Writing data on a hard disc drive

1 Switch the mode to USB HOST. For more information, see [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 132).

2 Connect a hard disc drive via USB.

A hard disc drive that has not been formatted with the camera-recorder must be formatted as directed in [Formatting a hard disc drive] (page 134).

3 Insert a P2 card.

4 Press the thumbnail button to display the thumbnail screen.

5 Press the MENU button and select HDD > EXPLORE from the thumbnail menu. Then, specify the slot that contains the P2 card bearing the data to be written to the hard disc drive.

6 Select YES to start writing.

When the data is being written, a progress bar is displayed. To discontinue writing, press the SET button and select YES instead of cancellation confirmation.

‹Notes

zTo disable verification at the time of writing, select HDD > SETUP from the thumbnail menu and set

the option VERIFY to OFF. This speeds up writing without verifying data writing.

zSelect [ALL SLOT] to write data collectively onto all P2 cards currently inserted in the unit to the hard disk drive.

7 When the writing is completed, the message “COPY COMPLETED!” is displayed.

‹Notes

zFor a Type-S hard disc drive, data can be written on a card basis. The data on up to 23 P2 cards can be stored on the hard disc drive. The data set on each P2 card is recognized as a separate drive by the PC.

zIf data on a P2 card that contains a defective clip must be written to a hard disc drive, then we recommend fixing that clip before copying the data.

zWhen the process is discontinued during verification, the data on the P2 card has been written to the hard disc drive.

Writing data back to P2 cards

You can select clips on the hard disc drive to be written back to P2 cards.

1 Switch the mode to USB HOST. For more information, see [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 132).

2 Connect a hard disc drive via USB.

3 Insert the target P2 card in a slot.

4 Press the MENU button and select HDD > EXPLORE from the thumbnail menu. Move to the appropriate partition and select it with the SET button.

5 From among the thumbnails, select the clips to be written to the P2 card.

6 Press the MENU button and select OPERATION > IMPORT > SELECTED CLIPS. Then, specify the slot that contains the target P2 card.

7 Select YES to start writing data back to the P2 card.

8 When the writing is completed, the message “COPY COMPLETED!” is displayed.

‹Note

When only selected files are written, no verification is per- formed.

For a Type-S or P2 STORE hard disc drive, you have the choice of writing data on a card basis. The target P2 cards must be preformatted.

1 Switch the mode to USB HOST. For more information, see [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 132).

2 Connect a hard disc drive via USB.

3 Insert the target P2 cards in slots.

4 Press the MENU button and select HDD > EXPLORE. Then, move to the appropriate partition and select it with the SET button.

5 From the thumbnail menu, select OPERATION > IMPORT > ALL. Then, specify the slots that contain the empty target P2 cards.

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