Panasonic AG-HPX370P User Manual

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TerminatingUSBmode
Use one of the following three methods. 
•  Set the camera POWER switch to OFF. 
•  Set the PC MODE option in the SYSTEM SETUP 
screen to OFF. 
•  Press the USER button to which PC MODE has 
been assigned. 
USB host mode
This mode allows you to connect the camera to a hard 
disk drive that supports USB 2.0 to save card data, view 
thumbnails of the stored clips and write data back to P2 
cards. 
Switching to USB Host Mode
1
SetthemenuoptionPCMODESELECTinthe
SYSTEMSETUPscreentoUSBHOSTandset
PCMODEtoON.
•  This engages the USB host mode. 
•  The USB LED on the camera lights in USB host 
mode and USB HOST CONNECT appears in 
the center of the viewfinder.  When a normal 
connection cannot be established with the hard 
disk, the USB LED flashes and DISCONNECT 
appears in the viewfinder. 
•  When PC MODE is assigned to a user button, 
press that user button to switch between USB host 
mode and normal mode. However, a user button 
cannot be used for switching in the thumbnail 
mode.
For details, refer to [Assigning functions to USER 
Buttons] (page 61). 
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PresstheTHUMBNAILbutton.
•  The thumbnail screen opens. 
•  Make sure that USB HOST appears at the bottom 
right of the screen. 
•  When the camera is connected to a hard disk 
drive, the HDD icon appears at the top right of 
the screen. If the icon lights red this indicates that 
data cannot be copied to or from the hard disk. 
Check hard disk drive type. 
For details on hard disk drives, refer to [Thumbnail 
Screen] (page 111). 
 NOTE
The USB host mode allows playback of P2 cards but 
not recording of camera video or external input. 
And clips on the hard disk must be written back to a P2 
card before they can be played back. 
For details, refer to [Writing back data to P2 cards] 
(page 153). 
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TerminatingUSBhostmode.
Use one of the following three methods.
• Set the camera POWER switch to OFF.
•  Close the thumbnail screen and set the menu 
option PC mode in the SYSTEM SETUP screen to 
OFF. 
•  Press the USER button to which PC MODE has 
been assigned
 *1
.
*1  In thumbnail mode, pressing a user button will 
not terminate USB host mode.
Using USB host mode
Supportedharddisks
•  A hard disk drive that supports the USB 2.0 interface
•  P2 STORE (the optional AJ-PCS060G hard drive) 
 NOTE
• This camera supports USB bus power (5 V, 0.5 A) but some 
hard disks may not be able to use USB bus power. Such hard 
disk drives should be provided with a separate power supply. 
• To prevent copying or formatting problems from occurring 
during connection to a hard disk drive, be sure that the 
camera’s battery is sufficiently charged or use the AC adapter.
• Do not connect a hard disk to hubs or other connections 
that involve multiple units even if it is not powered on.  Do 
not connect other devices to the hard disk drive via a hub or 
other device.