Chapter 8 Connecting to External Devices — Linking to External Devices

Linking to External Devices

The camera records to P2 cards. These large-capacity P2 cards feature outstanding transfer speeds to enable HD recording, smooth editing and dubbing.

Connecting the external device to the <USB2.0> terminal (device)

Data (files) for performing nonlinear editing on a computer are transferred.

P2 memory card, microP2 memory card*1

USB 2.0 (device mode)*2

Personal computer

*1 P2 memory cards and microP2 memory cards are optionally available. They are not supplied with the camera.

*2 The USB 2.0 cable is not supplied with the camera. Prepare a commercial USB 2.0 cable (double-shielded for noise suppression).

Connecting the external device to the <USB3.0> terminal (host)

The camera directly controls the hard disk drive to transfer data.

USB 2.0, USB 3.0 (storage mode)*

External storage device

* The USB 2.0 cable and USB 3.0 cable are not supplied with the camera. Prepare a commercial USB 2.0 cable or USB 3.0 cable (double-shielded for noise suppression).

Connecting the video and monitor

The camera directly controls the video and the monitor to output video.

Audio pin cable*1

Video equipment/monitor

 

HDMI cable*2

BNC cable (composite/SDI)*3

*1 Cables are optionally available. They are not supplied with the camera.

*2 Prepare the HDMI cable (optional) with double or more shielded. For the HDMI cable, use of the Panasonic HDMI cable is recommended.

*3 For the BNC cable (optional) connected to the <SDI OUT1>, <SDI OUT2>, and <VIDEO OUT> terminals, prepare a double-shielded cable equivalent to 5C‑FB.

Recording images of external devices

Input images from other cameras to record to this camera.

BNC cable (SDI)*

Other cameras

* For the BNC cable (optional) connected to the <SDI IN> terminal, prepare a double-shielded cable equivalent to 5C‑FB.

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