Verbatim GT User manual

Store ‘n’ Go

Portable Hard Drive

eSATA/USB2.0 Combo

User Guide

English

2

Intr

o

du

c

ti

on

Thank

y

ou

f

or

p

urchasin

g

this Verbatim

p

ortable hard drive,

f

eaturin

g

the

f

ast and convenient Powered eSATA inter

f

ace. Be

f

ore

y

ou be

g

in to use the

drive there are a

f

ew important things to learn about your new product.

Connectors and Indicators

First familiarize yourself with the physical features of the unit

.

1. Auxiliar

y

Power DC In

p

ut. I

f

the USB

p

ort on

y

our com

p

uter does not

supply su

fﬁ

cient power to spin up the hard drive using the USB cable

alone, then you may optionally apply additional power

f

rom a second

USB port o

f

your computer. In this case connect the supplied Auxiliary

DC Power Ca

bl

e

b

etween t

h

e computer’s secon

d

USB port an

d

t

h

is

Auxiliary Power DC Input jack. Furthermore, i

f

your computer’s eSATA

port is a standard (non-powered) eSATA inter

f

ace, then you must

a

l

so use t

h

e Auxi

l

iary Power DC Power Ca

bl

e in conjunction wit

h

t

h

e

Powere

d

eSATA ca

bl

e in or

d

er to operate t

h

e

d

rive over eSATA.

2. USB Connector. Use this connector to attach the drive to your computer

via U

S

B.

3

. Powered e

S

ATA

C

onnector.

U

se this connector to attach the drive to

y

our com

p

uter via eSATA. If

y

our com

p

uter’s eSATA

p

ort is Powered

e

SATA (read further below),

y

ou will onl

y

need a sin

g

le cable

c

onnection. If

y

our com

p

uter’s eSATA

p

ort is a standard non-

p

owered

e

SATA

p

ort, then

y

ou will need to connect both the eSATA cable and

the Auxiliar

y

DC Power Cable

.

3

A

bo

ut t

he

Har

d

Driv

e

The hard drive comes

p

re-

f

ormatted in FAT32

f

ormat. This

f

ormat allows

f

or

o

p

eration wit

h

eit

h

er Win

d

ows or Mac OS

.

N

ote: Capacity

d

epen

d

ent on mo

d

e

l

. 1 MB = 1,000,000

b

ytes / 1 GB = 1,000,000,000

bytes / 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used for pre-loaded software,

f

ormatting and other functions, and thus is not available for data storage. As a result,

and due to differing calculation methods, your operating systems may report as

f

ewer me

g

ab

y

tes/

g

i

g

ab

y

tes/ terab

y

tes

.

About Powered eSATA

External SATA (or “eSATA”) ports can trans

f

er data at very high data rates (up

to 3.0 GB/s). However, the original eSATA speci

ﬁ

cation does not provide a

power connection t

h

roug

h

t

h

e stan

d

ar

d

eSATA connector. T

h

is is inconvenient

f

or portable external hard drive applications, because it means use o

f

the

porta

bl

e

d

rive requires

b

ot

h

a

d

ata ca

bl

e an

d

a separate power ca

bl

e or AC

p

ower a

d

a

p

ter to

p

ower t

h

e

d

rive

.

Recentl

y

man

y

la

p

to

p

manu

f

acturers have included a combination USB

/

eSATA connector t

h

at can

b

e use

d

in con

j

unction wit

h

a s

p

ecia

l

Powere

d

eSATA Cable to

p

rovide a sin

g

le-cable solution

f

or

p

ortable Powered eSAT

A

hard drives, such as

y

our new Verbatim drive. The combination USB/eSAT

A

connector looks like the

p

icture below, and mi

g

ht be labeled on

y

our la

p

to

p

as “

US

B

/

e

S

ATA” or as

“

e

S

ATA “.

I

f

your laptop computer provides such a combination connector, you can

take advantage of the single-cable Powered eSATA interface by using the

supp

l

ie

d

Powere

d

eSATA Ca

bl

e to connect your Ver

b

atim porta

bl

e

d

rive to

your

l

aptop

.

Nero BackItU

p

& Burn

Essentials

S

o

f

twar

e

Nero BackItUp & Burn Essentials software is included on the hard drive.

Double click the Nero folder on the drive and then double click the setupx

ﬁ le to start installation. The Nero installation window will appear. Follow up

the set up wizard to install the software. Note: nero BackItUp software is

only compatible with Windows XP / Vista, and Windows 7.

Connect

i

n

g

To Your Com

p

ute

r

This Verbatim external hard drive provides both USB 2.0 and eSAT

A

c

onnections. You can connect your drive to a computer with either USB

o

r eSATA, but not both at the same time. The cables you will need

f

or your

d

esired connection type and the steps to connect are summarized below.

Connection T

ype

C

able

USB

US

B-

A

USB

*

Some com

p

uters

ma

y

re

q

uire auxiliar

y

p

ower cable

.

U

SB-

A

++ +

U

SB-

A

P

owered eSATA USB / eSATA

eSAT

A

(non-powered

)

eSATA

+

US

B-

A

1. Connect the s

p

eci

ﬁ

ed cables

f

or the desired inter

f

ace t

yp

e:

USB

: Connect the included USB cable from the USB

p

ort on the drive to

a

n avai

l

a

bl

e USB

p

ort on

y

our com

p

uter.

Powered e

S

ATA:

C

onnect the included Powered e

S

ATA

C

able

f

rom the

eSATA

p

ort on the drive to an available Powered eSATA

p

ort on

y

our

computer. Your computer’s port mig

h

t

b

e mig

h

t

b

e

l

a

b

e

l

e

d

as “USB

/

eSATA” or as

“

eSATA “.

S

tan

d

ar

d

eSATA (non-powere

d

)

:

First connect t

h

e inc

l

u

d

e

d

Auxi

l

iary

DC Power Cable from an available USB port on your computer to the

Auxiliary Power DC Input jack on the drive. Then connect the included

Powered eSATA Cable

f

rom the eSATA port on the drive to an available

e

S

ATA port on your computer

.

2. T

h

e

h

ar

d

rive wi

ll

mount automatica

ll

y an

d

a new icon wi

ll

appear

in M

y

Com

p

uter (Win

d

ows) or a new icon wi

ll

a

pp

ear on t

h

e

d

es

k

to

p

(

Mac

).

Depending on your computer’s operating system and the inter

f

ace type you

are using, the

f

ollowing special notes may apply

:

N

ote 1: USB under Windows. If

y

ou are usin

g

a USB 1.1

p

ort on

y

our Windows

com

p

uter, the followin

g

cautionar

y

note ma

y

a

pp

ear on

y

our dis

p

la

y

: Hi-S

p

eed

USB Device

p

lu

gg

ed into non-Hi-S

p

eed USB hub. This does not indicate a

p

roblem

b

ecause the drive is com

p

atible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0

p

orts. Sim

p

l

y

close

th

e messa

g

e an

d

p

rocee

d

. However, in t

h

is case t

h

e

d

rive wi

ll

o

p

erate on

ly

at USB

1.1 s

p

ee

d

s

.

N

ote 2:

US

B or e

S

ATA un

d

er Mac

OS

X 1

0

.2. Mac

OS

X version 1

0

.2 wi

ll

not mount

an

y

sin

g

le FAT32-formatted (MS-DOS)

p

artition

g

reater than 128GB. To work around

th

is OS

l

imitation,

y

ou ma

y

p

artition t

h

e

d

rive into sma

ll

er FAT32

p

artitions, or

y

ou

ma

y

re

f

ormat the drive to HFS+

f

ormat.

N

ote 3: eSATA. Thou

g

h the eSATA interface standard

p

rovides for “hot-

p

lu

gg

in

g

”

of the drive, some com

p

uters ma

y

not follow the standard

p

recisel

y

. If

y

ou ﬁ nd that

your drive does not mount a

f

ter attaching to a computer that is powered on, then

s

h

ut

d

own t

h

e com

p

uter, attac

h

t

h

e

d

rive, an

d

t

h

en

b

oot u

p

y

our com

p

uter

.

N

ote 4: USB bus

p

ower. Most com

p

uters will su

pp

l

y

sufﬁ cient

p

ower throu

g

h the

USB

p

ort to o

p

erate the drive. However, if the drive does not immediatel

y

s

p

in u

p

and mount this ma

y

indicate that

y

our la

p

to

p

is not su

pp

l

y

in

g

su

fﬁ

cient

p

ower. In

t

his case

y

ou ma

y

o

p

tionall

y

a

pp

l

y

additional

p

ower

f

rom a second USB

p

ort o

f

y

our

com

p

uter. To do this connect the su

pp

lied Auxiliar

y

DC Power Cable between the

com

p

uter’s second USB

p

ort and the Auxiliar

y

Power DC In

p

ut

j

ack on the drive

.

6

Disconnectin

g

Porta

bl

e

Har

d

Driv

e

Your Porta

bl

e Har

d

rive is

h

ot-p

l

ugga

bl

e; it can

b

e connecte

d

an

d

disconnected without restarting your computer. To disconnect your

portable hard drive at any time, simply perform the following steps.

You can also disconnect your hard drive at any time while your computer

is powered o

ff.

N

ote: Please be careful to follow the correct

p

rocedure when disconnectin

g

y

our

unit. Simply unplugging the unit without

ﬁ

rst

f

ollowing the instructions below may

result in dama

g

e to

y

our unit and/or loss of data.

For Windows Users

:

1

I

f

y

ou have

ﬁ

les located on

y

our drive o

p

en in an

y

a

pp

lications,

c

l

ose

th

e

m.

2

C

l

ic

k

t

h

e

U

np

l

ug or Eject Har

d

ware

b

utton in t

h

e System Tray.

3

Select your drive from the menu that appears.

4

A

f

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

can be sa

f

ely removed

.

For Mac

OS

U

sers

:

1

I

f

you have

ﬁ

les located on your drive open in any applications,

c

l

ose t

h

em.

2

Locate the icon

f

or your drive on the desktop, and drag it to the trash.

7

Tec

h

nica

l

Su

pp

ort

If

y

ou are ex

p

eriencin

g

difﬁ cult

y

installin

g

or usin

g

y

our Verbatim

p

roduct,

p

lease visit the main Verbatim Technical Su

pp

ort website at

www.verbatim-europe.co

m

.

From this page you can access our library

of user documentation, read answers to frequently asked questions, and

download available software updates. Although most of our customers ﬁ nd

this content sufﬁ cient to put them back on the right track, this page

also lists ways in which you can contact the Verbatim Technical Support

Team directly.

Europe: For technical support in Europe e-mail drivesupport@verbatim-

europe.com or call 00 800 3883 2222 in the

f

ollowing countries: Austria,

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg,

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

f

Ireland, Spain,

Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. All other countries call

+

353

6

1 22

6586.

8

N

O

TE

:

Verbatim Limited ma

y

at an

y

time revise the content of this user

guide without

f

urther notice

.

Limite

d

Warrant

y

Terms

Verbatim Limited warrants this

p

roduct to be

f

ree

f

rom de

f

ects in material

and workmanship

f

or a period o

f

2 years

f

rom date o

f

purchase. This warranty

excludes batteries. I

f

this

p

roduct is

f

ound to be de

f

ective within the warrant

y

period, it will be replaced at no cost to you. You may return it with your original

cash register receipt to the place of purchase or contact Verbatim

.

In the followin

g

Euro

p

ean countries, Austria, Bel

g

ium, Denmark, Finland, France,

German

y

, Greece, Hun

g

ar

y

, Ital

y

, Luxembour

g

, Monaco, Netherlands, Norwa

y

,

Poland, Portu

g

al, Re

p

ublic of Ireland, S

p

ain, Sweden, Switzerland and United

Kin

g

dom call 00 800 3883 2222. All other Euro

p

ean countries call +353 61

226586. You can email drivesupport@verbatim-europe.com.

Product re

p

lacement is

y

our sole remed

y

under this warrant

y

, and this warrant

y

does not a

pp

l

y

to normal wear or to dama

g

e resultin

g

f

rom abnormal

use, misuse, abuse, ne

g

lect or accident, or to an

y

incom

p

atibilit

y

or

p

oor

p

er

f

ormance due to the s

p

eci

ﬁ

c com

p

uter so

f

tware or hardware used.

VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL

,

CO

N

S

E

Q

UENTIAL

O

R

S

PE

C

IAL DAMA

G

E

S,

H

O

WEVER

C

AU

S

ED

,

F

O

R

BREA

C

H

O

F WARRANTIE

S

O

R

O

THERWI

SE

.

This warrant

y

g

ives

y

ou s

p

eci

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

countr

y

to countr

y.

9

R

i

gh

t

s

Co

py

ri

g

p

art of this document ma

y

be

r

e

p

roduced in an

y

form or b

y

an

y

means, for an

y

p

ur

p

ose, without the

express written permission o

f

A

ll other brands and product names referenced herein are property of their

r

espective owners

.

FCC Com

p

lianc

e

This e

q

ui

p

ment has been tested and

f

ound to com

p

l

y

with the limits

f

or a Class B di

g

ital device,

p

ursuant to Part 15 o

f

the FCC Rules. These

limits are desi

g

ned to

p

rovide reasonable

p

rotection a

g

ainst harm

f

ul

inter

f

erence 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, may cause harm

f

ul inter

f

erence to radio

communications. However, there is no

g

uarantee that inter

f

erence will

not occur in a

p

articular installation. I

f

this e

q

ui

p

ment does cause harm

f

ul

inter

f

erence to radio or television rece

p

tion, which can be determined b

y

turnin

g

the e

q

ui

p

ment o

ff

and on, the user is encoura

g

ed to tr

y

to correct

the inter

f

erence b

y

one or more o

f

the

f

ollowin

g

measures

:

• Reorient or re

l

ocate t

h

e receiving antenna

.

• Increase t

h

e separation

b

etween t

h

e equipment an

d

receiver

.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di

ff

erent

f

rom that to which

th

e receiver is connecte

d

.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for hel

p

1

0

WEEE N

o

t

ice

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

e

ntered into

f

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

c

han

g

e in the treatment o

f

electrical e

q

ui

p

ment at end-o

f

-li

f

e.

The WEEE logo (shown at the left) on the product or on

its box indicates that this product must not be disposed

of or dum

p

ed with

y

our other household waste. For more

information about electronic and electrical waste e

q

ui

p

ment

dis

p

osal, recover

y

, and collection

p

oints,

p

lease contact

y

our local munici

p

al household waste dis

p

osal service or

shop

f

rom where you purchased the equipment

.

1

CE Dec

l

aratio

n

EC Declaration of Conformit

y

It is

h

ere

b

y

d

ec

l

are

d

t

h

at t

h

is pro

d

uct comp

l

ie

d

wit

h

t

h

e essentia

l

protection requirements o

f

Council Directive 89/336/EEC and its

amendments on the approximation of the laws of the Member States

relating to electromagnetic compatibility.

This declaration applies to all specimens manufactured identical to the

model submitted for testing/evaluation

.

EN

550

22: 199

8

+ A1: 2

000

+A2: 2

003

EN

6

1

000

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3

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3

:199

5

+ A1: 2

001

EN

550

24: 199

8

+ A1: 2

00

1 + A2: 2

003

IEC 61000-4-2: 1995 + A1: 1998 + A2: 200

0

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

3

: 2

00

2 + A1: 2

002

IE

C

6

1

000

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995

+ A1:

2000

+ A

2

:

2001

IE

C

6

1

000

-4-

5

: 1

995

+ A1:

2000

IE

C

61

000

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99

6 + A1:

2000

IE

C

6

1

000

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8

: 199

3

+ A1: 2

000

IE

C

61

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99

4 + A1:

2000

RoHS Com

pl

iance

This

p

roduct is in com

p

liance with Directive 2002/95/EC o

f

the Euro

p

ean

Parliament and o

f

the Council o

f

27 Januar

y

2003, on the restriction o

f

the

use o

f

certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic e

q

ui

p

ment

(

RoHS

)

and its amendments

.

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