LaCie 2big triple manual Health and Safety Precautions, General Use Precautions

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This symbol on the prod- uct or on its packaging indicates that this prod- uct 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 collec-

tion 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 ensure that it is recy- cled in a manner that protects 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 and Safety Precautions

❖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 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 dan- gerous emissions. The disk drives

shipped with your LaCie 2big contain no user-serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunction- ing, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support represen- tative.

❖Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet conditions. Never place objects con- taining liquids on the LaCie 2big, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of elec-

trical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury.

❖Make sure that the computer and LaCie 2big are electrically ground- ed. If the devices are not grounded, there is an increased risk of electri- cal shock. Power requirements 100- 240 V~, 1.5 A, 60-50 Hz, (Supply voltage fluctuations not exceeding ± 10% of the nominal, transient over- voltages according to over-voltage category II).

General Use Precautions

❖Power requirements 100-240 V~, 1.5 A, 50-60 Hz, (supply voltage fluc- tuations not exceeding ± 10% of the nominal and transient over-voltages according to over-voltage category II).

❖Do not expose the LaCie 2big to tem- peratures outside the range of 5° C to 35° C (41° F to 95° F); or to operation- al humidity beyond 5-80%, non-con- densing, or non-operating humidity beyond 10-90%, non-condensing. Do- ing so may damage the LaCie 2big or

disfigure its casing. Avoid placing your LaCie 2big near a source of heat or exposing itto sunlight (even through a window). Inversely, placing your LaCie 2big in an environment that is too cold may damage the unit.

❖Rated cooling for altitudes up to 2000 meters.

❖Always unplug the LaCie 2big 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 use the LaCie 2big near other electrical appliances such as televisions, radios or speakers. Doing so may cause interference which will adversely affect the operation of the other products.

❖Do not place the LaCie 2big near sources of magnetic interference, such