Integrated Media Center NVS-7.
Starting Media Center Starting Media Center Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller the Windows® 1 From desktop, click the Start button, and then click Media Center. 1 Press the [START] button. The Media Center Start menu appears. The Media Center Start menu appears. Start button Shut Down Media Center Start Menu Exiting Media Center Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 To go back to the Media Center Start menu, click the Start button in the left corner.
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Starting Media Center—Continued Remote Controller Button Operation A Standby/On [ ] button Sets the Media Center to On or Standby. The Media Center will still perform scheduled activities such as TV recording in Standby mode. B RECORD [ ] button 1 Starts TV recording. PA RD E US 2 RECO STOP 3 REW FWD 4 REPLAY C REW [ R E BACK [ SKIP 5 BACK MORE S OK T 6 7 M N O P Q START CH PG VOI.
Starting Media Center—Continued K Number buttons Used to enter numbers to select TV channels or enter text in a Media Center search or text box. L CLEAR button Cancels your previous selection (works like the backspace key on a computer keyboard). M STOP [ ] button Stops playback or recording. N PAUSE [ ] button Pauses playback or recording. O Play [ ] button Starts playback. P FWD [ ] button Fast forwards movies, music, or other media. Q SKIP [ ] button Selects the next track or chapter.
Playing DVDs (Play DVD) With Media Center, you can watch DVD movies and use the remote controller or mouse to control playback. Before playing a DVD in Media Center, you must enter your CD key in the CyberLink PowerDVD program. See page 37 of the NVS-7.7 Instruction Manual for details. Playing a DVD with Media Center • Media Center supports closed captioning, subtitles, and foreign language soundtracks, although these options are only available if the DVD movie includes them.
Playing DVDs (Play DVD)—Continued Watching a DVD in a Resized Window Using the mouse and keyboard To adjust the size of the window, you must use the mouse. Click the Resize button on the taskbar, and then drag the bottom right corner of the window to adjust. Note: If you adjust the size of the Media Center window, the DVD plays in the same window size. Displaying the Media Center Start Menu During Playback You can access other areas of Media Center during playback.
Playing Music (My Music) With Media Center, you can copy, organize, and play your CDs and digital music files. Media Center is designed to work with Windows® Media Player and shares its Media Library. Music added to the Media Library by using either Media Center or Windows® Media Player is available to both Media Center and Windows® Media Player. Organizing Your Music To play your music in Media Center, your digital music files must be in the My Music or Shared Music folder.
Playing Music (My Music)—Continued Copying a CD to the Media Library Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Insert a CD. 1 Insert a CD. 2 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Start Media Center (see page 2). 3 Click My Music. 3 Select My Music, and then press [OK]. Media Center displays the title of the CD and all available music in your Media Library. Media Center displays the title of the CD and all available music in your Media Library.
Playing Music (My Music)—Continued Playing Music With Media Center, you can play your music by album, artist, song, playlist, or genre. The following procedure explains the options available when playing albums. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Music. 2 Select My Music, and then press [OK]. 3 Click Albums. 3 Select Albums, and then press [OK].
Playing Music (My Music)—Continued Creating a Queue and Saving it as a Playlist The queue is a temporary list of songs to be played in Media Center. A playlist is a permanent list of songs that you can save for future use. You can create a queue and then save it as a permanent playlist. To create a queue and save it as a playlist, follow the steps below: Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Music.
Playing Videos (My Video) With Media Center, you can organize and play digital videos on your computer. Organizing Your Videos When you connect your digital camcorder to your computer, a message appears asking if you want to capture the video to your computer. Several programs allow you to capture and edit video and most will automatically store the video files in the My Videos folder.
Playing Videos (My Video)—Continued Playing Your Videos Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Videos. 2 Select My Videos, and then press [OK]. Thumbnail images of all available videos are displayed and folder icons if you’ve organized your videos into folders. Thumbnail images of all available videos are displayed and folder icons if you’ve organized your videos into folder.
Viewing Your Photos (My Pictures) With Media Center, you can view your digital photos individually, as a slideshow, or as a slideshow with music. Organizing Your Pictures To view your photos in Media Center, your photo files must be in the My Pictures or Shared Pictures folder. Photos downloaded from a digital camera and saved elsewhere will have to be moved manually to the My Pictures or Shared Pictures folder.
Viewing Your Photos (My Pictures)—Continued Viewing Your Photos with Media Center Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Pictures. 2 Select My Pictures, and then press [OK]. Note: If the My Pictures option is not shown, use the keyboard’s Up and Down [ ]/[ ] arrow keys to scroll through the list.
Viewing Your Photos (My Pictures)—Continued Viewing a Slideshow with Music Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Music. 2 Select My Music, and then press [OK]. Note: If the My Music option is not shown, use the keyboard’s Up and Down [ ]/[ ] arrow keys to scroll through the list. 3 Click the song that you want to play. 4 If the music doesn’t start automatically, click Play. then press [OK].
Viewing Your Photos (My Pictures)—Continued Sorting Your Photos Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My Pictures. 2 Select My Pictures, and then press [OK]. Note: If the My Pictures option is not shown, use the keyboard’s Up and Down [ ]/[ ] arrow keys to scroll through the list. 3 To sort the contents of a folder, click the folder.
Watching TV (My TV) With Media Center, you can watch and record your favorite TV shows on your computer. Before you can do this, however, you must connect CATV, a TV antenna, or TV signal source (cable, satellite, etc) and complete the setup on the Settings menu. Note: On the NVS-7.7, you can’t watch both TV received via antenna (CATV, TV (NTSC), TV (ATSC)) and TV received via a cable or satellite set-top box.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Displaying the Media Center Start Menu During Playback You can access other areas of Media Center during playback. Using the mouse and keyboard 1 While watching TV, click the Start Using the remote controller but- 1 While watching TV, press the [START] ton. button. The Media Center Start menu appears with the TV picture in the view port window. The Media Center Start menu appears with the TV picture in the view port window.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued TV Program Guide Media Center includes an onscreen TV guide that allows you to scroll through a list of the TV programs and channels available from your TV provider. The very first time you start Media Center, the setup wizard will ask, “Do you want to use the Guide?,” to which you should answer Yes. The TV guide shows the channel, program title, and scheduled time for current programs and upcoming programs.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Press the [GUIDE] button. 2 Click My TV. 3 Click Guide. 4 For more information about a particular pro- gram, move your mouse over it. The information appears at the bottom of the screen. If you want to see more information, right-click the program, and then click Program Info.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Recording TV Programs With Media Center, you can record your favorite TV programs so that you can watch them when you like. You can record the program that you are watching, an upcoming program, or an entire program series by using the TV guide, Search function, or manually. If you schedule several programs or an entire program series for recording, you can prioritize programs that you definitely want to record.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Recording a TV Program Using the Search Function Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My TV. 2 Select My TV, and then press [OK]. 3 Click Search. 3 Select Search, and then press [OK]. The following options appear: The following options appear: • Categories: Search for programs by category, such as Educational, Kids, or Sports.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Recording a TV Program Manually Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My TV. 2 Select My TV, and then press [OK]. 3 Click Recorded TV. 3 Select Recorded TV, and then press [OK]. 4 Click Add Recording. 4 Select Add Recording, and then press [OK]. 5 In the Create a custom recording section, 5 In the Create a custom recording section, click Channel and Time or Keyword.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Changing the TV Recording Settings With Media Center, you can change various settings for recorded TV programs and programs scheduled for recording. If you set up a program recording that conflicts with another scheduled recording, you can set Media Center so that it automatically manages the conflict. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click My TV.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Watching Recorded TV Programs You can access all of your recorded TV programs from the Recorded TV menu. You can sort the programs by name, date, or category. You can also delete recorded programs or program series and check for any recording errors. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Press the [RECORDED TV] button. 2 Click My TV. The following options appear: 3 Click Recorded TV.
Watching TV (My TV)—Continued Changing TV Settings You can change the TV input settings, manually update the TV guide, and change other TV settings on the TV Settings menu. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click Settings. 2 Select Settings, and then press [OK]. 3 Click TV. 3 Select TV, and then press [OK].
Listening to the Radio (Radio) Listening to FM Radio With an FM antenna connected to the NVS-7.7, Media Center allows you to enjoy FM radio. There are three methods of tuning the radio: Auto Tuning, Manual Tuning, and Direct Tuning, where you enter the station’s radio frequency directly. Auto Tuning Media Center can tune into radio stations automatically. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click Radio.
Listening to the Radio (Radio)—Continued Presetting Radio Stations You can store up to nine of your favorite FM radio stations as presets, for easy selection. Using the mouse and keyboard Using the remote controller 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 1 Start Media Center (see page 2). 2 Click Radio. 2 Select Radio, and then press [OK]. 3 Tune to a radio station (see page 28). 3 Tune to a radio station (see page 28). 4 Click the Save button. 4 Select the Save button, and then press [OK].
Playing DVD-Audio Discs (CyberLink PowerDVD 6) Media Center does not support DVD-Audio discs directly. However, you can play them by using the included CyberLink PowerDVD 6 program, which can also be used to play DTS CD and Video CD discs. Refer to the online help for more information on using PowerDVD. *To play a DTS CD, the Enable S/PDIF option must be deselected (see page 38 of the NVS-7.7 Instruction Manual).
Editing Video with NeroVision Express 3 With the installed NeroVision Express 3 software, you can edit your videos and create DVDs. NeroVision Express 3 is a complete DVD authoring suite that includes everything you need to edit video captured from your DV camcorder or imported from disc right through to burning your very own DVD. Refer to the online help for more information on using NeroVision Express 3. End User Agreement The end user agreement for NeroVision Express 3 can be found on the NVS-7.
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