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    Rev. 112 www.freecom.com CABLE I I USB / IEEE 1394[...]

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    2 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB Cable II Change Adapter (only Cable II IEEE 1394)[...]

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    3 GB U SERS MANUAL G ENERAL I NFORMATION : Hardware requirements ..................................................................... Page 5 Software requirements ...................................................................... Page 5 Precautionary measures and operating instructions ........................ Page 5 C HAPTER 1: Initial operat[...]

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    4 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB GB Dear User, welcome to the installation of your FREECOM Cable II . Before installing the drive, please read through the following points regarding its compatibility with your system. FREECOM Technologies GmbH  Berlin, Germany www.freecom.com Warning ! All rights reserved. The products named in thi[...]

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    5 GB General Information Reliable performance of the FREECOM Cable II cannot be guaranteed for configurations that do not meet the following requirements: Hardware requirements PC :  min. Pentium 166 or higher  min. 32 MB RAM  one disk drive and one hard drive  a USB interface or 1394 (FireWire / i.LINK) interface Mac :  Power Mac/iM[...]

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    6 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 1 C HAPTER 1: Initial operation - hardware installation for PC & Mac 1. Connect the drive connector of the FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE1394 to the FREECOM device. 2. Connect the power connection to the FREECOM drive. 3. Then insert the power adapter of the FREECOM device into a power socket[...]

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    7 GB 1 3. The "Hardware assistant" window appears on the screen. Click on " Next". 4. Select the item "Search for the best driver for the device" (Recommended) and confirm with " Next ". 5. Select your drive for driver installation from the FREECOM floppy disk/CD in the next window. Confirm with " Next &[...]

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    8 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 2 8. Click on "Finish " in the next window. 9. To install further drivers for the "FREECOM USB Cable II", you will have to repeat the installation procedure. Follow the instructions of the "Hardware Wizard". 10. Driver installation is then complete and your drive will appe[...]

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    9 GB 2 2.3 Allocation of the drive letter to the FREECOM drive under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME (USB) After successful installation, Windows assigns the FREECOM drive a new drive letter automatically in most cases. This can shift the drive letter of an already present drive (for example, from 'D' to 'E'). If this leads to proble[...]

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    10 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 2 4. In the next window, select the recommended option Find the best driver for the device and confirm by clicking  Next . 5. Select your drive for driver installation from the FREECOM disk in the next window, if it is not selected already. Confirm with by clicking  Next . The disk i[...]

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    11 GB 2 8. To complete the installation click on  Finish. 9. At the end, Windows 2000 installs the floppy driver(s) and asks to restart the computer. Confirm with  Yes . 2.5 FREECOM Cable II IEEE 1394 installation under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME Note: IEEE 1394 is only supported by Windows 98 SECOND EDITION (and above). If you are usin[...]

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    12 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 4 C HAPTER 3: Software Installation for Macintosh (CD-RW) 3.1 Installing "Toast" Software for Cable II USB/Cable II IEEE 1394 (FireWire) To install the "Toast" software application: 1. Insert the "Toast Installer CD" in your CD-ROM drive. The "Toast Installer CD"[...]

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    13 GB 4 FREECOM Internet Service FREECOM Technologies makes the following service available in the Internet at www.freecom.com  Online information on technical problems  Current product information  Drivers, driver updates and software information Support hotline If you have carefully read the manual and, despite having observed all troubl[...]