User manual TOSHIBA QOSMIO G20 (PQG21)

[. . . ] ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS, PROGRAMS, DATA, NETWORK SYSTEMS OR REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Protection of Stored Data For your important data, please make periodic back-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of the data. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. [. . . ] You can rename files by selecting the file and typing a new name or genre over the old one. The way you label your music files determines the category in which they are placed. 3 4 5 Your added music files can now be found and played back using My Music in Media Center. You may need to close and open Media Center for the added music files to appear in My Music. For more information about adding music files to the Media Library, use the Windows Media Player Help menu. Deleting Music Files To delete a file from the Windows Media Player Library, select the music file, right-click the mouse, and then select Delete. NOTE This permanently deletes the music file. The music file cannot be undeleted once this operation has been completed. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music 201 Adding Music from Your Hard Drive to Windows Media Player Library You can place all your music files into the My Music folder or into other folders on your hard drive, however, you need to add those files to the Windows Media Player Library for Media Center to be able to find and play them. You may have already copied and organized your music files on your hard drive. If so, you need to add them to the Windows Media Player Library to access them with the Media Center. To add music files that are stored in your My Music or Shared Music folder on your hard drive: 1 2 Click Start on the Taskbar, and then click Windows Media Player. Select Search for Media Files from the Library tab's Tools menu. (Sample Image) Add to Library by Searching Computer screen 3 4 Select an option from the Search on drop-down menu. Select Search to search all drives or select Browse to search through a specific drive. 202 5 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music Click Search. Windows Media Player searches the selected drives for all supported audio files and adds them to the Media Library. If Windows Media Player does not recognize all of your audio files, try copying the files directly into Windows Media Player. Use the controls at the bottom of the screen to stop or pause the song, advance to another song, or increase or decrease the volume. 2 3 4 5 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music 205 Setting Up an Automatic Disc Jockey You can select to have Media Center randomly play all the available songs in one genre: 1 Press the Start button on the remote control to start the Media Center and to open the Media Center main window. 4 5 Use the arrow buttons to select a genre, and then press OK on the remote control. Use the arrow buttons to select Shuffle, and then press OK on the remote control. All songs in that genre are randomly played. 2 3 Finding and Playing an Album 1 Press the Start button on the remote control to start the Media Center and to open the Media Center main window. Use the arrow buttons to select an album, and then press OK on the remote control. Media Center begins to play the album and displays the Now Playing screen. Use the options on this screen to perform the following tasks: 2 3 4 View Cover (this is the default option) View Queue (view a list of all tracks on the album) 206 Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music Shuffle (rearrange the play order of the music tracks on the album) Repeat (play the album again) Play (play the selected album) When you select Play, the Now Playing window opens, and the album starts playing. Buy Music (connect to the Internet, find CD information, and buy music CDs) To go back to Media Center, press Start on the remote control. Visualize (view an image) Edit Queue (edit the songs in the queue) 5 Press Back on the remote control to return to the previous window. In the Albums window, select View by list or View by cover to organize your albums. NOTE Creating a Playlist A playlist is a customized list of digital music files. Using playlists, you can group various digital music files together and determine the order in which you want the files to play. You can create a playlist that includes several tracks from various CDs or even a playlist that contains background music for a slide show. Use Windows Media Player to create playlists and then play them back using Media Center. Getting to Know the Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Listening to Music 207 To create a playlist: 1 2 3 4 5 Click Start on the Taskbar and select Windows Media Player. [. . . ] For example, the properties of a file include the file's type, size, and creation date. RAM (random access memory) -- Volatile memory that can be written to as well as read. Volatile here means that information in RAM is lost when you turn off your computer. resolution -- A measure of the sharpness of the images that can be produced by a printer or displayed on a screen. [. . . ]