LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt User Manual - Cables and Connectors

Rugged Thunderbolt™ | USB 3.0 User Manual

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CABLES AND CONNECTORS

THUNDERBOLT

Your LaCie product features Thunderbolt technology, the most flexible interface ever created. This exciting new

high-speed cable technology connects your computers and electronic devices together like never before.

Thunderbolt technology supports two 10Gb/s bi-directional channels from a single port, the fastest data

connection available on a personal computer. At 10Gb/s, a full-length HD movie can be transferred in less than

30 seconds.

Thanks to support for both data streams and mini DisplayPort video, you can connect either a storage peripheral

or a display to a Thunderbolt port. However, it's not possible to use a mini DisplayPort cable to connect a

storage peripheral to a Thunderbolt port. You must use a Thunderbolt cable.

For more information, see 

www.lacie.com

Connector Face

(to computer)

Cable End

(to computer)

Integrated cable

For ease of access, the Thunderbolt cable is integrated on your LaCie Rugged. Remove the interface cover and

gently unwind the Thunderolt cable before attaching it to your PC or Mac.

Holding, dangling, or transporting the Rugged Thunderbolt by its integrated cable is strongly discouraged. Doing

so can invalidate the product warranty.

Thunderbolt technology and Windows

Windows users must connect the product via USB and install drivers before using the Thunderbolt cable. See

Getting Connected

 for details.