Watching and Recording TV Programs 193
To record a program manually:
1 Press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote control, press the Live
TV button, and then press the Record button to begin recording the program.
Or
Click the Windows Start Button on the taskbar, and then click Windows
Media Center, or press the Windows Media Center Start button on the remote
control, click TV + Movies, recorded tv, and then click add recording.
2 Click Channel and Time.
3 Select the channel number box, and enter the channel number by using the numeric
keypad on the remote control or the keyboard.
4 Select the (+) or (–) buttons, and then press the Enter key on the keyboard or the OK
button on the remote control to scroll through choices and to enter the recording
frequency, date, start and stop times, and storage and quality options.
5 To set the recording and return to the recorded tv window, click Record in the
window, and then press the OK button on the remote control or the Enter key on the
keyboard.
6 To return to the previous window, press the Back button on the remote control or the
Backspace key on the keyboard.
Recording quality and hard disk drive
storage space
The space that is available for recording TV programs depends on the size of the hard disk
drive, the percentage of hard disk drive space that is allocated to recorded TV, and the
recording quality setting.
To get the maximum recording time, change the recording quality to Fair instead of the
default setting of Best.
