About Recording Tv To The Hp Personal Media Drive - HP z545 Software Reference Manual

About Recording TV to the
HP Personal Media Drive
The HP Digital Entertainment Center was set up to record
TV shows to your local hard disk drive when using Media
Center. It is possible to change the recording pathway to
an HP Personal Media Drive, but several errors can occur
if the drive is unexpectedly or improperly removed.
It is best to record TV shows to your local hard disk drive
and then copy the files over to your HP Personal Media
Drive.
If you decide to change your recording path to the
HP Personal Media Drive, consider the following:
The TV recording path does not default back to your
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local hard disk drive after the HP Personal Media
drive is disconnected. This means scheduled
recordings may not be recorded. The recording error
Low Disk Space may occur, and then your program
will not be recorded. See "Changing Disk
Allocation" on page 185 for more information about
fixing this error.
When the drive is disconnected, the disk allocation
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for Recorded TV shows reverts to 10%, and your
recorded programs can be lost if you have selected
the "Keep until space is needed" setting in My TV.
See "Changing Disk Allocation" on page 185 for
more information about changing the allocation.
If you disconnect the drive while Live TV is active, a
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video error can occur.
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Recorded TV shows are not updated in Media Center
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when the drive is removed.
The drive may be assigned a different drive letter
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which prevents Media Center from recognizing the
recording path or the stored Recorded TV files.
When you set the TV recording pathway to your
HP Personal Media Drive, Media Center stores the
recording buffer data for pausing live TV on your drive.
This means that if live TV is playing, you won't be able to
remove the drive safely.
To avoid this scenario, change the recording pathway
back to your local hard disk drive, and then restart the HP
Digital Entertainment Center before disconnecting the HP
Personal Media Drive.
HP recommends that you record TV
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programs directly to your local hard disk
drive and then transfer the programs to the
HP Personal Media Drive.
If you have problems recording after you
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have changed the recording pathway, close
Media Center and then open it, and then
restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center.
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