LaCie 301490 User Manual - page 4
LaCie
rugged
SAFE
• D
esign
by
n
eil
P
oulton
Foreword
User Manual
page 4
This symbol on the prod-
uct or on its packaging
indicatesthatthisproduct
must not be disposed of
withyourotherhousehold
waste. Instead, it is your responsibility
to dispose of your waste equipment by
handingitovertoadesignedcollection
pointfortherecyclingofwasteelectrical
and electronic equipment. The separate
collection and recycling of your waste
equipment at the time of disposal will
help to conserve natural resources and
ensurethatitisrecycledinamannerthat
protects human health and the environ-
ment.Formoreinformationaboutwhere
you can drop off your waste equipment
for recycling, please contact your local
cityoffice,yourhouseholdwastedisposal
service,ortheshopwhereyoupurchased
theproduct.
Health and Safety
Precautions
✦
Only qualified persons are autho-
rized to carry out maintenance on
thisdevice.
✦
ReadthisUserManualcarefullyand
follow the correct procedure when
settingupthedevice.
✦
Donotopenadiskdriveorattempt
to disassemble or modify it. Never
insert any metallic object into the
drive to avoid any risk of electrical
shock, fire, short-circuiting or dan-
gerous emissions. The disk drive
shipped with your LaCie Rugged
Safe contains no user-serviceable
parts.Ifitappearstobemalfunction-
ing,haveitinspectedbyaqualified
LaCieTechnicalSupportrepresenta-
tive.
✦
Neverexposeyourdevicetorain,or
useitnearwater,orindamporwet
conditions.Neverplaceobjectscon-
tainingliquidsontheLaCieRugged
Safe,astheymayspillintoitsopen-
ings. Doing so increases the risk of
electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire
orpersonalinjury.
✦
Make sure that the computer and
LaCie Rugged Safe are electrically
grounded. If the devices are not
grounded,thereisanincreasedrisk
of electrical shock. Power require-
ments 100-240 V~, 4A, 60-50
Hz, (Supply voltage fluctuations not
exceeding ± 10% of the nominal,
transient over-voltages according to
over-voltagecategoryII).
General Use Precautions
✦
Do not expose the LaCie Rugged
Safe 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
somaydamagetheLaCieRugged
Safe or disfigure its casing. Avoid
placing your LaCie Rugged Safe
near a source of heat or exposing
it to sunlight (even through a win-
dow).Inversely,placingyourLaCie
RuggedSafeinanenvironmentthat
is too cold or humid may damage
theunit.
✦
Always unplug the LaCie Rugged
Safe from the electrical outlet if
there is a risk of lightning or if it
willbeunusedforanextendedpe-
riodoftime.Otherwise,thereisan
increased risk of electrical shock,
short-circuitingorfire.
✦
Use only the power supply shipped
withthedevice.
✦
Do not place objects on top of the
LaCieRuggedSafeoruseexcessive
forceonit.
✦
Never use excessive force on your
LaCie Rugged Safe. If you detect a
problem, see the Troubleshooting
sectioninthismanual.
CAUTION:
A shielded-type power cord
isrequiredinordertomeetFCCemission
limitsandalsotopreventinterferencetothe
nearbyradioandtelevisionreception.Itis
essentialthatonlythesuppliedpowercord
beused.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Anyloss,corruption
ordestructionofdatawhileusingaLaCie
drive is the sole responsibility of the user,
andundernocircumstanceswillLaCiebe
heldliablefortherecoveryorrestorationof
thisdata.Tohelppreventthelossofyour
data, LaCie highly recommends that you
keepTWOcopiesofyourdata;onecopy
on your external hard disk, for instance,
and a second copy either on your inter-
nal hard disk, another external hard disk
orsomeotherformofremovablestorage
media.LaCieoffersacompletelineofCD
andDVDdrives.Ifyouwouldlikemorein-
formation on backup, please refer to our
website.
IMPORTANT
INFO:
1GB
=
1,000,000,000
bytes.
1TB
=
1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once format-
ted, the actual available storage capacity
varies depending on operating environ-
ment(typically5-10%less).