RocketFish RF-HD25 manual

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1 RF-HD25 Rock etfish R F-HD25 2.5” USB 2. 0 Hard Driv e Enclosure Kit Co nt e n t s Int roduct ion.. ......... ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ......... ........ ....1 Safety in formati on ....... ........ ......... ........ ............ ......... ........ ....2 F eatures .......... ......... ........ ........ ......... .......[...]

2 Safety infor mation WA R N I N G : T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE O R ELECTRIC SHOCK , DO NO T EXPOSE THI S DEVICE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Important Safety Instructions 1 This device is t o be used in tempe ratures of 41°F-95°F (5°C-3 5°C). T emp erat ure s ex ceed ing thes e lim its ma y damag e your HDD o r the en closure. Avoid heat so urces or [...]

3 RF-HD25 5 Do no t place anythi ng heav y on t op of the device. 6 Use on ly the ac cesso ries pr ovid ed in th e acce ssory package. 7 Befo re you ins tall or use the dev ice, plea se read the User manual and asse mble the encl osur e car efully . 8 T o prev ent short circu its, do not leav e any metal objects inside the encl osur e when install [...]

4 Sy stem requireme nts • PC o r Mac wi th built -in Hi- Speed U SB 2.0 interfac e • Windows 2000 , Windows XP , Windows Vista, or Mac O S 8.6 or greate r • Intel Pentium II 350 MHz compatible or G3 processor or greater • Min imum 128 MB RAM Packag e cont ents Examin e th e contents of th e box for your RF -HD25 U SB 2. 0 Hard Driv e Enclo [...]

5 RF-HD25 Installing your hard driv e in the enclo sure T o install your ha rd drive in the enc losure: 1 Remove the four s crews fr om the top of the enclosu re, then r emove the top and take out the tr ay . Tra y RF-HD25_08-1730 - ENG.fm Page 5 Friday, October 10, 2008 1:21 PM[...]

6 2 Place the h ard drive i nto t he tray, connec ti ng t he dat a conne ct or to th e corr espo ndin g conn ec tor o n the print ed circ uit boar d, the n secur e the driv e to the tra y with four sc rews (provided). RF-HD25_08-1730 - ENG.fm Page 6 Friday, October 10, 2008 1:21 PM[...]

7 RF-HD25 3 Slide the ass embled tr ay into th e bottom of the encl osu re, then put the to p on th e en clos ure with the Rocketfish lo go on the oppo sit e end as the one-touch button and secur e it with the f our screws y ou pr eviously removed. C onnecting the enc losure to y ou r com pu ter Notes: Connect the Hard Driv e Enclosure to you r com[...]

8 required. When you conn ec t th e USB 2 .0 Y cab le to your com puter , use both A mal e-type connecto rs to make sure the encl osure h as su ffi cient p ower . The o pera ting syst em au tom atic all y de tec ts and sets up t he new dr ive. If the dri ve is c orrectly dete cted, a n ew driv e lett er is assigned (fo r Macs, the new driv e letter[...]

9 RF-HD25 Notes for Mac users: Mac 8.6 - 9.2x Highlight the D rive Icon, then select Finder > Special > Erase Disk from the top m enu b ar . Mac OS 10.x Sel ect Dis k Utili tie s from t he utilities folder , then choose y our external enclosure and par tition and format the drive to meet your requirements . Installing the sof t ware Installi [...]

10 T o install Ro xio BackOn T rack: 1 Save all files a nd clos e all pr ogr ams. 2 Insert the incl uded Roxio Bac kOn T rack CD into your disc drive . Y o ur co mputer au tomaticall y detects th e CD and the Ro xio BackOn T rack Setup program run s. 3 Click Nex t , the Roxio End-User Lic ense Agreeme nt scree n opens. RF-HD25_08-1730 - ENG.fm Page[...]

11 RF-HD25 4 Rea d the licen se agre emen t, th en cli ck Next . The Customer Information screen o pen s. 5 Enter y our inf ormatio n, the n clic k Next . T he Choose Setu p Type scr een open s. 6 Cho ose the setu p t ype, then cli ck Next . RF-HD25_08-1730 - ENG.fm Page 11 Friday, October 10, 2008 1:21 PM[...]

12 7 Click Install t o start installa tion. It may take sev eral minut es to in stall the software . 8 Click Fi n i sh to co mple te t he in stal lat ion. Backin g up and r est oring you r files Star ting Roxio BackOn T rack To s t a r t R o x i o B a c k O nT r a c k : 1 P ress th e BACKUP b utton on th e front of the en closur e. OR RF-HD25_08-17[...]

13 RF-HD25 Click Star t , Roxio , BackOn T r ack , then click BackOnT rack Home . Bac king up files The Bac k Up F iles pr oject lets y ou ea sily ba ck up im portant fil es to a disc, hard drive, or other storage devic e. A Back Up Files project ca n be sche duled to run d aily , weekly , or mo nthly . Larg e backups are automatically spread acros[...]

14 By def ault, file s will be sel ected base d on the f ollo wing crit eria: • All f iles in the selected pa th : All file s on the drive or folder you se lec ted to archive. Files th at are i n use will not b e inc lude d. • Email : All f iles wi th the f ollow ing file name e xtension s— .pst, .msg, .att , .mbx , .mim, . mime, . mlm, .wcm,[...]

15 RF-HD25 Ti p : Y ou can add to the list o f file extensio ns included in any file category by using the controls on the Backup options panel. See “Back up files options” on page 21 for more info rm ati on. Creating a custo m categor y Most compu ter fil es ar e defin ed by the two-, thr ee-, or four- let ter ex te nsio n pl aced at the end o[...]

16 7 Click OK to sav e your list as My C ust om Ca te gory . This new cate gory is added to the li st of file c ategories in the projec t wi nd ow . Using the Ba ck Up Files sch eduler Each time y ou cr eate a Bac k Up F iles pr oject, y ou hav e the optio n of runn ing it imme diatel y or sched uling the pr oject to run at a regular in ter val t h[...]

17 RF-HD25 Schedule r tips The f ollowing ti ps will help y ou to bett er unde rstand the schedu ler: • Schedule d proj ects must be sav ed bef o re th ey can be run. • Keep the follo wing limitati ons in mi nd if y ou wan t a schedule d pro ject to be compl eted s ucce ssfully while you are away f rom your computer : • Back U p F iles wi ll [...]

18 T o run W ind ows Sche duler in W indow s V ista, cli ck Star t , All Programs , Access orie s , Sys te m T o o ls , Ta s k Schedu ler . Note: See W indows Help and Suppor t for information on using the Windows Scheduler . Remember that scheduling changes made di rectly in the W indows Scheduler are not displayed in the Bac k Up Files p roject w[...]

19 RF-HD25 Creating a new B ack U p Files pro jec t T o create a new Back U p Files project: 1 Click t he Ba cku p F il es tab i n the pr oject li st. A lis t of proj ects is displa yed . 2 Click t he Back Up F iles projec t. 3 Click Browse and use the Brow se for F older window to select the d rive o r fo lder co ntaining t he fil es you would lik[...]

20 7 T o comp ress or en cr ypt your backu p, click Ad va nce d and se lec t t he ap pro priat e set ting s: • Compression —Cl ick t he Compress ch eck box if you woul d like the back up files create d for thi s project to be co mpre ssed. Compr ess ion r educes f ile siz e. T he amount of compression varies base d on the types of files y ou ba[...]

21 RF-HD25 T o open and run a sa ved Bac k Up Fil es proje c t: 1 Click Fil e . I f t he proj ec t is l ist ed on t he Fi l e menu, sele c t it. If the pr oject is not listed , cli ck Open and use th e dialog bo x to na vigate to th e project fi le. By defau lt, project fi les ar e sa ved in your Win dows Vista Documents folder or Wi ndows XP My Do[...]

22 Backup optio ns—B ackup pa nel Use th e Backu p p ane l to cu stom ize th e fol lowi ng Ba ck Up Files setting s: • F ile c at ego ry op tion s —Use th is option t o cre ate a custom fi le selection cat egory or to add additional fil e types to an y of the pr eset c ategori es. T o c reate a new c ustom cat egory called My C ustom C ategor[...]

23 RF-HD25 • V erif y data w rit ten to the d isc af te r burn ing —A check mark in this box adds a verifica tion st ep to make s ure that n o errors occur durin g the re cording of your discs. Rest orin g fil es The Re stor e F iles pr oje ct restor es ind ividual files an d fold ers that you have protec ted using th e Back Up Files proj ect. [...]

24 5 Use th e dialog bo x to navi gate to th e backup fil e that con tains the f iles y ou w ould lik e to r esto re. Afte r yo u hav e f ound the backu p file , clic k it, t hen c lick OK . The content of th e backup file appears as a direc tory tree in the pr oject win dow . 6 Sele ct the f iles and fo lder s you would lik e to res tore using one[...]

25 RF-HD25 •T h e Re store File s search bo x does not support wildcar d expre ssions . • Syste m fil es cannot be rest ored t o their ori ginal lo cation if the y are in us e by your comput er ’ s operat ing system . Unin stall ing the ba ckup softwar e T o unins tall th e back up soft ware: 1 Open the Co ntrol P ane l. 2 Follow the on-scree[...]

26 •R i g h t - c l i c k t h e Hotp lug icon (located in the notific ation area of the t ask bar whe re you usually see the tim e displ ayed . • Select th e device y ou want to u nplug , then cli ck STOP . • When Windo ws no tifies yo u that it i s safe t o do so , unplug t he encl osure from your computer. 2 Fo r M ac in t o s h u s e r s :[...]

27 RF-HD25 Leg al no tice s FC C compli anc e This devic e compli es with P art 15 of FC C rule s. Ope ration i s subject to the foll owing two co nditions: 1. Th is dev ice ma y not c ause h armful inte r fer enc e, a nd 2. Thi s devi ce mus t accept any inter ference receive d, incl udin g inter ference tha t may caus e und esire d operat ion. FC[...]

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29 RF-HD25 On e - Y ear Limi ted W a rranty Rocketfish P roducts (“ Rocketfish ”) war rants to y ou, the orig inal purch aser of this ne w RF-H D25 ( “Pr oduct ”), that the P roduct shall be fr ee of defects in the orig inal manu facture of the mate rial or w orkmanship fo r on e (1) y ear from the p urch ase of the Product (“ Warranty Pe[...]

30 How to obta in warranty ser vice? If you purcha sed the Pr oduct at a retail stor e location, take y our original receip t and the P rod uct to the st ore you purchase d it from. Make sure th at you plac e the P rodu ct in its origi nal packaging or packaging that provides the same amount of protection as the original packaging. If you purchased[...]

31 RF-HD25 • Attemp ted r epair by anyone oth er than a facili ty authorized by Rocketfi sh to service the Pr oduct • Pro ducts sold as is or wit h all faults • Cons umables , such as fuse s or bat teries • Produc ts where the fa c tor y ap plied seri al num ber has been altered or removed REP AIR REPLACEMENT AS PROVIDED UNDER THIS W ARRANT[...]

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