LaCie FireWire 800 user manual Health and Safety Precautions, General Use Precautions

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Health and Safety Precautions

✦Only qualified persons are authorized to carry out maintenance on this device.

✦Read this User Manual carefully and fol- low the correct procedure when setting up the device.

✦Do not open your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard 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 dangerous emissions. Your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive contains no user-

serviceable parts. If it appears to be malfunctioning, have it inspected by a qualified LaCie Technical Support rep- resentative.

✦Never expose your device to rain, or use it near water, or in damp or wet con- ditions. Never place objects containing liquids on the LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive, as they may spill into its openings. Doing so increases the risk of electrical shock, short-circuiting, fire or personal injury.

✦Power requirements 100-240 V~, 1.5 A, 60-50 Hz, (Supply voltage fluctua- tions not exceeding ± 10% of the nomi- nal, transient over-voltages according to over-voltage category II).

General Use Precautions

✦Do not expose the LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive 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-oper- ating humidity beyond 10-90%, non- condensing. Doing so may damage the LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive or disfig- ure its casing. Avoid placing your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive near a source of heat or exposing it to sunlight (even through a window). Inversely, placing your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive in an environment that is too cold or humid may damage the unit.

✦Always unplug the LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive 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 d2 Quadra Hard Drive 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 d2 Quadra Hard Drive near sources of magnetic interfer- ence, such as computer displays, televi- sions or speakers. Magnetic interference can affect the operation and stability of your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive.

Do not place heavy objects on top of the LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive or use excessive force on it.

✦Never use excessive force on your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive. If you detect a problem, see the Troubleshooting sec- tion in this manual.

CAUTION: This LaCie Hard Disk's war- ranty may be void as a result of the failure to respect the precautions listed above.

Important Info: Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie drive is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data. To help prevent the loss of your data, LaCie highly recommends that you keep TWO copies of your data; one copy on your external hard disk, for instance, and a second copy either on your internal hard disk, another external hard disk or some other form of removable storage media. LaCie offers a complete line of CD and DVD drives. If you would like more information on backup, please refer to our website.

Important Info: 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. 1TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Once formatted, the actual available storage capacity varies depending on operating environment (typically 5-10% less).