The Bloog

The traditional way to schedule a recording in Media Center is to go to the guide, locate the program you want to record, hit enter or OK on the remote control to see the program details and hit the Record or Record Series button to schedule it for recording. Then, you have to press back to return to the guide or Live TV.

These steps, while not too many or complex, can be skipped by using some useful shortcuts. While browsing the guide, you can hit Ctrl+R on the keyboard to tag the select program for recording. Pressing Ctrl+R a second time will schedule recording of the entire series. To cancel recording alltogether, press Ctrl+R a third time.

Alternatively, while browsing the guide, just hit the record button on the remote control to schedule recording of the selected program (instead of Ctrl+R on the keyboard). Press the record button again to schedule the entire series, and a third time to cancel the recording.

Now go practice it.