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Connections: Using This Unit With a Hard Disk
Using This Unit With a Hard Disk
This unit supports the following hard disks types.
• Panasonic portable hard disk unit P2 store (AJ-PCS060G)
• A hard disk that supports the USB 2.0 interface
• A hard disk that supports the eSATA interface
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NOTE:
• It may not be possible to connect an eSATA hard disk that does not support the LINUX operating system.
• Some eSATA hard disks may prolong the startup time of the unit.
• The unit supports P2 store only in version Ver2.** or later version. P2 store hard disk in Ver1.** cannot be connected.
Upgrade a hard disk in Ver1.** to the latest version before use.
Available functions depend on the type of hard disk used. Hard disk type is displayed next to the “PARTITION:” on the left side
of the hard disk explorer screen.
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Refer to “Displaying Hard Disk Information (Explorer Screen)” (page 118).
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NOTE:
• This unit supports USB bus power (5 V, 0.5 A) but some hard disks may not be able to start up using USB bus power. Should this happen,
provide the hard disk with a separate power supply.
• This unit does not support hard disks that are 2 TB (2048 GB) or larger.
(Hard disk types and available functions)
*1: Adding clips to a partition will prevent writing back data by the card to that partition.
*2: This enables up to 100 folders in up to three levels. Folders appear in order from the top level. Long file names and two-byte character file
names are not supported.
Example:
Supported Hard Disks
Hard disk types and available functions
Hard
disk type
Features
Available functions
Thumbnail
display
P2 card unit
Clip unit
Playback
check
*3
Use of
playlists
*4
Displaying
clips
Format
P2
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HDD
HDD
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P2
P2
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HDD
HDD
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P2
TYPE S
A special disk format for high-speed
writing/loading data by P2 card unit.
M
M
M
M
*1
M
M
M
M
M
P2STORE The P2 Store (AJ-PCS060G) hard
disk. Cannot be used for writing data.
M
×
M
×
M
M
M
M
×
FAT
A hard disk whose primary partition
is formatted either using FAT16 or
FAT32.
The root partition or “CONTENTS”
*2
directory under any directory is used.
M
×
×
M
M
M
M
M
M
OTHER
Hard disk other than those above
* NTFS or other hard disk using a file
system other than FAT16 or FAT32.
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
×
M
/CONTENTS
Can be displayed
/SAMPLE/CONTENTS Can
be
displayed
/SAMPLE/20090101/CONTENTS
Can be displayed
/SAMPLE/20090101/1200/CONTENTS
Cannot be displayed
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This is the fourth level and will therefore not appear.