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The Digital VCR can be left running in Standby mode without missing a recording you've
scheduled. Scheduled recording operations do not require that the Digital VCR be running live
or displaying the live TV signal in order to record. The scheduler will wake the application just
before the start of the recording process.
Recording With Digital VCR
Live TV While Recording
When a recording is in progress, you will not be able to change the live TV channel. An error
message will appear on screen as a reminder if a channel change is requested. The error mes-
sage will not interrupt the recording process.
However, while recording, Digital VCR can still play back prerecorded files from your video
library. A show that is being recorded can be cancelled if desired.
Programming a Show to be Recorded
When you install Digital VCR, space is pre-allocated on your hard drive for recording. You can
think of this space as a "virtual tape". The disk space is set aside for use by Digital VCR. When
a show is added to the schedule to be recorded, two things happen:
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Your hard dri ve free spa ce a lloca te d to Di gital VCR is ch ecked to determine
tha t there is suff icien t space to sto re the sel ection.
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If a v aila ble , th is sp ace is th en reserved un ti l the re co rding takes pl ace.
As you make additional recording selections, the amount of available empty hard disk space on
your virtual tape is decreased. If the hard disk cannot store the program you have selected for
recording, a warning message will appear in the recording setup dialog. You can then choose
to:
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Cancel the reco rd ing
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Try other recordi ng pa ra me te rs (for e x ample , Economy (XP) record ing mode
takes less disk space than Be st (SP) mode)
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Remove previo usly recorde d fil es from th e hard disk to ma ke more spa c e
avail able
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