Microsoft TV Photo Viewer User Manual

Contents

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What’s In the Box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Using TV Photo Viewer with or without a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The TV Photo Viewer Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Setting Up Your TV Photo Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting the Photo Viewer to Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Inserting the Batteries in the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting the Video Input Source from Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Viewing Pictures on Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing Pictures from a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Searching for a Particular Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Viewing Floppy Disks Directly from Your Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Using the Software to Create Floppy Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

What Software Is Included? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing the TV Photo Viewer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Creating a TV Photo Viewer Album on a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Viewing Sample Photo Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

If You Don’t Have a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Visit Us on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Click Help in the TV Photo Viewer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Microsoft Product Support Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

License and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Software Product License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Welcome!

Welcome to Microsoft TV Photo Viewer. No longer do you have to gather your friends
around your computer screen to show the vacation photos you took with your digital
camera. Now you can show your digital photos in the comfort of your living room...on
the TV!

Download pictures from your digital camera onto your
computer, and then use the TV Photo Viewer software
to put your pictures onto a floppy disk.

Use the TV Photo Viewer
computer software to
create your own photo
albums on floppy disks,
using pictures from your
digital camera or other
pictures you have saved
on your computer.

The Photo Viewer connects to
your TV, allowing you to view
digital pictures on your TV
from a floppy disk.

With some digital cameras,
you can insert floppy disks
from your camera directly
into the TV Photo Viewer
device. See page 8.

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What’s in the Box?

Microsoft TV Photo Viewer includes:

Photo Viewer device that connects to your TV

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Remote control and two AA batteries

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Power cable with AC adapter

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Video cable

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CD-ROM that includes the Microsoft TV Photo Viewer software and

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Microsoft Picture It! Express 2001
Start Here card

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User’s Guide

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Quick Tour floppy disk

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One blank floppy disk

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Using TV Photo Viewer with or without a Computer

You don’t need a computer to use your Photo Viewer with your TV. However, the TV
Photo Viewer computer software gives you the ability to create your own digital photo
albums on floppy disks.

If you

If you

do not have a computer:

You can insert and view pictures from a floppy disk that already has a TV Photo

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Viewer album on it, or from a floppy disk that has digital pictures in 640 x 480 JPEG
format.

For some digital cameras, you can insert floppy disks from your camera directly into

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the TV Photo Viewer device. See page 8 for more details.
If your friends or relatives have computers, they can use the TV Photo Viewer

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software to create floppy disks for you. They can download the TV Photo Viewer
software from our Web site at

do have a computer:

You can do everything listed above, and more!

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You can use the TV Photo Viewer software to create your own digital photo albums

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on floppy disks, using pictures from your digital camera, the Internet, a CD-ROM, a
scanner, or other pictures you have saved on your computer.

You can create floppy disks using the sample photo albums included with the

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TV Photo Viewer software.

http://www.microsoft.com/tvphotoviewer/.

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The TV Photo Viewer Buttons

You can use the buttons on either the Photo Viewer device or the remote control to
navigate through the pictures on a disk.

Power Turns the Photo Viewer on and off. The Power button on the device is lit

when the power is on.

Forward Displays the next picture. Press and hold to search.
Back Displays the previous picture. Press and hold to search.
Auto Displays pictures automatically as a slideshow. Press any button on the

remote control to stop the slideshow. The Auto button on the Photo Viewer
is lit when the device is displaying pictures as a slideshow.

Rotate Rotates the picture.
Eject Ejects the disk from the Photo Viewer.

Note about using the Forward and Back buttons to search

Press and hold the Forward or Back buttons to search for a particular picture.

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A small image in the lower right corner of the screen indicates which picture you
are about to view.

Back

Power

Rotate

Auto

Forward

Back

Eject

AutoPower

Forward

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Setting Up Your TV Photo Viewer

Connecting the Photo Viewer to Your TV

To connect the Photo Viewer to your TV, do the following:

1 Turn off your TV and other components connected to your TV, such as

your VCR.

2 Plug the AC adapter’s cable into the Photo Viewer’s Power jack, and then plug the

AC adapter into a wall outlet.

3 Connect the Photo Viewer’s yellow Video Out jack directly to a Video In jack on

your TV using the video cable included with your Photo Viewer.

There are several ways to connect the Photo Viewer to your TV, depending on the type of
TV you have and whether you have other components connected to your TV. See the
following diagrams for connection examples.

Example A
If a Video In jack on your TV is available

If your TV has an available Video In jack, simply use the video cable (included) to connect
the Photo Viewer’s yellow Video Out jack to the TV’s Video In jack.

Note that there may be a Video In jack on the front of your TV, and your TV may have
more than one Video In jack.

The Photo Viewer’s yellow
Video Out jack connects to the
TV’s yellow Video In jack.

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