Saving data
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Types of hard drives and usable functions
The functions that can be used differ from one hard drive to another. The hard drive type is displayed
following [PARTITION:] on the left of the HDD EXPLORE screen in the unit’s HOST mode.
Hard drive type Features Functions that can be used
TYPE S This is a special format for writing
and reading all the data on one card
at a time at high speed. This is the
format used when a hard drive is
formatted by the unit.
Writing and reading all the data
on one card at a time, thumbnail
displays, reading data one clip at a
time, clip playback, formatting
P2STORE This refers to the P2 store (AJ-
PCS060G) hard drive. It cannot be
used to write data.
Reading all the data on one card at
a time, thumbnail displays, reading
data one clip at a time, clip playback
FAT The first basic partition format is
FAT16 or FAT32.
When the [CONTENTS] folder is
not present in the root folder of the
partition, create it.
Thumbnail displays, Writing and
reading on one clip at a time, clip
playback, formatting
After this drive has been formatted
by the unit, it is treated as a
“TYPE S” drive.
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OTHER All other types of hard drives
This applies when a file system
other than FAT16 and FAT32,
such as NTFS, is used as a first
partition.
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Formatting
After this drive has been formatted
by the unit, it is treated as a
“TYPE S” drive.
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