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5.2 Connecting the PVR to your PC 67
each recorded programme, with a name ending in .rec.
The MP3 folder is where you can store MP3 music files, which
your PVR can play back.
The ProgramFiles folder is whereyou canstore additional soft-
ware for the PVR, which we’ll explain more about in the next
section.
When you display the archive list on the PVR, using the
Archive button on the remote control, you’ll see the contents
of one of these three folders, and you can view each of them
in turn by using the or buttons on the remote control.
When you view files in the PVR’s archive list on your televi-
sion screen, you won’t see all the same files that you can view
using Altair; when you’re viewing DataFiles, you’ll only be
shown recordings, without the .rec on the end of their name.
Similarly, in the MP3 area, you’ll only be shown MP3 music
files that have names ending in .mp3, and in the ProgramFiles
are, you’ll only be shown the add-on software that you can run
on your PVR and not additional files, such as settings, that any
software may have created.
5.2.3 Transferring files
Double click on the DataFiles folder in the left hand panel to
open it, and you’ll see the files for all the programmes you’ve
stored on the PVR, along with any extra folders you created to
organise them.
At the top of the panel, you’ll see a message that says Turbo
Off to start with. Turbo mode is a way of speeding up the
transfer of files to and from the PVR; you can click the circle to
the left of the message to turn turbo mode on or off.
When turbo mode is turned on, and you have a USB2.0 con-
nection on your computer, you can transfer programmes at
speeds of up to a fifth of their running time, so a fifteen minute