HP Z558 Entertainment, Software Reference Manual

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Watching and Recording TV Programs
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tching and Recording
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Increasing hard disk drive space
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Adjust TV recording and recorder storage settings.
See “Adjusting TV recording and storage settings”
on page 65.
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Use the Disk Cleanup Utility. See “Using the Disk
Cleanup utility” on page 66.
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Adjust the System Restore settings. See “Adjusting
System Restore settings” on page 66.
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Delete recorded TV programs from the Recorded TV
folder in Shared Documents. See “Deleting recorded
TV programs” on page 67.
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Uninstall software programs. See “Uninstalling
software programs that are not needed” on
page 67.
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Archive TV programs to a DVD if your HP Digital
Entertainment Center has a DVD Writer drive. See
“Copying Recorded TV Programs to DVD” on
page 131.
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Archive TV programs to an HP Personal Media Drive.
See “Recording TV programs to the HP Personal
Media Drive” on page 183.
Adjusting TV recording and storage settings
1
Press the Media Center Start button on the
remote control.
2
Select Settings , TV , and then select Recorder .
3
Select Recorder Storage to change your Disk
allocation and Recording quality settings. Increase
the percentage of hard disk drive space available for
recorded TV programs in Default Settings.
Or
Select Recording Defaults to change your
recording storage settings. Select Fair as the default
recording quality. The better the quality of the
recording, the more space the file takes. Select
Until
I watch as the Keep setting for each recorded
program.
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The storage space for your Digital
Entertainment Center may differ from the
amount listed here.