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    USER MA NUAL Model : SX-18D (Version 1.0)[...]

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    Table of Content Introduction 1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPT ION 2 1.1 Buttons 2 1.2 LED Indicati on 2 1.3 LCD Display 1.4 Connector s 2 2. PRODUCT SPECIF ICATIONS 3 2.1 Technical Specif ication 3 2.2 Electr ical Spec ifica tion 3 2.3 Product Specific ation 3 2.4 Minimum PC system r equirement 3 2.5 Accessori es Bu ndling 4 3. USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 5 [...]

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    INTRODUCTION STORXtreme is an integrated solution that provides external hard disk drive, card read er and memory card backup fun ctions. As a portable external storage device, STORX treme is a perfect choice for active mobile users providing a li ght and optimal solution for personal information storage and transf er. Any PC with a USB port is eno[...]

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    Chapter 1 : FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION This section describe the various parts and functions of the devic e. You may refer to Chapter 3 : User Inte rface Des cription for detail description. 1.1 Buttons Button Activa tion Operation [POWER/SELECT] Press & Hold Press & Hold Press Power On Power Off To select the the d evice opera tions [ENTER] Pr[...]

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    Chapter 2 : PRODUCT SPECIF ICATIONS 2.1 Technical Sp ecification Copy mode Data Transfer Rate CF to HDD : 3 MBps SD to HDD : 2.5MBps (2x) , 3 .4MBps (ult ra speed) MMC to HDD : 1 MBps MS to HDD : 0.5 MBps MS Pro to HDD : 3.5 MBps USB Transfer Rate This is a high speed USB dev ice. Hard disk operates in UDMA mode Operating OS Windo ws 98SE, M E, XP,[...]

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    2.5 Bundled Accessories USB cable Installatio n CD Quick Installation Guide User Manual 4[...]

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    Chapter 3 : USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION 3.1 Button Description Button Activation Opera tion Mode Description [POWER/ SELECT] Press Hold Sta ndalone Pr ess and hold t his button for 3 second s to power O N/OFF the device. [POWER/ SELECT] Press Standal one Press to select the op erations (e g. COPY, DELETE) [ENTER] Press Standal one Press this but ton[...]

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    3 . 3 C o n ne c t o r s D e s c ri p t i o n 3.3.1 Mini USB connector Plug in the mini USB cable into this connector and the other end of the cable to the PC or the notebook’s USB port. Use the mini USB cable that bundle with this device. The device is compliance to USB 2.0 as well as USB1.0 specific ation. Notebook connec tor view 3.3.2 SD/MMC/[...]

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    3.3.4 44-pin Connector Install the 1.8 ” Hard disk drive into this connector as shown in the picture below. Ensure that the hard disk drive is connected in the corr ect direction. 3.3.5 Battery Compartment Select the type of AA battery us ed : Alk aline or NiMH Rechargeable B att eries. Do not mix the battery type, and rem e mber if you are using[...]

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    Chapter 4 : DEVICE OPERATION 4.1 Standalone Mode (Copy) Step 1 : Power ON the device by pressing [P OWER] button for 3 seconds. The LCD will turn on, the { INSERT CARD} icon will flash prompting you to in sert a Memory Card. Step 2 : Insert the memory card (eg. SD card) into the app ropriate media slot, the device will detect the t ype of Memory Ca[...]

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    If an error occurs during cop y, the [ERROR] icon will appear on the LCD, y ou may then repeat the copy sequence. When a copy error occurs, the sub-folder created in the [F ILE] directory is empty, yo u may ignore and delete it. Note : In the unlikely event that the data backup fail, the copy operation will stop, and the {ERROR} icon will show on t[...]

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    Chatper 5 : WIN DOWS 98SE /ME INSTALL ATION 5.1 Operating System Supported § Windows  98 Second Edition (SE) or Windows  Millennium Edition (ME) § The device driver ca n be found in the “Win98SE Driver” directory in the Installation CD 5.2 Install Device Driver on Wind ows 98 SE / ME § Connect the device to PC via USB connection. § Po[...]

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    - Select the directory path “ F:Win98SE driver ” (where F: is yo ur CD-ROM drive) and clic k Next - Follow through the online instruction … User Manual 11[...]

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    § Upon installation of the device driver, you will notice 3 ic ons appear on the “M y Computer” screen. Refer the sec tion on “Installing ne w hard disk on Win98SE / M E & config ure new ha rd disk drive in Win98SE / ME” if user do not see your ha rd disk drive icon. 5.3 Verify Win98SE/ M E has properly installed the device driver q Cl[...]

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    5.5 Installing New HDD on Windows 98S E / ME § When a new HDD is installed to this device, Windows 98SE or ME cannot recognize it as local drive because the new HDD does not contain the Master Boot Record and Primar y Partition Record information. o User can either use Wi ndows 2000 or XP system to create h ard disk drive Master Boot Record & [...]

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    - Check that INSTEP EzII DRIVE0 is present, - Click on the Start, Program, Accessories and select MS-DOS prompt item, User Manual 14[...]

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    - Typ e FDISK in the MS-DOS prompt dialog box, - If you cannot get to this screen, reboot the sy stem and try again. Type < Y > to enable large disk support. - Enter the choice < 5 > to change current f ixed disk drive, User Manual 15[...]

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    - 1~3 will depend on the number of HDD pr esent in the computer. Since 20GB HDD is used in this example, enter the choice < 2 > to chan ge the current fixed disk drive. - Next, enter choice < 1 > to create D OS partition or logical DOS Drive, - Next, enter choice < 1 > to create Pr imary DOS partition, User Manual 16[...]

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    - Enter < Y > to create Primary DOS partition on current fixed disk drive 2, - Enter < Y > to use maximum available size for a Primary D OS partition, - Press [ ESC ] after Primary DOS partition is created, User Manual 17[...]

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    - Press [ ESC ] to exit fdisk, you must then Reboot the computer. 5.7 Format New HDD in Wind ows 98SE / ME - You must reboot the computer after pe rform fdisk. Ensure the new HDD is enum erated and the OS will assigned a letter to the new HDD. - Reboot the computer again on ce the computer has successfully detected the new HDD before format ting it[...]

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    - Choose the Full for “Format typ e” , - You will notice the new HDD is formatting , - Reboot the computer ag ain to let the OS initialize th e new formatted HDD. User Manual 19[...]

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    Chapter 6 : WIN DOWS 200x / XP INSTALLATION 6.1 Operating System Supported § Windows  2K & Windows  XP § Supported by Microsoft default driver. (Requires service pack from Microsoft Windows Update website) 6.2 Verify window s has properly installed the device driver § Connect the device to PC via USB connection. § Turn ON the device. [...]

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    6.4 Create Master Boot Record on the new hard disk. - Log in the PC as Administrator , - Click on the My Computer icon by right-click on the mouse and choose the Manage r item, - Or click on the Control Panel icon and follow by Administrative tools . - Click the Disk Management icon, User Manual 21[...]

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    - Click Next in the write signature prompt and Upg rade Disk wizard prompt, - Tick on Disk 1 option and follow through the instruc tion, - The new HDD will cre ate a Master Boot Record on the new hard disk, - Proceed to crea te a new primary partition. User Manual 22[...]

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    6.5 Create Primary Partition Record on t he new hard disk. - After the HDD h as created Master Boot Record (w rite signature), you nee to create a primary partition on your new hard disk. - Click on the Disk 1 Unallocated bar by right-click of the mouse. - Choose the Create Partition option, follow by Next , Note : Windows XP and Windows 2000 canno[...]

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    - Choose the Primary partition option and let system assign the drive letter , User Manual 24[...]

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    - Choose the FAT32 format, Default allocation unit size and follow through the on-scree n instruction. - Note : Do not choose NTFS because the devi ce Standalone Copy Mode support only FAT or FAT32 format. - The new HDD is fo rmatted and ready to be used. User Manual 25[...]