Safeguarding Recorded Tv Programs - HP Media Center m1000 - Desktop PC Software Manual

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About Teletext
Teletext is additional information that is broadcast
within a TV signal. You can navigate the Teletext
main page and subpages to find information such
as the weather, sports scores, or community events.
You can turn on subtitles in a specific language for a
program you are watching. When a TV show is
recorded, the Teletext subtitles are stored with the
recording so you can view the subtitles when you
play the recording later.

Safeguarding Recorded TV Programs

Most television broadcasters do not encrypt
programs, so a recording can be played on any
Media Center PC. A recording of a broadcaster-
encrypted TV program, though, can be played only
on the PC that recorded it.
When you record TV programs using Media Center,
the TV program broadcaster may have an
encryption code that Microsoft includes as a special
code in the recorded files. This code is keyed to
your PC and is required to play broadcaster-
encrypted TV programs previously recorded to your
hard disk drive, copied to DVD, or copied to other
media. When you perform a system recovery or
replace the hard disk drive in your PC, you lose the
special code.
You can safeguard your capability to play recorded
TV programs by making a backup CD and using it
as described in the procedures provided here. Make
the backup CD now, before you need it, so that you
can use the CD after you perform a system recovery
Important information about recorded TV programs
When you replace the hard disk drive, you lose any
files or software that you created, saved, or installed
on the PC. You also lose a special code that
Microsoft includes in the files of the recorded TV
programs.
Teletext may not be available for all the channels
you receive. The Teletext button will only display on
the information bar if Teletext is available for that
channel. If you would like more information about
which channels have Teletext available, contact your
TV service provider.
or replace the hard disk drive in your PC. If you do
not have the backup CD after you perform a system
recovery or replace the hard disk drive, you will not
be able to play any previously recorded TV
programs that are broadcaster encrypted.
The procedures that follow describe how to prepare
your PC, make the backup files you need, copy the
file to CD, and use the backup CD to restore the files
to your PC after a system recovery.
To safeguard your recorded TV programs you
need to:
repare the code key files.
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Make a backup CD.
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Perform a System Recovery, if necessary.
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Use the code key backup CD after a system
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recovery.
Without the code, Media Center will not play the TV
programs previously recorded to disk or copied to
DVD or to other media.