Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. [. . . ] Locations that have pictures assigned to them will have a colored dot on the map. Select a keyword.
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You must open the ACER Image Zone program from the desktop to assign dates, keywords, and places to your pictures.
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Select Search.
Viewing Pictures in ACER Image Zone
Viewing a slideshow in ACER Image Zone
When viewing images, you can view a slideshow of all your images, individual albums, or pictures selected from a search.
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Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. Navigate to the group of pictures you want to view as a slideshow.
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Select Slide Show. If you do not select the pictures you want to view as a slideshow, Media Center displays all pictures. Use the media playback keys on the remote control, or move the mouse to display the media controls to control the playback of your slideshow.
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Viewing a slideshow with music in ACER Image Zone
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Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. If the music doesn't start automatically, press the Play button on the remote control.
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To go back to the Media Center Start menu, press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. When Media Center switches to full-screen mode, the inset window disappears, but the music continues to play.
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Editing Pictures in ACER Image Zone
Editing pictures in ACER Image Zone from the desktop
You can make changes to your pictures in ACER Image Zone from Media Center. Some of the editing features include removing red eye, cropping or resizing images, rotating and flipping images, and adjusting the color, brightness, and sharpness of your images.
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Click Start on the taskbar, and then click ACER Image Zone. Or Click Start on the taskbar, choose All Programs, ACER, and then click ACER Image Zone. The ACER Image Zone window opens.
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Click the Help drop-down list at the top of the window, and then select Edit Tab Help for more information about editing your images.
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Editing pictures in ACER Image Zone in Media Center
You may need to refresh the window to view your edited picture in your ACER Image Zone folders.
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You can make changes to your pictures in ACER Image Zone from the desktop. Some of the editing features include removing red eye, cropping, resizing, and rotating images.
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Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. Follow any onscreen instructions.
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Select the Backup tab, and then click Back Up Images on the left side of the window.
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Using My Pictures in Media Center
My Pictures is a folder on your hard disk drive in the My Documents folder, and it is a Media Center menu item that allows you to view and search for your digital images by using the remote control or the keyboard and mouse. It provides all the tools you need for viewing, organizing, editing, printing, sharing, and protecting your digital images.
My Pictures in Media Center
My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer
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Adding Pictures to My Pictures
Adding picture files from your hard disk drive
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Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. Press Ctrl+D on the keyboard or press the i (More information) button on the remote control, and then select Add Pictures. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control or the arrow keys on the keyboard to select a location. Press the OK button on the remote control or press the Enter key on the keyboard to expand a folder. When you find the folder that contains your picture folder, select it by making sure an arrow appears next to the folder. Select Finish.
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Viewing Pictures in My Pictures
After you organize your pictures in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer, open Media Center to view your pictures:
From the My Pictures menu, you can select Settings to:
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Press the Media Center Start button on the remote control, or, with your mouse, click Start on the taskbar, and then click Media Center. The right side of the window shows a small picture image (thumbnail) and, if you've organized your pictures into folders, folder icons. The pictures are displayed just as you organized them in the My Pictures folder in Windows Explorer. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard or the arrow buttons on the remote control to move through your picture files and folder files, and select a picture. Press the Enter key on the keyboard or press the OK button on the remote control to select a picture or folder to view. [. . . ] If you disconnect the drive while live TV is active, a video error can occur.
Recorded TV shows are not updated in Media Center when the drive is removed. The drive may be assigned a different drive letter which prevents Media Center from recognizing the recording path or the stored Recorded TV files.
When you set the TV recording pathway to your ACER Personal Media Drive, Media Center stores the recording buffer data for pausing live TV on your drive. This means that if live TV is playing, you won't be able to remove the drive safely. To avoid this scenario, change the recording pathway back to your local hard disk drive, and then restart the ACER Media Center PC before disconnecting the ACER Personal Media Drive.
Using an ACER Personal Media Drive
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Recording TV programs to the ACER Personal Media Drive
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