KODAK Theatre HD Player — Extended user guide

Table of Contents > Getting started > Welcome to the Kodak family!

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1 Getting started

Welcome to the Kodak family!

Congratulations on your purchase of a very exciting and innovative new Kodak product: the KODAK Theatre HD Player.

Nobody understands the emotional power of pictures like Kodak—the power to bring people together and enhance stories and the emotions that come from them.

The KODAK Theatre HD Player will forever change the way you interact with your personal content—from the pictures that are your most precious memories, the new shots that you capture daily or weekly, to the music you have acquired and stored over the years...not to mention the wealth of expanding, always changing, Web-based content that can inform, entertain, and delight.

From today forward, this content will come alive from your computer and from the Web—right into your family room and onto your HDTV—in stunning detail and brilliant color!

Cool things you can do with the KODAK Theatre HD Player

• View new pictures right from your camera's memory card, without having to go to the computer:

  • Insert your memory card into the HD player card slot—a slideshow automatically starts (see Viewing pictures and videos).

  • Use KODAK Picture Mail to send the best (or all) of these pictures to family and friends wherever they live (see Using the KODAK Gallery).

  • Wirelessly copy your images to your computer right from the couch (see Copying pictures and videos).

• Simply point and play to create custom, multimedia slideshows from your favorite pictures, videos, and music (see Creating a slideshow).

• Automatically receive Picture Mail from family and friends, and view on your HDTV (see Using the KODAK Gallery).

• Rediscover forgotten pictures automatically, using KODAK Picture Chronicles slideshows. Each week, your HD player assembles a slideshow of pictures from the same time period from years past (see Enjoying a Picture Chronicles slideshow).

• View your digital movie and video collection (see Playing movies and trailers). Don't have movies yet? Check out any of the many sites on the Web that have DivX and Xvid HD content available. It's a stunning experience on your HDTV!

• Play the music you have stored on your computer—listen to it right in the family room on your audio system. You can even listen to your APPLE ITUNES Playlists. And you can simply point and play to combine your music with your pictures and videos to create personalized, multimedia shows.

• Watch free podcasts, including HD video podcasts to which you subscribe (see Podcasts). If you are new to podcasts and would like to try them, use APPLE ITUNES or do a Web search on podcasts to learn more about how to download them.

• Every day, you can check out the free, on-demand Web channels containing news, weather, sports, photography, and more (see Web channels).

• Personalize your KODAK Theatre HD Player—choose backdrops, select slideshow preferences, set up a screensaver, and more (see The Settings portal).

• Sign up for a free account at the KODAK Gallery to view, store, and share your pictures with friends and family—right from your HDTV (see Using the KODAK Gallery).

• Always find something to listen to—choose from thousands of radio stations all over the globe. It's free and no sign-up is required (see Internet radio).

• Perform upgrades, right from your HDTV, for new features and content (see Updating the firmware).

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