Canon VIXIA HF M500 VIXIA HF M50 / HF M52 / HF M500 Instruction Manual - Page 152

Before disconnecting the external hard drive Before turning off or physically disconnecting the external hard drive, be sure to safely end the connection to the camcorder to avoid damage to your files. From the [External Hard Drive] screen: [Safely Remove Hard Drive] > [Yes] IMPORTANT • Make sure you power the camcorder with the compact power adapter before you save a memory to the external hard drive. If the compact power adapter becomes disconnected, the connection between the camcorder and the hard drive will end, which may lead to the corruption of data in the hard drive. NOTES • Initialize the external hard drive (A 154) when you use it with this cam- corder for the first time. • You cannot select both the built-in memory and memory card to save them simultaneously. • You cannot use the following types of external hard drives. - USB-powered portable hard drives - Hard drives with a capacity over 2 TB - USB flash drives or media connected to card readers • If the external hard drive is partitioned, only the first partition will be recognized. Playing Back Previously Saved Recordings from the External Hard Drive 1 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 the optional UA-100 USB Adapter. Connection #-2. Refer to Connection Diagrams (A 140). 152 Š External Connections