HP m1050e, m1050y, m1160n, m1170n, m1171n Important information

Important Media Center Information

Your system uses Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005. Before starting the system and using
the Media Center Setup Wizard, please read this updated information regarding:

• Initial Setup Wait Time

• Using Media Center Setup Wizard for Optional Setup of your TV Display

• Configuring Audio Out

• Using HP Tunes in Media Center

Please keep this information with your Media Center documentation.

Initial Setup Wait Time

After you power up your system for the first time and
complete the initial setup, you will see a welcome screen.
This welcome screen will be displayed for one to three
minutes, without any visible sign of system activity. During
this period, your system is completing your account setup
and should not be interrupted — please do not power off
while the welcome screen is displayed. After it completes,
the desktop will be displayed and the Media Center Setup
Wizard will automatically launch.

Using Media Center Setup
Wizard for Optional Setup
of your TV Display

If your TV connects to the system using a composite or
S-video connection, the Media Center Setup Wizard cannot
make automatic adjustment of settings for your TV display.

This automatic adjustment is available during the Optional
Setup, within the option Optimize how Media Center looks
on your display. Instead of using the wizard for automatic
adjustment, set the TV display by using the Windows
Desktop Properties.

The following procedure describes what to do within the
Media Center Setup Wizard and how to use the Windows
Desktop Properties to adjust settings for your TV display.

1 During the Media Center Setup Wizard, at the Optional

Setup, after you select Optimize how Media Center
looks on your display, select the display type for

Identify Your Display Type, and then select the
Connection Type for your TV display by proceeding as

described below:

• If you choose the option Composite or S-video,

click Next, and then continue with step 2.

• If you choose the options DVI or VGA or Component

(YPbPr), you do not need to continue with this

procedure. Continue using the wizard because the
wizard can adjust your TV display.

2 On the next screen, select Keep my current settings

and continue, and then click Next. Do not select the

option Preview Automatic Adjustment.

IMPORTANT: If you choose option Preview Automatic

Adjustment, the screen may appear black or seem to halt

for approximately 20 seconds. Wait until the wizard screen
reappears, choose Do not adjust any settings, click
Next, and then continue with the next step in this
procedure.

3 Continue using the wizard until finished, and then either

close or minimize Media Center.

4 Right-click a free area of the Windows desktop and

choose Properties.

5 Click the Settings tab, and then click the Advanced

button on that tab.

6 Click the ATI Displays tab.
7 Click the TV button (the small bar above the TV icon).

The TV Properties window opens. (Your TV must be
connected to the system.)

NOTE: You may need to click the On button (at the left

corner of the TV button bar) to make the On button green,
and then click Apply.

8 Click the Adjustments tab.
9 Adjust the screen position or screen size, and then click

Apply.

10 Click OK as needed to close the windows.

Repeat steps 4 through 10 when you want to adjust your TV
display settings.

Configuring Audio Out

After configuring the Media Center speaker settings using
the Media Center Setup Wizard, check that the Sound
Effect Manager shows the correct speaker system setup. Use
this procedure anytime you change the speaker setup.

Adding Songs to the iTunes Library

1 Double-click the iTunes shortcut icon on the

desktop.

2 Insert a CD into the drive.
3 Select a song, and then click Import.

NOTE: If you are using digital audio out, you do not need

to perform this procedure.

1 Close or minimize Media Center.
2 Click the Sound Effect speaker icon in the

desktop system tray. (The system tray is on the
taskbar with the Start button, in the lower right
corner.)

3 Check that the speaker setup matches your speaker

system. Adjust settings, if necessary.

Using HP Tunes in
Media Center

To use HP Tunes and iTunes with Media Center you
need to:

1 Initialize iTunes by completing a set-up wizard.
2 Add songs to the iTunes library and create playlists. HP

Tunes only displays songs and playlists that exist in
iTunes.

NOTE: If you do not complete these steps, an error message

is displayed when HP Tunes is launched indicating that a
problem has occurred in iTunes that is preventing this
program from running.

Completing the iTunes Set-Up Wizard

NOTE: For more information about adding songs and

creating playlists in iTunes, see the Help menu in iTunes.

Delays with HP Tunes

When using HP Tunes, you may experience some delays or
HP Tunes may not function properly. These delays can occur
because:

• There is an audio CD in the drive and HP Tunes is

attempting to connect to an Internet database to find
music information, such as song titles.

• There is a large collection of songs in your music library.

• Windows Media Player or another music playback

program is set as the default player. See the following
procedure.

Selecting a Default Audio Player

If you have already set your default audio player to
Windows Media Player, you may experience a delay when
trying to open HP Tunes. To resolve this issue:

1 Close Media Center, if open.
2 Double-click the iTunes shortcut icon on the

desktop.

3 When the iTunes default player for audio files

window appears, click Yes or No, and then
make sure you place a check mark in the Do
not show this message again checkbox.

1 Close Media Center, if open.
2 Double-click the iTunes shortcut icon on the

desktop.

3 When the iTunes Setup Assistant wizard

opens, follow the onscreen instructions.

4 Close iTunes.
5 Open Media Center, and then open HP Tunes.

4 If you have not completed the iTunes Set-up Assistant

wizard, follow the onscreen instructions.

5 Open Media Center, and then open HP Tunes.