Patent ID: 8781295

Claim:
A method for enabling digital recording, comprising: receiving signals representing a channel comprising a plurality of sub-channels; enabling display of an on-screen menu which allows a user to select from a plurality of different sub-channel recording options, including a first sub-channel recording option to record all of said plurality of sub-channels, and a second sub-channel recording option to record one or more but less than all of said plurality of sub-channels; filtering digital data including secondary audio packets from said channel, but passing program guide data from said channel, in response to user selection of said second sub-channel recording option to thereby produce filtered digital data representing at least one but less than all of said plurality of sub-channels; providing said filtered digital data to a digital recording device via a digital data bus; detecting that a bandwidth limit associated with said digital data bus is exceeded; and prompting said user to select specific digital data from said channel to be filtered out in response to said detection.