Initializing A Capture Drive - Canon CDX-36150 Manual

Initializing a Capture Drive

For details about the recording media and how to insert a Capture Drive 2.0 into the recorder, refer to the CDX-
36150 Recorder's Getting Started Guide. The first time you use a Capture Drive with the camera, initialize it first
using the camera's menu.
1 Set the main recording format to [RAW (
[Rec/Media Setup] (3) > [Main Rec Format] > [RAW (
[ProRes (
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Selecting the Main Recording Format
2 Initialize the Capture Drive in the recorder.
[Rec/Media Setup] (3) > [Initialize Media] > [
3 Camera menu: Press both [FORMAT] buttons simultaneously.
Monitoring menu: Select [OK] and then press SET.
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Initializing Recording Media
• The Capture Drive will be initialized for use with the recording format selected in step 1.
IMPORTANT
• Initializing a Capture Drive will permanently erase all the data it contains. Lost data cannot be recovered. Make
sure you save important recordings in advance.
• Observe the following precautions while the camera is accessing the Capture Drive in the recorder. Failure to
do so may result in permanent data loss.
- Do not turn off the camera or recorder. Do not remove/disconnect the battery or other power source.
- Do not open the recorder's Capture Drive bay.
NOTES
• You can check the capacity and remaining available recording time of the Capture Drive on the
[MEDIA] screen.
• A Capture Drive cannot be used to record clips in different recording formats (RAW and ProRes).
• When you initialize a Capture Drive with the main recording format set to [ProRes (
recordable space will be reduced to approximately half of the Capture Drive's nominal capacity to ensure a
highly reliable format thanks to the use of multi-stream processing.
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