Using an HP Personal Media Drive
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Watching TV Programs Stored on the HP Personal Media Drive
To play back recorded TV files stored on your
HP Personal Media Drive, you must:
1
Connect your HP Personal Media Drive to the
PC with the PC turned off.
2
Turn on the PC and open Media Center.
3
Click
Settings
,
TV
,
Recorder
,
Recorder
storage
.
4
Under
Record on drive
select the HP Personal
Media Drive, select
Save
,
and then select
Yes
. A Recorded TV folder is created and
placed in your HP Personal Media Drive.
Recorded TV shows must be placed in this
folder to access them with Media Center.
5
Under
Record on drive
, select your local hard
disk drive, select
Save
, and then select
Yes
.
6
Move or copy your recorded TV programs to
this Recorded TV folder on your HP Personal
Media Drive. Now you can view your stored
TV programs in Media Center, or you can
double-click the file and view the show in
Windows Media Player.
7
Close Media Center before disconnecting the
drive.
When you connect your drive, stored TV files
appear in a few seconds after you open
Media Center.
Recording TV to the HP Personal Media Drive
The HP Media Center PC 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, listed below are some
important things to consider:
■
The TV recording path does not default
back to your 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 30 for more information about fixing
this error.
■
When the drive is disconnected, the disk
allocation 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 30 for more information
about changing the allocation.
■
If you disconnect the drive while Live TV is
active, a video error can occur.
■
Recorded TV shows are not updated in Media
Center when the drive is removed.
■
The drive may be assigned a different drive
letter which prevents Media Center from
recognizing the recording path or the stored
Recorded TV files.
n
You need to close
Media Center before
removing or before
connecting your HP
Personal Media Drive
for the stored TV files
to update properly.
n
■
HP recommends
that you record TV
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 have
changed the
recording pathway,
close Media Center
and then open it,
and then restart
the PC.
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