If you connect the camcorder to the computer while it is set to mode, the process of creating scene thumbnails will start automatically. If your intention was to save photos to the computer, you can touch [Skip] to stop the process and use the computer’s Safely Remove Hard- ware function (Windows) or Eject function (Mac OS) to end the connec- tion to the camcorder. Disconnect the USB cable, set the camcorder to mode and restore the connection.

&/%Memory Save: Saving an Entire Memory onto an External Hard Drive

You can easily save all the movies and photos you recorded onto a commercially available external hard drive connected directly to the camcorder*. You can also use the camcorder to play back your recordings directly from the hard drive. Initialize the hard drive (A139) when you use it with this camcorder for the first time.

*If the USB cable supplied with the external hard drive has a standard-A connector, you will need to use the optional UA-100 USB Adapter or commercially available USB adapter.

Operating modes:

Saving a Memory onto an External Hard Drive

1Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.

2 Press Tto set the camcorder to playback mode.

3Connect the camcorder to the external hard drive using the optional UA-100 USB Adapter.

Connection #-2. Refer to Connection Diagrams (A125).

4 Save the entire contents of the desired memory.

[Save to Hard Drive] >Desired memory >[Yes]*

>[OK]

* Touch [Stop] >[Yes] >[OK] to interrupt the operation while it is in progress.

136 Š External Connections