Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Windows® XP Media Center®

To delete a stored preset, select the preset by using the navigation arrows on the

remote, or by using the numeric keypad on the remote to enter the preset number,

and then press the Clear button. Radio will ask you to confirm the action (see Figure

15.5). Press OK to complete the process.

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FIGURE 15.5

This confirma-

tion message

gives you an

opportunity to

back out and

keep the station

presets as they

are.

Using Pause, Play, Replay, and Skip

Now for the fancy stuff. As with many of Media

Center’s most powerful features, time-shifting

radio transmissions is deceptively easy. Here’s

how it works:

■ Pause—To stop the radio reception in its

tracks, just press the Pause button on the

remote control, click the Pause button in

the on-screen transport controls using the

mouse, or press the keyboard shortcut

Ctrl+P. Radio will let you pause the broad-

cast for up to 30 minutes. A progress bar

will be displayed, as shown in Figure 15.6.

Although selecting the

Start FM button onscreen

to resume airplay of

your broadcast will tech-

nically do the job, it will

also erase the memory buffer. That’s

fine if you want a fresh start and

don’t care about losing the ability to

replay the previous 30 minutes of

audio. If that matters to you, just

use the Play button to resume.

caution

■ Play—To resume playing the broadcast

with the remote control, press the Pause

button again, or press the Play button.

The same principle applies to the mouse

and keyboard commands. You can also

select Start FM from the FM Radio screen.

■ Replay—Although you can’t actually use

the Rew and Fwd buttons in Radio, you

can accomplish the same thing by press-

ing the Replay and Skip buttons to

reverse or advance through the memory

buffer. Replay skips back 7 seconds. If you

are paused when you press the Replay but-

ton, the audio will remain paused at the

earlier point. Press Play or select Start FM

to resume the broadcast from that point.

Press Replay repeatedly to reverse up to 30

minutes into the broadcast.

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FIGURE 15.6

When you pause

the broadcast,

Media Center

automatically

displays a

progress bar,

showing how

much memory

buffer is

available.

tip

As you might expect, you

can stop the broadcast at

any time by pressing the

Stop button on your remote,

or by clicking the square Stop

icon on the transport con-

trol. What you might not

realize is that Media Center will

continue to record the audio from

that point. If you resume playing

the radio again within the next 30

minutes, it will continue playing

from the point where you left off.