Lacie 301015 User Manual - Page 3

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design by Neil Poulton User Manual Health and Safety Precautions ✦✦ Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device. ✦✦ Read this User Manual carefully and follow the correct procedure when setting up the device. ✦✦ Do not open a disk drive or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuiting or dangerous emissions. The disk drive shipped with your LaCie Rugged Hard Drive contains no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support representative. ✦✦ Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the LaCie Rugged Hard Drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury. ✦✦ Make sure that the computer and LaCie Rugged Hard Drive are electrically grounded. If the devices are not grounded, there is an increased risk of electrical shock. Power requirements 100-240 V~, 4A, 60-50 Hz, (Supply voltage fluctuations not exceeding ± 10% of the nominal, transient over-voltages according to over-voltage category II). General Use Precautions ✦✦ Do not expose the LaCie Rugged Hard Drive to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 35 C (41° F to 86° F); or to operational humidity beyond 5-80%, non-condensing, or non-operating humidity beyond 10-90%, non-condensing. Doing so may damage the LaCie Rugged Hard Drive or disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your LaCie Rugged Hard Drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Inversely, placing your LaCie Rugged Hard Drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit. ✦✦ Always unplug the LaCie Rugged Hard Drive from the electrical outlet if there is a risk of lightning or if it will be unused for an extended period of time. Otherwise, there is an increased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire. ✦✦ Use only the power supply shipped with the device. ✦✦ Do not place objects on top of the LaCie Rugged Hard Drive or use excessive force on it. ✦✦ Never use excessive force on your LaCie Rugged Hard Drive. If you detect a problem, see the Troubleshooting section in this manual. CAUTION: A shielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC emission limits and also to prevent interference to the nearby radio and television reception. It is essential that only the supplied power cord be used. IMPORTANT INFO: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you keep TWO copies of your data; one copy on your external hard disk, for instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard disk, another external hard disk or some other form of removable storage media. LaCie offers a complete line of CD and DVD drives. If you would like more information on backup, please refer to our website. IMPORTANT INFO: 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. 1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment (typically 5-10% less). Foreword page 3