Medion P82721 User manual

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External Hard Disk
Drive 500 GB
MEDION® P82721 (MD 90170)
Instruction Manual MD 90170
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Medion Electronics Ltd.
120 Faraday Park, Faraday Road, Dorcan
Swindon SN3 JF, Wiltshire
United Kingdom
Hotline (UK & N. Ireland): 0871 37 61 020
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Hotline (Rep. of Ireland): 1 800 992 08
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Fax: [phone]
To contact us by email please visit the "Service and Support"
section of our website at
www.medion.co.uk

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Contents
Safety instructions .........................................................2
Repairs .......................................................................7
Disposal ......................................................................8
Data security ................................................................8
What’s in the box? .........................................................9
System requirements ......................................................9
Setting up.................................................................. 10
Connecting the cables..............................................................10
Installing the hard disk .............................................................12
Before you install your hard disk ... .......................................12
Partitioning programs ...........................................................12
Partitioning the drive.............................................................13
Formatting the drive .............................................................13
Deleting hard disks from the system.........................................14
Customer service.......................................................... 15
First aid in the case of malfunctions .........................................15
Copying this manual ................................................................17

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Safety instructions
Please read this manual 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.
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 indus-
trial or commercial use. Use under extreme environmental condi-
tions 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 safe-
ty 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 child-
ren. There could be the danger of suffocation in the case of mi-
suse.
Hard disks are extremely fragile. Never drop or shake the hard
drive - this could irreversibly damage the data on the hard disk.
Be especially careful when transporting the hard disk. We
provide no guarantee for this type of damage.
The hard drive consumes energy and becomes very warm dur-
ing operation. Remove the hard drive from the data dock or
from the plug-in power supply unit when not in use.
Follow the user guide for your PC.
Do not insert any objects through the slits and openings into
the interior of the hard disk. This could lead to a short circuit
or even cause a fire.
Never open the hard disk casing. The hard disk will no longer
be covered by the guarantee if you do so.

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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.
After transportation, wait until the equipment is at room
temperature before turning it on. Damp can build up because
of condensation and cause an electrical short circuit if there is
a large difference in temperature or humidity.
Keep your hard disk and all connected equipment away from
damp and avoid dust, heat and direct sunlight in order to
prevent operational problems.
Place the hard disk on a stable and level surface that does not
vibrate in order to avoid damage caused by a fall.
Route the cable so that no one can step on it or stumble over
it.
Do not place any objects or furniture on the cable to avoid
damage to it.
The slits and openings in the hard disk are for air circulation.
Do not cover these openings, as this could lead to overheating.
The voltages and interfaces used in the equipment comply
with the low voltage protection guidelines set out in EN60950.
Connections to other equipment may only be made using sim-
ilar interfaces with low voltage protection in accordance with
EN 60950.

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Please use our Service Center if you have any technical prob-
lems with your hard disk. Please use exclusively our authorized
service partners if repairs are needed.
New devices may emit a typical, unavoidable but completely
harmless smell in the first hours of operation, which will de-
cline increasingly in the course of time.
We recommend that you ventilate the room regularly, in order
to counteract the formation of this smell.
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 devic-
es.

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FCC Compliance Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy that may cause harm-
ful interference to radio communications, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, this can be established by turning the equipment off and
on. The user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different
from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party re-
sponsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate
the equipment. Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in
order to comply with the emission limits.
Transport and Packaging
Keep the original packing, in case the external hard disk ever
requires shipment.

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Cleaning
It will not be necessary to clean the equipment as a rule. Al-
ways detach the plug and all connection cables before clean-
ing.
Do not use any solvents, corrosive or gaseous cleaning prod-
ucts.
Caution!
This equipment does not include any parts that need ser-
vicing or cleaning.
Repairs
The connection line of the plug-in power supply unit must be
replaced by the manufacturer or a similarly qualified individu-
al, to avoid danger, if it has been damaged.

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Disposal
Device
The appliance must not be disposed of in household rubbish at the
end of its useful life. Make enquiries about the options for environ-
mentally-friendly disposal.
Packaging
All packaging and packaging materials that are no longer required
can and should be recycled.
Data security
Make back-up copies on an external storage medium every time you
update your data. No liability is assumed for data loss or damage to
data storage units and no claims can be accepted for damage result-
ing from the loss of data or consequential losses.

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What’s in the box?
Please check to ensure that the below mentioned parts are in the
box and inform us if anything is missing.
External hard disk
USB connection cable
User guide, guarantee documents
System requirements
Operating system Windows® Vista/Windows XP/Windows®7
Connection USB

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Setting up
Connecting the cables
Connect the external hard disk 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 de-
vice. 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 disk.
3. Connect the other end of the Y-cable marked with ‘MAIN’ to
your PC / Notebook at all times when in use; the ‘AUX’ is an
addition power source, in case 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. The hard disk will now be recognized and connected automat-
ically with Windows® Vista/XP/ Windows®7.
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 data haven 3. Data ha-
vens 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 disk
Note
Your drive has already been set up in the factory (1 parti-
tion in the FAT32 format). It will not be necessary to re-
format or repartition it.
Caution!
Partitioning or formatting a disk drive deletes data. We as-
sume no responsibility for lost data.
Before you install your hard disk ...
We would like to remind you once again that when installing the
new hard disk some programs 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 recov-
ery procedure works.
Partitioning programs
Use the Windows Disk Management Tool help program in order
to install the hard disk with Windows® Vista/XP/7. You can find the
program in the computer management.
You must have administration rights to install a hard disk with some
operating systems.

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Look under help in Windows for detailed information on using this
program.
Partitioning the drive
Partitioning a drive divides the space into different areas that can be
accessed as separate logical drives (with letters C:, D:, E:, etc.). Read
your PC operating system manual to find out how to partition hard
drives.
Formatting the drive
In order to remove data from the hard disk, the partitions must be
formatted.
Caution!
You must be totally certain about the drive letter to enter,
so that you do not format a drive that contains data you
wish to keep.
You can carry out the formatting using Windows® Explorer (right
click on the drive and select Format).

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Deleting hard disks from the system
The external hard disk must be disconnected before it can be de-
leted, depending on the operating system. Read how this works in
the help files of your operating system.
1. Disconnect the hard disk from the operating system.
2. Now unplug from main power and disconnect all the connec-
tion cables from the external hard disk.
Caution!
The hard disk must not be deleted or turned off while it is
being accessed. This can lead to data loss.
You can see that data is being transmitted when the LED
display flashes blue. When the LED display is constantly
blue, no data is being transmitted. However, you should
make sure that all files that you have opened from the
hard disk (documents, etc.) have been closed again be-
fore you delete or turn off the hard disk.

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Customer service
First aid in the case of malfunctions
Localization 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, virus-free computer
a correctly installed operating system
cables correctly attached to the hard disk
Regular execution of the Windows® defragmenter and Scan-
Disk programs, to remove sources of error and to 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 shall 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 that 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 disk if ScanDisk has found a problem and is
unable to fix it.
PROBLEM: The hard drive does not seem to have as much sto-
rage capacity as I allocated to it.
ANSWER: Check that your operating system and file system support
the desired amount.
If you need further assistance
Please contact our helpline if the troubleshooting suggestions in the
previous section have not solved your problem. We will try to help
you over the telephone. However, before you contact your nearest
MEDION Technology Centre, please have the following information
available:
How is your computer configured?
What additional peripherals are you using?
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?
Please have your customer number available, if you have al-
ready been given one during a previous call to us.

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