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Recording TV programs to Your HP Personal Media Drive

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Recording TV programs to Your HP Personal Media Drive 1 Change your recording pathway to your HP Personal Media Drive. See "Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive" on page 135. 2 Open Media Center. 3 Record TV programs. See "Recording TV from the Guide" on page 33. Your programs are recorded to your HP Personal Media Drive. 4 Before disconnecting the drive: ■ Make sure there are no scheduled recordings or recordings in progress to avoid losing data. ■ Change the recording pathway back to your local hard disk drive. See "Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive" on page 136. 5 Close Media Center. 6 Restart your HP Digital Entertainment Center. You must perform this last step, or errors can result when recording to your drive. 7 Disconnect your HP Personal Media Drive safely. See "Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely" on page 136. Using an HP Personal Media Drive Changing the TV recording path to the HP Personal Media Drive If you decide to change your recording path to record directly to your HP Personal Media Drive, Media Center creates a Recorded TV folder on your drive. 1 Assign a drive letter to your HP Personal Media Drive. See "Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP Personal Media Drive" on page 131. 2 Open Media Center. 3 Select Settings, TV, Recorder, and then Recorder storage. 4 Under Record on Drive, select (+) to select the HP Personal Media Drive. You can also set the disk allocation and recording quality settings in this window. HP recommends that you know the drive letter assigned and the storage amount of your HP Personal Media Drive. 5 Click Save, and then click Yes. 6 Close Media Center. 7 Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center. To change the TV recording path back to your local hard disk drive, follow this procedure and select your hard disk drive in step 4. n HP recommends that you record TV programs directly to your local hard disk drive and then transfer your recorded programs to the HP Personal Media Drive, if desired. Using an HP Personal Media Drive 135

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Using an HP Personal Media Drive
135
Using an HP Personal
Media Drive
Recording TV programs to Your HP Personal Media Drive
1
Change your recording pathway to your HP Personal
Media Drive. See “Changing the TV recording path
to the HP Personal Media Drive” on page 135.
2
Open Media Center.
3
Record TV programs. See “Recording TV from the
Guide” on page 33. Your programs are recorded to
your HP Personal Media Drive.
4
Before disconnecting the drive:
■
Make sure there are no scheduled recordings or
recordings in progress to avoid losing data.
■
Change the recording pathway back to your
local hard disk drive. See “Changing the TV
recording path to the local hard disk drive” on
page 136.
5
Close Media Center.
6
Restart your HP Digital Entertainment Center. You
must perform this last step, or errors can result when
recording to your drive.
7
Disconnect your HP Personal Media Drive safely. See
“Disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive Safely”
on page 136.
Changing the TV recording path to the
HP Personal Media Drive
If you decide to change your recording path to record
directly to your HP Personal Media Drive, Media Center
creates a Recorded TV folder on your drive.
1
Assign a drive letter to your HP Personal Media
Drive. See “Assigning a Drive Letter to the HP
Personal Media Drive” on page 131.
2
Open Media Center.
3
Select
Settings
,
TV
,
Recorder
, and then
Recorder storage
.
4
Under
Record on Drive
, select (
+
) to select the
HP Personal Media Drive
. You can also set the
disk allocation and recording quality settings in this
window.
HP recommends that you know the drive letter
assigned and the storage amount of your
HP Personal Media Drive.
5
Click
Save
, and then click
Yes
.
6
Close Media Center.
7
Restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center.
To change the TV recording path back to your local hard
disk drive, follow this procedure and select your hard disk
drive in step 4.
n
HP recommends that you record TV programs
directly to your local hard disk drive and then
transfer your recorded programs to the
HP Personal Media Drive, if desired.