Formatting

To format a P2 card or HDD, press the FORMAT button on the main screen. The device selection screen to be formatted now appears.

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AFORMAT SLOTS button

SLOT1 button/SLOT2 button/SLOT3 button/ SLOT4 button/SLOT5 button

These buttons can be used to select the P2 cards inserted in any slot.

BFORMAT HDDS button

HDD1 button/HDD2 button/RAID1 button These buttons can be used to select any of the HDDs.

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•Be careful when formatting media or devices. Formatting will erase all data on P2 cards or HDDs.

•P2 cards cannot be formatted if the write-protect switch is set to Protect.

The device is formatted by taking the following steps.

1 Select the device and press START button, the FORMAT confirming screen will display.

CSTART button

This starts the formatting.

DCLOSE button

Return to the main screen.

2 Press OK button in this screen, the further confirming screen will display.3 Press OK button again and begin the formatting.Please understand that it can not be canceled once the formatting begins.

The ending confirming screen will display after formatting, press OK button to go back to the device selecting screen.

If you press CANCEL button before formatting, you can go back to the device selecting screen.

An error message is displayed if formatting is not possible.

All the formats are FAT32. (The largest volume is limited to 2 TB by the FAT32 format. Please understand it when you install larger HDD in the future.)

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