Installation Hardware, Firewire | MicroNet Technology MNFWUSB71702

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INSTALLATION - Hardware

Firewire

Note for OS8-9 users: Please install Hard Disk

Speedtools prior to connecting your MicroNet
Disk Drive.
• Plug the included power cable into the power	FireWire™ Ports	Power Switch
connector on your drive and plug the other	Power Connector
connector on your drive and plug the other
end into a grounded electrical outlet.

•Press the power switch on the drive to turn on your MicroNet storage device, then power-on your computer.

•Connect one end of the included 6-pin IEEE-1394 peripheral cable to one of the FireWire ports on the rear of your drive.

•Connect the other end to one of your computer’s FireWire ports, or to the FireWire port on a device already connected to your computer.

IMPORTANT: Be sure to turn ON your FireWire drive BEFORE

connecting it to your computer.

About FireWire (IEEE-1394)

FireWire was invented by Apple Computer in the early 1990s and was adopted by the IEEE as a standard (IEEE 1394) in 1995 as a cross-platform high-speed serial technology that can move large amounts of data between computers and peripheral devices. It fea- tures simplified cabling, hot swapping, and transfer speeds of up to 400 megabits per second. FireWire is one of the fastest peripheral standards ever developed, which makes it great for use with multimedia peripherals such as video cam- corders and other high-speed devices like the latest hard disk drives, cd- recorders, scanners, and printers.

More information, along with the latest MacOS drivers for FireWire can always be found at:

http://www.apple.com/firewire/

USB

•Connect the square end of the included peripheral cable to the USB port on the rear of your MicroNet USB Storage Device.

•Connect the rectangular end of the cable to a free USB

port on your computer or USB hub.

• Connect the power cable to your USB Hard Disk Drive and plug it into a grounded outlet.

• Press the power switch on the front of the drive to turn on your MicroNet USB Storage Device.

Note: in order to reach USB 2.0 speeds, you must have a computer or host adapter that has USB 2.0 support. Your MicroNet storage device will autosense the highest available connection speed.

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION- USB

MacOS Systems

Installation on a MacOS system requires MacOS 8.6 or greater. The USB drivers for your product do not support operating systems earlier than MacOS 8.6. No Additional software is necessary for installation under OS-X.

Please note that MicroNet Hard Disks are preformatted as Microsoft FAT volumes from the factory in order to provide Mac and PC compatibility.

OS8.6-9.x

1.Insert the included Hard Disk Speedtools Installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM drive.

2.Double click the Hard Disk Speedtools installer Icon.

3.Check the Hard Disk Speedtools and the HDST USB sup-

port extensions in the installer as illustrated, and press the install button.

4.Follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the installa- tion. Please make sure that you have

no other Firewire disk extensions enabled besides Apple’s Firewire

Enabler and Firewire Support.

5.If you intend to use your Disk Drive under MacOS exclusively, run Hard

Disk Speedtools, select your drive and press the “setup” button.

6.Your MicroNet Firewire storage device is ready to use!

OS-X 10.1 and Jaguar

If you intend to use your Disk Drive under MacOS exclusive- ly, please launch the “Disk Utility” application located under Applications/Utilities folder. highlight your new drive and select the “Erase” tab. Select the desired filesystem format and click the “Erase” button. Your MicroNet FireWire Disk Drive is ready to use!

Should you experience any trouble installing your drive, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our support staff is always ready to assist you!

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