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Knowledge Base
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General
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In general all commands can be spoken at all times. For example, you don’t need to be viewing the Amulet Music screen to select a music artist. Similarly, you don’t need to be viewing the Recorded TV screen to select a TV program. You can speak most commands at any time, and they will take effect immediately.
However, while you are learning how to use Amulet, we recommend that you go to the appropriate Amulet screen (music, photos, video, movies, or recorded TV) before you try out commands. The Amulet screens show you when the microphone is active, and also display commands as they are recognized, making it quicker and easier for you to get used to using the speech recognition. |
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How should I organize my downloaded videos? |
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General
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Simply copy downloaded video files to the folders you have told Windows Media Center to monitor, and Amulet will detect them automatically. Movie filenames should simply be the name of the film. TV series episodes should follow the form "Series Name SxxExx Episode name", where Sxx and Exx are the Season and Episode numbers. For example, "Mad Men S01E12.avi" is Season 1, Episode 12 of the TV series Mad Men.
For other videos, such as home movies and unrecognised files, Amulet groups them according to the name of their containing disk folder. |
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Music Commands
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PLAY ALBUM {ALBUM NAME}
PLAY ALBUM NUMBER {NUM}
SHOW ALBUM {ALBUM NAME}
SHOW ALBUM NUMBER {NUM}
Selects one of the currently playing artist’s albums, and shows or plays the songs on that album.
{ALBUM}
The name of an album in your music library by the most recently selected musical artist or band. For example, to listen to Voodoo Lounge by the Rolling Stones, you first select the artist with PLAY ARTIST ROLLING STONES and then select the album, PLAY ALBUM VOODOO LOUNGE.
If the album name is long, you need only say part of the name, and Amulet will find the best match.
{NUM}
When viewing the Amulet music screen, all available albums are shown in a scrolling display to the right of the display. You can choose an album using one of the numbers shown here, if you prefer, instead of using the album name.
EXAMPLES
PLAY ALBUM CROWDED HOUSE
PLAY ALBUM NUMBER 2
PLAY ANOTHER ALBUM
SHOW ANOTHER ALBUM
Plays or shows another album at random by the currently playing artist. |
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Common Commands
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These Amulet commands are often useful for testing, since they make it easy to check that your Amulet system is working correctly, or to restore Media Center to a known good state.
Finding out the time
WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT’S THE TIME?
WHAT IS THE TIME?
Speaks the current system time.
This is a useful command to check that Amulet is listening and responding to commands correctly.
You can use it at any time without interrupting other activities you may be carrying out.
Checking the Audio Quality
REPEAT BACK {SENTENCE}
Repeats back what you said, to allow you to check the quality of your audio connection. This is a good way to make sure Amulet can hear you clearly.
{SENTENCE}
This can be any phrase you like; Amulet will repeat it verbatim without attempting to make sense of it.
EXAMPLES
REPEAT BACK AMULET CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Reset the Media Center Display
SET MEDIA CENTER FULL SCREEN
MAXIMIZE MEDIA CENTER
MAXIMIZE (MCE / AMULET)
These commands all restore the Media Center display to full screen if it was previously running in a desktop window. |
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Voice Remote
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Your Amulet Voice Remote uses a rechargeable battery. Under normal circumstances, this should provide up to several days of regular voice use.
If the battery level becomes low, the voice capability will automatically stop functioning to conserve power, and you will no longer see a solid red light when you lift the remote up to activate the microphone. You can still continue to use buttons as normal to interact with your Media Center.
If the battery level becomes too low, normal operations will not be possible and instead, you will see the Amulet Logo flash amber whenever you try and press a key. You should recharge your remote before continuing to use it.
To charge your remote, connect the small connector on the supplied charging cable to the charging port at the bottom of your remote. Then plug the other end of the cable into a free USB port on your Media Center or a spare USB port on any other device, and your remote will start to charge.
During charging, the Amulet Logo will flash green. When charging is complete, the Logo will change to solid green and you can unplug the cable. Charging takes up to four hours for a fully depleted battery.
HANDY HINT
You do not need to wait until your Amulet Remote battery has completely run down before recharging it – you can recharge it whenever convenient, for example every night or two. |
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