136 External Connections• If you connect the camcorder to the computer while it is set tomode, the process of creating scene thumbnails will start automatically.If your intention was to save photos to the computer, you can touch[Skip] to stop the process and use the computer’s Safely Remove Hard-ware function (Windows) or Eject function (Mac OS) to end the connec-tion to the camcorder. Disconnect the USB cable, set the camcorder tomode and restore the connection.&/% Memory Save: Saving an Entire Memory onto anExternal Hard DriveYou can easily save all the movies and photos you recorded onto acommercially available external hard drive connected directly to thecamcorder*. You can also use the camcorder to play back your record-ings directly from the hard drive. Initialize the hard drive (A 139) whenyou use it with this camcorder for the first time.* 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 or commercially availableUSB adapter.Operating modes:Saving a Memory onto an External Hard Drive1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter.2 Press T to set the camcorder to playback mode.3 Connect the camcorder to the external hard drive using theoptional UA-100 USB Adapter.Connection #-2. Refer to Connection Diagrams (A 125).4 Save the entire contents of the desired memory.* Touch [Stop] > [Yes] > [OK] to interrupt the operation while it is in progress.[Save to Hard Drive] > Desired memory > [Yes]*> [OK]COPY