User manual NEXTODI VIDEO STORAGE V08-08

[. . . ] Portable Storage for Professional Video Cameras English 1P ~ 32P Deutsch 33P ~ 64P 65P ~ 94P User Guide Version 08/08 www. nextodi. com Thank you for purchasing this Nexto Video Storage product. Nexto Video Storage allows videographers to save footage from camcorders to a hard drive, without using a computer. NextoDI has optimized the performance of the Nexto Video Storage so that data transfers from camcorders to Nexto Video Storage more quickly than to other storage devices. Data stored on the Nexto Video Storage can later be copied to a computer. [. . . ] Connect the standard USB cable to the USB host connector cable and the camcorder/ camera. Make sure your camcorder/camera is charged, or connect it to AC power (a wall outlet). Some camcorder/ camera is set to this mode automatically after the previous steps are done. Please refer to the camcorder or camera's user manual if you are not sure of the correct setting. The display says "USB connected" -> "Parsing USB" -> "Copy Data?Connect your USB flash drive or USB card reader to the USB host connector cable. The display says "USB connected" -> "Parsing USB" -> "Copy Data?The data on the memory card and the data on the hard drive are compared with one another. Refer to the `Data Backup and Verification' chapter for more information. Do not connect more than one memory card or USB device to the Nexto Video Storage. Only the first one connected will be detected. 13 Using Nexto Video Storage with Camcorders and Other Devices Using Nexto Video Storage with Camcorders and Other Devices 14 9. Using the Nexto Video Storage as a Hard Drive The Nexto Video Storage can be attached to your computer as an external hard drive. Connect to the computer's USB2. 0 port via the Nexto Video Storage "USB OTG" port and the USB cable. Connect to the computer's eSATA port via the Nexto Video Storage "eSATA" port and the eSATA cable The CF slot and the 4in1 memory card slot don't work when connected to a computer. Therefore, the Nexto Video Storage cannot be used to connect CF cards, or other flash memory cards, to your computer. Device drivers for the Nexto Video Storage are included in the Microsoft Windows Vista, ME, XP and 2000 operating systems. Drivers for Windows 98 systems can be downloaded from the NextoDI website. To download drivers, go to http://www. nextodi. com/en/support/en_qna. php When you have successfully connected the Nexto Video Storage to your computer, the content of the Nexto Video Storage's hard drive appears in Windows File Explorer. USB (mini - B) USB Cable USB (Standard - A) Connect via eSATA 1. Switch your computer on and wait until the operating system is completely booted. Connect the Nexto Video Storage "eSATA" port via the eSATA cable with a free eSATA port of your computer. If the Nexto Video Storage will be used for a long time, use the AC power adapter unit or USB cable to provide power. If the connection has been made, you will see "PC <->eSATA". If the computer detects the Nexto Video Storage, a new drive named [NEXTODI] appears in the 'My Computer' display (Windows users) or on your Desktop (MAC users. ) See the diagram below. eSATA PC<->SATA Connect via USB 1. [. . . ] the second or third partition existing on the hard drive) cannot be used; they are available to your computer when the Nexto Video Storage is connected to the computer via USB or eSATA. Also, you can use the old hard drive by, partitioning/reformatting it. Connect the Nexto Video Storage via USB to the computer and back up the drive first if necessary. Menu Off Afterwards, you can repartition and reformat the hard drive; to confirm press the control key for longer than 1 second (to cancel, briefly press the control key ). All data on the hard drive will be lost! The Nexto Video Storage is ready to copy data from/to hard drive. One single new partition of the whole existing memory of the hard drive will be created in the file system "FAT32". [. . . ]