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

hp media center pc

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center pc information

Updated HP Media Center
PC Information

Please review this information and keep it with
your guides. The information describes:

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Setting the location for the Media Center
television program guide.

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Installing speakers.

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Understanding the 6-In-1 memory card.

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Recording data to CDs and DVDs.

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Playing recorded TV programs.

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Safeguarding your capability to play recorded
TV programs.

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Using MyDVD to copy, or burn, recorded TV
programs to DVD+R or DVD+RW discs.

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Switching display devices.

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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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connector

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.

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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.