135Add a hard disk driveWhen adding an HDD unit, proceed as follows.It is possible to add an HDD unit without stopping operation.Hard disk drives will be locally procured.Install an HDD unit in the recorder(☞ Page 52)Hard disk drive auto recognition(☞ Page 136)➜The hard disk drive is installed as a record-able disk.Add a hard disk drive to the system.(Link process) (☞ Page 137)The hard disk drive is installed as a playback-only disk.The hard disk drive is installed as a recordabledisk.The hard disk drives can be installed/removed from the HDD slots covered by the front panel (operating section).Contact your dealer for purchasing the hard disk drives.Important:• Hard disk drives are precise devices. Handle with care while keeping the following in mind.• Do not subject the hard disk drive to any vibration or impact.• Before touching the hard disk drive, eliminate static electricity by touching a steel locker, etc. When holding the hard diskdrive, hold the both sides of the hard disk drive.• Do not touch the circuit board or the connectors to prevent the hard disk drive from damaging by static electricity.• Contact your dealer for hard disk drives that works on the recorder. Please be forewarned that operation with any hard diskdrive other than the specified models is not guaranteed under any circumstances.• When using multiple hard disk drives, use the same model.If different models are used together, even when the capacities of them are the same, the available capacity may be a fewpercent smaller.• Install the hard disk drives one by one in order starting from HDD1.(The leftmost slot of the HDD slots is HDD1 and the rightmost one is HDD4.)• Once the operation has started in the RAID 5 or RAID 6 mode, do not change the positions of the HDD units. If they arechanged, it may become impossible to read recorded data.When a hard disk drive isnot formattedStart auto format➜When a hard disk drive isformatted➜ When recording on the newlyinstalled hard disk drive➜➜➜
