Panasonic WJ-ND400K Setup Instructions

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86Formatting disksWhen necessary, format HDDs when using them for the first time after replacing or adding HDDs, or when connecting an extension unit. HDDscan be formatted as a group or individually (select units when running RAID5 or RAID6).You must also divide the HDD into the normal recording area, event recording area, copy area and the play recording area.When an HDD is formatted, all the data on it is destroyed.Use the following procedure to allocate an event recording area and copy area to an HDD, and to re-format an HDD.• Unformatted HDDs in the recorder and internal HDDs when shipped are automatically formatted as Normal recording areas when recognized.• Formatting one HDD takes about 30 seconds.1 Click the [Config.] button on the setup menu.This will display the administrator authentication window.2 Enter the "Administrator name" and "Password", andthen click the [OK] button.This will display the configuration settings top window (DiskInformation window).3 On the configuration settings top window (DiskInformation window), click [Format].This will display the "Format" window.4 Select the HDD to be formatted and select the checkboxes of the recording areas to be allocated.Selection of multiple HDDs is supported.5 Click the [Format] button.A "Format result" window will appear after formatting iscomplete.FormatImportant:• When the "Config" page is displayed, all operations (recording, playback, etc.) except disc configuration stop.• Displaying the config window forcibly logs out any other users currently logged in to the main unit. Also installing or removing HDD or HDDunits from the front panel forcibly logs out any other users logged in to the main unit.• To exit the disk config window, click the [Main] button. Clicking the [x] button in the upper right corner of the window may cause operationtroubles.• Normal : Formatted as normal recording area• Event : Formatted as event recording area• Copy : Formatted as copy area• Unformatted : Do not format