Canon VIXIA HF R500 Instruction Manual - Page 113
Initializing the External Hard Drive, Other Settings], Initialize, Complete Initialization]
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IMPORTANT • Be careful when deleting recordings. Once deleted, recordings cannot be recovered. • Observe the following precautions while the external hard drive's access indicator is on or flashing. - Do not disconnect the USB cable. - Do not disconnect the camcorder or the external hard drive. - Do not change the camcorder's operating mode. Initializing the External Hard Drive 1 Power the camcorder using the compact power adapter. Do not disconnect the power source or turn off the camcorder until the initialization is completed. 2 Press ] to set the camcorder to playback mode. 3 Connect the camcorder to the external hard drive. • 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. • Connection #-2. Refer to Connection Diagrams (A 100). 4 Initialize the external hard drive. 0 > [1 Other Settings] > q > [Initialize '] > [Initialize] > [Complete Initialization]1 > [Yes]2 > [OK] 1 Touch this option if you want to physically erase all the data rather than just clear the file allocation table of the hard drive. For large-capacity hard drives this operation can take several hours. 2 If you selected the [Complete Initialization] option, you can touch [Cancel] > [OK] to cancel the initialization while it is in progress. All recordings will be erased and the hard drive can be used without any problem. 5 Safely end the connection to the external hard drive before physically disconnecting it. External Connections 113