Starting Sleep Timer
After you enable the Sleep Timer plug-in, you can start Sleep Timer and set the number of minutes until Sleep Timer turns off the audio and video content playing in Windows Media Player. When Sleep Timer turns off the content, it does not close Windows Media Player.
To start Sleep Timer
- In Windows Media Player, click Now Playing.
- In the Sleep Timer pane, type or select the number of minutes that you want the content to continue to play in Windows Media Player.
- If you want the Windows Media Player volume to decrease gradually over the timer period, select the Decrease volume over time check box.
- Click Start Timer.
When the timer is started, a countdown clock appears in Number of minutes until sleep and a blinking green dot appears next to Start Timer.
Notes
- One minute before Sleep Timer turns off the content playing in Windows Media Player, a dialog box appears. This dialog box gives you the option to turn off the content at the requested time, to stop Sleep Timer immediately, or to delay the timer for a specific number of minutes. If you do not click an option in this dialog box, Sleep Timer turns off the content playing in Windows Media Player at the requested time.
- You can change the number of minutes until Windows Media Player "sleeps" at any time. When Sleep Timer stops, the number of minutes is reset to the last value you specified.
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