Verbatim External Hard Drive User manual

External Hard Drive

FireWire & USB 2.0 Combo

User Guide

English

Guide de i’utilisateur

Franais

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Deutsch

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Italia

Manuel del usuario

Español

Handleiding

Dutch

Introductio

n

3

C

ontro

l

s, Connectors an

d

In

d

icators

3

Fr

o

nt P

a

n

e

l Ar

ea

3

Rear Panel Area

4

A

b

out t

h

e Har

d

Dis

k

4

Locatin

g

the Combo Hard Disk Drive on

y

our desk 5

Connectin

g

Com

b

o Har

d

Dis

k

5

Storing and Trans

f

erring Data 7

Disconnecting Com

b

o Har

d

Dis

k

7

Tec

h

nica

l

Su

pp

ort 8

Limited Warranty Terms

9

Ri

gh

ts

9

FCC Compliance 1

0

WEEE Notice 1

0

C

E Declaration 11

ROHS Compliance 11

C

ontents

3

I

ntro

d

uctio

n

Y

our Verbatim

C

ombo Hard Disk drive is a versatile external hard drive

featurin

g

hi

g

h-

p

erformance stora

g

e and a choice of either hi

g

h-s

p

eed USB

2

.0 or FireWire interface. Once

y

our drive is connected

p

ro

p

erl

y

to

y

our

computer, you will be able to use it as you would any hard drive

f

or storing

y

our data and for

p

erformin

g

data back-u

p

functions

.

Before

y

ou be

g

in to use the drive there are a few im

p

ortant thin

g

s to learn

about your new product.

Contro

l

s, Conne

c

tors an

d

I

n

d

icator

s

First

f

amiliarize yoursel

f

with the

f

eatures o

f

the unit

.

F

ront Pane

l

Area

The

f

ront panel contains only the ON/OFF button, as illustrated below

.

1

ON/OFF Button. Once t

h

e AC A

d

a

p

ter

h

as

b

een

p

ro

p

er

ly

connecte

d

to

the drive and an AC outlet, you can press the ON/OFF button to power

on the drive. The button’s

g

reen LED will come on to indicate the

p

ower

-

on state. The LED will ﬂ ash durin

g

data access. To turn off the drive,

p

ress

the ON/OFF button again

.

1

4

R

ear Pane

l

Area

Along the rear panel you will

ﬁ

nd the inter

f

ace connectors. Re

f

er to the

ﬁ

gure below

.

1

DC Input Connector. Connect the DC cable o

f

your included AC Adapter

to t

h

e DC In

p

ut Connector.

2

USB Connector. Use t

h

is connector to attac

h

t

h

e

d

rive to your computer

v

ia

US

B.

3

FireWire Connectors. Use either of these two connectors to attach the

drive to your computer via FireWire. One o

f

the two connectors may be

u

sed to dais

y

-chain to another FireWire device.

Abou

t th

e

Har

d

Di

sk

The Combo Hard Disk hard disk comes

p

re-formatted in FAT32 format. This

f

ormat allows

f

or operation with either Windows or Mac OS

.

Y

our product’s hard drive is a complex electronic storage system and

s

h

ou

ld

b

e

h

an

dl

e

d

wit

h

care, as

y

ou mi

gh

t treat a sensitive

p

orta

bl

e

computer or other state-of-the-art consumer electronics product. Do not

subject it to shock, high temperatures, or strong magnetic

ﬁ

elds.

www.verbatim-europe.com

No

t

e:

Ca

p

acit

y

de

p

endent on model. Your o

p

eratin

g

s

y

stem ma

y

re

p

ort ca

p

acit

y

as fewer

g

i

g

ab

y

tes. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 b

y

tes.

1 2 3

5

L

ocatin

g

the Combo Hard Disk Drive

on Your Desk

Place the Combo Hard Disk drive on a sturd

y

desk or table that is free from

clutter that could block airﬂ ow around the unit. The drive is desi

g

ned to

lie

ﬂ

at on its rubber

f

eet, or may stand upright using the included stand. In

either orientation take care not to block an

y

air vents. If usin

g

the u

p

ri

g

ht

orientation, insta

ll

so t

h

at t

h

e ON/OFF

b

utton is at t

h

e top

.

C

onnectin

g

Combo Hard Dis

k

Com

b

o Har

d

Dis

k

p

rovi

d

es

b

ot

h

FireWire an

d

USB 2.0 connections. You can

connect your Combo Hard Disk to a computer with either FireWire or USB,

but not both at the same time

.

Connecting your Com

b

o Har

d

Dis

k

d

rive to a computer is extreme

l

y simp

l

e.

Follow the steps below

.

1

Connect the included AC Adapter to the Combo Hard Disk drive, and

t

h

en to a wa

ll

out

l

et usin

g

t

h

e inc

l

u

d

e

d

p

ower cor

d

.

2

ress the ON/OFF button on the front of the Combo Hard Disk drive.

3

Fina

lly

, connect t

h

e

d

ata ca

bl

e. For USB, connect t

h

e inc

l

u

d

e

d

USB ca

bl

e

f

rom the USB port on the Combo Hard Disk drive to an available USB

port on your computer. For FireWire, connect the included FireWire

cable

f

rom one o

f

the FireWire ports on the Combo Hard Disk drive to

an avai

l

a

bl

e FireWire

p

ort on

y

our com

p

uter

.

4

The Combo Hard Disk drive will mount automatically, and a new icon

w

ill a

pp

ear in

My

C

om

p

ute

r

(Windows) or a new icon will a

pp

ear on the

d

es

k

to

p

(Mac)

.

6

De

p

endin

g

on

y

our com

p

uter’s o

p

eratin

g

s

y

stem and the interface t

yp

e

y

ou

are usin

g

, the followin

g

s

p

ecial notes ma

y

a

pp

l

y

:

N

ote 1: USB un

d

er Win

d

ows 98 SE

.

I

f

you are using Windows 98

SE and

y

ou are connectin

g

via USB,

y

ou will need some additional

software that

y

ou can download from the Verbatim web site. Refer to

t

he Getting Hel

p

sect

i

on

.

N

ote 3: USB un

d

er Win

d

ows. I

f

you are using a USB 1.1 port on your

Windows computer, the

f

ollowing cautionary note may appear on your

d

is

pl

a

y

: Hi-S

p

ee

d

USB Device

pl

u

gg

e

d

into non-Hi-S

p

ee

d

USB

h

u

b

.

T

his does not indicate a problem because the Combo Hard Disk drive

i

s com

p

ati

bl

e wit

h

b

ot

h

USB 1.1 an

d

USB 2.0

p

orts. Sim

ply

c

l

ose t

h

e

message and proceed. However, in this case the Combo Hard Disk

d

rive wi

ll

o

p

erate on

ly

at USB 1.1 s

p

ee

d

s.

N

ote 2: FireWire under Windows 9

8

SE. I

f

you are using Windows

9

8 SE an

d

y

our com

p

uter

p

rom

p

ts

y

ou to insert t

h

e Win

d

ows 98 SE

Installation CD a

f

ter connecting your hard drive, this means you need to

i

nstall additional FireWire (1394) su

pp

ort software from Microsoft. You

should disconnect your hard drive, then locate, download, and install

t

he latest FireWire (1394) drivers for Windows 98 SE from the Microsoft

w

e

b

site

h

ttp://windowsupdate.microso

f

t.co

m

.

N

ote 4:

U

SB under Mac

O

S 9.2.x. Mac OS versions 9.2.x do not support

USB 2.0 Hi-S

p

eed mode. For these Mac OS versions the Combo Hard

Dis

k

d

rive wi

ll

operate on

l

y at USB 1.1 spee

d

s.

N

ote

5

:

U

SB or FireWire under Mac

O

S X 1

0

.2. Mac

OS

X version 1

0

.

2

w

ill not mount any single FAT32-formatted (MS-DOS) partition greater

t

han 128GB. To work around this OS limitation, you may partition the

drive into smaller FAT32

p

artitions, or

y

ou ma

y

reformat the drive to

HF

S

+

f

ormat

.

7

D

isconnecting Com

b

o

H

ar

d

Dis

k

Y

our Combo Hard Disk drive is hot-swappable. It can be connected and

d

isconnecte

d

wit

h

out restartin

g

y

our com

p

uter. To

d

isconnect

y

our

d

rive

at any time, per

f

orm the

f

ollowing steps. You can also disconnect your hard

drive at any time while your computer is powered o

ff.

F

or Windows

U

sers

:

1

I

f

you have

ﬁ

les located on your drive open in any applications, close them

.

2

Cl

ic

k

t

h

e

U

np

l

u

g

or

Eject Har

d

ware

b

utton in t

h

e System Tray.

No

t

e

: Please be care

f

ul to

f

ollow the correct procedure when

disconnectin

g

y

our unit. Sim

p

l

y

un

p

lu

gg

in

g

the unit without ﬁ rst

f

ollowing the instructions below may result in damage to your unit

a

nd/or loss of data.

S

toring and Trans

f

erring Dat

a

Once your drive is connected to a computer, it can be accessed and used

like an

y

other removable disk. You can dra

g

ﬁ les to

y

our unit’s icon to co

py

t

h

em, navi

g

ate to

y

our unit in O

p

en

o

r

S

ave

d

ialo

g

boxes, or delete ﬁ les

stored on your unit. For in

f

ormation on copying, opening, or deleting

ﬁ

les,

consult

y

our com

p

uter’s documentation

.

8

T

echnical Su

pp

or

t

I

f

you are experiencing di

fﬁ

culty installing or using your Verbatim product,

p

lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Support website at

w

ww.verbatim

.

com

or

w

ww.ver

b

atim-euro

p

e.com. From t

h

is

p

a

g

e

y

ou can access our

library o

f

user documentation, read answers to

f

requently asked questions,

and download available so

f

tware updates. Although most o

f

our customers

ﬁ nd this content sufﬁ cient to

p

ut them back on the ri

g

ht track, this

p

a

g

e also

l

ists ways in w

h

ic

h

you can contact t

h

e Ver

b

atim Tec

h

nica

l

Support Team

directly.

U

S/Cana

d

a 800-538-8589

Mexico (55)55284642

Ar

g

entina

(

54-11

)

4943-333

6

Europe: For tec

h

nica

l

support in Europe e-mai

l

d

rivesupport@ver

b

atim-

europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the

f

ollowing countries: Austria,

Be

lg

ium, Denmar

k

, Fin

l

an

d

, France, German

y

, Hun

g

ar

y

, Ita

ly

, Luxem

b

ur

g

,

Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o

f

Ireland, Spain,

S

weden and

S

witzerland. All other countries call +

353

6

1 22

6586.

3

Select

y

our drive from the menu that a

pp

ears.

4 A

f

ter a moment, Windows will display a message that your hardware can

be sa

f

ely removed

.

F

or Mac OS Users

:

1

If

y

ou have ﬁ les located on

y

our drive o

p

en in an

y

a

pp

lications, close them

.

2

Locate the icon for

y

our drive on the deskto

p

, and dra

g

it to the trash

.

9

N

O

TE

:

Verbatim Corporation may at any time revise the content o

f

this

u

ser

g

uide without further notice

.

R

ig

h

ts

f

this document may be

re

p

roduced in an

y

form or b

y

an

y

means, for an

y

p

ur

p

ose, without the ex

p

ress

w

ritten

p

ermission of Verbatim Cor

p

oration. All ri

g

hts reserved. All other brands

and product names re

f

erenced herein are property o

f

their respective owners.

L

imited Warrant

y

Term

s

Verbatim Corporation warrants this product to be

f

ree

f

rom de

f

ects in material

and workmanshi

p

for a

p

eriod of 1

y

ear from date of

p

urchase (a

p

eriod o

f

2

y

ears a

pp

lies in countries of the Euro

p

ean Union). This warrant

y

excludes

batteries. I

f

this product is

f

ound to be de

f

ective within the warranty period, it will

be re

p

laced at no cost to

y

ou. You ma

y

return it with

y

our ori

g

inal cash re

g

ister

recei

p

t to the

p

lace of

p

urchase or contact Verbatim.

In the U.S. and Canada, call 800-538-8589 or email techsupport@verbatim.com.

In the followin

g

Euro

p

ean countries, Austria, Bel

g

ium, Denmark, Finland, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ita

l

y, Luxem

b

ourg, Monaco, Net

h

er

l

an

d

s, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Republic o

f

Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, call 00 800

3883 2222. All other Euro

p

ean countries call +353 61 226586. You can email

d

rivesupport@ver

b

atim-europe.com.

Product replacement is your sole remedy under this warranty, and this warranty

does not a

pp

l

y

to normal wear or to dama

g

e resultin

g

from abnormal

use, misuse, a

b

use, neg

l

ect or acci

d

ent, or to any incompati

b

i

l

ity or poor

p

er

f

ormance due to the speci

ﬁ

c computer so

f

tware or hardware used.

V

ERBATIM WILL N

O

T BE LIABLE F

O

R DATA L

OSS

O

R ANY IN

C

IDENTAL,

C

ONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, FOR

B

REA

C

H

O

F WARRANTIE

S

O

R

O

THERWI

S

E

.

T

his warranty gives you speci

ﬁ

c

le

g

al ri

g

hts and

y

ou ma

y

also have other ri

g

hts which var

y

from state to state or

country to country

.

10

W

EEE N

o

ti

ce

T

h

e Directive on Waste E

l

ectrica

l

an

d

E

l

ectronic E

q

ui

p

ment (WEEE), w

h

ic

h

entered into

f

orce as European law on 13th February 2003, resulted in a major

change in the treatment o

f

electrical equipment at end-o

f

-li

f

e

.

The WEEE lo

g

o (shown at the left) on the

p

roduct or on

i

ts

b

ox in

d

icates t

h

at t

h

is pro

d

uct must not

b

e

d

ispose

d

o

f

or dum

p

ed with

y

our other household waste. For more

i

nformation about electronic and electrical waste e

q

ui

p

ment

d

isposa

l

, recovery, an

d

co

ll

ection points, p

l

ease contact your

local munici

p

al household waste dis

p

osal service or sho

p

from where

y

ou

p

urchased the e

q

ui

p

ment.

F

CC Complianc

e

This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to comply with the limits

f

or a Class

B di

g

ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi

g

ned

to

p

rovide reasonable

p

rotection a

g

ainst harmful interference in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requency

ener

gy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,

ma

y

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece

p

tion,

w

hich can be determined b

y

turnin

g

the e

q

ui

p

ment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the inter

f

erence by one or more o

f

the

f

ollowing

measures:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

wh

i

ch

t

he

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for hel

p.

11

C

E Declaratio

n

EC Declaration o

f

Con

f

ormity

It is hereb

y

declared that this

p

roduct com

p

lied with the essential

p

rotection

requirements of Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its amendments on the

approximation o

f

the laws o

f

the Member States relating to electromagnetic

com

p

atibilit

y.

This declaration applies to all specimens manu

f

actured identical to the model

submitted

f

or testing/evaluation

.

EN 55

022

: 1

998

+ A1:

2000

+A

2

:

2003

EN

6

1

000

-

3

-

3

:199

5

+ A1: 2

00

1

EN

5502

4: 1

998

+ A1:

200

1 + A

2

:

2003

IEC 61000-4-2: 1995 + A1: 1998 + A2: 2000

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

3

:

2002

+ A1:

2002

IEC 61000-4-4: 1995 + A1: 2000 + A2: 200

1

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

5

: 199

5

+ A1: 2

000

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

6

: 1

996

+ A1:

2000

IEC 61000-4-8: 1993 + A1: 200

0

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-11: 1

99

4 + A1:

2000

R

oHS Com

p

lianc

e

This product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European

Parliament and o

f

the Council o

f

27 January 2003, on the restriction o

f

the use o

f

certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e

q

ui

p

ment (RoHS) and

it

s

a

m

e

n

d

m

e

nt

s

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F

CC Comp

l

ianc

e

This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to comply with the limits

f

or a Class

B di

g

ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi

g

ned

to provide reasonable protection against harm

f

ul inter

f

erence in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requency

ener

gy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,

may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece

p

tion,

w

hich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the inter

f

erence by one or more o

f

the

f

ollowing

measures:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase the se

p

aration between the e

q

ui

p

ment and receiver.

• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

w

hi

c

h th

e

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for hel

p.

W

EEE-Ri

ch

t

l

ini

e

Die Richtlinie für Elektro- und Elektronikalt-/schrott

g

eräte (WEEE=Waste

Electrical and Electronic Equipment ), die am 13. Februar 2003 in Kra

f

t getreten

ist, hatte eine gro

ß

e Veränderung im Umgang mit nicht mehr benutzten

e

l

e

k

trisc

h

en un

d

e

l

e

k

tronisc

h

en Geräten zur Fo

lg

e.

Das WEEE-Logo (siehe linke Seite), das entweder au

f

dem Produkt selbst oder

a

u

f

seiner Verpackung abgebildet ist, weist darau

f

hin, dass

d

ieses Pro

d

u

k

t nic

h

t mit

d

em norma

l

en Haus

h

a

l

tsmü

ll

entsorgt werden dar

f

.

Für weitere Informationen bezü

g

lich der Entsor

g

un

g

v

on e

l

e

k

trisc

h

en un

d

e

l

e

k

tronisc

h

en A

l

t

g

eräten,

W

iederverwertung und Sammelpunkte wenden Sie sich

bitte an Ihre zuständi

g

e, kommunale Behörde oder an das

Geschäft

,

in welchem Sie das Gerät erworben haben

.

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Di

r

i

tt

i

formato o con

q

ualsiasi metodo e

p

er

q

ualsiasi sco

p

o

q

ualun

q

ue

p

arte del

p

resente

d

ocumento senza

l

’esp

l

icito consenso scritto

d

i Ver

b

atim Corporation.

documento sono di

p

ro

p

rietà dei ris

p

ettivi titolari

.

F

CC Comp

l

ianc

e

This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to comply with the limits

f

or a Class

B di

g

ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi

g

ned

to provide reasonable protection against harm

f

ul inter

f

erence in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requency

ener

gy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,

may cause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece

p

tion,

w

hich can be determined by turning the equipment o

ff

and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the inter

f

erence by one or more o

f

the

f

ollowing

measures:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

w

hi

c

h th

e

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for hel

p.

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va WEEE

La Directiva sobre Residuos Electrónicos y Equipos Electrónicos (WEEE) que

entró en vi

g

or como le

y

Euro

p

ea el 13 de febrero de 2003, su

p

uso un

g

ran

cambio en el tratamiento de los equipos electrónicos al ﬁ nal de su vida

.

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l logo WEEE (mostrado a la izquierda de este texto)

en e

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ica

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ro

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o pue

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e ser

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eposita

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o o verti

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o junto con sus otros

desechos domésticos. Para más in

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ormación sobre residuos

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q

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p

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ectrónicos, reco

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This equipment has been tested and

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ound to comply with the limits

f

or a Class

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ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi

g

ned

to provide reasonable protection against harm

f

ul inter

f

erence in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requency

ener

gy

and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,

may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harmful interference to radio or television rece

p

tion,

w

hich can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the inter

f

erence by one or more o

f

the

f

ollowing

measures:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase the se

p

aration between the e

q

ui

p

ment and receiver.

• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

w

hi

c

h th

e

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

t

ed

.

• Consult the dealer or an ex

p

erienced radio/TV technician for hel

p.

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2

F

CC Com

p

lianc

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This equipment has been tested and

f

ound to comply with the limits

f

or a Class

B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 o

f

the FCC Rules. These limits are designed

to

p

rovide reasonable

p

rotection a

g

ainst harmful interference in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

f

requency

energy and, i

f

not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,

ma

y

cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is

no guarantee that inter

f

erence will not occur in a particular installation. I

f

this

equipment does cause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence to radio or television reception,

w

hich can be determined b

y

turnin

g

the e

q

ui

p

ment off and on, the user is

encouraged to try to correct the inter

f

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f

the

f

ollowing

meas

u

res

:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receivin

g

antenna

.

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• Connect the e

q

ui

p

ment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

wh

i

ch

t

he

r

ece

iv

e

r i

s

co

nn

ec

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ed

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f

or help

.

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w

orden verveelvoudigd zonder de uitdrukkelijke schri

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roductnamen zi

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rijven

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