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Handling an External Storage
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Handling an External
Storage
You can connect a USB mass storage class device (a hard
disk drive for example) to the Super Speed USB (
)
connector (USB 3.0 compatible) on the front panel and use
it as an external storage for storing clips and other
materials (capacity: 3 GB to 2 TB).
The operation of all hard disk drives is not guaranteed. For
information about recommended devices, consult your
Sony dealer.
It is possible to create up to 99 folders on the external
storage. Each folder can contain up to 600 clips (not
exceeding the total material length of 24 hours) and up to
99 EDLs.
The file system that the external storage supports is exFAT
only.
Notes on use of an external storage
• Use an external storage with sector size of 512 bytes.
External storages with other sector size may not be
recognized by this unit.
• The external storage cannot be used at the same time
with an SxS memory card loaded in card slot B. When
using the external storage, remove the SxS memory card
from card slot B.
• When using an external storage, mount the USB drive so
that it can be recognized by this unit. If mounting failed,
a message appears prompting you to format the external
storage on this unit
.
• When removing the external storage, first dismount the
USB drive
. After removing the external
storage, you can now load an SxS memory card in the
memory card slot B.
• If an external storage needs formatting, make sure to
format it on this unit. If the external storage is formatted
on a different device, it may not be recognized or it is
treated as write protected on this unit.
• When the total number of files recorded on an external
storage exceeds 12000, further data writing on the same
external storage by this unit is impossible. When the
total number of files recorded on an external storage
exceeds 20000, this unit cannot read data from that
external storage. To use this unit with external storage,
keep in mind these limitations on number of files.
• It is not possible to play back clips stored on the external
storage directly as they are. First copy the clips you want
to play back to an SxS memory card, and then you can
play back those copied clips from the SxS memory card
Using the external storage
When using an external storage, mount the USB drive so
that it can be recognized by this unit, and then mount a
target folder.
To mount a USB drive
1
Connect the external storage to the Super Speed USB
(
) connector (USB 3.0 compatible) on the
front panel.
2
In the Clip F Menu in the clip list screen, press F1:
USB DRV (OFF)
The processing for USB drive mounting starts.
When the USB drive gets mounted, the “OFF”
indication under F1: USB DRV changes to “ON” and
the icon for USB DRIVE ON (
) appears in the
status display area of the display screen.
If there are folders in the USB drive, they are also
displayed in the display screen.
If you failed to mount the USB drive
A message appears prompting you to format the external
storage.
To execute formatting, select “OK”, and then press the
PUSH SET knob. To cancel formatting, select
“CANCEL”, and then press the PUSH SET knob.
When the formatting is completed, the message “Format
was successful.” appears.
If formatting is executed, all existing partitions (including
multipartitions) are deleted and initialized into one single
partition.
To mount a target folder
Select the folder, and press the PUSH SET knob.
The processing for folder mounting starts.
On completion of the mounting, the thumbnails of or a list
of stored clips in that folder are displayed.
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