Canon 9173B004 Camcorder User Manual


 
External Connections 113
IMPORTANT
Be careful when deleting recordings. Once deleted, recordings cannot
be recovered.
Observe the following precautions while the external hard drive’s access
indicator is on or flashing.
- Do not disconnect the USB cable.
- Do not disconnect the camcorder or the external hard drive.
- Do not change the camcorder’s operating mode.
Initializing the External Hard Drive
1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.
Do not disconnect the power source or turn off the camcorder until the
initialization is completed.
2Press ] to set the camcorder to playback mode.
3 Connect the camcorder to the external hard drive.
If the USB cable supplied with the external hard drive has a
standard-A connector, you will need to use the optional UA-100 USB
Adapter.
Connection #-2. Refer to
Connection Diagrams
(A 100).
4 Initialize the external hard drive.
1
Touch this option if you want to physically erase all the data rather than just
clear the file allocation table of the hard drive. For large-capacity hard drives this
operation can take several hours.
2
If you selected the [Complete Initialization] option, you can touch [Cancel] >
[OK] to cancel the initialization while it is in progress. All recordings will be
erased and the hard drive can be used without any problem.
5 Safely end the connection to the external hard drive before
physically disconnecting it.
0 > [1 Other Settings] > q > [Initialize '] >
[Initialize] > [Complete Initialization]
1
> [Yes]
2
> [OK]
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