selected
directory are also displayed in the slideshow. When this option is
not selected, the slideshow plays only the photos in the directory
you have selected. Press the Backspace key on the keyboard to
exit the slideshow.
Video Clips
Use this function to watch video files in AVI, M1V, M2V, MPG, and
MPEG formats.
Click Device to select a media source. You can select CDROM (for
media on a CD), USB Devices (for media on a removable device),
or HDD (for media in hard disk folders).
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Click a video clip to play it.
Whenever you move the mouse during playback, player controls
appear at the bottom of the screen. These player controls include
the following: Play (plays the movie), Stop (stops movie
playback), Pause (pauses movie playback), and Quit (returns to
the Welcome page). These controls automatically disappear
several seconds after the mouse stops moving.
Settings
There are settings in PowerCinema to allow you to fine-tune its
performance to your machine and your personal preferences.
DVD SPDIF...: Select the DVD AC3/SPDIF option for multi-channel
sound. Select the DVD PCM/SPDIF option for 2-channel sound.
Language: Select the language you want to use for display in
PowerCinema, then return to the main menu in order for the
selection to take effect.
USB Refresh
Click USB Refresh each time you attach a USB device to your
computer in order to enable PowerCinema to read from the device.
(The amount of time required to refresh depends on the device.)
Eject
Click Eject to open your computer’s CD/DVD ROM tray.
Reboot
Click Reboot to restart your computer and enter the Windows
partition.
Battery Status Indicator
A battery icon appears on the Welcome page, indicating the power
source (battery or AC adapter) your computer is currently using.
When your computer is using battery power, the icon appears as
such: Approximate battery life is also displayed next to this
icon.
When your computer is using the AC adapter, the icon appears as
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