Today we take a look at setting it up to watch live TV on your box.
Note: Of course to watch live TV youll need a TV Tuner Card installed on your system first.
Youll be presented with the Welcome to Windows Media Center (WMC) screen where you could click Continue.
The quickest way to get everything rolling is to choose Express setup at the Get Started screen.
From the menu, scroll to TV and live tv setup.
If it’s crucial that you change it select No, I want to select a different region.
Enter in your Zip Code and hit next.
Now youll need to agree to two terms of service…the first one being the Program Guide.
Then agree to Install PlayReady and click Next.
WMC will download and plant the PlayReady feature.
Now in TV Setup, WMC will attempt to detect where the TV signal is coming from.
Here it found our Digital Antenna.
After everything is detected and downloaded you might press Finish.
If something doesnt look correct, you’re able to go back through the setup wizard steps.
Now you should be able to go through the different channels and start watching live TV.
WMC has a lot of cool features for live television where it will act like a DVR.
Right choose the screen while watching a program to show the details about the show youre watching.
you could also use different versions of Close Caption.
Windows Media Center is available on Windows 7 and Vista from Home Premium and higher.
