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Chapter 9 Connecting to External Devices — Connection through the <USB2.0> terminal

Formatting the hard disk drive

Switch to the USB host mode.

For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).

Connect the hard disk drive via USB.

Press the <THUMBNAIL> button to display the thumbnail

screen.

Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button and select [HDD] →

[EXPLORE] from the thumbnail menu.

The screen switches to the hard disk drive information display screen.

Select [OPERATION] → [FORMAT (HDD)] from the menu, and

use the cursor buttons and the <SET> button to select [YES].

A confirmation message is displayed again. Select [YES] to format
the hard disk drive.

After formatting, it can be used as the [TYPE S] hard disk drive.

NOTE

tAfter formatting the hard disk drive, all contents of the hard disk

drive are deleted. You cannot partially format the hard disk to

keep some partitions.

tThe hard disk drive formatted with the camera is rewritten with

a computer, the operation with the camera and data on the hard

disk drive are not guaranteed afterwards.

tData deleted as a result of formatting cannot be restored.

Always check data before formatting.

Writing to the hard disk drive

Switch to the USB host mode.

For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).

Connect the hard disk drive via USB.

If the hard disk drive is not formatted with the camera, refer to
“Formatting the hard disk drive” (page 149) to format the hard disk
drive.

Insert the P2 card.

Press the <THUMBNAIL> button to display the thumbnail

screen.

Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button, and select [HDD] →

[EXPORT] from the thumbnail menu to specify the slot of the

P2 card which contains data to write to the hard disk drive.

Select [YES].

Writing starts.

A progress bar is displayed during a write operation. To cancel
writing, press the <SET> button and select [YES] for the cancel
confirmation.

[COPY COMPLETED!] is displayed when writing completes.

NOTE

tTo bypass verification at writing, select [HDD] → [SETUP] from

the thumbnail menu, and set [VERIFY] to [OFF]. The time until

writing completes shortens, but no data writing verification is

performed.

tSelect [ALL SLOT] to write the contents of all the P2 cards

inserted in the camera in bulk to the hard disk.

NOTE

tIf the type of the hard disk drive is [TYPE S], writing is available only on a card basis. Up to 23 P2 cards can be saved to the hard disk drive.

Each set of data in the P2 cards saved in the hard disk drive is recognized as a separate drive in a computer.

tIf you want to write a P2 card containing a defective clip to a hard disk drive, we recommend that you fix the defective clip.

tIf you cancel the process during verification, writing from that P2 card to the hard disk drive is already completed.

Writing back to the P2 card

You can select clips from the hard disk drive to write back to the card.

Switch to the USB host mode.

For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).

Connect the hard disk drive via USB.

Insert the P2 card to which you want to write back the clips

into the slot.

Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button, and select [HDD]

→

[EXPLORE] from the thumbnail menu to navigate to the

partition containing the data to read, and then select the

partition using the <SET> button.

Select the clip in the thumbnail to write back to the P2 card

from the hard disk drive.

Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button, and select

[OPERATION] → [COPY] from the thumbnail menu, and then

select the slot of the P2 card to be written back.

Select [YES].

Writing back to the P2 card starts.

[COPY COMPLETED!] is displayed when writing back completes.

NOTE

tNo verification is performed when you select a clip to write.