Watching and Recording TV Programs

179

Navigating TV + Movies

179

Watching TV

181

Watching live TV

181

Controlling TV playback

182

Using the remote control in TV + Movies

183

Using the Television Program Guide

184

Using Windows Media Center without the guide

184

Television Program Guide errors

185

Viewing the Television Program Guide

186

Setting up how Windows Media Center downloads the guide

187

Adding a postal code to receive the correct guide

188

Adding missing channels to the guide

188

Editing and removing channels in the guide

189

Searching for TV Programs

189

Searching for TV programs by using categories

190

Recording TV Programs

191

Recording TV by using the guide

192

Recording programs manually without using the guide

192

Recording quality and hard disk drive storage space

193

Watching TV programs stored on the HP Media Drive

194

About recording TV to the HP Media Drive

195

Recording TV programs to the HP Media Drive

195

Changing the TV recording path to the HP Media Drive

196

Changing the TV recording path to the local hard disk drive

196

Add TV recording folder for Windows Media Center to find

197

Changing disk space for recording TV programs

197

Updating recorded TV list after removing the HP Media Drive

197

System requirements to view recorded TV programs on other computers

198

Copying recorded TV programs to DVD or CD

198

Media copy protection

199

Playing Recorded TV Programs

200

Playing DVDs in Windows Media Center

200

Index

201

xGetting Started (features vary by model)

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SR5618CF, SR5613CF, SR5558D, SR5559D, SR5615CF specifications

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