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ALIENWARE HANGAR 18: HD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER MANUALThe contents herein are subject to change without notice. ©1996-2007 Alienware Corporation. All rig

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual10Items Included with your Hangar18 PackagingThe standard components that should be included in your packaging

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual11 Ethernet – for wired connection to Internet or router. 2 IR Blaster cables – for sending IR commands

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual12Some Precautions for Initial SetupLocation and Positioning of Your HD Entertainment CenterWhen positioning y

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual13Connecting Your Hangar18 to Your TVThe TV connection options for your Hangar18 depend on which Hangar18 mode

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual14Connecting Your Hangar18 1080p or Blu-ray System to Your HDTV or SDTVHDMI or DVI-to-HDMI ConnectionFor the o

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual15Connecting Your Hangar18 720p System To Your HDTVIf you purchased a 720p Hangar18 system, use either the HDM

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual16COMPONENTConnecting Your Hangar18 720p System To Your Standard Definition or Analog TVYou can use your Compon

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual17RRCFL FR RLFL FR RL RR CConnecting SpeakersConnecting Your Hangar18 to Your 5.1 Surround Speakers or Amplifie

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual18Powering Up Your Hangar18 and Using Your TV Remote and Keyboard for the First TimeMake sure the power cord i

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual19Setting Up Your TV Remote ControlThe Gyration TV remote control that comes standard with your HD Entertainme

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual2CONTENTSIntroduction, 5Chapter 1 System Preparation and Setup, 7 Overview, 8When your HD Entertain

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual20Connecting Your Hangar18 to Your Cable or Satellite BoxYou can setup your Hangar18 to control and access you

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual21IR Blaster CableArea on your satellite or cable box that receives IR commands.COAX outCOAX inputFront paneli

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual22Connecting Two Cable or Two Satellite Boxes to Your Hangar18In order to connect 2 cable set-tops or 2 satell

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual23Connecting Your Hangar18 to a Digital Over-the-Air AntennaYou can connect your Hangar18 to an Indoor/Outdoor

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual24Getting to Know Your HD Entertainment CenterThis section provides a description of all your Hangar18 inputs

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual25Power ButtonPress the power button once to turn on your HD Entertainment Center. The Alienware Head button w

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual26Rear Panel I/O Ports and FeaturesSUB (1)Subwoofer port.Digital Amplifier (2)Connect your 5.1 speaker wires di

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual27TV Input (9)TV tuner input labeled “TV IN” for connecting your cable or satellite box.Power Supply Switch (1

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual28S/PDIF Output (Toslink) (16)Digital audio output for connecting your stereo components.L/R Analog Audio Inpu

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual29CHAPTER 2: VISTA MEDIA CENTER FEATURES

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual3WebGuide Application, 45 What It Does, 45 How It Works, 45 How to Set It Up, 46 What It Works Wit

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual30CHAPTER 2: VISTA MEDIA CENTER FEATURESOverviewOnce your Hangar18 is connected to your TV and your speakers (

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual31The Vista on-screen menus will walk you through setting up your Internet connection, TV signal, TV resolutio

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual32The next screen you see will be the “General” settings screen (shown below). Scroll down and select “Windows

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual33Setting Up Your Wireless Internet ConnectionYour Hangar18 has built-in wireless 802.11 b/g, so its very easy

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual34Select “Configure my TV signal automatically (Recommended)”. This will allow Microsoft Vista to auto-scan f

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual35Setting Up Your TV Guide DataAll TV guide program data is downloaded for free with your internet connection.

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual36Setting Up Your TV Resolution and Speakers From the main Windows Media Center Setup screen below, you can ea

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual37Playing Back and Burning Regular DVDsYou can playback your DVDs from the Vista Media Center menu by selectin

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual38Playing Back and Burning Blu-ray DVDsIf your Hangar18 supports Blu-ray, you can playback your Blu-ray DVDs f

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual39Putting Your Hangar18 Into Away ModeAlienware recommends that you keep the Hangar18 unit ON and connected to

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual4Appendix B Terms And Conditions Agreement, 69Appendix C Limited Product Warranty; Disclaimer Of Warranties;

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual40Setting Up Your Hangar18 and Gyration TV Remote to Control Your Cable or Satellite BoxOnce your Hangar18 is

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual41From this point, just follow the on-screen instructions. The below screen indicates that Vista found one TV

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual42The following four screens will enable the Hangar18 to learn the IR remote commands coming from your cable o

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual43In the below screen, the last sentence “Please pick up your Media Center remote.” is referring to your Gyrat

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual44The below screen allows you to test channel change performance.When you have successfully completed the setu

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual45WebGuide ApplicationWhat It DoesWebGuide allows you to remotely view live and recorded TV programs and to re

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual46How to Set It UpThe WebGuide application has been pre-installed on your Hangar18. Launch the WebGuide appli

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual47Once you select “Save Settings” at the bottom of the above screen, the WebGuide application will automatical

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual48Log In from Any Internet Connected DeviceThe below screen is displayed when you go to the URL that WebGuide

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual49Below is the WebGuide Scheduling Interface. From here you can schedule new TV recordings.Below is the inter

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual5INTRODUCTIONDear Valued Alienware Customer,Welcome to the Alienware family. We are thrilled to include you am

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual50WebGuide on Your Mobile Device

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual52CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM RECOVERY

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual53CHAPTER 3: SYSTEM RECOVERYAlienRespawn 2.0AlienRespawn 2.0 makes it very easy to restore your HD Entertainme

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual55CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTING

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual56CHAPTER 4: TROUBLESHOOTINGBefore TroubleshootingWhen troubleshooting your HD Entertainment Center, please re

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual57Software Diagnostic ToolsBackup and general Maintenance• Always backup your important data and keep copies

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual58Answers to Common ProblemsCD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD±RW or Blu-ray DriveThe HD Entertainment Center does no

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual59A DVD or Blu-ray movie does not play:• Check to see if the disc is properly inserted into the drive with th

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual60KeyboardThe keyboard is not responding:• Check that the keyboard or USB RF transceiver is properly plugged

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual61• Shut down your HD Entertainment Center and unplug the power cord, modem cable (if applicable) and mon

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual62PowerWhen the HD Entertainment Center is turned on, nothing happens:• If the HD Entertainment Center is plu

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual63WebGuide FAQQ. The WebGuide configuration tool is stalling during configuration of the UPnP router settings. H

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual64If you still have problems accessing the media, you can change the Cassini service to run under a user who h

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual66APPENDIX A: GENERAL AND ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONSHD Entertainment Center Setup• Read all instructions m

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual67When You Should Contact Alienware• The power cord or plug is damaged.• The HD Entertainment Center has had

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual69APPENDIX B: TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENTPlease visit http://www.alienware.com/terms/ to view the terms and

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual7CHAPTER 1: SYSTEM PREPARATION AND SETUP

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual71APPENDIX C: LIMITED PRODUCT WARRANTY: DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITYLimited Product W

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual72Systems Returned to Alienware for RepairIf the Technical Support representative determines that your system

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual73Replacing a Defective ComponentIf a Technical Support representative determines that a component is defectiv

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual74The carrier’s shipping document must be printed clearly and include: 1. The RMA number next to your name 2.

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual7530-day Money Back Guarantee In addition to the standard warranty, Alienware offers a 30-day money back guara

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual77APPENDIX D: CONTACTING ALIENWARESalesOur sales team is available Monday through Saturday to meet all your HD

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual78Technical SupportWe have compiled an extensive Knowledge Base of Frequently Asked Questions and their Soluti

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Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual8CHAPTER 1: SYSTEM PREPARATION AND SETUPOverviewCongratulations on the purchase of your Alienware Hangar18: HD

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual80APPENDIX E: IMPORTANT INFORMATION• PLEASE BACKUP ANY DATA YOU HAVE BEFORE INITIATING A SYSTEM RECOVERY OR

Alienware HD Entertainment Center Manual9Chapter 2 guides you through the features of Windows Vista Media Center and how to setup the following:• Wir