USB HOST mode

AJ-HPX2000 can be connected to a hard disc drive that supports USB 2.0 to store data from cards on it, view thumbnails for stored clips, and write data back to P2 cards.

Switching to the USB HOST mode

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By navigating the menu, set the PC MODE SELECT menu option on the SYSTEM MODE screen to USB HOST, then the PC MODE option to ON. This will place the camera-recorder in USB HOST mode.

zWhen the camera-recorder is in USB HOST mode, the viewfinder indicates “USB HOST” and the USB LED on the side panel stays illuminated. If the hard disc drive is not properly connected, then the LED blinks.

zWhen a user button is assigned the PC MODE on/ off switching capability, you can press that user button to switch between the normal and USB HOST modes. For information about how to assign functions to the user buttons, see [Assigning

Functions to USER MAIN, USER1 and USER2 Buttons] (page 51).

Press the THUMBNAIL button to go to the thumbnail screen. Check to see that the screen indicates “USB HOST” in the lower right corner. When a hard disc drive is connected, the HDD indication in the upper right corner stays illuminated. However, if this indicator

illuminates red, it means that the hard disk drive cannot be copied. Confirm the hard disk drive type.

For information about the HDD indication, see [Thumbnail Screen] (page 110).

USB HOST display

‹Note

In USB HOST mode, clips on P2 cards can be displayed but video from the camera or an external device cannot be recorded. Clips written to a hard disc must be written back to a P2 card before it can be played back. For information about how to write clips back to P2 cards, see [Writing data back to P2 cards] (page 135).

Using the USB host mode

Usable hard disc drives

zHard disc drives connectable via USB 2.0

zP2 STORE (AJ-PCS060G)

‹Notes

zWhile the USB HOST mode supports USB bus power (5V, 0.5A), some hard disc drives may not activate. If this is the case, power must be supplied in a different way.

zDo not connect multiple units through a hub, even for a hard disk drive where the power is turned off.

Even with devices other than a hard disk drive, do not connect to the drive together with the hard disk drive through a hub.

zThe unit does not support a hard disk drive of 2 TB or more.

132 Connection with external device : Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port