Verbatim Portable Hard DriveUSB 2.0 Series User manual

Portable Hard Drive USB 2.0
User Guide
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Intr
oduc
ti
on
3
Connecting Portable Hard Drive 3
Powerin
g
t
h
e Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive
4
Storing and Trans
f
erring Data
4
Disconnectin
g
Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive
5
Technical Su
pp
ort 6
Limite
d
Warranty Terms 7
Ri
gh
ts 8
FCC Compliance 8
WEEE N
o
ti
ce
9
C
E Declaration 1
0
RoHS Compliance 1
0
C
ontents

3
I
ntro
d
uctio
n
Y
our product’s hard drive is a complex electronic storage system and
should be handled with care, as
y
ou mi
g
ht treat a sensitive
p
ortable
com
p
uter or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics
p
roduct. Do not
subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic
fi
elds.
C
onnecting Porta
bl
e
H
ar
d
Driv
e
Installin
g
y
our Portable Hard Drive is extremel
y
sim
p
le –
j
ust use the
included mini-USB cable to connect
y
our Portable Hard Drive to an
y
free
U
SB port on your computer. On Windows computers, a new icon will
a
pp
ear in M
y
Com
p
uter re
p
resentin
g
y
our Portable Hard Drive. On Mac OS
s
y
stems,
y
our Porta
bl
e Har
d
Drive wi
ll
a
pp
ear on t
h
e
d
es
k
to
p
as a new
d
is
k
.
I
f
your computer is running Windows 98 Second Edition, you will need
some additional software that
y
ou can download from the Verbatim web
site. Re
f
er to the Technical Support section
.
I
f
you are using a USB 1.1 port on your Windows computer, the
f
ollowing
cautionar
y
note ma
y
a
pp
ear on
y
our
d
is
pl
a
y
:
H
i-S
p
ee
d
USB Device
pl
ugge
d
into non-Hi-Spee
d
USB
h
u
b
. T
h
is
d
oes not in
d
icate a pro
bl
em
because the drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports.
Sim
ply
c
l
ose t
h
e messa
g
e an
d
p
rocee
d
. However, in t
h
is case t
h
e
d
rive wi
ll
operate on
l
y at USB 1.1 spee
d
s.
I
f
you connect your Portable Hard Drive and it doesn’t appear to power up,
y
ou ma
y
need to check the
p
ower settin
g
s. See the next section for
m
o
r
e
de
t
a
i
ls
.
No
t
e
:Capacity dependent on model. Your operating system ma
y
r
e
p
ort ca
p
acit
y
as fewer
g
i
g
ab
y
tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b
y
tes.

4
P
owering t
h
e Porta
bl
e
H
ar
d
Driv
e
The power source
f
or your Portable Hard Drive is selected with the switch
on the back of the unit. When the switch is in the
US
B
p
osition (towards the
U
SB connector), the Portable Hard Drive will attem
p
t to draw
p
ower from
US
B. When the switch is in the
EXT
position (towards the external power
connector), the Portable Hard Drive will draw
p
ower from an external
p
ower
source. Some com
p
uter s
y
stems ma
y
not
p
rovi
d
e enou
gh
p
ower t
h
rou
gh
U
SB to operate the hard drive – in this case you must use an external power
source. (If there is insufficient
p
ower for the Portable Hard Drive to mount
p
ro
p
er
ly
, t
h
e
h
ar
d
d
rive wi
ll
t
yp
ica
lly
ma
k
e a “c
l
ic
k
” soun
d
an
d
its LED wi
ll
blink once per second.) An optional AC Power adaptor is available
f
rom
Verbatim. Verbatim-Euro
p
e.co
m
for more information.
S
toring and Trans
f
erring Dat
a
Once your Portable Hard Drive is connected to a computer, it can be
accessed and used like an
y
other removable disk. You can dra
g
files to
y
our porta
bl
e
h
ar
d
d
rive’s icon to copy t
h
em, navigate to your
h
ar
d
d
rive
in
O
pen
or
S
av
e
dialog boxes, or delete
fi
les stored on your portable hard
drive. For information on co
py
in
g
, o
p
enin
g
, or deletin
g
files, consult
y
our
computer’s
d
ocumentation.
N
ote
:
On
l
y t
h
e Ver
b
atim AC Power A
d
apter s
h
ou
ld
b
e connecte
d
to
t
he external
p
ower connector on
y
our hard drive. Usin
g
an
y
other
p
ower a
d
a
p
ter wi
ll
voi
d
y
our warrant
y
an
d
ma
y
resu
l
t in in
j
ur
y
,
d
ama
g
e
t
o your hard drive, or loss o
f
data.

5
D
isconnectin
g
Portable
H
ard Driv
e
Y
our portable hard drive is hot-pluggable; it can be connected and
disconnected without restartin
g
y
our com
p
uter. To disconnect
y
our
p
ortable hard drive at an
y
time, sim
p
l
y
p
erform the followin
g
ste
p
s.
Y
ou can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer
is
p
owered off.
F
or Windows
U
sers
:
1
I
f
you have
fi
les located on your drive open in any applications,
c
l
ose
th
e
m
.
2
C
l
ic
k
t
h
eUn
pl
u
g
or E
j
ect Har
d
war
e
b
utton in t
h
e S
y
stem Tra
y
.
3
Select your drive
f
rom the menu that appears
.
4
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our hardware
can be safel
y
removed
.
F
or Mac
OS
U
sers
:
1
If
y
ou have files located on
y
our drive o
p
en in an
y
a
pp
lications,
close
t
he
m
.
2
Locate the icon for
y
our drive on the deskto
p
, and dra
g
it to the trash.
N
ote: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when
disconnectin
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
.

6
T
echnical Suppor
t
I
f
you are experiencing di
ffi
culty installing or using your Verbatim product,
p
lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Su
pp
ort website at
w
ww.verbatim
.
com
o
r
w
ww.ver
b
atim-euro
p
e.co
m
. From t
h
is
p
a
g
e
y
ou can access our
library 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
.
U
S/Cana
d
a 800-538-8589
Mexico
(
55
)
55284642
Ar
g
entina
(
54-11
)
4943-333
6
Europe: For technical support in Europe e-mail drivesupport@verbatim-
euro
p
e.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the followin
g
countries: Austria,
Be
lg
ium, Denmar
k
, Fin
l
an
d
, France, German
y
, Hun
g
ar
y
, Ita
ly
, Luxem
b
ur
g
,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain,
S
weden and
S
witzerland. All other countries call +
353
6
1 22
6586.

7
N
O
TE
:
Verbatim Cor
p
oration ma
y
at an
y
time revise the content of this
u
ser guide without
f
urther notice
.
L
imite
d
Warranty Term
s
Verbatim Corporation warrants this product to be
f
ree
f
rom de
f
ects in material
and workmanshi
p
for a
p
eriod of 1
y
ear from date of
p
urchase (a
p
eriod o
f
2
y
ears a
pp
lies in countries of the Euro
p
ean Union). This warrant
y
excludes
batteries. I
f
this product is
f
ound to be de
f
ective within the warranty period, it will
be re
p
laced at no cost to
y
ou. You ma
y
return it with
y
our ori
g
inal cash re
g
ister
recei
p
t to the
p
lace of
p
urchase or contact Verbatim.
In the U.S. and Canada, call 800-538-8589 or email [e-mail].
In the followin
g
Euro
p
ean countries, Austria, Bel
g
ium, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ita
l
y, Luxem
b
ourg, Monaco, Net
h
er
l
an
d
s, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, call 00 800
3883 2222. A
ll
ot
h
er Euro
p
ean countries ca
ll
[phone]. You can emai
l
d
rivesupport@ver
b
atim-europe.com.
Product re
p
lacement is
y
our sole remed
y
under this warrant
y
, and this warrant
y
does not a
pp
l
y
to normal wear or to dama
g
e resultin
g
from abnormal
use, misuse, a
b
use, neg
l
ect or acci
d
ent, or to any incompati
b
i
l
ity or poor
p
er
f
ormance due to the s
p
eci
fi
c com
p
uter so
f
tware or hardware used.
V
ERBATIM WILL N
O
T BE LIABLE F
O
R DATA L
OSS
O
R ANY IN
C
IDENTAL,
C
ONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR
B
REA
C
H
O
F WARRANTIE
S
O
R
O
THERWI
SE
. This warrant
y
g
ives
y
ou s
p
eci
fi
c
le
g
al ri
g
hts and
y
ou ma
y
also have other ri
g
hts which var
y
from state to state or
country to country
.

8
R
ight
s
Copyright © 2007 Verbatim Corporation. No part o
f
this document may
be re
p
roduced in an
y
form or b
y
an
y
means, for an
y
p
ur
p
ose, without the
ex
p
ress written
p
ermission of Verbatim Cor
p
oration. All ri
g
hts reserved.
All other brands and product names re
f
erenced herein are property o
f
their
res
p
ective owners.
F
CC Com
p
lianc
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 receiving antenna
.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the e
q
ui
p
ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
th
e
r
ece
iv
e
r i
s
co
nn
ec
t
ed
.
• Consult the dealer or an ex
p
erienced radio/TV technician for hel
p

9
W
EEE N
o
ti
ce
The Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which
entered into force as Euro
p
ean law on 13th Februar
y
2003, resulted in a ma
j
or
chan
g
e in the treatment of electrical e
q
ui
p
ment at end-of-life
.
T
he WEEE logo (shown at the le
f
t) on the product or on
i
ts box indicates that this
p
roduct must not be dis
p
osed
of or dum
p
ed with
y
our other household waste. For more
i
n
f
ormation about electronic and electrical waste equipment
dis
p
osal, recover
y
, and collection
p
oints,
p
lease 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
.

10
C
E Declaratio
n
E
C Declaration of Conformit
y
It is
h
ere
b
y
d
ec
l
are
d
t
h
at t
h
is pro
d
uct comp
l
ie
d
wit
h
t
h
e essentia
l
p
rotection requirements o
f
Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its
amendments on the a
pp
roximation of the laws of the Member States
re
l
ating to e
l
ectromagnetic compati
b
i
l
ity.
This declaration applies to all specimens manu
f
actured identical to the
model submitted for testin
g
/evaluation
.
EN 55022: 1998 + A1: 2000 +A2: 200
3
EN
6
1
000
-
3
-
3
:1
995
+ A1:
200
1
EN 55024: 1998 + A1: 2001 + A2: 200
3
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-2: 199
5
+ A1: 199
8
+ A2: 2
000
IE
C
61
000
-4-
3
:
2002
+ A1:
2002
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-4: 199
5
+ A1: 2
000
+ A2: 2
001
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
5
: 1
995
+ A1:
2000
IEC 61000-4-6: 1996 + A1: 200
0
IE
C
6
1
000
-4-
8
: 1
993
+ A1:
2000
IE
C
61
000
-4-11: 1
99
4 + A1:
2000
R
oHS Com
p
liance
This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC o
f
the European
Parliament and o
f
the Council o
f
27 January 2003, on the restriction o
f
the
use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e
q
ui
p
ment
(RoHS) an
d
its amen
d
ments
.