Understanding
What’saUSBport?
TheUniversalSerialBus(USB)portisaneasywaytoconnectanewdevicelikethe
TargusUSB2.0Reader/Writertoyourcomputer.ConnectingadevicetotheUSBport
doesn’trequirethatyouopenyourcomputertoinstallanadd‐incardorset
complicated
switches.Youjustplugitinandgetstarted.
HowdoIfindtheUSBport?
TheUSBportsareoftenlocatedonthefrontorbackofyourPC,oronaUSBhub.Ona
laptopcomputeroraMacintosh,theUSBportmaybelocatedonthe
side.
What’sthedifferencebetweenHi‐SpeedUSB2.0andfullspeedUSB1.1?
Hi‐SpeedUSB2.0supportsthetransferofdataupto480megabitspersecond(Mbps),
andFull‐SpeedUSB1.1supportsdatatransferupto12Mbps.USB2.0isbackward
compatiblewithUSB1.1ports.
TheTargusUSB2.0Reader/WritersupportsbothUSB
2.0andUSB1.1.
Installing
BeforeconnectingtheTargusUSB2.0Reader/Writertoyourcomputer,youmayneed
toinstalladevicedriver.
YoucanskipthisstepifyouroperatingsystemisWindowsVista,XP,ME,2000,7,or
Macintosh.
InstalltheWindows98SEDriver
1. Gotowww.targusdigital.com.
2. Clickon“SupportandDownloads”atthetopofthepage.
3. Ontheleftsideofthepageclickon“DriverDownloads”
4. Selectyourmodelcardreader,andbegindownloadingthenecessarydriver.
Pleasenote:DriverisonlyrequiredforWindows98.