This tutorial covers the following topics:
How to watch live TV using a mouse
How to watch live TV using a remote
To find and watch movies on TV
To use subtitles while watching TV
To use Teletext while watching TV
When using a mouse to control Windows Media Center:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Center.
To begin watching live TV, do one of the following:
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to TV, and then click Live TV.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to TV, click Guide, locate the TV show that you want to watch, and then click a show that's currently airing.
To control playback of live TV, move the mouse so that the playback controls appear, and then do any of the following:
Click the Pause button to temporarily pause the program. You can keep a program paused for about 30 minutes. When you're ready to resume the program where you left off, click the Play button.
Move the slider that appears above the playback controls to a different point to start watching from that point in the TV show.
Click the Skip Backward button or the Rewind button to watch something again, and click the Skip Forward button or the Fast Forward button to move ahead in the program.
Click the Volume Increase button or the Volume Decrease button to increase or decrease the volume, and click the Mute button to turn the sound on or off.
Click the Channel Decrease button or the Channel Increase button to go down one channel or up one channel, respectively.
When you're finished watching live TV, move the mouse, and then click the Stop button.
Some of the playback controls might not be available depending on the size of your Media Center window. To see all the playback controls, increase the size of the window, or go to full-screen mode by clicking the Maximize button in the upper-right corner.
To watch live TV using a Windows Media Center remote:
To use a Media Center remote to begin watching TV, do one of the following:
On the remote, press the LIVE TV button.
Press the GUIDE button, locate the TV show that you want to watch, and then press the OK button.
To control playback of live TV, do any of the following:
Press the CH + button or the CH - button to go up one channel or down one channel, respectively.
Press the ENTER button to quickly go back to the last channel you were watching.
Press the FWD button or the SKIP button to move ahead in the program.
Press the REW button or the REPLAY button to watch something again.
When you're finished watching live TV, press the STOP button.
To find movies scheduled to be broadcast:
Click the Start button, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Center.
To find movies that are airing on TV, do one of the following:
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Movies, and then click Movie guide.
On the Windows Media Center start screen, scroll to Movies, click Search, choose a search category (such as Movie Director), and then enter your search criteria.
To use subtitles while watching TV:
Sometimes broadcasters include a closed-captioning language feature as part of the TV signal. You can configure Windows Media Center to display the subtitles.
On the start screen, scroll to Tasks, and then click the settings screen.
Click TV, and then click Closed Captioning.
Under Caption display, click Off, On, or On when muted.
Subtitles are sometimes included as part of the video being broadcast. In this case, you cannot turn the subtitles off.
In countries or regions that support Teletext, you might need to locate the page on which subtitle information is broadcast (for example, 888), and then enter it when prompted.
To use Teletext while watching TV:
Some TV channels in the United Kingdom and elsewhere broadcast a Teletext service that can be rendered by the television receiver and provide text pages of news, information, games, and other services. It is not available in all countries or regions and is not available for all channels. If you open Teletext for a channel that does not have Teletext, a blank page will display.
On the start screen, scroll to TV + Movies, and then click LIVE TV. To launch Teletext, either press the TXT button on the remote control or right-click the Context menu and select the Teletext entry.
To use your keyboard to navigate to different Teletext pages:
Enter the 3-digit page number with the numeric keypad on the keyboard to go to a specific page.
Click CH/PG+ to go to the next available page.
Click CH/PG- to go to the previous page.
To switch to the next subpage, click the Down arrow button.
To switch to the previous subpage, click the Up arrow button.
To go to the last viewed Teletext page, click Back.
The toolbar displays the current Teletext page. To perform a task:
To jump to a Fastext page, click one of the four Fastext buttons on the toolbar that matches the color of the page you want to jump to.
To display hidden text, click Reveal Text on the toolbar.
To turn on or turn off automatic subpage switching, click Hold on the toolbar. If the Hold button is selected, subpage switching is turned off.
To switch viewing modes for Teletext, click Mix on the toolbar to change the way TV and Teletext are displayed. You can view TV with Teletext or Teletext only on a black background.
