Recording and Playback
Timer Recording
Organising programmes into folders
In order to find recorded programmes faster, Magic TV™ has a folder system where you can move recorded programmes into folders with meaningful names. This can be done from either the To Do List or Recorded Programme List.
After pressing 
on a highlighted programme in either list, you can select ‘Move to Folder’. The available folders are as follows:
| Not in Folder |
|---|
| My Favourites |
| Series |
| Sport |
| Movie |
| Concert |
| Travel |
| Children |
| Performance |
| Arts |
| Music |
| Culture |
| Education |
| Entertainment |
| Documentary |
| News |
| Finance |
| Food |
| User 1 |
| User 2 |
| User 3 |
| User 4 |
Note: If the internet-enabled iEPG is activated, then Magic TV™ will automatically place recorded programmes into the corresponding folder.
See iEPG (internet enabled EPG) for further information. They can be moved at any time.
To view the contents of the folders, simply go to the Recorded Programme List and press 
.
Deleting and undeleting files
When browsing your recorded programmes, you can delete them by pressing and choosing “Delete this programme” or by pressing 
.
Magic TV™ then marks these files as ‘deleted’ and removes them from the listings. The HDD space is now available for further recordings.
However, it is still possible to recover deleted files provided that they have not been overwritten.
In the main Recorded Programme List, there is a Filter called ‘Trash’.
When a programme is highlighted and is pressed, you will have the following options:
| Undelete this programme | This will restore the programme and it will behave exactly like it did before deletion |
|---|---|
| Permanently remove this programme | Once this has been selected, the file cannot be restored |
| Exit |
Pressing on a programme in Trash will also permanently remove
it after confirmation.
Keeping Files
By default, Magic TV™ will keep all files indefinitely and will not overwrite recordings unless they have been manually deleted. If you keep programmes ‘Forever’, it is possible that Magic TV™ will not be able to make a recording if the disk is full. However, the front panel display and many of the menus contain the disk space information so that you can be aware of a potential problem.
This default setting can be changed in Main Menu ➜ Settings ➜ Recording ➜ Keep Recorded Programme For, and options include numbers of weeks, months, 1 year, ‘Until Disk Full’ and ‘Forever’.
After the keep period has passed, Magic TV™ will move the file to Trash and the space will be made available for new recordings.
When ‘Until Disk Full’ is chosen, Magic TV™ will automatically delete the oldest programme with this setting in order to make a new recording.
Individual recordings can be kept for different amounts of time by highlighting them in the Recorded Programmes list, pressing and choosing the required time period.
Moving Recordings Between Disks
You can copy and move recordings between any connected Hard Disk Drives.
After the drive is connected (using either of the USB ports), you can select a recording (by highlighting it and pressing ) or multiple recordings (by highlighting and pressing 
on each of them and then pressing ) and choose to copy or move them to another disk. If multiple discs are connected you will be provided with a list to choose from.
| Copy | A duplicate will be made on the other disk |
|---|---|
| Move | The original will be deleted after creating a copy on the other disk |
Note: During Copy or Move, only Live TV can be accessed.
Press 
to view, 
to change channels and to view the Channel List. All other remote keys will return you to the Copy/Move/edit screen.
