It can be operated using your pointing device or remote control. To watch or listen, click or select a content button (e.g., Music, Video, etc.) on the Arcade home page. • Cinema — watch DVDs or VCDs • Video — watch and/or edit video clips • Album — view photos stored on your hard disk or removable media • Music — listen to music files in a variety of formats. • TV — watch and record digital or analog TV programs (optional) • Settings — adjust Acer Arcade according to your preferences • Make DVD — burn a combination of media to a CD/DVD Note: While watching videos, DVDs or slide shows, your screensaver and power-saving features are unavailable. 37 Arcade hotkeys When running in the Windows environment, the key combinations listed below are available to control and fine-tune the features and settings of Acer Arcade. Hotkey Function + Display toggle + Screen blank + Speaker toggle + Lock/unlock front panel media buttons (for selected models) + <^> Volume up; increases the speaker volume + Volume down; decreases the speaker volume + <>> Brightness up; increases the screen brightness + <<> Brightness down; decreases the screen brightness InstantOn Arcade mode With some Aspire models, it is possible to use Acer Arcade to watch TV, listen to music, and view photos without first switching on your PC. To do this, push the Arcade button located on the front panel of your notebook. This will start InstantOn Arcade mode. You can use either the media controls located on the front of your notebook or the remote control to navigate the menus and manage Acer Arcade. InstantOn Arcade mode does not share all the same functions as standard Arcade. In InstantOn mode the following functions are unavailable: • TV recording • Bluetooth devices English EnglishEnglish 38 48-button remote control If your Aspire is bundled with a TV-tuner card, a 48-button remote control is included for use with the Acer Arcade software. The table below explains the functions for this controller. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Warning! The Arcade and Power buttons have different functions depending on the current mode. See below for details. Button functions may change depending on your power option settings. For InstantOn Arcade mode, push the Arcade button to start Acer Arcade. Pushing it again at any time will return you to the Arcade main page. Push the Power button to shut down the system. For Arcade in Windows mode, push the Arcade button to start Arcade. Push it again at any time to return to the main menu. Pushing the Arcade button again will close Arcade mode. Pushing the Power button will put your notebook into Standby mode. Push it again to resume. 39 Remote functions # Item Description 1 Record Record TV Arcade Launch/quit Acer Arcade; return to Arcade main page Color buttons Teletext shortcut functions* 0-9 buttons Input TV channel numbers Last Ch Return to previous channel Previous Skip back one music track, DVD chapter, or photo CH + / -Change channels up and down Rewind Rewind through media Pause Pause audio, video, slide shows, live or recorded TV Play Play selection 11 Back Back to previous page 12 Navigation/ Navigate between selections and menu items, OK to OK buttons select option, enter, play and pause. 13 Ch scan Shortcut to scan channel page; scan TV channels 14 Live TV Launch Live TV mode Power Power off; sleep (depending on mode) 16 TeleText/CC Launch TeleText*/ closed captions 17 Full Screen Toggle between full screen and window view 18 Capture Capture the current TV/Video screen 19 Repeat Repeat a music track Mute Toggle audio on/off 21 Next Skip ahead one music track, DVD chapter, or photo 22 VOL + / -Increase or decrease the audio playback level 23 Fast Forward Fast forward through media 24 DVD menu Launch DVD menu screen Stop Stop current playing or recording operation 26 Language Open DVD language menu** 27 Info/EPG Show DVD or TV listings information 28 Subtitle Open subtitles menu** 29 Angle Toggle between different viewing angles** English SAP Toggle between sound modes (mono, stereo, etc.) *TeleText regions only **Dependent on individual DVD content EnglishEnglish 40 Mini remote control Your Aspire notebook comes with a handy mini remote control for convenient operation of Acer Arcade. The buttons provide standard playback functionality. The images below show how the buttons on the remote contol function in the different Arcade modes. Arcade main page Cinema mode Album mode Video mode Music mode TV mode 41 Finding and playing content Clicking a button on the Arcade home page opens the corresponding feature's home page. The content pages have buttons on the left and a content browsing area on the right. If a button shows one of several choices, such as sort order, the current setting is shown by a brightly colored ball on the button. To pick content, click an item in the content area. When there is more...
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