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Will Amulet's wireless technology interfere with my existing Wi-Fi network?

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While Amulet does use the same 2.4 GHz band as wi-fi networks, it uses a proprietary chipset which automatically detects and routes around other transmitters in the same band. This happens dynamically, so that even a new hotspot coming online in the middle of a voice transmission won’t cause any audible interference – and Amulet won't interrupt your wifi activity.

TV, Videos and Movies

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For an overview of how Amulet allows you to work with TV, movie and video media files, watch the video “TV and Video Help” from the help video icon on the Amulet menu strip in Windows Media Center.

Amulet automatically classifies your video files as Movies, TV series, Recorded TV, Home Videos, or Video files. Movie files are identified using TheMovieDb.org website while TV programs are identified using TheTvDB.com website. TV programs recorded from within Media Center appear under Recorded TV, while video files captured with your digital camera appear under Home Movies. Any files that Amulet can’t classify will be listed under Videos.

Start by navigating to the appropriate media page:

To see your Movies collection say:

GO TO MOVIES

To see your TV Shows collection say:

GO TO TV SHOWS

To see your Recorded TV collection say:

GO TO RECORDED TV

To see your Home Movies collection say:

GO TO HOME MOVIES

To see all other Video files say:

GO TO VIDEOS

Does Amulet work with the standard Windows Media Center screens?

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Yes, most Amulet commands operate from anywhere within Media Center. We do recommend that you use the special Amulet user interface screens whilst you are becoming familiar with Amulet, since they provide immediate visual feedback to let you know your commands are being recognised.

As you become more used to Amulet, you can start to use the commands independently of whatever screen you are viewing. You can even issue Amulet commands when your screen is turned off, if you have your audio output connected to separate speakers.

What does the Amulet ShuffleSongs option do?

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If you enable ShuffleSongs in the Amulet.ini configuration file, Amulet will randomise the songlist for any musical Artist you select, to provide more variety. Once randomised, you can browse and step through the songlist in the normal fashion.

Adding new media files to your collection

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In order to select media items by voice, they must appear in the Amulet media index. If an item appears on the Amulet user interface pages, then it is in the index and you can select it by name.

Amulet performs an initial scan of your media files during installation. Thereafter, it re‐indexes your media every night at 5 am.

Newly recorded TV shows are indexed automatically a few seconds after the recording finishes, so that you always have instant voice access to your latest TV programs.

When you import new music, photos or videos, into Media Center, you can ask Amulet to re‐index those files immediately using one of these voice commands:

RE‐INDEX MUSIC
RE‐INDEX PHOTOS
RE‐INDEX VIDEOS
RE‐INDEX TV PROGRAMS
RE‐INDEX CHANNEL NAMES (used when you edit your TV channel lineup)

Indexing takes place in the background, so you can continue to use Amulet as usual while the index is rebuilt. Amulet will tell you when indexing is complete, and you can then access your newly added media items by voice.

For more information on these, and other command variants, see the Amulet Speech Commands section.

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