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Getting to Know the Windows® XP Media Center Edition
Changing the Media Center Settings
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To increase disk space, you can:
❖Delete recorded shows from the Recorded TV window.
For more information, refer to the My TV chapter.
❖Increase the percentage of hard disk space available for
recorded TV shows in Default Settings. Select between 5
percent and 90 percent. The default is set at 75 percent.
❖Record TV programs to the largest drive. Media Center
does not support removable drives, network drives, or
drives with less than 5 MB of disk space.
❖Archive TV programs to a DVD+RW or DVD+R if your
PC has a DVD writer drive. You can play archived
programs recorded on DVDs only from the PC that you
recorded the TV program from.
❖In the Recorder Defaults window, select Fair as the
default recording quality. The better the quality of the
recording, the more space the file takes.
❖In the Recorder Defaults window, select Until I watch as
the Keep setting for each recorded show.
Change TV Guide Settings
In the Guide Settings, you can select which channels to
display and you can manually update your Guide from the
Internet.
TV Guide settings are the same for each user and can be
changed only by the administrator of the computer.
To change the TV Guide settings:
1In the Media Center Start menu, select Settings. You may
need to select the scroll arrows on the Start menu to view
Settings.
2In the Settings window, select TV.
3In the TV settings menu, select Guide.