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To install Panasonic P2 drivers:
t Follow the instructions included with your P2 equipment.
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Download the most up-to-date driver from the Panasonic website, www.panasonic.com.
Preparing to Mount P2 Cards as Drives
You can mount P2 cards as drives on your desktop. To your Avid editing application, these
mounted cards function as individual media drives.
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P2 cards can function as media drives even though the MXF files are not contained in an
Avid MediaFiles folder.
After you install the appropriate Panasonic driver, you can mount the cards as drives from
any of these devices:
Setting up a P2 Card Reader (Windows only)
Before using a P2 card reader with a Windows system, you need to set Autoplay options.
To set up a P2 card reader for the first time:
1. Make sure your Avid editing application is not running.
2. Make sure the appropriate driver is installed.
See “Installing the Panasonic P2 Drivers” on page 364.
3. Connect the card reader to a USB port.
4. Insert a P2 card into each slot.
Each P2 card displays as a single lettered drive on the Windows desktop.
Device Description
PCMCIA card slot Notebook computers typically include a PCMCIA card slot that will accept
individual P2 cards.
P2 drive Panasonic offers P2 card-reading peripherals such as the AJ-PCD10 memory
card drive. You can connect this drive, or card reader through a USB port, or
you can install it as an internal drive on a desktop PC. This card reader provides
access to five P2 cards at one time.
P2 camera or deck Panasonic cameras and decks, such as the AJ-SPD850, provide access to P2
cards through a USB port.