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Acomdata DHD2000UFAB-72 manual

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  • Page 1

    Q u i c k S ta r t Gu iD E Model 5 50 E x ternal Hard D riv es with r a iD 0[...]

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    1 W elcome and thank y ou f or choosing a 550 Ex ternal Hard Drive . T hi s Q u i ck S t art G ui de wi l l h el p y ou quick ly setup your Drive . S y mbo ls use d in this guide: W e lco me T h i s s y m b o l a l e r T s T h e r e a d e r T o a w a r n i n g o r T o s o m e v e r y i m p o r T a n T i n f o r m a T i o n . T h i s s y m b o l a l[...]

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    2 Please follow the precautions listed b elow . F ailure to so do may result in d a m a g e to the device, loss of data, a nd voiding of the warr anty . W e strongly recommend that you b ackup the f i les stored on the • device . Th e manufac turer is not respo nsi ble for da ta loss or cor - ruption ; nor w ill the m anufac turer p er form re[...]

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    3 P ac kag e co nt en ts "A " "B" 550 E x t E r n a l H a r d d r i v E aC a d a p t E r & p o w E r C o r d Q u i C k S t a r t G u i d E uSB C a B l E (usb 2.0/1.1 c o m p a T i b l e ) 9- p i n t o 9- p i n F i r E w i r E C a B l E (f i r e w i r e 800 m o d e l s o n l y ) 6- p i n t o 6- p i n F i r E w i r E C a B l E[...]

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    4 Windo ws users One of t he following Wind ows op erating sys tems: • - Windows V ista - Windows XP with S er vice Pack 1 or lat er - Windows 200 0 with Ser vic e P ack 4 or l a t er A vailable USB 2.0/ 1 . 1 * , Fire W ire 4 0 0, o r Fire Wire 8 0 0 po r t • Mac users G3, G 4, G5 or Intel p rocessor • Mac OS 1 0. 2 o r later •[...]

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    5 Drive us ing the Mac O S Ex t ended file s ystem ; Pa r tition the Drive so that no s ingle par tition is lar ger tha n 1 2 8 GB. 2 . Go to ht tp: / / do c s . info. app le.com / ar ticle. html ? ar tnum= 1 0 7 4 8 3 for ins tr u c tio ns; Upgrade t o Mac OS 1 0.3 or lat er . 3. T ech ni ca l spec ifica ti on s Dim en sio ns: ....................[...]

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    6 Before you c onnect the Drive, please c arefully read the notes and restrictions below . F ailure to adhere to any of them c a n damage the Drive and void the w arranty : If your 550 D rive came with t wo powe r cords, b e sure to use the • correct cord for you r regio n. Do n ot use more tha n one i nter face cabl e to connect t he D rive t[...]

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    7 Refer to the illustration below when follo wing the instruc tions on the nex t page. A C Adapt er Interface Cable P ow er C ord T o AC outlet (If plug has three prongs, plug int o a three-prong outlet.) T o computer USB 2.0/1.1 P ort P ow er P ort P ow er Swit ch Fir eW ire 800 Ports (if equipped) Fir eW ire 400 Port (if equipped)[...]

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    8 St ep 1 : C onn ec t the AC adap ter and p ower cord: 1 a ) P lug the A C ada pt er in t o the Drive' s Po we r P or t. The AC adapter connector can be inser t ed into the Drive ’ s Po wer P or t only one way . It should not requir e much effor t to plug in. I f the connector will not go in, check the orientation and tr y again. D o not fo[...]

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    9 Nev er turn off a hard driv e or disconnec t any c ables while it is mounted t o a comput er's oper ating system. Y ou may lose data or damage the drive. Windo ws users 1 . In the Windows T as kb ar cl ick the Safely Remove icon (t he ic on with the gr een arro w ) . A p op - up message will app ea r with a li st of devic es c onnec ted to y[...]

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    10 Da isy - ch ain ing th e Driv e A daisy- chain is a grouping of devices linked one af ter another in series, star ting from the computer (as shown in the illustration below). I f your Drive is equipped with F ireWir e, you can daisy- chain another F ireW ire device to it. See the nex t page f or more information. i n t h i S e x a m p l e , t h [...]

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    11 What you ne ed to k now ab out dais y- chaining: Y o u cannot daisy- ch ain US B devices. D o not connec t a USB • device to the Dr ive. Fir e Wire por ts can be used in any order . F o r exampl e, it does not • ma t te r whi c h por t yo u u se to c on nec t th e Dr iv e to yo u r c ompu ter and which por t you use to connec t another[...]

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    12 C o p y r i g h t s c o p y r i g h t © 20 0 8 . a l l r i g h t S r e S e r v e D . n o p a r t o f t h i S p U B l i c a t i o n m a y B e r e p r o D U c e D o r t r a n S m i t t e D i n a n y f o r m B y a n y m e a n S , e l e c - t r o n i c , m e c h a n i c a l p h o t o c o p y i n g , r e c o r D i n g o r o t h e r W i S e , W i t h[...]