HP 854, 854n, 864, 864n, 884 User Manual

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Please review this information and keep it with your guides. The information describes:
Setting the location for the Media Center television program guide.
Installing speakers.
Understanding the 6-In-1 memory card.
Recording data to CDs and DVDs.
Playing recorded TV programs.
Safeguarding your capability to play recorded TV programs.
Using MyDVD to copy, or burn, recorded TV programs to DVD+R or DVD+RW discs.
Switching display devices.
Updated information about software programs.
Setting PC Location for Television Program Guide
During the initial setup of the PC, you specify your PC country/region location. Media Center uses this information to select the country/region for the television program guide.
The Media Center lists United States as the PC location. If this location does not match the ZIP Code or postal code location you enter in the Media Center program guide setting, you may see an error message. In addition, you may see No data available in the television program guide, or you may not be able to get the correct television program guide.
To resolve this problem, set the location for your PC in the Control Panel first and then in the Media Center Settings window.
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To set the PC location
1 Click Start on the taskbar, and click
Control Panel.
2 Click Date, Time, Language, and
Regional Options, if it is present.
3 Double-click Regional and Language
Options.
5 Select Change lineup, and follow the
onscreen instructions. When you enter your postal code, do not leave any spaces. For example, for Canadian postal code R2M 3Z4 you would enter R2M3Z4.
If you see an Invalid message, there is no guide for your area.
4 Click the Regional Options tab. 5 In the Location box near the bottom of the tab,
select your country/region (for example,
Canada) from the drop-down list. 6 Click Apply. 7 Click OK.
To change the program
lineup in Media Center 1 Open Media Center. 2 In the Start menu select Settings.
Installing Speakers
Your PC may have a sound card with connectors on the back of the PC for analog and digital audio outputs (Line out -1, Line out -2, and Line out -3), a microphone, and an audio input (Line in). The example illustration below shows a sound card that includes a FireWire on the left. If your PC has a sound card with these connectors, perform the procedure “Installing Creative Audigy for speakers“ on page 4 of this document.
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3 Select TV/DVD. 4 Select Guide Setup.
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Select PCs have the multi-channel audio capability that uses the microphone, Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the PC. If your PC has these connectors, perform the procedure “Installing multi-channel audio speakers“ on page 4 of this document.
Installing Creative Audigy for speakers
After you turn on the PC for the first time and complete the initial onscreen setup, do the following so that your speakers work properly:
1 Close any open programs. 2 Click Start on the taskbar, choose All
Programs, Creative, and then click Install Application for Creative Audigy.
3 The Audigy Application Setup window opens.
Click OK.
The InstallShield Wizard begins the installation and automatically restarts the PC when the installation completes.
Note:
If you do not do this procedure, the speakers may
produce an audible pop when the PC wakes from standby or hibernation.
Installing multi-channel audio speakers
If your PC has multi-channel speakers capability (select models only), you can connect speakers for 4-channel or 6-channel output. You must connect your speaker system to the PC, and then configure the audio software for sound output.
Note:
Multi-channel audio uses the Microphone,
Audio (Line) In, and Audio (Line) Out connectors on the back of the PC to connect the multi-channel speakers system to the PC.
To connect your multi-channel speaker system to the PC
1 Turn off the PC. 2 Connect the three audio cable plugs from the
speaker system to the connectors on the back of the PC (see the table).
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window while the USB
removes the operating system recognition
Connect speaker channels (plugs) To PC back connector
Front speakers Audio (Line) Out (lime-green) Rear speakers Audio (Line) In (blue) Center/subwoofer
speakers
Mic-1 (pink)
3 Turn on the PC. 4 Turn on your speaker system. 5 Configure the multi-channel audio output;
refer to the next procedure.
To configure multi-channel audio output
for speakers configuration
1 Click Start on the taskbar. 2 Choose All Programs. 3 Choose Multi-channel Sound Manager,
and then click Multi-channel Sound Manager again. The Audio Configuration
window opens.
Note:
If you do not see the Speaker Configuration tab,
your PC does not have the multi-channel option.
4 Click the Speaker Configuration tab. (Your
speakers must be connected to see this tab.)
5 Select the option describing the number
of speakers in your system, for example, 6 speaker mode (for 5.1 channels). You can click the Speaker Test tab and then click on a speaker to test it.
6 Click OK.
Understanding the 6-In-1 Memory Card Reader
The 6-In-1 memory card reader can read from and write to six types of memory cards and to the IBM Microdrive
Special note about the Safely Remove Hardware utility
Warning:
Remove Hardware
Mass Storage Device is selected. Doing so
of the 6-In-1 memory card reader from your PC. You must restart the PC to use your reader again.
disk drive.
Do not click Stop in the Safely
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Warning:
media when the in-use light is blinking. Doing so may cause data loss.
Do not insert or remove
Recording Data to CDs and DVDs
You can record data to blank or appendable CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R or DVD+RW discs in different ways: open a recording program, use the Windows DLA (Drive Letter Access) program drag-and-drop method.
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XP CD Writing Wizard, or use the
If you inadvertently open the Safely Remove
Hardware window, click Close.
Understanding the in-use light
The 6-In-1 memory card reader in-use light turns on when you insert media into a slot. The light blinks when the memory card reader reads from or writes to the media.
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Important: The
your PC, but you can get it from the HP Web site; see “Installing DLA Software“ on page 8 of this document.
DLA program is not preinstalled on
Recording with RecordNow
Use RecordNow to record data and music files to CDs and DVDs.
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