can you connect an external hard drive via the usb connection for local recording?
1394675
thanks. actually not. For recording, it needs internal SATA hard drive. external hard drive can be for back up, transferring videos out. Instruction for hard drive installation:http://defeway.com/download/how%20to%20install%20a%20hard%20drive.pdf
722023
Yes, you just stick in in the usb slot it will show up as a drive, you open that drive and you'll be able to see all the recordings. You can then save them to your computer and name them so you'll remember what was on them.
1090288
Only if you external hard drive has a USB slave connection (the drive acts like a host), if the drive has a compatible, native driver and and user interface to instruct it to copy from the card/reader to the drive. I have not seen an external hard drive yet that can do this. There are standalone hard drive and CD burners with built-in card slots and a LCD screen that can do this.
512625
Not sure about your first question, since I always start manually. But regarding the second, is it possible you haven't "connected" the recorder-- that is, clicked on "USB" in the main menu of File Manager Software and then clicked on "Connect Recorder"?
2130138
As far as I know, the answer is no. The USB ports are for connecting mass storage devices such as flash drives and cameras.This includes external hard drives. I did this recently in order to change storage modes from RAID1 to JBOD. I hooked upan external drive, moved all my data off, changed the storage mode, then moved all my data back.
1588284
I don't think you can use any USB cable, you need to get a clickfree transformer cable, and this cable can be used with any external hard drive to back up automatically.
35079
I am not very technical, so I am going to try the flash disk, but the information booklet says you can use an external USB drive or hard drive in PVR file format.
548271
I haven't tried that, or been in a situation where I've had to use that setup. Once you connect the camera via USB (there's a USB cable that is VERY short built into the camera and another usb connection next to the HDMI connection on the camera) it places the device into USB mode, so it may very well not be able to record while it's connected to USB. You may only be able to transfer files while connected through USB. I hope this helps.....
823179
Yes, you can. However, I have been having problems the usb port in seems to be recording when is not recording.
1664935
No, it has been some time, this device did not do what I wanted it to do. Be able to connect a solid state drive as a a external hard drive.
1686244
Yes you can. Any attached USB device shows up as a folder named according to the name of the thumb drive or external HDD you plug in. You can simply double click to open and do whatever you desire to. Thanks.
960199
I think so but I am not sure. I believe you can hook any USB external drive to it.
333223
I ordered a portable external hard drive that uses a USB. Do not know what you a referring to.
870955
this doesn't have it's own network adapter. Unless the USB external drive has a network adapter don't believe that will work. Sorry :(
2140207
Yes I believe you can record to a flash drive just a hard drive, although I have not tried
846997
Sorry, I can't answer this one. I had no need to connect an external hard drive...so I do not know if it will take one.
773870
Make sure your external USB drive is formatted for DOS. If you're using a Mac and the USB drive is format Mac OS Extended, the record function wont work.