Panasonic HPX300 - Camcorder - 1080p Operating Instructions Manual page 143

5
 SelectOPERATIONFORMAT(HDD)inthe
menuanduseacursorbuttonandtheSET
buttontoselectYES.
• Select YES in the confirmation message that
appears again to start hard disk drive formatting.
• Handled as a "TYPE S" hard disk drive after
formatting.
 NOTE
All data on a hard disk drive is deleted when the disk is
formatted. It is not possible to select part of a partition
to delete.
Writing to hard disk drive
1
 SwitchtotheUSBhostmode.
For details, refer to [Switching to USB Host Mode]
(page 140).
2
 ConnectaharddiskdriveviaUSB.
If the hard disk drive has not been formatted by
the camera, format it according to the instructions
provided in [Formatting Hard Disks] (page 142).
3
 InsertaPcard.
4
 PresstheTHUMBNAILbuttontoopenthe
thumbnailscreen.
5
 PresstheTHUMBNAILbuttonandselectHDD
EXPORTfromthethumbnailmenuand
specifytheslotofthePcardwiththedatayou
wanttowritetotheharddiskdrive.
6
 SelectYES.
• This starts the write process.
• A progress bar appears during the write process.
To interrupt writing, press the SET button.
Selecting YES in the cancel confirmation that
appears will stop the write process.
• COPY COMPLETED! announces the end of the
write process.
 NOTE
• To turn off the verify phase in a write operation, select
HDD  SETUP in the thumbnail menu and set VERIFY
to OFF. This speeds up the write time but does not
verify the written data.
• Selecting ALL SLOT writes the data on all inserted P2
cards inserted in the camera to the hard disk drive.
 NOTE
• A TYPESharddiskdrivecanwritedataincardunits.Up
toPcardscanbesavedtoaharddiskdrive.
ThePcarddatarecordedonaharddiskdriveare
recognizedasseparatedrives.
• T owritePcardswithbadclips,itisagoodideatorepair
theseclipsbeforewritingthemtoaharddiskdrive.
• E ndingarecordingduringtheverifyphasewillendwriting
ofdatafromthePcardtotheharddiskdrive.
Writing back data to P2 cards
This allows you to select a clip from the hard disk drive and
write it back to a P2 card.
1
 SwitchtotheUSBhostmode.
For details, refer to [Switching to USB Host Mode]
(page 140).
2
 ConnectaharddiskdriveviaUSB.
3
 InsertthePcardtowhichdatawillbewritten
backto.
4
 PresstheTHUMBNAILbutton,selectHDD
EXPLOREfromthethumbnailmenu,moveto
thepartitionwiththedatathatwillbereadand
presstheSETbutton.
5
 SelectthecliptobewrittentothePcardfrom
thethumbnailontheharddiskdrive.
6
 PresstheTHUMBNAILbutton,select
OPERATIONIMPORTSELECTEDCLIPS
fromthethumbnailmenuandselecttheslotof
thePcardtowritethedatato.
7
 SelectYES.
• This starts the data write to the P2 card.
• When the write process ends, "COPY
COMPLETED!" appears.
 NOTE
• When clips are selected for writing, verify is not performed.
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