Canon HG20 Instruction Manual

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6Important Notes About the Hard Disk DriveYour hard disk camcorder allows you to shoot and store many hours of video.However, there are differences between recording onto a hard disk and recordingonto other media. Make sure to follow the points below when using your camcorder.For more details, refer to Handling Precautions ( 113).Back up your recordings periodicallyMake sure to transfer your movies and photosto an external device such as a computer ordigital video recorder ( 80) and back themup regularly and especially after makingimportant recordings. Canon shall not beliable for any loss or corruption of data.Do not subject the camcorder tovibrations or strong impactsThe hard disk is a high-precision device.Vibrations, strong impacts or dropping thecamcorder may result in permanent data loss.Keep the drop sensor activatedwhenever possibleThe drop sensor ( 96) detects when thecamcorder is dropped and activates aprotection mechanism to help prevent harddisk damage. Turning this function off willdisable the mechanism. Even if this functionis set to [ On] and the camcorder isdropped, hard disk damage can occur.Do not disconnect the power sourcewhile the camcorder is onAlways turn the camcorder off beforeremoving the battery or compact poweradapter.