Watching Tv Programs Stored On The Hp Personal Media Drive - HP z558 Software Manual

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
HP Digital Entertainment Center before disconnecting the
HP Personal Media Drive.
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 your 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.
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HP recommends that you record TV
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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
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have changed the recording pathway, close
Media Center and then open it, and then
restart the HP Digital Entertainment Center.
6
Move or copy your recorded TV programs to the
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.
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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