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PD-6DVD Location Recorder (Exporting files using IEEE1394)

Example of copying data to an external hard disk

Also note that the procedure below is assumed that the PD-6 is connected to the PC and the “IEEE1394” menu in the Utility mode is set to “CONNECT”.

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While the “IEEE1394” menu is set to “CONNECT”, the keys and controls on the

PD-6 panel are disabled.

1.Make sure that the PD-6 drive icon is shown on the PC desktop (the icon design differs depending on the PC).

2.Start up an appropriate application such as Explorer on the computer, and copy an audio data file in the PD-6 drive to the hard disk.

Example of exporting data to a computer application

The procedure example below shows how to export PD-6 data to Digidesign Pro Tools for Macintosh.

For details about how to use Pro Tools, see the instructions supplied with the Pro Tools software application. Note that the screen examples below may differ from the screen you actually see.

1.Start up the application software (Pro Tools, in this example).

2.Click “Audio” on the Pro Tools screen to pop up the audio region list menu (indicated by arrow 1).

3.Select and click the “Import Audio” menu from the popup menu (indicated by arrow 2).

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4.Select and click “PD6-DVD” (or “S001”) on the desktop (indicated by arrow 3).

The disk volume name example shown below is a default tentative name. If you edit the volume name (Reel No.) in the disk formatting process, the edited name is shown.

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