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You can connect a hard drive equipped with a USB 2.0 or 1394 connector, and copy data from P2 cards
onto the hard drive.
The following conditions must be met when using a USB connection.
• The PC with the hard drive must run Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
• The USB dedicated driver (provided on the CD-ROM supplied) must be installed.
• USB 2.0 (High Speed, Mass Storage Class) must be supported (neither USB 1.1 nor USB 2.0 (Full
Speed or Low Speed) is supported).
• Only one PC must be connected.
• Operation will not be possible if a hub or other device is connected between the unit and PC. A USB
cable more than 3 meters long must not be used. Otherwise, malfunctioning may occur.
• No guarantees are made for the operations performed by the Macintosh operating system.
The following conditions must be met when using a 1394 connection.
• The Apple machine must run Apple MacOSX10.2.7 or above.
• The Apple machine must support 1394.a (SBP2 protocol).
• No guarantees are made for the operations performed by the Windows operating system.
• Only one PC must be connected.
• Operation will not be possible if a hub or other device is connected between the unit and PC.
• Use a hard drive which meets the following conditions.
1) The hard drive may be formatted for use with the unit.
2) The hard drive must be used within its guaranteed operating ranges (temperature, etc.).
3) The hard drive must not be installed where it will be susceptible to vibration or be unstable.
• In the case of some hard drives, the intended operations may not be performed properly.
• A hard drive with a SATA (serial ATA) or PATA (parallel ATA) interface connected through a USB
conversion cable may not be recognized.
• While formatting or copying is in progress, do not disconnect the cables, eject the P2 cards or turn off the
power of the unit or hard drive. Such actions will require the power to be turned on again.
• A hard drive is a high-precision device: as such, when it is used under certain conditions, it may quite
possibly fail to read or write data.
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. disclaims all liability for the loss of data caused by a failure of or any
form of trouble occurring in the hard drive, and also for any direct and indirect damages suffered as a
result of such failure or trouble. Users are asked to bear this in mind.
• When the hard drive used for copying data from the unit has been replaced by a PC or other device,
no guarantees can be made for the subsequent operations involving the unit or for the data on the hard
drive.
• It is recommended that you repair P2 cards containing defective clips* before copying their data using
the unit.
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A “defective clip” is a clip with some kind of problem in its recording which was caused because a P2
card was ejected or the power was turned off while its recording was still in progress, and it is indicated
by the
X
mark when the thumbnail screen is displayed by a P2 camera recorder or other device.
Copying data from P2 cards to the hard drive
AG-HPG10
1394 cable (optional
accessory)
USB cable (optional
accessory)
USB 2.0 connector
(Type A)
Hard drive
IEEE1394 input/output
connector
