USB HOST mode

The unit can be connected to a hard disk 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

1 By navigating the menu, set the PC MODE SELECT

For information about the HDD indication, see

menu option on the <SYSTEM MODE> screen on the

[Thumbnail Screen] (page 121).

SYSTEM SETTING page to “USB HOST”, then the PC

 

 

MODE option to “ON”. This will place the unit in USB

 

 

HOST mode.

 

 

When the unit is in USB HOST mode, the viewfinder

 

 

indicates “USB HOST” and the USB LED on the side

 

 

panel stays illuminated. If the hard disk drive is not

 

 

properly connected, then the LED blinks.

 

 

When 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

 

 

Buttons] (page 56).

 

 

2 Press the THUMBNAIL button to go to the thumbnail

 

 

a

screen. Check to see that the screen indicates “USB

a. USB HOST display

HOST” in the lower right corner. When a hard disk drive

 

 

external with Connection

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.

Note

In USB HOST mode, clips on P2 cards can be played back but video from the camera or an external device cannot be recorded.

Clips written to a hard disk 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 146).

To return to the normal mode from the USB HOST mode, set PC MODE to “OFF” or press a user button which has been assigned the PC MODE on/off function while the thumbnail screen is closed.

device

Using the USB HOST mode

Usable hard disk drives

Hard disk drives connectable via USB 2.0

P2 STORE (AJ-PCS060G, optional)

Notes

While the USB HOST mode supports USB bus power

(5 V, 0.5 A), some hard disk drives may not activate. If this is the case, power must be supplied in a different way. Do not connect multiple hard disk drives through a hub even if the power is turned off. Also, avoid connecting other devices together with a hard disk drive through a hub.

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

Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port 143