Important information

Your system uses Microsoft
®
Windows
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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.
Important Media Center Information