Viewing Contents of Time Capsule

Hi everyone, I need some help, urgently.
I am having much trouble with my time capsule. I will address my issues in different posts.
First, can anyone tell me how to view the contents of my Time Capsule? I do not mean how to go into time machine. I am trying to verify the contents of my TC.
Running 10.5.6 on MBP
Thanks!

I was able to answer my own question. In case someone needs this information in the future, this is how to view the different sparsebundle images stored in your Time Capsule:
Open Finder
Menu Bar---> Go ---> Connect to Server...
Browse
Find and Open Your TC
Running FileVault, this will give you a view of the different sparsebundle images on your TC. I consistently run FV on all my macs so I could not tell you what the alternative will show.
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