Panasonic ag-hpx600p, Operating Instructions Manual

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Chapter 9 Connecting to External Devices — Connection through the <USB2.0> terminal
Formatting the hard disk drive
1
Switch to the USB host mode.
For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).
2
Connect the hard disk drive via USB.
3
Press the <THUMBNAIL> button to display the thumbnail
screen.
4
Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button and select [HDD] →
[EXPLORE] from the thumbnail menu.
The screen switches to the hard disk drive information display screen.
5
Select [OPERATION] → [FORMAT (HDD)] from the menu, and
use the cursor buttons and the <SET> button to select [YES].
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A confirmation message is displayed again. Select [YES] to format
the hard disk drive.
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After formatting, it can be used as the [TYPE S] hard disk drive.
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After formatting the hard disk drive, all contents of the hard disk
drive are deleted. You cannot partially format the hard disk to
keep some partitions.
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The hard disk drive formatted with the camera is rewritten with
a computer, the operation with the camera and data on the hard
disk drive are not guaranteed afterwards.
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Data deleted as a result of formatting cannot be restored.
Always check data before formatting.
Writing to the hard disk drive
1
Switch to the USB host mode.
For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).
2
Connect the hard disk drive via USB.
If the hard disk drive is not formatted with the camera, refer to
“Formatting the hard disk drive” (page 149) to format the hard disk
drive.
3
Insert the 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 to specify the slot of the
P2 card which contains data to write to the hard disk drive.
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Select [YES].
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Writing starts.
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A progress bar is displayed during a write operation. To cancel
writing, press the <SET> button and select [YES] for the cancel
confirmation.
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[COPY COMPLETED!] is displayed when writing completes.
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To bypass verification at writing, select [HDD] → [SETUP] from
the thumbnail menu, and set [VERIFY] to [OFF]. The time until
writing completes shortens, but no data writing verification is
performed.
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Select [ALL SLOT] to write the contents of all the P2 cards
inserted in the camera in bulk to the hard disk.
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If the type of the hard disk drive is [TYPE S], writing is available only on a card basis. Up to 23 P2 cards can be saved to the hard disk drive.
Each set of data in the P2 cards saved in the hard disk drive is recognized as a separate drive in a computer.
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If you want to write a P2 card containing a defective clip to a hard disk drive, we recommend that you fix the defective clip.
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If you cancel the process during verification, writing from that P2 card to the hard disk drive is already completed.
Writing back to the P2 card
You can select clips from the hard disk drive to write back to the card.
1
Switch to the USB host mode.
For details, refer to “Switching to the USB host mode” (page 146).
2
Connect the hard disk drive via USB.
3
Insert the P2 card to which you want to write back the clips
into the slot.
4
Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button, and select [HDD]
→ [EXPLORE] from the thumbnail menu to navigate to the
partition containing the data to read, and then select the
partition using the <SET> button.
5
Select the clip in the thumbnail to write back to the P2 card
from the hard disk drive.
6
Press the <THUMBNAIL MENU> button, and select
[OPERATION] → [COPY] from the thumbnail menu, and then
select the slot of the P2 card to be written back.
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Select [YES].
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Writing back to the P2 card starts.
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[COPY COMPLETED!] is displayed when writing back completes.
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No verification is performed when you select a clip to write.