Lindy Network Device 42807v0 manual

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    © LINDY ELECT RONICS LIMITED & LINDY-ELEKT RONIK GMBH - FIRST EDITION (August 2008) Mini U SB 2. 0 & FireWi re E nc losure SATA & IDE User Manual English LINDY No. 4 2807 www .lindy.com[...]

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    User Man ual English 2 Introduction Thank you for p urchasing t he LINDY Mini USB 2.0 and Fi reWire Enclosure. T his enclosu re has been designed to co mplement and add extra storage cap ability to your Mac Mini. The sm all footprint des ign allows it to be seat ed un derneath a Mac Mini, but with its USB 2.0 and FireW ire 400 combo interface, it c[...]

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    User Man ual English 3 Hardware Asse mbly Before starting the assembl y m ake sure the j umper(s) on your hard drive are set to the Master setting. Consult your hard disk m anual or t he m anufacturer’s website for the c orrect j umper setting. 1. Ensure that the Mini Enclos ure is disconnected from the mains, before removing the 4 screws f rom t[...]

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    User Man ual English 4 11. Place the hard drive i nto the drive tray an d connect the Molex power a nd IDE d ata cables 7. Disconnect th e SAT A Data cable f rom the b ridgeboard. Hold the base of the drive enclosure and p ull the bri dgeboard up to disconnect it. 8. Unscrew t he f our sc rews h olding the drive tray in place and rem ove the drive [...]

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    User Man ual English 5 12. Use the su pplied screws to sec ure both sides of the drive 14. Replace t he 4 case sc rews an d aff ix the two foam feet as illustrate d 13. Carefully ass emble the top an d bottom of the cas e. I f t he upper case does not f it properly, a djust the ha rd disk position and try again 15. Connect the Power Cable to th e M[...]

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    User Man ual English 6 Using the enclosure with your Mac Mac Mini users: This enclos ure is designed to sit und erneath your Mac Mini. If you want to use this enclos ure with both PCs and Macs, t hen you should use a FAT 32 formatted hard drive. If you are using a brand new drive, o r want to erase an older dr ive you will need to follow the instr [...]

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    User Man ual English 7 3. Make sure the external drive is hi ghlighted in the left hand pane and select the Erase tab. 4. Select your preferred V olume Format type from the drop-d own menu. If you wa nt to use the drive with both Macs and PCs you should use M S-DOS File System . If y ou want to, you can give the drive a name in the Nam e box. 5. Cl[...]

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    User Man ual English 8 Using the enclosure with your PC If you want to use this enclos ure with both PCs and Macs, t hen you should use a FAT 32 formatted hard drive. If you are using a brand new drive, o r want to erase an older dr ive you will need to follow the instr uctions below: Windows 2000/XP/Vist a users After first booting up you r comput[...]

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    User Man ual English 9 Safely Removing the Drive To safely remove the drive f rom your system, click the Safe Remov al icon on the W indows taskbar. A dialogue box will appe ar: Click on the box to safely rem ove the drive. Once the safe rem oval has been conf irmed, you can power down the enclosure an d unplug it from you r PC: Windows Me users Af[...]

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    CE/FCC I nformat ion CE Statement This device complies with th e European Regulations f or Electromagnetic Compatibilit y (EMC) of the European Union and it is eq uipped with the CE m ark. This unit has to be used with high quality shielded connect ion cables. Only if these high qu ality shielded cables are used it can be sure that the EMC compati [...]

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    Recycling I nformat ion WEEE (Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment), Recycling of Electronic Products United Kingdom In 2006 the European Uni on introduced regul ations (W EEE) f or the collection and r ecycling of all wa ste electrical and elect ronic equipment. It is no long er a llowable to s imply thro w away elec trical and electronic [...]