Asus W2V W2V Mobile Theater User's Manual for English Edition (E1897) - Page 28

Recording TV programs

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Notebook PC Audio Video Option Recording TV programs Mobile Theater allows you to capture TV footage using a TV tuner. Capture a segment of your favorite television show from a regular TV or cable network then save it on your hard drive in MPEG2 format. To record a TV program, select To Hard Disk or To Disc in the TV page to choose between recording the program to your hard drive or directly to disc. Select Record and then press Enter to start capturing the video feed. Scheduling a TV recording session In addition to the pause feature, Mobile Theater allows you to schedule a recording session for your favorite TV program. When a program is scheduled for recording, a scheduling agent will invoke Mobile Theater and then automatically switches to the TV page to start recording. To schedule a recording: 1. Select TV from the main menu. 2. Select Scheduling and then select New on the TV Scheduling page. 3. Specify the channel of the program you want to record by selecting the right and left arrows beside Channel. You can also specify a Program Name for easy reference. 4. In Record Frequency, specify how often you want Mobile Theater to start recording. You can choose to record only once or you can record on a weekly or daily basis. 5. Specify the starting date of recording as well as the times at which the recording should star and end. Note: The maximum record length is 12 hours and the minimum length is 30 minutes. 28

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Notebook PC Audio Video Option
Recording TV programs
Mobile Theater allows you to capture TV footage using a TV tuner. Capture a
segment of your favorite television show from a regular TV or cable network
then save it on your hard drive in MPEG2 format.
To record a TV program, select
To Hard Disk
or
To Disc
in the TV page to
choose between recording the program to your hard drive or directly to disc.
Select
Record
and then press
Enter
to start capturing the video feed.
Scheduling a TV recording session
In addition to the pause feature, Mobile Theater allows you to schedule a
recording session for your favorite TV program. When a program is scheduled
for recording, a scheduling agent will invoke Mobile Theater and then
automatically switches to the TV page to start recording.
T
o sc
hedule a recor
ding:
1. Select
TV
from the main menu.
2. Select
Scheduling
and then select
New
on the
TV Scheduling
page.
3.
Specify the channel of the program you want to record by selecting the
right and left arrows beside
Channel
. You can also specify a
Program
Name
for easy reference.
4. In
Record Frequency
, specify how often you want Mobile Theater to
start recording. You can choose to record only once or you can record on
a weekly or daily basis.
5.
Specify the starting date of recording as well as the times at which the
recording should star and end.
Note:
The maximum record length is 12 hours and the minimum length is 30 minutes.