Medion P82721 User manual

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External Hard
Drive 500 GB
MEDION® P82721 (MD 90170)
Instruction Manual
MEDION Australia Pty Ltd
St. Leonards, NSW 2065
Australia
MEDION elp Desk: 1300 884 987
[email protected]
www.medion.com.au
N26968

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External Hard Drive
What Your 1 Year Warranty Means
Great care has gone into the manufacture of this product and it should
therefore provide you with years of good service when used properly. In
the event of product failure within its intended use over the course of the
first year after the date of purchase, we will rectify the problem as quickly
as possible once it has been brought to our attention. In the unlikely
event of such an occurrence, or if you require any information about the
product please contact us via our after sales support services, details of
which can be found in this manual and on the product itself.
Copyright © 2010
All rights reserved.
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not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
MEDION® shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential
damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.
MEDION® assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that
is not furnished by MEDION®.
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language without the prior written consent of MEDION®.
The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Contents
Safety Instructions................................................................................ 3
Cleaning................................................................................................. 6
Repairs ................................................................................................... 7
Recycling And Disposal ........................................................................ 7
Data Security......................................................................................... 7
What's In The Box? ................................................................................ 8
System Requirements........................................................................... 8
Setting Up.............................................................................................. 9
Connecting The Cords ............................................................................................9
Installing The Hard Drive..................................................................................... 11
Before You Install Your Hard Drive ... ......................................................... 11
Partitioning Programmes............................................................................... 11
Partitioning The Drive ..................................................................................... 12
Formatting The Drive....................................................................................... 12
Deleting Hard Drives From The System ........................................................ 13
Customer Service ................................................................................ 14
First Aid In The Case Of Malfunctions............................................................ 14
Copying This Manual............................................................................................ 16

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Safety Instructions
Please read this chapter carefully and observe all listed notes. This will
ensure reliable operation and long life expectancy of your product. Keep
these instructions with your product at all times. The proper set up, use
and care can help extend the life of your product. In the event that you
transfer ownership of this product, please provide these instructions to
the new owner.
Use In Accordance With Regulations
This hard drive serves as a universal storage medium for PCs and
notebooks.
Liability is excluded in the case of use not in accordance with the
appropriate regulations.
Modifications to the hard drive by you are forbidden.
This device is not intended for use with office workstations.
This hard drive is only suitable for use in dry, internal areas.
It has been conceived for private use and is not intended for industrial or
commercial use. Use under extreme environmental conditions can lead
to damage to your hard drive.

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Safety
The hard drive is not intended to be used by individuals with
restricted physical, sensory or intellectual abilities or a lack of
experience and/or knowledge (including children), unless they are
being supervised by an individual responsible for their safety or
have received instructions about how the hard drive is to be used
from such a person. Children should be supervised to ensure that
they do not play with the hard drive.
Keep the packaging material, such as plastics, away from children.
There could be the danger of suffocation in the case of misuse.
Hard drives are extremely fragile. Never drop or shake the hard
drive - this could irreversibly damage the data on the hard drive. Be
especially careful when transporting the hard drive as we
provide no guarantee for this type of damage.
The hard drive consumes energy and becomes very warm during
operation. Remove the hard drive from the PC when not in use.
Do not insert any objects through the slits and openings into the
interior of the hard drive. This could lead to a short circuit or even
cause a fire.
Never open the casing of your hard drive, if you do the hard drive
will no longer be covered by our guarantee.
The hard drive must not be subjected to drops of water or spray. Do
not place any containers filled with liquid (vases or similar objects)
onto or close to the hard drive. The container could tip over and
liquid can impair electrical safety.

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After transportation, wait until the equipment is at room
temperature before turning it on. If there is a large difference in
temperature or humidity, damp can build up through condensation
and cause an electrical short circuit.
Keep your hard drive and all connected equipment away from
dampness and avoid dust, heat and direct sunlight in order to
prevent operational problems.
In order to avoid damage from a fall, place the hard drive on a
stable and level surface which does not vibrate.
Position the cable so that no one can step on it or stumble over it.
Do not place any objects or furniture on the cord to avoid
damage to it.
The slits and openings in the hard drive are for air circulation. Do
not cover these openings, as this could lead to overheating.
The voltages and interfaces used in the equipment are in line with
the low voltage protection guidelines set out in AS/NZS 60950.
Connections to other equipment may only be made using similar
interfaces with low voltage protection in accordance with AS/NZS
60950.
Please contact the MEDION Help Desk if you have any technical
problems with your hard drive. If repairs are needed, please
exclusively use our authorised service partners.
In the first hours of operation, new devices may emit a typical,
unavoidable but completely harmless smell, which will decrease in
the course of time.
We recommend that you ventilate the room regularly, to
counteract the formation of the smell.

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Make sure that it is located at least one meter away from sources
of high frequency and magnetic disturbance (TVs, speakers,
mobile telephones, etc.) in order to avoid operational problems and
data loss.
Information About Conformity
This device fulfils the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility and
electrical safety.
Your device complies with the basic requirements and the relevant
guidelines of the 2004/108/EU EMV Guidelines [electromagnetic
compatibility] and the 2006/95/EU Guideline for low voltage devices.
Transport And Packaging
Keep the original packing, in case the external hard drive ever
requires shipment.
Cleaning
Before cleaning your hard drive, always unplug all connection
cables.
Do not use any solvents, corrosive or gaseous cleaning products.
Caution!
This equipment does not include any parts that need
servicing or cleaning.

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Repairs
Please contact the MEDION Help Desk at 1300 884 987 if you have any
problems with your external hard drive. ALWAYS have repairs completed
only by our authorised service centre.
Recycling And Disposal
Device
At the end of its life, the appliance must not be disposed
of in household rubbish. Enquire about the options for
environmentally-friendly disposal with your retailer.
Packaging All packaging and packaging materials that are no longer
required can, and should be recycled.
Data Security
Every time you update your data make back-up copies on an external
storage medium. We assume no liability for data loss or damage to data
storage units, and no claims can be accepted for damages resulting from
the loss of data or consequential losses.

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What's In The Box?
Please check the contents of the box and notify us within 14 days of
purchase if the contents of this box is incomplete. The following should
be included with the hard drive:
External Hard Drive
USB Connection Cable
Instruction Manual
Warranty Certificate
Warranty Sticker
System Requirements
Operating System Windows® Vista/ XP/Windows® 7
Connection max. 2 USB

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Setting Up
Connecting The Cords
Connect the external hard drive to your computer using a free USB 3.0
port.
You will also be able to connect the device to computers through a 1.1
USB or a 2.0 USB port. However, the transfer speed will then be
significantly lower.
Information
Operation with 3.0 USB port is only possible with the USB
cable with 3.0 USB specifications supplied with the device.
Although the use of a 2.0 USB cable is possible it will not,
however, offer the speed advantage of the 3.0 USB standard.
(Front view) USB connection

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1. Start your computer and wait until Windows® has been fully loaded.
2. Connect the USB-B connector of the supplied Y-cable to the USB
port of your external hard drive.
3. Connect the other end of the Y-cable which has two USB Type-A
connectors with the following labels:
The ‘MAIN’ connector must be connected to your PC / Notebook at
all times when in use; the ‘AUX’ is an additional power source, only
when your PC / Notebook does not supply sufficient power
strength with one USB port.
4. The operating indicator (blue LED) will light up as soon as the hard
drive is connected to a source of electricity.
5. With Windows® Vista/ XP/Windows® 7 the hard drive will be
automatically recognised and connected.
Information
You will be able to use the hard drive directly through the
data haven, without a cable connection, if you own a MEDION
PC equipped with the MEDION Extension Bay 3. Extension
bays of the older generation are not compatible. A direct
connection, without a USB cable, will not be possible for this
reason.

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Installing The Hard Drive
Note
Your drive has already been set up and so it will not be
necessary to reformat or repartition it.
Caution!
Partitioning or formatting a hard drive deletes data. We
assume no responsibility for lost data.
Before You Install Your Hard Drive ...
We would like to remind you once again that when installing the new
hard drive some programmes are used that could cause your data to be
irreversibly lost if used incorrectly.
Note
Make a backup of all your data and check that the recovery
procedure works.
Partitioning Programmes
With Windows® Vista/ XP/Windows® 7 use the disk management help
program in order to install the hard drive. You can find the program in
the computer management section of the control panel.
With some operating systems you must have administration rights to
install a hard drive.
Look under help in Windows for detailed information on using this
program.

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Partitioning The Drive
Partitioning a drive divides the space into different areas which can be
accessed as separate logic drives (with letters C:, D:, E: etc.). Read the
manual of your operating system to find out how to partition hard drives
with your particular system.
Formatting The Drive
In order to remove data from the hard drive, the partitions must be
formatted.
Caution!
You must be totally sure about which drive letter to enter so
that you don’t format a drive that contains data you wish to
keep.
You can carry out the partitioning using Windows® Explorer (right click
on the drive and select format).

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Deleting Hard Drives From The System
Depending on the operating system, the external hard drive must be
disconnected before it can be deleted. Read how this works in the help
files of your operating system.
1. Disconnect the hard drive from the operating system if necessary
using the safely remove hardware wizard.
2. Now pull out the plug and disconnect all the connection cables
from the external hard drive.
Caution!
While accessing the hard drive, the hard drive must not be
deleted or turned off. This can lead to data loss.

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Customer Service
First Aid In The Case Of Malfunctions
Localisation Of The Cause
Malfunctions can sometimes have simple causes, but they can also at
times be very complex in nature and require a costly analysis.
Requirements For Optimal Performance:
A stable, trouble-free computer
A correctly installed operating system
Cords correctly attached to the hard drive
Regular execution of the Windows® defragmenter and scandisk
programs to remove sources of error and increase the system
performance.
Troubleshooting
We would like to give you basic ideas in the following, in order to
recognize a problem possibly present and to remove the cause of it. We
would be glad to help you further if the information given here does not
lead to success.
PROBLEM: Is the hard drive motor functioning?
ANSWER: You should hear a soft humming and clicking sounds after the
connection of the hard drive in this case.

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PROBLEM: The drive is not recognized by my computer.
ANSWER: Restart your computer.
PROBLEM: ScanDisk reports an unrecoverable error.
ANSWER: The Scandisk program tests drives for errors. There may be a
problem with the hard drive if ScanDisk has found a problem and is
unable to fix it.
PROBLEM: The hard drive does not seem to have as much storage
capacity as I allocated to it.
ANSWER: Check that your operating system and file system support the
desired amount.
Do You Require Additional Support?
If the suggestions in the previous section have not solved your problem,
please contact the hotline. We will try and help you over the telephone.
Before you contact the MEDION Help Desk, please have the following
information available:
How is your computer configured?
What additional peripherals do you use?
What messages, if any, appear on your screen?
What software were you using when the error occurred?
What steps have you already undertaken to solve the problem?
If you have already been given a customer number, please have this
available.

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Copying This Manual
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