User Manual
970 User Guide and Technical Information
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Storage & File Management
2. Enter Setup Menu [File Storage - Drive Record/Network Mode] to access the Record/Net-
work mode menu for all drives.
3. Select the drive to be mounted and set its mode to Ethernet File Transfer. This drive is now
aached to the Network and unavailable to the 970 for read or write actions. The Drive Status
eld on the Main View will read “Network” in this mode.
4. Now the drive is ready to be accessed via the network. The IP address to use
for network access to the 970 is shown on the Main View and in Setup Menu
[Network - IP Address]. The user name and password are congured from Setup Menu op-
tion [Network - Authentication].
• Mac OSX: From the Finder, select Go > Connect to Server. Enter the 970 address as “smb://
[IP Address]” then click Connect. Enter the user name and password.
• Windows: Click the Start buon (or push the Windows key on the keyboard). In the
search box, enter the 970 address as “\\[IP Address]”. Enter the user name and password.
5. Drives that are in Ethernet File Transfer mode will appear as folders in the mounted vol-
ume on the computer. When no drives are Ethernet File Transfer mode, a folder titled “No_
Drives_Aached” will appear instead.
6. Set the drive’s mode to Record to remove it from the network and make it available for
recording and playback on the 970. Allow time for the drives to remount before Recording or
Playing back les. The Drive Status Main View eld will return to white when the drives are
ready.