Starting and Navigating Windows Media Center

Windows Media Center (New!) is an entertainment system integrated into your computer that lets you watch live or recorded TV, play video and watch pictures, listen to music and radio using an FM tuner or the Internet, play and burn CDs or DVDs, browse online media, and play games. Because Windows Media Center is designed to be used as an entertainment system, the display and navigation are unlike any other Windows program. When you start Windows Media Center, the program uses the entire screen and doesn’t use menus or toolbars. You navigate by using the up and down arrows to specify a main category, and then left and right arrows to specify a subcategory. Play, Record, and other VCR/DVD type commands ...

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