SageTV User's Guide

SageTV V7.0 User’s Guide Chapter 2: Installation and Setup Page 20
If using the SageTV Service (see Controlling SageTV’s Service Mode Options) and the service
is running, TV recordings will continue regardless of the state of the SageTV user interface. If
the service is stopped, no TV shows will record.
If not using the SageTV Service, SageTV will only record TV shows if it is Running or
Sleeping.
Sleeping SageTV
The Power command may be used to put SageTV to sleep or into standby mode. By default, that
command is assigned the Ctrl+Z keystroke. Or, you may use the Standby option on the Main
Menu.
If SageTV is running in full screen mode when you put it to sleep, it may switch to its screen
saver or minimize itself to the system tray on the Windows taskbar, depending on the
configuration options. (See Screen Saver Options in Detailed Setup: General Settings.) If it is
running in a window, it will minimize itself to the system tray. Putting SageTV to sleep will stop
any live TV that is not a scheduled recording. While sleeping, all shows scheduled to be recorded
will still be recorded.
It is not necessary to put SageTV to sleep, but doing so causes it to hide its window from view,
making it easier to focus on using your computer for something else, and also causes it to stop
recording live TV, all while SageTV continues to record your scheduled shows. See How the
State of SageTV affects Creating TV Recordings, above.
Waking SageTV
While SageTV is sleeping in screen saver mode, click the mouse, press any key, or press any
remote button to awaken SageTV. If it is sleeping in the system tray, you may right click on the
icon to see the following options:
Restore SageTV – Wake SageTV and display its window again.
Exit SageTV – Close SageTV completely. It will no longer be running and will be
unable to record any upcoming shows.
Cancel – Cancel and close the pop-up menu. This has no effect on SageTV.
Exiting SageTV
To exit SageTV while its window is open, instead
of putting it to sleep, you may use Alt+F4 on the
keyboard, or click on the X on the upper right
corner of the window if SageTV is in windowed
mode.
See Detailed Setup: Customize Settings
for an option regarding putting SageTV
to sleep instead of exiting it when using
ALT+F4 or clicking on the X.
Note: Exiting SageTV instead of putting it to sleep may affect its ability to create TV recordings.
See How the State of SageTV affects Creating TV Recordings.
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