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Lindy Mini NAS Enclosure SATA & IDE 42808 manual

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    © LINDY ELECT RONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKT RONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (August 2008) Mini N AS Enclo sure SATA & IDE User Manual English LINDY No. 4 2808 www .lindy.com[...]

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    User Man ual English 1 Introduction Thank you f or p urchasing the LINDY Mini N AS Enclosure. This enclosure has been designed to add extra storag e to your Mac Mini an d your n etwork, whilst complimenting th e design of your Mac Mini. The small foo tprint design allows it to be seated underneath a Mac Mini, but with its Network and USB 2.0 interf[...]

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    User Man ual English 2 Hardware Asse mbly Before s tarting the a ssembly make sure t he jumper(s) on your hard drive are set to the Maste r setting. Consult your hard disk m anual or the manufacturer’s website for t he correct j umper setting. 1. Ensure that the NAS En closure i s disconnected from the mains, before removing the 4 screws f rom th[...]

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    User Man ual English 3 11. Place the hard drive i nto the drive tray an d connect the Mol ex power an d IDE data cables 7. Disconnect the SATA Data cable from the b ridgeboard. Hold the base of the drive enclosure and pull the b ridgeboard up to disconnect it. 8. Unscrew the four scre ws holding the drive tra y in pl ace an d remove t he dr ive tra[...]

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    User Man ual English 4 12. Use the supplied screws t o sec ure both sides of the drive 14. Replace t he 4 case sc rews an d aff ix the two foam feet as illustrate d 15. Connect the Power Cable to the NAS Enclosure and the mains power supply. Now connect the Et hernet cable t o the NAS Enclosure a nd your PC using the RJ45 ports If you are i ntendin[...]

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    User Man ual English 5 Configuring the NA S Enclosure 1. Peer to peer configuration (Dir ect connection to a PC or Mac) Connect the NAS Enclosure to t he LAN port of yo ur PC or Mac us ing an Ethernet cable. Open your web bro wser and key in the IP address 1 69.254.0.1 Type “admin” f or both the user name and password. 2. Identification Under t[...]

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    User Man ual English 6 3. Passw ord Change In the A dministration mode, you c an choose your own p assword for entering the setup mode. Now you are ready to c onnect the NAS E nclosure to your Net work. 4. Connect the N AS Enclosure Via Ethernet. Connect an Ethernet cable to the Et hernet port of your NAS Enclosure. Connect the other end of the Eth[...]

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    User Man ual English 7 5. How to find the NAS Enclosure through IP Finder software. Before you install the IP finder software, your computer must have “ Java Runtime Environment” TM installed. If you do not already have the Jav a Runtim e Environment installed on your PC or Mac you can download it f or free from the f ollowing website: http://w[...]

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    User Man ual English 8 Double Click the host name t o enter the NAS E nclosure S et Up page, an d enter your password (default password is admin ). 6. How to Map the NAS Enclosure Click Start on your W indows desktop Click Search Select Computer or people Select A computer on the netw ork and a new window will appear. Key the host name (For example[...]

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    User Man ual English 9 7. Date and Time s et up On the Set Up page under Administration click Change n ext to Date/Time and you will s ee the page below. You can s et and change the D ate/Time/SNTP/Time S erver and Time Zone information. Click OK to save the set up. 8. DHCP Server Configuration On the Set Up page under the IP Configuration headin g[...]

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    User Man ual English 10 9. Disk info & Firmw are On the Set Up page under the Di sk Info & Firmw are heading you can view your Hard D isk and product firmware inform ation. Firmware version: Sho ws the NAS Enclosure’s cu rrent Firmware version Disk Info: Shows the m odel details of the installed HDD Free Size: Shows the availabl e free sp[...]

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    User Man ual English 11 12. Maintenance setup page On the Set Up page select M aintenance to view the page belo w. Firmware Upl oad: When new firm ware becomes ava ilable it can be downloaded and stored on you r P C. To insta ll new firmware click Brow se and navigate to t he location that you saved the firmware to. S elect the firm ware and then c[...]

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    User Man ual English 12 13.3 Adding folders to the Sharing l ist Select SMB Server. Select the folder you wi sh to share. Click on the ( - -> ) butto n to add the folder to the Sharing List. 13.4 Deleting folders from F older List/Sharing List Highlight the folder name you wish delete on either the Folde r List or the Sharin g List, click the De[...]

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    User Man ual English 13 14. FTP Server setup page 14.1 How to setup an FTP server FTP Status: Enable (Recommen ded) Port: Auto detected by N AS Enclosure Allo w anonymous: Disable (Recom mended) Read only: Allow other users to r ead data only Read/write: Allow other users to read/write data 14.2 Adding an account name to the FTP Server Press the Ad[...]

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    User Man ual English 14 14.4 Deleting an FTP user account Highlight the FTP User’s account you wish to delete and click the Delete button then click OK to confirm. 14.5 Enable/Disable an FTP u ser account Highlight the FTP Us er’s accou nt you wish to disable a nd click the “ En/disable” button. T he status will show in the FTP Configuratio[...]

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    User Man ual English 15 Using the enclosure with your Mac Mac Mini users: This enclos ure is designed to sit und erneath your Mac Mini. If you want to use this enclos ure with both PCs and Macs, t hen you should use a FAT 32 formatted hard drive. If you are using a brand new drive, o r want to erase an older dr ive you will need to follow the i nst[...]

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    User Man ual English 16 3. Make sure the external drive is hi ghlighted in the left hand pane and select the Erase tab. 4. Select your preferred V olume Format type from the drop-d own menu. If you are usin g the drive with both Macs and P Cs you should use MS -DOS File System . You can give the drive a name in the Name box. 5. Click the Erase butt[...]

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    User Man ual English 17 Using the enclosure with your PC If you want to use this enclos ure with both PCs and Macs, t hen you should use a FAT 32 formatted hard drive. If you are using a brand new drive, o r want to erase an older dr ive you will need to follow the i nstructions below: Windows 2000/XP users After first booting up you r computer and[...]

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    User Man ual English 18 4. The New Partition Wizard will appear. Follow the on-sc reen instructions to f ormat and partition the drive. Once complete, the new drive icon will show up in W indows Explorer and the drive will be accessible Safely Removing the Drive To safely remove the drive f rom your system, click the “Saf e Removal” icon on the[...]

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    Troubleshoot ing English 18 Q: Why can’t I access to the NAS Enclosure setup page? A: Please connect the NAS Enclosure directly to your computer via Ethernet/LAN port. Open your web bro wser and key in the default IP address 169 .254.0.1 Then t ype admin for both A ccount name and password to enter the NAS Enclosure setup page. Q: Why can’t I c[...]

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    Troubleshoot ing English 19 2. Create a User account and include levels of authority. 3. Assign the NAS Enclosure the static I P Address supplied by your ISP, using the instructions from Section 11 of this guide. 4. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer or any other FTP software, and enter ftp:// and then the IP Address used in step 3 in the address fie[...]

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    CE/FCC I nformat ion CE Statement This device complies with th e European Regulations f or Electromagnetic Compatibilit y (EMC) of the European Union and it is eq uipped with the CE m ark. This unit has to be used with high quality shielded connect ion cables. Only if these high qu ality shielded cables are used it can be sure that the EMC compati [...]

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    Recycling I nformat ion WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment), Recycling of Electronic Products United Kingdom In 2006 the Euro pean Union introduced regulations (W E EE) for the collection and recycling of all wa ste electrical and el ectronic equipment. It is no longer allow able to s imply thro w away e lectrical and electronic equ[...]