
Writing data on a hard disk drive
1 Switch the mode to USB HOST. For more information, see [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 148).
2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB.
A hard disk drive that has not been formatted with the unit must be formatted as directed in [Formatting a hard disk drive] (page 150).
3 Insert a P2 card.
4 Press the THUMBNAIL button to display the thumbnail screen.
5 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button and select HDD
EXPORT from the thumbnail menu. Then, specify the slot that contains the P2 card bearing the data to be written to the hard disk 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 on the cancel confirmation screen.
Notes
To 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.
Select 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
For a TYPE S hard disk drive, data can be written on a card basis. The data on up to 23 P2 cards can be stored on the hard disk drive. The data set on each P2 card is recognized as a separate drive by the PC.
If data on a P2 card that contains a defective clip must be written to a hard disk drive, then we recommend restoring that clip before copying the data.
When the process is discontinued during verification, the data on the P2 card has been written to the hard disk drive.
Writing data back to P2 cards
You can select clips on the hard disk 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 148).
2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB.
3 Insert the target P2 card in a slot.
4 Press the THUMBNAIL 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 THUMBNAIL MENU button and select OPERATION IMPORT SELECTED CLIPS. Then,
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