Sony VAIO Digital Studio PCV-RZ44G User manual

Welcome to Media Center

With Media C enter, you will feel at home right away. You can:

Watch your favorite TV shows, or record and save them for later viewing.

Share your digital pictures with others, or play them as a slide show—you can even include music.

Play digital videos of family events, or play digital videos of your own creation.

Listen to all of your favorite digital music.

Play CDs and DVDs.

Listen to FM radio (on radio-equipped Media Center PCs only).

To get Help on these tasks and more, click the Contents, Search, or Index tab.

Use the Contents tab to display the table of contents. You can browse by feature area.

Use the Search tab to find a specific word. Type the term you want to find, and then press ENTER to get a list of topics that contain

that term.

Use the Index tab to see a list of commonly used terms. Click the term to get the topics associated with a specific term.

Make Media Center accessible

Microsoft is committed to making its products and services easier for everyone to use. To learn more about the accessibility features

included in Media Center, click the Search tab in Help, and then type accessibility in the Type in the word(s) to search for box.

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About My TV

About My Pictures

About My Videos

About My Music

About DVD

About Radio

Accessibility for people with disabilities

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Get started using Media Center

You can use Media Center in two ways:

Using the remote. In the same way you use your home entertainment system, you can use the remote control and Media Center to

watch and record TV, play videos and music, and view pictures. Pressing the START button on the remote always starts Media

Center in full-screen mode.

Using the keyboard and the mouse. You can run Media Center at the same time as other Microsoft Windows programs, viewing your

pictures, watching videos, playing music, and even recording TV shows.

When you start Media Center, the Media Center Start menu appears. Use the arrow buttons on the remote to select menu options. When

you make a selection, press the OK button on the remote, and then the menu choices for that selection appear. If you make another

selection while you have media such as music or TV playing, then the currently playing media appears in the inset window in the

lower-left corner of the screen. To display the media in full-screen mode, use the arrow buttons on the remote to select the media, and

then press OK.

When an item such as a folder, picture, or video is selected, the item is highlighted with a green border. To make the selection, press

OK.

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About My TV

About My Music

About My Videos

My Pictures

Change settings in Media Center

Get help in Media Center

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What's new in this release of Media Center

Better handling performance of DVDs and videos, including support for wide-screen displays.

<Placeholder Web Site Name>, the site with the latest technical tips and tools to get the most from your Media Center PC.

More of the features you depend on in Windows Media Player, include CD copying and music visualizations.

Support for browsing removable media such as C ompactFlash cards, memory sticks, and wireless drives.

Extended handling of picture files, including picture rotation, picture captioning, picture printing, and animated slide shows.

If the computer is equipped with a radio tuner card, then the Media Center PC plays both FM radio and Internet radio.

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Learn more about Online Spotlight

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Learn more about Online Spotlight

Get the latest on what's new for the Media Center PC: downloadable files, tips for power users, newsgroups, information from the

experts, and more—all this right from the Media Center Start menu.

Press the START button on the remote, and then select Online Spotlight.

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Troubleshoot your Internet connection

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Information for upgrade users

As part of the upgrade process, some settings have been changed from per-user settings to system-wide settings. For example, the

default TV recording settings are now system-wide, making it easier for users who upgraded to make the most of the recording storage

space available.

System-wide settings are applied for all users of the computer. Per-user settings are applied only for the user who is logged on.

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Apply system-wide settings and per-user settings

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Get help in Media Center

There are five ways to get help and information about using Media Center:

Online Help. Move the mouse to activate the toolbar, and then click the Help button.

The Media Center booklet. The booklet covers basic setup tasks and introductory information about Media Center.

Technical support. If you have technical questions, then you can contact the computer manufacturer.

The Media Center Web site. Get the latest technical information and tips and tools on making the most of Media Center.

The Media Center newsgroups. Post your questions, and get answers from Microsoft professionals and expert users.

Related topics

Get Help in Media Center

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Navigate Media Center

Media Center Start menu

Start Media Center

Use the Media Center Start menu

Customize the Media Center Start menu

Remove items from the Media Center Start menu

Browse and make selections

Search for an item by name

Work with removable media

Tools for navigation

Switch to Toolbar view

Show the Media Center menu bar

Show the Transport Controls toolbar

Use Media Center with other programs

Use Media Center and other programs at the same time

End the session

Close Media Center

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Start Media Center

To start Media Center by using the remote

1. Press the START button on the remote.

Note You can also start Media Center from the Windows Start menu.

To start Media Center by using the mouse

1. Using the mouse, click the Start button on the taskbar.

2. Point to All Programs, Accessories, Media Center, and then click Media Center.

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Use the Media Center Start menu

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Use the Media Center Start menu

Press the START button on the remote to go directly to the Media Center Start menu.

From the Media Center Start menu, you can choose what kind of media you want to play: TV, DVD, music, pictures, or videos. You can

also gain access to the Media Center Settings menu and use the arrow buttons on the remote to select menu items.

You can also go to the Media Center Web site and start any add-ins from the Media Center Start menu.

The buttons that all Windows programs have—Minimize, Resize, and Close—are located in the upper-right corner of the screen and

make it easy for you to use Media Center.

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Customize the Media Center Start menu

You can add new programs to the Media Center Start menu.

Microsoft has created Power Toys, including a version of Solitaire that you can play by using the remote. You can learn more about

Power Toys on the Media Center Web site.

When you download a Power Tool, a new shortcut is automatically added to the Media Center Start menu.

Note Shortcuts for the Media Center Start menu are located in C:\Documents and Settings\User folder\Start

Menu\Programs\Accessories\Media Center\Media Center Programs.

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Remove items from the Media Center Start menu

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