Using an HP Personal Media Drive
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Using an HP Personal
Media Drive
Playing Video Files
You can view your videos stored on an HP Personal
Media Drive. If you want the video files that are stored on
your HP Personal Media Drive to appear in the Media
Center My Videos window, you must complete the PMD
wizard in the More Programs area of Media Center. See
“Setting Up the HP Personal Media Drive to Work with
Media Center” on page 178.
When you disconnect the drive, your video files may still
appear in the Media Center My Videos window. To
refresh your HP Digital Entertainment Center, open and
close Media Center.
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
HP Digital Entertainment Center with the power
turned off.
2
Turn on the HP Digital Entertainment Center 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 a
few seconds after you open Media Center.
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.
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