Windows Media Center must be running to record programs I have planned to record?

TV recording

Do I need to have Windows Media Center actually run programs Records I have planned to record - for example, a series?

Close.
Hibernation will work too - but, as in sleep, it won't work if you don't have no "enable wake timers" set to Yes in your diet Plan.
I would recommend the sleep, however (never put into hibernation), also some hardware configurations have more problems waking up from Hibernation (sleep wake is, generally speaking, more reliable for a Media Center.)
OFF, however, is, well, discount - a PC cannot wake goes out.

As Dominic said, however, MC does not need to be opened (in fact, even no need to have a connected account) - TV recording is managed by a background system service.

As for tuners in use: If you watch TV (or, rather, Live TV is running), you will be presented with a pop-up message "do you want to change the channel, or cancel the registration?  If nobody is there to hit buttons, it will just change the channel on its own (assuming that no one is there) and run the scheduled recording.

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