Recording Tv Programs To The Hp Personal Media Drive - HP Media Center m1000 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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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.
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HP Media Center PC Software Guide

Recording TV Programs to the HP Personal Media Drive

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 PC
before disconnecting the HP Personal Media Drive.
To record TV programs to the 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 28.
2
Open Media Center.
3
Record TV programs to the 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 29.
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.
To change the Media Center TV recording path to
your HP Personal Media 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 24.
5
Close Media Center.
6
Restart your PC. 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 29.
2
Open Media Center.
3
Select Settings, TV, Recorder, and then
Recorder storage.