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Movie Playback on the MP and IMC

The MP and IMC are intelligent gateways to the archives of your entire DVD collection.  With the click of a button you can instantly watch your movies on your large screen TV.  When trying to decide what movie to watch the MP and IMC offer browsing by covers, title, genre, recently added and played in addition to a search option. To embrace the full capabilities of movie playback adding a NAS device to the installation will allow for more storage of your movie collection.

Movie playback is available for all MP and IMCs with servers offering NAS and Video support.  All playback is subject to the integrity of the network and storage devices.

Accessing Your Personal Movie Collection on the IMC
		To view your personal Movie collection, first select the Video option on the MP and IMC Main Menu and press ENTER.  For all menu navigation, use the main navigation buttons on the remote.
		Once Videos has been selected, a new list appears with all the video categories.  Select Movies and press ENTER.
		Now you can navigate the Movie  Main Menu to browse or search for any movies based on Covers, Title, Genre, Rating, Recently Added or Played and Starred Movies.

Remote Control Functions

		Exit Movie Playback
		Fast Forward (speed toggle)
		Rewind (speed toggle)
		Next Chapter
		Previous Chapter
		Pause (Play toggle)
		Play (Pause toggle)
		Enter
	Use the previous and next track to page up & down in a list for video navigation.
	Use the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons to select the desired spot on the time line then use the Enter button to confirm and go to that spot.
	The Forward, Back, Up, Down and ENTER commands are used primarily for navigation through the MP and IMC interface.

Navigating the Movie Database
The categories available to navigate the movie collection include: Covers - Displays the movies cover art alphabetically in a Grid (default) or Strip view.  This can be modified in the Cover Art Browsing settings option. Title - Displays the movies in alphabetical order in a list form. Genre - Displays the genres associated with the movies.  By selecting a genre, the list of applicable movies list in alphabetical order. Rating - Displays the parent control ratings associated with the movies.  By selecting a rating, the list of applicable movies list in alphabetical order. Recently Added or Played - Displays the movies in a list form with the last loaded or played on the system at the top. Starred Movies - Displays the movies in alphabetical order that were starred by the user.  Starring movies allows for choosing from a smaller list.  Will retain through reboots. Search - Displays a pop-up keyboard to search for movies based on keyword.  The results display the movies alphabetically in a list form. Choose any of these methods of navigating to find the desired movies.
		To jump to the next page either use the Next and Previous chapter buttons or use the right arrow to select the letter jump bar.  Use the Up and Down arrows to select the desired letter.  Once the letter is selected, press ENTER and the list will jump down to the select letter in the alphabetical list.
		To see the details of a movie, navigate to the desired movie and press ENTER.  A pop-up will appear with the movie information including genre, rating, runtime, cast, director and plot summary.  To play the movie, select Play.  To go to the movie menu, select Menu.
		If the movie is a multi-disc set, typically TV shows, there will be two double arrows on the left and right.  By selecting these arrows, you can browse through each video within the information window.
		To add this movie to the list of Starred Movies, select +.  A pop-up will appear confirming the selection has been added to the Starred Movies list.
		To remove movies from the Starred Movie list, navigated to the Starred Movies category and either remove each movie one at a time or the whole list.
		To clear all Starred Movies, select [Clear All Starred Movies] and then a pop-up will appear confirming your selection.  Select Yes to clear the Starred Movies or No to cancel out of the screen.
		To clear a specific movie, select the movie by pressing ENTER and then selecting the - to remove the item from Starred Movies.
		After choosing to remove the movie from the Starred Movies, A pop-up will appear confirming the removal.  Select Yes to clear the Starred Movies or No to cancel out of the screen.
		To search for a particular show, episode, movie or sports video you can search by navigating to the Search category and press ENTER.
		The Search results screen will list any episode, movie or sports video that matches the key words entered in the search prompt.

Playing Movies
		To play a movie, navigate to the video in question and press PLAY or press ENTER and then select Play.
		The screen will switch over to the movie playback screen.  After a few seconds the video will playback on your MP and IMC.
		To jumped forward in the movie, use the Fast Forward and Rewind buttons to toggle between video jump speeds or instead use the chapter back and forward to skip chapters. To skip ahead frame by frame, use the Frame Jump button.  The video playback will pause and then skip ahead per one frame jump per button press.
		To stop the movie, press the Stop button on the remote.  This will bring you back to the last screen you were on in the MP and IMC Movie navigation.

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