Reference Guide

Watching and Recording TV Programs 49
Watching live TV and recording a different channel at the same time
(Select models only)
1 Press the Media Center Start button on
the remote control.
2 Select My TV, and then select Guide.
3 Use the arrow buttons to select a show to
record, and then press the Record button on
the remote control.
4 Select a second show to watch, and then
press the OK button to begin watching it.
5 Follow any onscreen instructions.
Managing Hard Disk Drive Space
The space available for recording TV programs
depends on your hard disk drive allocation, drive
size, and default recording quality selections. The
PC requires a certain amount of space to run your
Windows XP operating system, run software
programs, and store data files. If your hard disk
drive becomes full, it may affect the PC speed and
performance. You may need to free up storage
space to record more programs or to optimize the
performance of your PC. There are several things
you can do to optimize and increase your available
hard disk drive space.
The size of your PC hard disk drive depends on your
model. The PC comes with preloaded software
programs and a backup partition within the hard
disk drive that takes up a certain amount of space
on the hard disk drive.
Increasing hard disk drive space
■ Adjust TV recording and recorder storage
settings. See “Adjusting TV recording and
storage settings” on page 50.
■ Use the Disk Cleanup Utility. See “Using the
Disk Cleanup utility” on page 51.
■ Adjust the System Restore settings. See
“Adjusting System Restore settings” on
page 51.
■ Delete recorded TV programs from the
Recorded TV folder in Shared Documents. See
“Deleting recorded TV programs” on
page 51.
■ Uninstall software programs. See “Uninstalling
software programs that are not needed” on
page 51.
■ Archive TV programs to a DVD if your PC has
a DVD Writer drive. See “Copying Recorded
TV Programs to DVD” on page 101.
■ Archive TV programs to an HP Personal
Media Drive. See “Recording TV programs to
the HP Personal Media Drive” on page 144.