Abstract: Device for contacting electrical energy storage cells of an energy store, which are each connected at their poles to a printed circuit board via an electrically and thermally conductive contact element, said printed circuit board being provided to separate an electrical current, received by the respective energy storage cell via the contact element, from a heat flow received via the contact element.

Abstract: Device for contacting electrical energy storage cells of an energy store, which are each connected at their poles to a printed circuit board via an electrically and thermally conductive contact element, said printed circuit board being provided to separate an electrical current, received by the respective energy storage cell via the contact element, from a heat flow received via the contact element.

Abstract: A digital television receiver in the form of a set-top box includes a hard disk drive for storing a dynamic view buffer (34). Content from a live feed (40) is continuously stored in the buffer. The buffer can then be accessed at different points, thus allowing playback to be time-shifted. A cropping operation, whereby content is removed from the beginning (37) of the buffer is used to keep the size of the buffer in check. Cropped data can be used to create new record files.

Abstract: A digital television receiver in the form of a set-top box includes a hard disk drive for storing a dynamic view buffer (34). Content from a live feed (40) is continuously stored in the buffer. The buffer can then be accessed at different points thus allowing playback to be time-shifted. To record content, a section of a first dynamic view buffer is marked for recording. A second, new dynamic view buffet is created. The first dynamic view buffer is then cropped and truncated so as to create a record file.

Abstract: A set top box for a television receiver is configured to store and replay programming content in a data storage device such as a Winchester disc (6) under the control of data processor (8) having a main memory (9), utilizing a file system in which data can be written to and read from individually addressable regions. The addresses of the regions are held in the main memory during operation. When writing data to more than one of the regions a link is stored in one of the regions to provide data concerning the location of another of the regions that stores data from the file. The link can be used to recover the file in the event of a system crash such as a loss of power.