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PowerCinema is an integrated player for Audio CDs, music clips, photos, DVD/VCD movies, and video clips. To watch or listen to different types of media, click a content button on the Welcome page. The corresponding function opens and plays the type of media that is selected.

Finding and Playing Content

Click or press 'Enter' to open folders and to play or view media files. To go up a folder level, click the onscreen up arrow. To return to a previous screen within a media function, click 'Return'. Use the Up, Down, Left, and Right buttons to navigate within PowerCinema. To return to the Welcome page from within a media function, click the 'Backspace' key on the keyboard.

Audio CD

Click a track to play it or click 'Play All' to play all of the tracks displayed. Click 'Stop' to stop music playback. To navigate in the list of tracks, click 'Next' or 'Prev'.

Note: Upon exiting this function, music playback stops.

DVD/VCD

When moving the mouse during playback, on-screen display controls appear at the bottom of the screen. These player controls include the following: Play (plays the movie), Stop (stops movie playback), Pause (pauses movie playback), Next (jumps to the next movie chapter), Prev (jumps to the previous movie chapter), Fast Forward (fast forwards movie playback), Rewind (rewinds movie playback), Main Menu (goes to the disc’s main menu), and Quit (returns to the Welcome page). These controls automatically disappear a few seconds after the mouse stops moving. To facilitate navigation and media playback, use the following hotkeys while watching a DVD/VCD movie:

Left arrow = Navigate left in the main menu

Up arrow = Navigate up in the main menu

Right arrow = Navigate right in the main menu

Down arrow = Navigate down in the main menu

F = Fast forward

H = Audio

L = Main menu

Enter = Play

N = Next/End

Esc = Quit

P = Previous/Beginning Spacebar Pause

Q = Mute

0-9 = Enter numbers 0-9

S = Stop

A = Angle

T = Step

B = Scan backward

U = Subtitles

E = Step backward

Music Clips

Use this function to listen to music files in MP3 and WAV formats. Click 'Device' to select a media source. Select from 'CDROM' (for media on a CD), 'USB Devices' (for media on a removable device), or 'HDD' (for media in hard disk folders). Click a music clip to play it or click 'Play All' to play all of the clips displayed. Click 'Stop' to stop music playback. To navigate in the list of clips, click 'Next' or 'Prev'.

Note: Upon exiting this function, music playback continues.

Photo

Use this function to view photo files in BMP, JPG and PNG formats. Click 'Device' to select a media source. Select from 'CDROM' (for media on a CD), 'USB Devices' (for media on a removable device), or 'HDD' (for media in hard disk folders). Click a photo to view it. Click 'Slideshow' to view a slideshow of the photos in the current directory. When the Subfolders option is selected, images in all of the subfolders contained within the selected directory are also displayed in the slideshow. When this option is not selected, the slideshow plays only the photos in the selected directory. Press the 'Backspace' key on the keyboard to exit the slideshow

Video Clips

Use this function to watch video files in SONY AVI, M1V, M2V, MPG, and MPEG formats. Click 'Device' to select a media source. Select from 'CDROM' (for media on a CD), 'USB Devices' (for media on a removable device), or 'HDD' (for media in hard disk folders). Click a video clip to play it. When the mouse moved during playback, on-screen display controls appear at the bottom of the screen. These player controls include the following: Play (plays the movie), Stop (stops movie playback), Pause (pauses movie playback), and Quit (returns to the Welcome page). These controls automatically disappear a few seconds after the mouse stops moving.

Settings

There are settings in the PowerCinema that allow personalization preferences.

DVD SPDIF:
Select the 'DVD AC3/SPDIF' option for multi-channel sound.
Select the 'DVD PCM/SPDIF' option for 2-channel sound.

Language:

Select the default language to use for PowerCinema. Return to the main menu in order for the selection to take effect.  

Eject
Click 'Eject' to open the notebook’s optical drive tray.  

Reboot
Click 'Reboot' to restart the computer and enter Windows.  

Battery Status Indicator
A battery icon appears on the Welcome page, indicating the power source (battery or AC adapter) the notebook is currently using. When the computer is using battery power, the icon appears as follows:

Approximate battery life is also displayed next to this icon.

When the computer is using AC power, the icon appears as follows:

PowerCinema Hot Keys

Whenever using any of the PowerCinema multimedia functions a default set of hot keys are always available for adjusting the screen brightness and volume levels.  

Fn + F5 = Volume up

Fn + F6 = Volume down

+ = Volume up

- = Volume down

Fn + F7 = Increase LCD display brightness

Fn + F8 = Decrease LCD display brightness

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