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24 HP Digital Entertainment Center
System Audio/Video Connections
System Integration
The HP Digital Entertainment Center incorporates many
functions into one unit:
■ An Internet connection through a wireless or wired
network, using an Internet service provider, allows
the HP Digital Entertainment Center to access the
Television Program Guide and Internet content
sources.
■ A cable connection from a set-top-box or antenna
hookup allows the TV tuner inside the HP Digital
Entertainment Center to select the TV channels.
■ An Infrared Transmitter (IR blaster) connection to
a set-top-box from the HP Digital Entertainment
Center allows the HP Digital Entertainment Center to
select the set-top-box channels from the HP Digital
Entertainment Center remote control.
■ Audio Outputs from the HP Digital Entertainment
Center to your TV speakers or AV receiver allow up
to 7.1 surround sound.
■ Video Outputs from the HP Digital Entertainment
Center to your TV or AV receiver allow you to watch
TV and to view the HP Digital Entertainment Center
display.
■ An FM radio antenna connection allows the FM
tuner inside the HP Digital Entertainment Center to
select the FM radio channels.
■ The wireless keyboard with trackball or remote
control allow you to operate the HP Digital
Entertainment Center from the comfort of your couch.
How you connect the HP Digital Entertainment Center into
your system depends on how you want to use it. The
HP Digital Entertainment Center functions as a peripheral
media source, with DVD and personal video player/
recorders built in. Your AV receiver or TV functions as
your audio/video output switch.
To watch and record TV, video, and audio, you must first
connect the HP Digital Entertainment Center inputs to your
video, audio, and network sources.
■ To play back audio/video, you must connect the
HP Digital Entertainment Center outputs to your
sound system and TV/display.
■ To record audio/video, you must connect the
HP Digital Entertainment Center inputs to your video
source, such as a cable set-top-box, satellite receiver,
or antenna.
■ To update the Television Program Guide and use the
Internet, you must also connect to a home network or
DSL/cable modem.
If your HP Digital Entertainment Center has the dual-tuner
option, each tuner must be connected to the same TV
source. You can connect two cable set-top-boxes, or two,
satellite receivers, or an antenna with cable splitter. The
Television Program Guide only supports one TV service
provider channel line-up.
Audio and video output cables from the HP Digital
Entertainment Center can be:
■ Routed through an AV receiver to provide an audio
and video signal to your TV.
Or
■ Routed directly to your TV.
Imagine the flow of your television signal into and out of
the HP Digital Entertainment Center. To watch and record
TV, your TV signal (for example, from a satellite) must flow
into the HP Digital Entertainment Center. Then, for you to
watch live or recorded TV, the HP Digital Entertainment
Center must send the recorded TV shows out to your TV.