Recording Tv Programs - Gateway FMC-901 User Manual

Recording TV programs

Your Family Media Center lets you record the program
you are watching, record a program that is scheduled to
broadcast later, or record a recurring program series.
To record the program you are watching
1
Use the CH/PG + or CH/PG – buttons, numeric
keypad, or the Guide to choose programs that you
want to record.
2
On the remote, press the Record
program recording starts.
3
To end the program recording, press the Stop
button or let the recording stop automatically when
the current program is over.
Tip:
When recording a program, you can only watch the program that is
recording. If you change channels during a program recording, the
recording stops.
To set up a recording from the Guide
1
2
button. The
Tip:
To record programs to the hard drive, your Family Media Center
must be turned on, in standby mode, or hibernate mode. For more
information about using standby and hibernate, Click Start, Help
and Support, then search for the keywords standby or hibernate.
On the remote, press the Guide button. The Guide
opens.
Highlight the TV program you want to record,
then press the Record button. The record
icon appears next to the program to indicate the
recording has been scheduled.
The program automatically records when the
scheduled program begins broadcasting and stops
recording when the program broadcast ends.
Tip:
The Guide is available to multiple user accounts on the Windows XP
Media Center. However, the program recording schedules are shared
among all accounts. A program recording conflict message appears
if a user tries to schedule a recording for a time that has already
been scheduled.
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