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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.
• This unit supports only USB 2.0. Use a USB 2.0-compatible hard drive.
• Only one hard drive must be connected.
• No operations can be performed if a hub or other device is connected between the unit and hard drive. A
USB cable more than 3 meters long must not be used. Otherwise, malfunctioning may occur.
The following conditions must be met when using a 1394 connection.
• The Apple machine must support 1394.a (SBP2 protocol).
• Only one hard drive must be connected.
• No operations can be performed if a hub or other device is connected between the unit and hard drive.
• 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.
• Hard drives with a memory size of 2 TB or more are not supported.
• 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.
Panasonic 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• When the hard drive used for copying data from the unit has been replaced by a PC or other device, no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.
• If, when the drive mount converter which Panasonic makes available free of charge from its web site
given below is used and the hard disk has been connected to a Windows PC, the hard disk partition
can be mounted in the specified folder. Use this when there is an overlap between one or more already
allocated network and drives so that one or more partitions are concealed as a result.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/
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
