HP Pavilion Elite m9040n User manual

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Table of Contents iii
Table of Contents
Getting Started Updated Information .......................................................1
Using Antivirus Software .........................................................................................1
Using Blu-ray Disc Drives.........................................................................................3
Using DVD Play to Play DVDs, Videos, High-Definition DVDs, and Blu-ray DVDs.............4
Creating Movies by Using muvee autoProducer 6.0....................................................6
Using muvee autoProducer ......................................................................................8
Using the Device-Storage and Cable-Routing Features...............................................22
Connecting Speakers or a Microphone ...................................................................22
Configuring Speaker and Sound Options ................................................................31

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Getting Started Updated Information 1
Getting Started Updated Information
This document contains updated information that replaces the information in the Getting
Started guide. Keep this with your other computer documentation.
Using Antivirus Software
When you use the computer for e-mail, network, or Internet access, you expose it to
computer viruses. Computer viruses can disable or damage your operating system,
software programs, or computer utilities.
Antivirus software can detect most viruses, remove them, and, in most cases, repair any
damage that they have caused. To provide ongoing protection against newly discovered
viruses, you must keep antivirus software up to date.
Norton Internet Security, an antivirus software program, is preinstalled on your computer
and includes a free trial subscription of protection updates. You can enable Symantec’s
LiveUpdate™to obtain updates automatically whenever you are online. Hewlett-Packard
strongly recommends that you protect the computer against new viruses beyond the trial
period by purchasing an extended update service.
Configuring and registering Norton Internet
Security software
When you first set up the computer, Norton Internet Security helps you to configure and
register your copy of Norton Internet Security.
Ensure that you set up Norton Internet Security before you start using the Internet.
1Double-click the Norton Internet Security icon on the desktop.
Or
Click the Windows Start Button®on the taskbar, All Programs,
Norton Internet Security, and then click Norton Internet Security.
2Click Next, and follow any onscreen instructions.
For information about using and updating the Norton Internet Security software, open
Norton Internet Security, and then click Help under Quick Links.

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Manually running a scan
To select and run a scan:
1Double-click the Norton Internet Security icon on the desktop.
2Click the Norton Internet Security tab.
3Click the Tasks & Scans bar.
4Click Run a Scan.
5Select Run Full System Scan to scan your entire hard disk drives for viruses and
security risks. Depending on the number of files on your computer, this will take
several minutes.
6When the scan is complete, click Finish.
Setting a Full System scan time
To change the time for a Norton Internet Security Full System scan:
1Double-click the Norton Internet Security icon on the desktop.
2Click the Norton Internet Security tab.
3Click the Tasks & Scans bar.
4Click Configure a Scan.
5Click Schedule Full System Scan.
6Set the frequency and time that you want the scan to run.
7When you are done, click OK.
Setting up a Custom Scan time
To create a custom scan for specific files, folders, and drives:
1Double-click the Norton Internet Security icon on the desktop.
2Click the Norton Internet Security tab.
3Click the Tasks & Scans bar.
4Click Configure a Scan.
5Click Manage Custom Scans.
NOTE: If the computer is in sleep mode, the Norton Internet Security program does not
perform a scheduled antivirus scan.
NOTE: Performing an antivirus scan during a scheduled Windows Media Center
recording can result in a failed TV recording. Recording a TV program requires a TV tuner,
which is included with select models only.

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6Click Create Custom Scan, and then Next.
7Click Add Folders or Add Files. Place a check mark next to the files and folders
that you want to scan, and then click Add.
8Type a name for your customized scan, and then click Finish.
9Click Schedule next to the customized scan that you just created.
10 Click New.
11 Set the frequency and time that you want the scan to run.
12 When you are done, click OK.
Using Blu-ray Disc Drives
If your computer came with a Blu-ray (BR) disc drive, there are three programs that are
designed specifically for use with this drive:
DVD Play plays Blu-ray, High-Definition (HD) DVD, and regular commercial DVD discs.
PowerProducer is a video editing program for creating Blu-ray or DVD discs.
PowerToGo is a Blu-ray disc recording (burning) program for different types of data
storage, such as video, music, pictures, and other data. This program enables you to
record data to Blu-ray, HD DVD, and other recordable DVD discs.
To access these programs:
1Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar.
2Click All Programs.
3Click DVD Play (or DVD Play HD,DVD Play BD HD), PowerProducer, or
PowerToGo.
NOTE: If the computer is in sleep mode, the Norton Internet Security program does not
perform a scheduled antivirus scan.
NOTE: Performing an antivirus scan during a scheduled Windows Media Center
recording can result in a failed TV recording. Recording a TV program requires a TV tuner,
which is included with select models only.
NOTE: The AACS key that DVD Play uses must be updated every seventeen months in
order for it to play DVD titles. For more information about playing your video clips, click
the ?(Help) button in the DVD Play control bar.

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Using DVD Play to Play DVDs, Videos,
High-Definition DVDs, and Blu-ray DVDs
Depending on the type of DVD drive included with your computer, you can play DVDs, HD
DVDs, or Blu-ray discs. The front of the drive is labeled with the type of discs the DVD drive
can play.
To play a DVD, you must have a DVD drive.
1Insert the DVD into your DVD drive.
The default DVD program opens. If the DVD wizard window opens,
choose the program that you want to use from the list. You may have to
scroll down the window to see all available programs.
2Use the controls in the DVD program to play the DVD.
NOTE: To use the DVD Play controls, you must use the mouse.

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Using Windows Media Center to Play DVDs
1Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar.
2Click Windows Media Center to open Windows Media Center.
3Scroll to TV+ Movies, and then click HP DVD Play.
4Use the mouse to operate the media controls to control the movie.
5To play the DVD in full-screen mode, double-click anywhere in the DVD Play window.
Blu-ray Drive Quick Reference Table
Optical drive can: Blu-ray DVD+RW/+R
Read CDs, CD-Rs, and CD-RWs. Yes
Read DVDs. Yes
Read data on CDs. Yes
Play music. Yes
Record data or music to discs for
storage or backup.
Yes
View DVD movies. Yes
Record DVD movies. Yes
Play games. Yes
Create LightScribe labels. No

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Creating Movies by Using muvee autoProducer 6.0
(Select models only)
Creating personalized and professional-looking video movies is simple with
muvee autoProducer, a software program installed on your computer. The
6.0 version of muvee autoProducer includes features such as video capture
and disc recording.
Basic steps for making a movie
The basic steps for producing a movie with muvee autoProducer are:
1Capture digital video: Capture live or recorded video to your hard disk drive
directly from a compatible digital video (DV) camera.
2Add videos and pictures: Select video and still image (picture) files from your
computer folders. You can easily add videos and still images to your movie
production.
You can use the following video and picture file types in your movie project:
File
Extension File Type
.dv-avi Digital Video
.avi Audio Video Interleaved
.mpeg-1 Motion Picture Experts Group video playback
.mpeg-2 MPEG for DVD video playback
.MP4 MPEG for high-quality video format (Web streaming, wireless
devices, and so on)
.mov QuickTime Movie
.wmv Windows Media AV file (movie video)
.asf Windows Media file (Advanced Streaming Format)
.jpg, .jpeg Joint Photographic Experts Group, still image
.gif Graphics Interchange Format, still image
.png Portable Network Graphics, still image
.tif Tagged Image File Format, still image
.bmp Bitmap, still image
NOTE: If you upgrade muvee autoProducer, you can use the DivX video format. See
“Upgrading muvee autoProducer” on page 21.

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3Add music: Select music files on your computer to add to your movie soundtrack.
You can use the following music file types in your movie project:
4Select a style: Apply a movie style editing template for different effects and picture
transitions in your movie.
5Add captions: Personalize your movie with an opening title and closing credits.
6Make the movie: Automatically analyze the videos, pictures, music, movie style,
and captions that you added to your project, and save your project to your computer
hard disk drive before recording it to disc.
7Modify the movie: Make final changes to the movie before saving it.
8Burn to disc: You can record the movie to DVD, VCD, or SVCD.
The following sections provide detailed instructions for each of these steps.
File Extension File Type
.aac Advanced Audio Coding
.mp3 MPEG Layer 3
.m4a MPEG-4 Audio layer (unprotected AAC)
.wav Windows Audio
.wma Windows Media Audio

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Using muvee autoProducer
Getting started
To open muvee autoProducer (select models only):
1Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar.
2Click All Programs, muvee autoProducer, Home movies made easy!, and
then click Launch muvee autoProducer 6 to open muvee autoProducer.
3On the File menu, select either New Project to start a new project, or
Open Project to open an existing project.
NOTE: By default, muvee autoProducer opens ready to start a new project.

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4Select one of the buttons:
Button Enables you to: See
Get Video from
Camera
Open the muvee Video Capture window to
capture (copy) live or recorded video.
“Capturing video from a
digital video camera” on
page 10.
Add Video Open the Add Video window to add existing
video files to your project.
“Adding videos” on page 11.
Add Pictures Open the Add Pictures window to add existing
still-image files to your project.
“Adding pictures” on
page 13.
Add Music Open the Add Music window to add existing
music files to your project.
“Adding music” on page 14.
Personalize Open the muvee Personalize Settings window
to adjust audio and video production settings
for your movie.
“Changing the settings” on
page 15.
Title/Credits Open the muvee Title and Credits window to
enter an opening title and closing credits to
your movie.
NOTE: You must open the Personalize window
to access the Title/Credits button.
“Changing the settings” on
page 15.
Make muvee Open the Make muvee window to create and
preview the movie automatically.
“Making the movie” on
page 16.
Save and share
your muvee
Open the Listed muvee Files window to save
the finished movie to your computer hard disk
drive, or to record the finished movie to a disc.
“Saving the movie
project” on page 19.
“Recording the movie
project to disc” on
page 20.
Tweak muvee Make quick final changes to your movie before
saving it.
“Modifying the movie” on
page 17.

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Capturing video from a digital video camera
You can use muvee autoProducer to capture (copy) digital video files to your hard disk
drive in either of the following ways:
Live (known as camera mode), by using a compatible digital video (DV) camera. See
“Capturing live video from a DV camera” on page 10.
Recorded (known as VCR mode), by using a recorded tape in your DV camera. See
“Capturing recorded video from a DV camera” on page 11.
Captured video files are automatically added to your movie project. To remove a file
from your movie project, select it in the list of captured video files, and then click the
trash can icon.
When capturing video, it is important to be aware of the amount of available free space
on your computer hard disk drive. Capturing video can use a large amount of disk space.
The amount of free disk space is displayed in the Capture Video window while you are
capturing video.
Capturing live video from a DV camera
Capturing live video in camera mode enables you to create a video file without even
having a tape in the camera.
To capture live video to your hard disk drive by using muvee autoProducer:
1Connect your DV camera to the FireWire®(IEEE 1394) port on your computer.
2Turn on the camera and set it to VCR mode. Refer to the instructions in the
manufacturer’s documentation.
3Click the Import video/pictures from a device button.
4Select From My Camcorder.
5Browse to your camera, and then click Open. Your video appears in the
Video/Pictures area.
6Click Import Now to start capturing the live image directly to your hard disk drive.
7Click Filename to specify a file name for the captured video file.
8Click Done to add a captured video file automatically to your movie project.
Capturing pictures from a DV camera
To transfer pictures to your hard disk drive by using muvee autoProducer:
1Connect your DV camera to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port on your computer.
2Turn on the camera. Refer to the instructions in the manufacturer’s documentation.
3Click the Import video/pictures from a device button.
4Select From My Camera/Device.
5Under Import my pictures/video, select your camera in the drop-down list.
6Click Media Screen.

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7Click Browse to select a place to save your files, and then click OK.
8Click Filename to specify a file name for the captured video file.
9Click Done to add the captured video file automatically to your movie project.
Capturing recorded video from a DV camera
For best results when using muvee autoProducer, capture only video footage that you are
most interested in using in your movie project.
To capture recorded video to your hard disk drive:
1Connect your DV camera to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port on your computer.
2Turn on the camera and set it to VCR mode. Refer to the instructions in the
manufacturer’s documentation.
3Click the Import Video/Pictures from a device button.
4Select From My Camcorder.
5Click the Play button to start viewing the video.
6Click Start Capture when you see the start of the video footage that you want to use
in your movie project.
7Click Stop Capture to stop capturing.
8Repeat steps 5 and 6 to capture additional sections of video footage.
9Click Capture Folder to specify a folder for the captured video file.
10 Click Filename to specify a file name for the captured video file.
11 Click Done to automatically add the captured video files to your movie project.
Adding videos
To add video files to your movie project:
1Click the Add video button in the Video/Pictures area. The Add Video
window opens.
2Browse the folders on your hard disk drive to select existing video files for
your movie:
Add up to three video files.
Select multiple video files by pressing and holding the Ctrl key on your keyboard
while you select the files.
3Adjust the order of the video files by dragging and dropping the files.
NOTE: To remove a clip from the project, select it, and then click the trash can icon.

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4You can use the magicMoments feature in muvee autoProducer to mark specific scenes
in a video clip that you want to include in, or leave out of, your final movie:
aSelect a video file in the Select Video/Pictures window, and then click the
magicMoments button. The magicMoments window opens.
bClick the Play button to start viewing the video.
cUse the magicMoment controls to mark the video scenes to include and exclude:
Click and hold down the green thumbs-up button to mark scenes that must
be included in the movie.
Click and hold down the red thumbs-down button to mark scenes that
must be left out of the movie.
Click and hold down the gray thumb button to unmark one second of a
selected scene.
Click and hold down the arrow buttons to navigate backward and forward
through the video footage.
Video footage left unmarked is still analyzed when you make the movie, and you
can decide at that time whether to include it in the final version of the movie.
For best results when using the magicMoment feature:
Keep each magicMoment to less than 10 seconds.
Keep the total duration of magicMoments to less than 50 percent of the
duration of your movie. It is recommended that you select only a few scenes.
dWhen you are done marking scenes, click OK. The window closes. Note that the
video clip is marked on the lower-left side.
NOTE: Press the Shift key on the keyboard, and then click the scene to undo
scenes that were marked with the thumbs-up or thumbs-down buttons.

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Adding pictures
To add still-image picture files to your movie project:
1Click the Add pictures button in the Video/Pictures area. The Add Pictures
window opens.
2Browse the folders on your hard disk drive to select existing still-image files
for your movie:
Add up to 50 picture files.
Select multiple picture files by pressing and holding the Ctrl key on your keyboard
while you select the files.
Click Open to add pictures to your Video/Pictures area.
3Adjust the order of the picture files by dragging and dropping them.
4Click the Rotate Image Clockwise button to rotate a picture.
5You can use the magicSpot feature in muvee autoProducer to control the pan
and zoom motion that is applied to your picture:
aClick the magicSpot button to open the magicSpot window.
bClick the Manual button to display two overlapping frames over your
picture.
cMove the frames around to set the start and end points for motion. The arrow in
the frames shows the direction of motion.
dWhen you are done, click OK.
NOTE: To remove a picture from the project, select it, and then click the
trash can icon.

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Adding music
To add music files to your movie project as a soundtrack:
1Click the Add music button in the Music area. The Add Music window
opens.
2Browse the folders on your hard disk drive to select existing music files for
your movie:
Add up to three music files.
Select multiple music files by pressing and holding the Ctrl key on your keyboard
while selecting the files.
Click Open to add the music files to your Music area.
3Adjust the order of the music files by dragging and dropping the files.
Selecting the style
The muvee autoProducer program comes with a set of style templates for setting the pace,
scene transition effects, and caption fonts. The style that you use also affects how
muvee autoProducer combines the video, picture, and music files in your movie project to
produce the final movie.
For example, using the Back-in-Time style results in a movie that is in a scratchy sepia to
black-and-white format.
To select a style, simply click it in the list. A sample of the style is displayed in the Select
Style window.
NOTE: To remove music from the project, select it, and then click the
trash can icon.

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Changing the settings
To adjust the audio and video project settings for your movie:
1Click the Personalize button. The Personalize window opens.
2Click the Duration tab to set preferences for the length of your video production.
Click one of the following settings:
Fit to music: The produced version may reuse or drop some video and pictures.
This option automatically selects material from your video and pictures to fit the
total duration of your music track(s).
Best fit for videos and pictures: The produced version may repeat or trim
music. This option uses as much of your material as possible.
User Defined: Use this option to select the duration for each picture (2, 3, 4, 5,
or 6 seconds).
3Click the Video/Pictures tab to set preferences for the video and still images
(pictures). Click one of the following settings:
Style default: Select this style to sequence still images and video clips.
Keep shots in sequence: Select this style to use the sequence of still images
and video clips as they appear in the Add Video/Pictures area.
Shuffle settings: Select this style to determine the frequency of sequencing still
images and video clips by moving the slider bar.
Place a check in the Interleave pictures check box to blend still images
with video clips at intervals.
Place a check in the Use every picture once check box to prevent pictures
from being dropped.
4Click the Audio tab to set the sound preferences. Click one of the following settings:
Use every music track: Select this style to use the sequence of sound files in
the Add Music window.
Seamlessly transition between multiple music tracks: Select this style to
automatically remove silence between music tracks.
Sound check: Select this style to automatically adjust audio playback volume to
the same level.
5Click the Superstyle tab to customize the style that you selected in the main muvee
autoProducer window. You can select the following settings:
Response to music
Cutting rate
Film color
IMPORTANT: Each time that you make a change to a movie project, you must click the
make muvee button again to add that change to your movie.

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6Click the Title tab to type in your movie title.
Select the animation style of your title.
Choose the background color or image style. Click the Use image button to
browse for an image that you want to use with your title.
Type in your title. Select Use Font, and then click the Use Font button to open
the Font window. Select a font, and then click OK.
7Click the Credits tab to type in your movie credits.
Select the animation style of your credits.
Choose the background color or image style. Click the Use image button to
browse for an image that you want to use with your credits.
Type your credits. Select Use Font and then click the Use Font button to open
the Font window. Select your font, and then click OK.
8When you are done adjusting the settings for your movie project, click OK.
Or
Click Cancel to undo any settings.
Making the movie
After you have added at least one video or picture file to your movie project, you can have
muvee autoProducer make the movie.
The muvee autoProducer program makes a movie by combining the video, picture, and
music files that you have selected, along with the style of movie, to produce a professional-
looking movie in just a few steps.
1Click the make muvee button.
2Click OK as required.
3After making a movie, you can preview it in the muvee autoProducer Preview window.
Use the controls in the Preview window to play, pause, and stop the movie preview.
You can revise and preview the movie as often as you want, to experiment with
different styles and with the content of the movie.
IMPORTANT: Each time that you make a change to a movie project, you must click
the make muvee button again to add that change to your movie.