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Learning the Basics
Using Windows® Media Center in Windows Vista™
Restoring your work
To restore information from your backup media to your hard disk,
use the Restore page in the backup program. Look in the online
Help or your operating system documentation for information on
restoring files.
TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program
prompts you if you try to overwrite a file that already exists on the
hard disk. Make sure the backup version is the one you want before
overwriting the existing file.
Using Windows
®
Media Center in Windows Vista™
The Windows
®
Media Center is a complete multimedia center
where you can play your entire library of audio, video, and picture
media on your computer. With the Media Center, you can:
❖ Watch a DVD movie
❖ Play back your digital videos
❖ View your digital pictures, or play them as a slide show
❖ Browse, select, and play music CDs and DVD movies
Media Center setup
This section shows you how to set up your computer to use the
Media Center. There are many different methods you can use to
connect your television and computer.
Connecting to a television
Your computer has TV-out capability, meaning you can connect it
to a television and view the computer image on the television.
There are two different ways you can connect your computer to a
TV:
1 Turn off the computer.
2 If your TV accepts digital video inputs:
❖ Connect an HDMI cable (not included with your
computer) to the TV’s digital video input. Connect the
other end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI Out port on the
side of your computer.