Software Guide

Watching and Recording TV Programs 19
If you press the Guide shortcut button on the
remote control while you are already in the
Guide, you can select one of the Guide filter
categories, such as Movies, to search for a
movie.
Press the More information button on the
remote control to access another menu for
more options of searching the Guide.
Setting up how Media Center
downloads the Guide
Your HP Media Center PC must have a connection to
the Internet and you must select a TV listings
provider in the Media Center Setup Wizard before
you can use and download the Guide information.
You can set up Media Center to download the
Guide information when you connect to the Internet,
or you can select to manually download the Guide.
1 Press the Media Center Start button on
the remote control.
2 Select Settings, General, Automatic
Download Options, and then:
■ Download when connected: Connect
to the Internet, and Media Center
automatically downloads the Guide.
Or
■ Manual download: Connect to the
Internet and then manually download the
Guide in Media Center TV Settings menu.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions. When the
Television Program Guide starts downloading
from the Internet, it can take up to 30 minutes,
depending on the amount of data to
download and the speed of your Internet
connection.
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If your HP Media
Center PC has a
digital subscriber line
(DSL) connection, your
HP Media Center PC is
always connected.
The Guide is
downloaded at a
specified time every
few days. The
download interval
varies, depending on
the ISP.
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No data available
appears next to each
channel if the Guide
has not been
downloaded. This can
occur if the HP Media
Center PC does not
have an Internet
connection or if there
is no service
available in your
country/region.