Gateway FMC-901 User manual

Gateway 901 Series

Family Room Media Center

User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Setting Up Family Room Media Center 1

About your Family Media Center 2

Planning your Family Media Center setup 3

Locating connections 3

Connections overview 4

Setting up the hardware 6

Setting up and synchronizing the wireless

keyboard and mouse 8

Connecting the audio and video source 12

Connecting the IR control cable 14

Connecting a display device 15

Connecting an audio system 17

Setting up the software 19

Chapter Two: Getting Started 21

Checking out your Gateway Family Media Center 22

Front 22

Back (Gateway FMC-901 Media Center) 25

Back (Gateway FMC-901X Media Center) 27

Learning about the remote 30

Using the remote 31

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Learning about the wireless mouse 32

Using the wireless mouse 33

Fine-tuning the wireless mouse pointer control 34

Changing the wireless keyboard or

mouse channels 38

Determining the wireless keyboard or

mouse channels 35

Turning the wireless keyboard or mouse

power on or off 35

Learning about the wireless keyboard 36

Starting the Windows XP Media Center 38

Using the Windows XP Media Center 39

Chapter Three: Using My TV 42

Watching TV 42

Using the remote to play TV recordings 43

Using the Guide 45

Manually updating the Guide 46

Recording TV programs 47

Using Recorded TV 49

Changing My TV Settings 50

Burning recorded TV programs to DVD 51

Chapter Four: Using My Music 53

Getting started with My Music 54

Adding music files to the Media Library 54

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Adding music CDs to the Media Library 55

Playing My Music 57

Chapter Five: Using My Pictures 61

Getting started with My Pictures 62

Organizing picture files 63

Viewing My Pictures 64

Using More Info 65

Playing audio during a slide show 66

Chapter Six: Using My Videos 67

Getting started with My Videos 68

Organizing video files 69

Viewing My Videos 70

Using More Info 71

Chapter Seven: Using Play DVD 73

Playing a DVD 74

Chapter Eight: Using Radio 77

Playing the Radio 78

Using the remote to play Radio recordings 80

Changing Radio Settings 81

Chapter Nine: Using Other Features 83

Changing Windows XP Media Center Settings 84

Using More Programs 85

Using Online Spotlight 86

Chapter Ten: Getting Help 87

Media Center FAQs 88

Wireless keyboard and mouse troubleshooting 91

Getting more help 93

Using Help and Support 94

Other Family Media Center resources 95

Documentation 95

Windows Update 95

Web site 95

Contacting Gateway 96

Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information 103

SettingUp

Family Room Media Center

ChapterOne

• Plan your Family Media Center setup

• Set up hardware and software

About your Family Media Center

The Family Media Center provides

rich entertainment and powerful

computing capabilities.You can

run the Windows XP Media Center

while using other programs or

just enjoy the Windows XP Media

Center in full-screen mode without

using other programs.

Use the Family Media Center

remote the same way you

use remotes for other home

entertainment systems. You can

use the remote and Family Media

Center to watch and record TV,

play videos and music, and view

pictures.

Use the wireless keyboard and

mouse to run Windows XP Media

Center and other programs.

Video source —Make sure that you have access

to a video source before starting your Family Media

Center setup. Your Media Center receives video

input from a coaxial, composite video, or S-Video

cable. The video source usually comes from an

antenna, direct cable TV connection, cable box, or

satellite receiver. Cable boxes and satellite receivers

are also called set-top boxes.

You’ve probably already decided where you want to

locate your Family Media Center, but before you start

setting up the Media Center, take a few minutes to make

sure that all of these connections are available in the

location you’ve selected.

Locating connections

Internet connection —Your Family Media Center

needs an Internet connection to update the program

guide and to access the Internet. Make sure that

you have access to a dial-up or broadband Internet

connection before starting your Media Center

software setup. Contact your Internet service provider

for more information about setting up your Internet

connection.

Planning your Family Media Center setup

S-Video cable

Composite cable

Coaxial cable

Your Family Media Center accepts a variety of audio

and video inputs and it can output audio and video to

a number of audio and video devices. This is a sample

setup diagram of a Media Center configuration. The

possible audio and video input connections to your

Family Media Center and the audio and video output

connections from the Media Center are shown. For

detailed information about setting up the Media Center,

see “Setting up the hardware” on page 6.

Connect to the

Internet using:

• RJ-11 jack

• RJ-45 jack

Connect to an audio

device using:

• 1/8” Digital Out jack

• 1/8” Analog Out jacks

(front, rear, subwoofer/

center speakers)

• Toslink Digital Out jack

Connections overview

Caution:

Ventilation slots are located on the sides of your Family

Media Center to allow for correct ventilation. To ensure

reliable operation and to protect your Media Center

from overheating, make sure that the ventilation slots

are not blocked and that there is space around the

ventilation slots for air circulation.

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