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Atomos Samurai – User Manual Edition 2: November 2012 9

Master Caddy Slot

On the left hand side of the unit (as you face the screen) is a slot

for Samurai Master Disk Caddies. To insert a caddy, gently push until

it clicks into position.

Formatting disks - see page 14

Screw Mounts

The Samurai features standard tripod ¼” screw mounts on the top

and bottom of the unit, allowing you to conﬁgure your recording setup

various ways (¼” camcorder mount not included in Samurai kit).

Release and remove Master Caddy

To eject it, use the latch on the right hand side of the Samurai

(as pictured)

The Master Caddy is hot-swappable, so

you can do this at any time - even while

the unit is turned on. But don’t do it while

recording or you will get a corrupted ﬁle

that may be unplayable.

Samurai Master Disk Caddies are

held in place ﬁrmly. Push the latch

upwards and grip the protruding part

of the Samurai Master Disk Caddy at

the top and bottom, pulling strongly

but carefully. You may want to

practise this manoeuvre a few times

until you are completely familiar with

the process.

Samurai Modularity

The Samurai was designed to be a ﬂexible and modular system. It doesn’t

need any drivers to connect to a computer, you have a choice of spinning

hard disk storage or solid state, and it will work with any battery system as

long as it connects to the Samurai’s NP-type slots, or via a DTap connector.

The Samurai’s battery slots are the key to it’s modularity. They provide

secure attachment and continuous power, through Atomos’ feed-through

power system.

The ﬁrst of the modular add-ons to be announced by Atomos are the

Connect converters (pictured). More on this in Part 14.

6. Other physical features

¼” Screw mount top

¼” Screw mount base

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Atomos Samurai User Manual Page 11