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13 F REQUENTLY A SKED Q UESTIONS
13.1 H OW M ANY H OURS C AN I R ECORD ?
13.1.1 The PVR Info screen shows the approximate number of hours of recording
space remaining on the connected hard drive.
13.1.2 These estimates are not exact. The actual recording time will depend on the
broadcast quality of the programs being recorded. The following table shows
the approximate recording space available for an empty hard drive:
Hard drive Size Hours
1TB 887 hours (SD), 341 hours (HD)
500GB 444 hours (SD), 171 hours (HD)
13.2 H OW D O I E RASE A LL T HE P ROGRAMS I N T HE P LAYLIST ?
13.2.1 It is possible to erase all programs by formatting the hard drive.
13.2.2 Launch the PVR Setup menu and press OK on Hard drive format.
13.2.3 Press OK to confirm the format.
13.2.4 The format will take a few minutes to complete.
13.2.5 When the format is complete, the HDD status on the screen should say
“Connected and working”, and the Playlist will be empty.
13.3 C AN I P LAYBACK MY R ECORDED P ROGRAMS ON A C OMPUTER ?
13.3.1 The recorded programs cannot be played back on a computer.
13.4 C AN I V IEW S UBTITLES O N A P LAYBACK ?
13.4.1 Subtitles are not available when viewing a playback or when viewing the pause
buffer. This feature may be added in a future software release.