Verbatim External Hard Drive User manual

External Hard Drive
eSATA & USB 2.0 Combo
User Guide
English

2
Intr
oduc
ti
on
3
C
ontrols
,
Connectors and Indicators
3
Fr
o
nt P
a
n
el
Ar
ea
3
R
ea
r P
a
n
e
l Ar
ea
3
A
bou
t th
e
Har
d
Driv
e
4
Locating t
h
e Drive on your
d
es
k
4
C
onnecting to your computer
5
Disconnectin
g
y
our Har
d
Drive 6
F
or Windows
U
sers
6
F
or Mac
OS
U
ser
s
6
Tec
h
nica
l
Su
pp
ort 7
Limited Warranty Terms 7
WEEE Notice 8
FCC Compliance 8
CE Declaration
9
ROHS Com
pl
iance 1
0
C
ontents

3
I
ntro
d
uctio
n
Be
f
ore you begin to use the drive there are a
f
ew important things to learn
about
y
our new external hard drive.
Contro
l
s, Connectors an
d
In
d
icator
s
First familiarize
y
ourself with the features of the unit
.
F
ront Pane
l
Area
The
f
ront panel contains only the Activating LED, as illustrated below. The
g
reen LED will come on to indicate the
p
ower-on state. The LED will flash
d
urin
g
d
ata access
.
Re
ar Pan
e
l Ar
e
a
Alon
g
the rear
p
anel
y
ou will find the ON/OFF button and interface
connectors. Re
f
er to the
fi
gure below.

4
ON/OFF Button. Once t
h
e AC A
d
a
p
ter
h
as
b
een
p
ro
p
er
ly
connecte
d
to
1.
th
e
d
rive an
d
an AC out
l
et, you can press t
h
e ON/OFF
b
utton to power
on the drive. To turn o
ff
the drive, press the ON/OFF button again
.
D
C In
p
ut Connector. Connect the DC cable of
y
our included AC
2.
A
d
apter to t
h
e DC Input Connector.
USB Connector. Use this connector to attach the drive to
y
our com
p
uter
3
.
v
ia U
S
B.
eSATA connector. Use this connector to attach the drive to your
4
.
com
p
uter via e
S
ATA.
Abou
t t
he
Har
d
Driv
e
The hard drive comes
p
re-formatted in FAT32 format. This format allows for
operation with either Windows or Mac OS.
N
ote: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes
/
1 GB =
1
,000,000,000 b
y
tes
/
1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 b
y
tes. Some ca
p
acit
y
u
sed for pre-loaded software, formatting and other functions, and thus is
n
ot available for data storage. As a result, and due to differing calculation
m
ethods,
y
our o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems ma
y
re
p
ort as
f
ewer me
g
ab
y
tes /
g
i
g
ab
y
tes
/
terabytes.
L
ocating the Drive on your des
k
Place the drive on a sturd
y
desk or table that is free from clutter that could
block air
fl
ow around the unit. The drive is designed to lie
fl
at on its rubber
f
eet, or may stand upright. In either orientation take care not to block any
air vents.

5
C
onnecting to your compute
r
This Verbatim external hard drive provides both USB 2.0 and eSAT
A
connections. You can connect
y
our drive to a com
p
uter with either USB or
eSATA
,
b
ut not
b
ot
h
at t
h
e same time
.
To connect to your computer
f
ollow the steps below:
M
ake sure
y
our PC or la
p
to
p
is switched off
.
1.
Connect t
h
e inc
l
u
d
e
d
AC A
d
apter to t
h
e
d
rive, an
d
t
h
en to a wa
ll
out
l
et.
2
.
C
onnect the data cable.
C
onnect the included
US
B cable from the
US
B
3
.
p
ort on t
h
e
d
rive to an avai
l
a
bl
e USB
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter. For eSATA,
connect the included eSATA cable
f
rom the eSATA port on the drive to
an available eSATA
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter.
N
ext press the ON/OFF button on the back of the drive, and then switch
4.
on your PC or Laptop
.
The hard drive will mount automaticall
y
, and a new icon will a
pp
ear
5
.
i
n My Computer (Win
d
ows) or a new icon wi
ll
appear on t
h
e
d
es
k
top
(
Mac
)
.
De
p
endin
g
on
y
our com
p
uter’s o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem and the interface t
yp
e
y
ou are using, the
f
ollowing special notes may apply
:
N
ote 1: USB under Windows. I
f
y
ou are usin
g
a USB 1.1
p
ort on
y
our Windows
computer, the following cautionary note may appear on your display: Hi-Speed
USB Device
p
lu
gg
ed into non-Hi-S
p
eed USB hub. This does not indicate a
p
ro
bl
em
b
ecause t
h
e
d
rive is com
p
ati
bl
e wit
h
b
ot
h
USB 1.1 an
d
USB 2.0
p
orts.
S
imply close the message and proceed. However, in this case the drive will
o
p
erate onl
y
at USB 1.1 s
p
eeds
.
Note 2: USB un
d
er Mac OS 9.2.x. Mac OS versions 9.2.x
d
o not support USB 2.0
Hi-Speed mode. For these Mac OS versions the drive will operate only at USB 1.1
sp
ee
d
s
.
N
ote 3: USB or eSATA under Mac OS X 10.2. Mac OS X version 10.2 will not
m
ount an
y
sin
g
le FAT32-
f
ormatted (MS-DOS)
p
artition
g
reater than 128GB.
T
o wor
k
aroun
d
t
h
is OS
l
imitation,
y
ou ma
y
p
artition t
h
e
d
rive into sma
ll
er
F
AT32 partitions, or you may reformat the drive to HFS+ format.

6
N
ote 4: eSATA. Thou
g
h the eSATA inter
f
ace standard
p
rovides
f
or “hot
-
p
lu
gg
in
g
” of the drive, some com
p
uters ma
y
not follow the standard
p
recisely. If you find that your drive does not mount after attaching to a
com
p
uter that is
p
owered on, then shut down the com
p
uter, attach and
p
ower on t
h
e
d
rive, an
d
t
h
en
b
oot u
p
y
our com
p
uter.
D
isconnecting your Har
d
Driv
e
Y
our External Hard Drive is hot-swappable. It can be connected and
disconnected without restartin
g
y
our com
p
uter. To disconnect
y
our drive
at any time, per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps. You can also disconnect your hard
drive at any time while your computer is powered o
ff.
N
ote: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
d
isconnectin
g
y
our unit. Sim
p
l
y
un
p
lu
gg
in
g
the unit without first
f
ollowing the instructions below may result in damage to your unit
and
/
or loss of data
.
F
or Windows
U
sers
:
I
f
y
ou have files located on
y
our drive o
p
en in an
y
a
pp
lications,
1.
close
t
he
m
.
C
lick the
2.
Un
p
lu
g
or E
j
ect Hardwar
e
button in the S
y
stem Tra
y
.
S
elect your drive
f
rom the menu that appears
.
3
.
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our hardware
4.
can be safel
y
removed
.
F
or Mac
OS
U
sers
:
I
f
y
ou have files located on
y
our drive o
p
en in an
y
a
pp
lications,
1.
c
l
ose
th
e
m
.
L
ocate the icon for
y
our drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it to the trash.
2.

7
T
ec
h
nica
l
Suppor
t
I
f
you are experiencing di
ffi
culty installing or using your Verbatim
p
roduct,
p
lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Su
pp
ort website at
w
ww.ver
b
atim-euro
p
e.com. From t
h
is
p
a
g
e
y
ou can access our
l
i
b
rar
y
o
f
user documentation, read answers to
f
requently asked questions, and
download available software u
p
dates. Althou
g
h most of our customers find
this content sufficient to
p
ut them back on the ri
g
ht track, this
p
a
g
e also
lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support Team
directl
y
.
Europe: For tec
h
nica
l
support in Europe e-mai
l
d
rivesupport@ver
b
atim-
europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the
f
ollowing countries: Austria,
Bel
g
ium, Denmark, Finland, France, German
y
, Hun
g
ar
y
, Ital
y
, Luxembur
g
,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. All other countries call +353
6
1
226586
.
L
imite
d
Warrant
y
Term
s
Verbatim Limited warrants this
p
roduct to be free from defects in material
and workmanship
f
or a period o
f
2 years
f
rom date o
f
purchase. This
w
arranty excludes batteries. I
f
this product is
f
ound to be de
f
ective within
t
h
e warrant
y
p
erio
d
, it wi
ll
b
e re
pl
ace
d
at no cost to
y
ou. You ma
y
return it
w
ith your original cash register receipt to the place o
f
purchase or contact
Verbatim.
In the followin
g
Euro
p
ean countries, Austria, Bel
g
ium, Denmark,
Fin
l
an
d
, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ita
l
y, Luxem
b
ourg, Monaco,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain, Sweden,
Switzer
l
an
d
, an
d
t
h
e Unite
d
Kin
gd
om ca
ll
00 800 3883 2222. A
ll
ot
h
er
European countries ca
ll
[phone]. You can emai
l
d
rivesupport
@
v
erbatim-europe.com
.
Pro
d
uct re
pl
acement is
y
our so
l
e reme
dy
un
d
er t
h
is warrant
y
, an
d
t
h
is
w
arranty does not apply to normal wear or to damage resulting
f
rom
abnormal use, misuse, abuse, ne
g
lect or accident, or to an
y
incom
p
atibilit
y
or
p
oor
p
erformance due to the s
p
ecific com
p
uter software or hardware

8
used. VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY
INCIDENTAL
,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES
,
HOWEVER
CAUSED, FOR BREACH OF WARRANTIES OR OTHERWISE. This warranty
g
ives
y
ou s
p
ecific le
g
al ri
g
hts and
y
ou ma
y
also have other ri
g
hts which
v
ary from state to state or country to countr
y
W
EEE N
o
ti
ce
T
h
e Directive on Waste E
l
ectrica
l
an
d
E
l
ectronic Equipment (WEEE), w
h
ic
h
entered into
f
orce as European law on 13th February 2003, resulted in a
ma
j
or chan
g
e in the treatment of electrical e
q
ui
p
ment at end-of-life
.
The WEEE logo (shown at the le
f
t) on the product or on its
box indicates that this product must not be disposed o
f
or
d
um
p
e
d
wit
h
y
our ot
h
er
h
ouse
h
o
ld
waste. For more
i
n
f
ormation about electronic and electrical waste equipment
disposal, recovery, and collection points, please contact
y
our
l
oca
l
munici
p
a
l
h
ouse
h
o
ld
waste
d
is
p
osa
l
service or
shop
f
rom where you purchased the equipment
.
F
CC Complianc
e
This equipment has been tested and
f
ound to comply with the limits
for a Class B di
g
ital device,
p
ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are desi
g
ned to
p
rovide reasonable
p
rotection a
g
ainst harmful
inter
f
erence in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio fre
q
uenc
y
ener
gy
and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, ma
y
cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that inter
f
erence will
not occur in a
p
articular installation. If this e
q
ui
p
ment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television rece
p
tion, which can be determined b
y
turning the equipment o
ff
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference b
y
one or more of the followin
g
measures:
Reorient or re
l
ocate t
h
e receivin
g
antenna
.

9
Increase the se
p
aration between the e
q
ui
p
ment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di
ff
erent
f
rom that to
w
hich the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an ex
p
erienced radio/TV technician for hel
p.
C
E Declaratio
n
EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMIT
Y
It is hereby declared that this product complied with the essential
p
rotection re
q
uirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its
amendments on the a
pp
roximation of the laws of the Member States
relating to electromagnetic compatibility.
This declaration a
pp
lies to all s
p
ecimens manufactured identical to the
model submitted
f
or testing/evaluation
.
EN
55022
: 1
998
+ A1:
2000
+A
2
:
2003
EN 61000-3-3:1995 + A1: 2001
EN
550
24: 199
8
+ A1: 2
00
1 + A2: 2
003
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
2
: 1
995
+ A1: 1
998
+ A
2
:
2000
IEC 61000-4-3: 2002 + A1: 2002
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-4: 1
995
+ A1:
2000
+ A
2
:
2001
IEC 61000-4-5: 1995 + A1: 2000
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
6
: 199
6
+ A1: 2
000
IE
C
61
000
-4-
8
: 1
993
+ A1:
2000
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-11: 1994 + A1: 2
000

10
R
oHS Complianc
e
This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC o
f
the European
Parliament and of the Council of 27 Januar
y
2003, on the restriction of the
use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e
q
ui
p
ment
(RoHS) and its amendments
.