LaCie SAFE Mobile manual

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- informations concerning technical data of LaCie SAFE Mobile
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the LaCie SAFE Mobile item
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- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

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    Quick Start Guide[...]

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    P A CKA GE CONTENTS Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable USB P ower -Sharing cable CD with PDF User ’s Manual Quick Start Guide *For more information, please consult your User ’s Manual. Contact www .lacie.com for technical support.[...]

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    1 Connect the Hi-Speed USB P ower - Sharing cable to draw extra power when necessary . Connect the Hi-Speed USB 2.0 cable to your drive. 2[...]

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    3 3 Connect the USB 2.0 cables to you r com pute r . After a f ew se cond s, the LaCie drive will mount on your computer . 4 For Windows users: double- click on the icon “LaCie SAFE drive” in your “My Computer ” folder , and then double click on the lock icon named “LaCie SAFE drive”.** For Mac users: click on the icon “L aCie SAFE dr[...]

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    5 F ollow the Wizard Install. Please consult the User ’s Manual for more details about user registration. 6 Cli ck on the but ton “Un lock dr ive ” an d s wipe yo ur fi ng er to a cce ss t he dri ve.[...]

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    7 T o swipe your fi nger correctly: A) Make sure that the front of the drive is facing you, and wait for the top LED to become orange. L aC ie dr iv es a re pr e-f or ma tt ed as F A T 3 2 vol um es a nd ca n be u sed a cr os s mul ti pl e pl atf or ms ( Wi ndo ws 200 0/X P , M ac OS 1 0). F or o pti mum perf orm ance , th e d rive can eas ily be [...]

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    Quick Start Guide LaCie USA 22985 NW Evergreen Pkwy Hillsboro, OR 97124 sales@lacie.com LaCie France 17, rue Ampère 91349 Massy Cedex sales.fr@lacie.com LaCie Asia (HK) 25/F Winsan T ower 98 Thomson Road W anchai, Hong-K ong sales.asia@lacie.com LaCie Asia (Singapore) Centennial T ower , Level 21 3 T emasek Avenue Singapore 039190 sales.asia@lacie[...]