When you select a television show or series that you’ve scheduled to record, you’ll notice that the Program Info screen changes slightly. That is, rather than having the four usual options described above (Record, Record Series, Advanced Record and Other Showings) there are now several new options for a television series that is set to record:
- Record Settings
- Do Not Record
- Keep Until (For television series only)
- Series Info (For television series only)
- Other Showings
Record Settings accesses a new screen that lets you choose between setting settings for the specific instance of the television show that you’ve selected, and editing settings for the entire television series. For example, if you only want to edit the quality setting for the one television show you’ve selected and not the entire series, select Record Settings, and then select Settings for this episode only. If you want to change a recording setting for the entire series, select Record Settings and then select Settings for the entire series.
Do Not Record cancels the scheduled recording for the current episode or the entire series, depending on what you selected in Record Settings and when you opened the Program Info section.
Keep until shows the Keep settings for the television or television series. There are several options – Do Not Change, Keep until space needed, Keep until (a specific date), Keep until I watch, and Keep until I delete.
Note: Media Center may automatically start to delete old recorded television shows to make room for new recorded television shows unless you select Keep until I delete. These settings are controlled by the Recording Default settings. To access and change the recording default settings, scroll down to Tasks and then left to Settings. Then select TV, select Recorder, and then select Recording Defaults.
Series Info only appears for television series and shows you all of the episodes that are scheduled to record for that specific television series, along with what the current Channel, Record, and Keep settings are. To access the record settings for the entire series, select Series Info, and then select Series Settings. To cancel recording of the entire television series, select Cancel Series. These are the same options that you access through Record Settings when you select Settings for the entire series.
Other Showings shows you other episodes of the same television show or television series that are airing within the next two weeks.
A recording conflict occurs when two television shows are scheduled to record at the same time. If you only have one television tuner, you can only watch one show at a time. If you have two television tuners then you won’t see a recording conflict occur.