140 Connection with external device: Connection with external devices using the USB 2.0 port1 Switch the mode to USB HOST.> [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 137)2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB.A hard disk drive that has not been formatted with thecamera-recorder must be formatted as directed in[Formatting a hard disk drive] (page 139).3 Insert a P2 card.4 Press the THUMBNAIL button.The thumbnail screen is displayed.5 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button andselect HDD > EXPORT from the thumbnailmenu.Specify the slot that contains the P2 card bearing thedata to be written to the hard disk drive.6 Select YES.z This starts the write process.z When the data is being written, a progress bar isdisplayed. To diskontinue writing, press the SETbutton and select YES instead of cancellationconfirmation.z When the writing is completed, the message “COPYCOMPLETED!” is displayed.Notesz To disable verification at the time of writing, select HDD> SETUP from the thumbnail menu and set the optionVERIFY to OFF. This speeds up writing withoutverifying data writing.z Select “ALL SLOT” to write data collectively onto all P2cards currently inserted in the unit to the hard diskdrive.Notesz For a Type-S hard disk drive, data can be written on a cardbasis. The data on up to 23 P2 cards can be stored on thehard disk drive. The data set on each P2 card is recognizedas a separate drive by the PC.z If data on a P2 card that contains a defective clip must bewritten to a hard disk drive, then we recommend fixing thatclip before writing the data.z When the process is diskontinued during verification, thedata on the P2 card has been written to the hard disk drive.You can select clips on the hard disk drive to be written backto P2 cards.1 Switch the mode to USB HOST.> [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 137)2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB.3 Insert the target P2 card in a slot.4 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button andselect HDD > EXPLORE from the thumbnailmenu. Move to the appropriate partition andselect it with the SET button.5 From among the thumbnails, select the clipsto be written to the P2 card.6 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button andselect OPERATION > COPY. Then, specify theslot that contains the target P2 card.7 Select YES.z This starts the data write to the P2 card.z When the writing is completed, the message “COPYCOMPLETED!” is displayed.Notesz When only selected files are written, no verification isperformed.z Import data in clip units from cards with a different modelnumber as data cannot be imported by the partition betweensuch cards.For a Type-S or P2 STORE hard disk drive, you can writedata back to a P2 card with the same model number on acard basis. The target P2 cards must be preformatted.1 Switch the mode to USB HOST.> [Switching to the USB HOST mode] (page 137)2 Connect a hard disk drive via USB.3 Insert the target P2 cards in slots.4 Press the THUMBNAIL MENU button andselect HDD > EXPLORE. Then, move to theappropriate partition and select it with the SETbutton.5 From the thumbnail menu, select OPERATION> IMPORT. Then, specify the slots thatcontain the empty target P2 cards.Writing data on a hard disk drive Writing data back to P2 cards