Important Notes About The Hard Disk Drive - Canon HG10 Instruction Manual

Important Notes About the Hard Disk Drive

Your hard disk camcorder allows you to shoot and store many hours of video.
However, there are differences between recording onto a hard disk and
recording onto other media. Make sure to follow the points below when using
your camcorder. For more details, refer to Handling Precautions ( 99).
Back up your recordings periodically
Make sure to transfer your movies to an
external device such as a computer or
digital video recorder ( 40) and back
them up on a regular basis.
Do not subject the camcorder to
vibrations or strong impacts
The hard disk is a high-precision device.
Vibrations, strong impacts or dropping the
camcorder may result in permanent data
loss.
Keep the drop sensor activated
whenever possible
The drop sensor ( 47) detects when the
camcorder is dropped and activates a
protection mechanism to help prevent hard
disk damage. Turning this function off will
disable the mechanism. Even if this
function is set to [ ON] and the
camcorder is dropped, hard disk damage
can occur.
Do not disconnect the power source
while the HDD access indicator is on or
flashing
To prevent hard disk damage, do not
disconnect the power source or turn off the
camcorder while the HDD access indicator
is on or flashing.
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