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Post-record
This is a safety margin added to the end of a scheduled recording which was
set via the My Yahoo!
®
TV scheduler of your personal calendar. It affects oNLY
these recordings. This is just in case the clocks between your ARCHoS
™
device
and the broadcast station are different or if the broadcast station runs overtime.
Video Parameters
Rename
allows you to define the filename before the recording begins, using the virtual
keyboard. See:
.
Source
options: Auto/Composite/S-Video/black&White.
You can choose which video input you want the ARCHoS
™
device to use.
Normally, with a good video signal, you can set it to Auto and your ARCHoS
™
will scan the DVR station inputs to see which one is receiving video.
format
options: Auto/4:3/5:3/16:9/2.35.
This is the aspect ratio of the screen that the ARCHoS
™
device will record. You
can set this manually, but in most cases you can just leave it on Auto.
Resolution
options: optimal/VGA.
Use this to set the resolution of the recorded image. You can leave this on
optimal.
Optimal will give the smoothest image quality, with a smaller file size.
bitrate
options: 500 kb/s, 1000 kb/s, 1500kb/s, 2000 kb/s, 2500kb/s.
Use this to set the encoding quality.
The higher the encoding rate, the higher the image quality but also more hard
drive space will be used.
Sampling
options: 32kHz, 48kHz.
The sound sampling rate. The higher value gives a higher quality sound but will
take up more space on the hard drive.
brightness
adjusts the recorded image brightness.
Contrast
adjusts the recorded image contrast.
Saturation
Use this to de-emphasize or saturate the colors in the recorded image.
Hue
changes the color spectrum in the recorded image.
Reset
changes the above settings to the default settings.
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