HP Media Center 2005, Software Manual

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Using an HP Personal Media Drive
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If you disconnect the drive while Live TV is
active, a video error can occur.
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Recorded TV shows are not updated in Media
Center when the drive is removed.
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The drive may be assigned a different drive
letter, 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 PC before disconnecting the HP
Personal Media Drive.
Recording 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 98.
2
Open Media Center.
3
Record TV programs. See “Recording TV from
the Guide” on page 22. Your programs are
recorded to the HP Personal Media Drive.
4
Before disconnecting the drive:
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Make sure there are no scheduled
recordings or recordings in progress to
avoid losing data.
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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 98.
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 99.