RocketFish RF-AHD35 manual

3.5" SA T A Hard Drive Enclosure Kit RF-AHD35 Use r G ui de RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 1 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

2 Rocketfish RF-AHD35 3.5" Hard Driv e Enclosur e Kit Co nte n ts Introduc tion ................. ................. .............. ................ . 2 Safety information ......... ................. .............. ............. 3 F eatures ................ .......... ............ ......... ............ ............ .. 3 Using the har d drive e[...]

3 RF-AHD35 Safety informa tion • Always read these safety instructions and this User Guide carefully . Keep this User Guide for futu re refe rence. • T a ke precautions to avoid static electr icity discharge or short circuits when connecting this enclosure to your computer . • Do not use this enclosure close to water , rain, or hig h humidity[...]

4 • Rapid he at dissipation. • Can stand or lie down whi le operating . • Suppor ts Plug-and-Play and is hot swappable. • Has one power on with backup active indicator and one card read er ac tive indicator . Package contents • 3.5" SA T A hard drive encl osure • A-B type USB cable •e S A T A c a b l e •T w o u t i l i t y C D [...]

5 RF-AHD35 Identifying c omponents Fro nt BACKUP button Card re ader L ED CF/MD slot SD/MMC/MS /MS PRO/xD slot USB ports RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 5 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

6 Back Status in dicators LED indicators LED Description Backup button Solid The hard driv e is turned on. Flashing Data is being transmitted between your computer and the hard drive. Off The hard driv e is turned off. Card re ade r Solid A memory card is in the reader . Flashing Data is being transmitted between your com pute r and the card re ade[...]

7 RF-AHD35 Using the har d drive enclosure Installing your har d drive in the enclosur e Read these safet y precautions before you install your hard drive in the enclosur e: • Use only the ac cessories pr ovided in the acc essory package. • Always unplug the A C power adapter bef ore installing the hard drive. • Do not use a power supply with[...]

8 2 Secure one metal brace to each side of the drive using two scr ews. 3 Place four rubber pads onto each of the two metal braces on the hard drive as shown. 4 Slide the drive into the enclosure, firmly connect the SA T A connector , then secure the driv e to the enclosure by tightening the four screws through the rubber pads. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN[...]

9 RF-AHD35 5 Put th e front c over pla te back on the e nclosure, then sec ure it w ith t he fou r scre ws you p revio usly re moved. 6 Place four rubber feet on the back of the case, then put four rubber feet on the stand. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 9 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

10 Connecting the enclosure to y our computer Before connecting your external storage e nclosure: • Confirm that your sy stem supports SA T A. If your system does not suppor t SA T A, please install an eSA T A host card. • Confirm that th e eSA T A port on you r system is working properly . If not, plea se refer to your computer manufacturer f [...]

11 RF-AHD35 Note : Some motherboards do not suppor t eSA T A hot-plug and play function. If your mo therboard does not, follow these steps to set up your RF-AHD35: 1. Shut down your computer . 2. T u rn o n y ou r RF -A HD3 5, th en c onn ec t i t t o yo ur com pu ter. 3. Power on your computer . Notes : Windows XP/2000/Vista/7 No drivers are neces[...]

12 Note: Most U SB devices require that USB device softwar e drivers be installed b efore connecting them to a computer . When installing a USB device, always follow the USB peripheral’ s installation ins tructions provided by the manufacturer. Using y our memory c ard r eader The enclosure provides two memor y card slots. T o use a memory card i[...]

13 RF-AHD35 5 Remove the memory card. Cau tio n: Do not remove memory cards while the car d reader LED is flashing or blinking. F ormatting a memory card T o format a memor y card: 1 Click Star t , and then click My Computer . 2 Under Removable St orage , right-click the memor y card icon representing the card type inser ted, then click Fo rm at . [...]

14 Installing the software The installation CD includes backup soft ware to enable you to back up y our files. Note : This Ro xio BackOn T rack softw are runs only on W i n d o w s7 , W i n d o w sV i s t a , a n d W i n d o w s X P c o m p u t e r s using USB . Important : Before installing th e backup software, make sure that y our Windows oper a[...]

15 RF-AHD35 3 Click Install Ro xio® BackOn T rack™ 3 LE . The Wel co me screen opens . RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 15 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

16 4 Click NEXT . The Roxio End-User Lic ense Agreement scr een opens. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 16 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

17 RF-AHD35 5 Read the license agreement, then click NEXT to a gree. The Customer Inf ormation screen opens. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 17 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

18 6 Enter your inf ormation, then click NEXT . The Cho ose Setup Type screen opens . RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 18 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

19 RF-AHD35 7 Choose the setup type , then click Install to sta rt installation. I t may take several minutes to install the soft ware. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 19 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

20 8 When installation is complete, the Se tup W izar d Complete d screen opens. 9 Click FINISH to complete the installation. RF-AHD35_09-0774_MAN_ENG_V3.fm Page 20 Friday, September 25, 2009 6:51 AM[...]

21 RF-AHD35 Using y our enclosure Starting Roxio BackOn T rack T o star t Roxio BackOn Track: 1 Pr ess the backup button (t he button with the Rocketfish logo on it) on the front of the enclosure. Or , click Star t , BackOn T rack , then click BackOn T rack Home . The first time y ou run the sof tware , the Produ ct Registration scr een opens. RF-A[...]

22 2 Complete the P roduct Registration info rmation as prompted (first time only). The main scr een opens. 3 T o back up or restore files , follow the on-screen guide. For h el p, pr es s F1 or click Help . Customizing y our card reader T o make the memor y card slots easier to r ecognize, you can customize the drive icons. Installing the multimed[...]

23 RF-AHD35 T o install the multimedia card reader sof tware: 1 Insert the included Mul timedia C ard Reader CD into your disc drive. The software starts automat ically . If it doesn’t, browse y our disc drive, then double -click Run.ex e . 2 Click Install Multimedia Card Reader . The followin g screen opens . 3 Click Next , then follow the on-sc[...]

24 4 Click Fi nis h to c omplete the multimedia card reader software installation. Y our computer r estarts. After the multimedia card reader soft ware is installed, Windows display s new drive ic ons for each of the slots instead of the standard Windows drive icon. When Windo ws detects a card in a slot, the corres ponding drive icon turns from gr[...]

25 RF-AHD35 Uninstalling the multimedia card reader software T o uninstall the multimedia card reader software: 1 Open the Control Panel . 2 F ollow the on-screen instruc tions to remove the software completely from your computer . 3 After the program is completely uninstalled, r estart your computer . Appendix Crea ting A New Partition Note : The [...]

26 Caution : Doing the following will erase any existing data on the drive. If the drive is da maged and you wish to recover the data, co ntinuing may ov erwrite the existing information! Creating a new partition in Windo ws XP/2000/V ista/7 T o c reate a new partition in Windows XP/2000/Vista/7: 1 Right click on "My Computer" and choose [...]

27 RF-AHD35 2 Locate the Utilities f o lder on the Mac OS CD and double -click it to op en the folder . 3 Double- click the Dri ve Set up icon to open the progr am. 4 In the list of drives, select the drive you want to initialize. 5 Click Initialize . T o format your hard drive with Mac OS Ex tended format: This method of formatting har d drives th[...]

28 Note : If the hard drive will not mount on your system, format the drive with a F A T32 or NTFS par tition first through a PC system. Once formatt ed, c o nnect th e [name of enclosur e] to your Mac and run the Disk Utility tool a gain. Y ou should now be able to format the dr ive into a Mac partition and mount the drive T roubleshooting I do no[...]

29 RF-AHD35 My computer does not detect the enclosure • Check the power adapter and make sure the adapter is work ing. • Make sure all of the cables and plug s are securely fastened. • Make sure that the SA T A cable or the USB cable is connected firmly to y our enclosure and computer . • Make sure that the USB cable or eSA T A cable is not[...]

30 My memory card ap pears in My C omputer but I get errors when writing or reading • Make sure that t he memory ca rd is fully inserted into t he slot. • T r y a different memory card of the same type in the same slot. If a differ ent memory card works, r eplace the original memor y card . • Some cards have a read/write security switch. Make[...]

31 RF-AHD35 Leg al no ti ces FC C Part 15 This device co mplies with P art 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operat ion of this product is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful int e rference , and (2) this device must accept any inter ference received, includin g inter ference that may cause undesired operation. Memor[...]

32 This equipment has bee n tested and found to comply within the limits for a class B dig ital device, pursua nt to P art 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr otection against harmful int erference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses , and can radiate radio frequency energ y and, if not [...]

33 RF-AHD35 One -year limited w arranty Rocketfish Products (“Rocketfish ”) warrants to you, the original purchaser of this new RF-AHD35 (“Product”), that the Prod uct shall be free of defe cts in the original manufacture of the material or workmansh ip for one (1) year from the purchase of the Produc t (“Warranty Pe riod”). This Produ [...]

34 How to obtain warranty service? If you purchased the Produc t at a retail store location, take your original receipt and the Pr oduct to the store you pu rchased it fr om. Make sure that you place the Product in its original packaging or packaging that provides the sam e amount of protection as the original packaging. If you purchased the Produc[...]

35 RF-AHD35 • Pr oducts where the factory appl ied serial number has been altered or remo ved REP AIR REPLACEMENT AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS W ARRANTY IS Y OUR EXCL USIVE REMEDY . ROCKETFISH SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENT AL OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AMAGES FOR THE BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED W A RRANT Y ON THIS PRODUCT , INCL U DING, BUT NO T LI[...]

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