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Photo slide shows with music


With Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 you can play a slide show with your favorite pictures and listen to music you created, in just a few steps. This is a great way to highlight the artistic side of your digital pictures.
  1. Press the Green Start Button on your remote to open the Media Center Start menu.
  2. Select My Music.
  3. Media Center Start menu with My Music selected
  4. Highlight your song, and press PLAY on your remote. Media Center begins playing the music you selected.
  5. My Music menu with music selected
  6. Press the Green Button on your remote, and then select My Pictures.
  7. Media Center Start menu with My Pictures selected
  8. Navigate to and then select the pictures for your slide show. To select only the pictures from a specific folder, select the folder.
  9. My Pictures menu with a picture folder selected
  10. Select Play Slide Show.
  11. My Pictures menu with Play Slide Show selected
    Media Center starts your slide show and plays the music you selected in the background. To stop the slide show, press STOP on your remote. To stop both the slide show and the music, press STOP twice.

    Media Center makes it more fun to view your pictures by showing them in a slide show with music.

    Enjoy Music and learn how to get the most of your music with Media Center.
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