Software Guide

Using an HP Personal Media Drive 109
Changing Disk Allocation
If you experience a Low Disk Space error message,
and you want to change the disk allocation to
a higher percentage for your HP Personal
Media Drive:
1 Open Media Center.
2 Select Settings, TV, Recorder, and then
select Recorder storage.
3 Change the disk allocation percentage setting
by selecting the (+) or (–) option.
Updating Recorded TV List after Removing the HP Personal
Media Drive
If you want to update your Recorded TV list after
removing the drive:
1 Close Media Center.
2 Open Media Center.
3 If this does not update the files, restart the HP
Media Center PC.
System Requirements to View Recorded
TV Programs on Other PCs
To play back recorded TV files (.dvr-ms files) that
were recorded on your HP Media Center PC on
another non-Media Center PC, the PC must have the
following items installed:
■ Windows XP operating system
■ Windows XP Service Pack 1
■ Windows Media Player 9 or later
■ Software to play DVDs
■ The audio and video codec file allows
Windows Media Player to play recorded TV
programs (.dvr-ms files). You can find this file
in Windows Update. Click Start, choose All
Programs, and then click Windows
Update. You can also go to the Windows
Web site and search for this code file
(Q810243).
If you want more information about this file you can
go to the Microsoft Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com
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Some recorded TV
programs with the
broadcast flag turned
on are copy-protected
and cannot be
viewed on other PCs.