LaCie Hard Disk Design By Neil Poulton Health & Safety Requirements, General use Precautions

This symbol on the product

or on its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste. Instead, it

is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designed collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment at the time of disposal will help to conserve natural resources and en- sure that it is recycled in a manner that pro- tects human health and the environment. For more information about where you can drop off your waste equipment for recycling, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service, or the shop where you purchased the product.

Health & Safety

Requirements

✦✦ Only qualified persons are autho- rized 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 your LaCie hard disk or attempt to disassemble or modify it. Never insert any metallic object into the drive to avoid any risk of electrical shock, fire, short-circuit- ing or dangerous emissions. Your LaCie hard disk contains no user- serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Sup- port 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 hard disk, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuit- ing, fire or personal injury.

General use

Precautions

✦✦ Do not expose the LaCie hard disk to temperatures outside the range of 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° 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 hard disk or dis- figure its casing. Avoid placing your LaCie hard disk near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Inversely, plac- ing your LaCie hard disk in an en- vironment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit. Because of heat issues, LaCie recommends that users do not stack drives.

✦✦ Always unplug the LaCie hard disk 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 in- creased risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting or fire.

✦✦ Use only the power supply shipped with the device.

✦✦ Do not use the LaCie hard disk near other electrical appliances such as televisions or radios. Doing so may cause interference which will ad- versely affect the operation of the other products.

✦✦ Do not place the LaCie hard disk near sources of magnetic interfer- ence, such as computer displays, televisions or speakers. Magnetic interference can affect the opera- tion and stability of your LaCie hard disk.

✦✦ Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie hard disk or use exces- sive force on it.

✦✦ Never use excessive force on your LaCie hard disk. 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.