Quad Interface
External Hard Drive
User Guide
English
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ace
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User Guid
e
En
gl
is
h
2
I
ntr
oduc
ti
o
n
3
Controls
,
Connectors and Indicator
s
3
Fr
o
nt P
a
n
e
l Ar
ea
3
R
ea
r P
a
n
e
l Ar
ea
3
A
bou
t th
e
Har
d
Driv
e
4
Locating t
h
e Drive on your
d
es
k
4
nero BackItUp 4 Essentials so
f
tware
4
C
onnecting to your computer
5
D
isconnecting your Hard Drive 7
F
or Win
d
ows User
s
7
F
or Mac
OS
Users
7
Technical Support 8
L
imite
d
Warranty Terms 8
W
EEE N
o
ti
ce
9
F
CC Compliance
9
C
E Dec
l
aration 1
0
R
OHS Com
p
liance 11
C
ontent
s
3
I
ntr
o
du
c
ti
o
n
Be
f
ore you begin to use the drive there are a
f
ew important things to learn about your new product.
C
ontrols
,
Connectors and Indicator
s
First familiarize
y
ourself with the features of the unit
.
F
ront Panel Area
T
he
f
ront panel contains only the Activity LED. The circular blue LED will come on to indicate the power-on
s
tate. The LED will
fl
ash during data access.
Re
ar Pan
e
l Ar
e
a
Alon
g
the rear
p
anel
y
ou will fi nd the ON/OFF switch and interface connectors. Refer to the
p
icture below
.
AC Power Cor
d
Connector. Connect t
h
e supp
l
ie
d
power cor
d
to t
h
is connector.
1
.
O
N/OFF Switch. Once the AC
p
ower cord has been
p
ro
p
erl
y
connected to the drive and an AC outlet,
2.
1
2
3
4
5
6
4
you can press the ON/OFF switch to the ON position to power on the drive. To turn off the drive, press
t
h
e ON/OFF switc
h
to t
h
e OFF position
.
e
SATA Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to your computer via eSATA.
3
.
U
SB Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to
y
our com
p
uter via USB
.
4
.
FireWire 400 Connector: Use this connector to attach the drive to
y
our com
p
uter via FireWire 400.
5
.
FireWire 800 Connectors (two
p
rovided). Use either of these two connectors to attach the drive to
y
our
6
.
c
omputer via FireWire 800. One o
f
the two connectors may be used to daisy-chain to another FireWire
d
evice.
Ab
out t
h
e Har
d
Drive
Y
our hard drive comes
p
re-formatted in either FAT32 format or in HFS+ format
.
If
y
our drive is the Mac OS version the drive will be
p
re-formatted HFS+ for immediate use with A
pp
le
Macintosh com
p
uters runnin
g
Mac OS. If
y
our drive is the PC version the drive will be
p
reformatted FAT32
fo
r
use
with Win
do
w
s.
N
ote: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes/1 TB =
1
,000,000,000,000 b
y
tes. Some ca
p
acit
y
used
f
or
p
re-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormattin
g
and other
f
unctions, and
thus is not available for data stora
g
e. As a result, and due to differin
g
calculation methods,
y
our o
p
eratin
g
systems may report as
f
ewer megabytes / gigabytes / terabytes
.
L
ocatin
g
the Drive on
y
our desk
Place the drive on a sturdy desk or table that is
f
ree
f
rom clutter that could block air
fl
ow around the unit. The
drive is designed to stand upright (with the AC Power Connector closest to the desk sur
f
ace) supported by
t
h
e supp
l
ie
d
stan
d.
n
ero BackItUp 4 Essentials so
f
twar
e
Nero BackItU
p
4 Essentials software is included on the hard drive. Double click the nero folder on the drive
5
and then double click the setupx fi le to start installation. The nero installation window will appear. Follow
u
p the set up wizard to install the so
f
tware. Note: nero BackItUp So
f
tware is only compatible with Windows
2
000 / XP / an
d
Vista
.
C
onnect
i
ng to your compute
r
T
his Verbatim external hard drive
p
rovides four available connection
p
rotocols: eSATA, USB, FireWire 400, or
FireWire 800. You can attach
y
our drive to a com
p
uter with an
y
of these connections, but do not attem
p
t to
u
se more than one connection t
yp
e at the same time
.
C
onnecting your
d
rive to a computer is extreme
l
y simp
l
e. Fo
ll
ow t
h
e steps
b
e
l
ow:
C
onnect t
h
e inc
l
u
d
e
d
AC power cor
d
to t
h
e
d
rive, an
d
t
h
en to a wa
ll
out
l
et.
1
.
Next press the ON/OFF switch on the back o
f
the drive to the ON position
.
2
.
Finall
y
, connect one, and onl
y
one, of the followin
g
data cables.
3
.
US
B: Connect the included USB cable from the USB
p
ort on the drive to an available USB
p
ort on
y
our
c
om
p
uter.
FireWire 4
00
: Connect the included 6-pin-to-6-pin FireWire cable
f
rom the FireWire 400 port on the
d
rive to an avai
l
a
bl
e FireWire 400 port on your computer.
FireWire
800
: Connect the included 9-pin-to-9-pin beta cable
f
rom on o
f
the FireWire 800 ports on the
d
rive to an avai
l
a
bl
e FireWire 800 port on your computer.
eS
ATA
:
Connect the included eSATA cable
f
rom the eSATA port on the drive to an available eSAT
A
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter
.
The hard drive will mount automaticall
y
, and a new icon will a
pp
ear in
4.
My
Com
p
uter
(
Windows
)
or a
n
ew icon will a
pp
ear on the deskto
p
(Mac). De
p
endin
g
on
y
our com
p
uter’s o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stem and the
i
nter
f
ace type you are using, the
f
ollowing special notes may appl
y
Depending on your computer’s operating system and the inter
f
ace type you are using, the
f
ollowing special
n
otes may app
l
y
:
6
Note 4: 4-pin FireWire connection. I
f
your computer provides only a 4-pin FireWire port, you can use the included
9
-pin-to-4-pin bilingual FireWire cable to connect to that computer port. Connect one end o
f
the bilingual (9-pin-to-4-
p
in) cable to an o
p
en FireWire 400
p
ort on
y
our com
p
uter and connect the other end of the bilin
g
ual cable to either
one o
f
the FireWire 800 ports on your Quad Inter
f
ace Drive. This connection will be only at FireWire 400 speeds
.
Note 3: USB or FireWire or eSATA un
d
er Mac OS X 10.2. Mac OS X version 10.2 wi
ll
not mount any sing
l
e FAT32
-
f
ormatted (MS-DOS) partition greater than 128GB. To work around this OS limitation, you may partition the drive into
s
maller FAT32
p
artitions, or
y
ou ma
y
reformat the drive to HFS+ format
.
N
ote 2: USB un
d
er Mac OS 9.2.x. Mac OS versions 9.2.x
d
o not su
pp
ort USB 2.0 Hi-S
p
ee
d
mo
d
e. For t
h
ese Mac OS versions
th
e
d
rive wi
ll
operate on
l
y at USB 1.1 spee
d
s.
Note 1: USB under Windows. I
f
y
ou are usin
g
a USB 1.1
p
ort on
y
our Windows com
p
uter, the
f
ollowin
g
cautionar
y
note
ma
y
a
pp
ear on
y
our
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
h
is
d
oes not in
d
icate a
p
ro
bl
em
because the drive is compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 ports. Simply close the message and proceed. However, in
t
his case the drive will o
p
erate onl
y
at USB 1.1 s
p
eeds
.
Note 5: eSATA. Though the eSATA inter
f
ace standard provides
f
or “hot-plugging” o
f
the drive, some computers may
not follow the standard
p
recisel
y
. If
y
ou fi nd that
y
our drive does not mount after attachin
g
to a com
p
uter that is
powere
d
on, t
h
en s
h
ut
d
own t
h
e computer, attac
h
an
d
power on t
h
e
d
rive, an
d
t
h
en
b
oot up your computer
.
7
D
isconnecting Your Hard Driv
e
Y
our externa
l
h
ar
d
d
rive is
h
ot-swappa
bl
e. It can
b
e connecte
d
an
d
d
isconnecte
d
wit
h
out restarting your
c
omputer. To disconnect your drive at any time, per
f
orm the
f
ollowing steps.
Y
ou can also disconnect
y
our hard drive at an
y
time while
y
our com
p
uter is
p
owered off.
N
ote: Please be care
f
ul to
f
ollow the correct procedure when disconnecting your unit. Simply unplugging the unit
without fi rst followin
g
the instructions below ma
y
result in dama
g
e to
y
our unit and/or loss of data
.
F
or Win
d
ows Users
:
I
f
you have
fi
les located on your drive open in any applications, close them
.
1
.
C
lick the
2.
Un
p
lu
g
or E
j
ect Hardware button in the S
y
stem Tra
y
.
S
elect your drive
f
rom the menu that appears
.
3
.
After a moment, Windows will dis
p
la
y
a messa
g
e that
y
our hardware can be safel
y
removed.
4.
F
or Mac
OS
Users:
I
f
you have
fi
les located on your drive open in any applications, close them
.
1
.
Locate the icon
f
or your drive on the desktop, and drag it to the trash
.
2
.
8
T
echnical Support
If
you are experiencing di
ffi
culty installing or using your Verbatim product, please visit the main Verbatim
Technical Support website at www.verbatim-europe.com. From this page you can access our library o
f
user
documentation, read answers to fre
q
uentl
y
asked
q
uestions, and download available software u
p
dates.
A
lthou
g
h most of our customers fi nd this content suffi cient to
p
ut them back on the ri
g
ht track, this
p
a
g
e
a
lso lists wa
y
s in which
y
ou can contact the Verbatim Technical Su
pp
ort Team directl
y
.
E
urope: For technical support in Europe e-mail drivesuppor[email protected] or call 00 800
3
883 2222 in the
f
ollowing countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary,
I
taly, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain, Sweden,
Switzer
l
an
d
an
d
t
h
e Unite
d
King
d
om. A
ll
ot
h
er countries ca
ll
+353 61 226586.
Limited Warrant
y
Terms
V
erbatim Limited warrants this
p
roduct to be free from defects in material and workmanshi
p
for a
p
eriod of 2
y
ears from date o
f
p
urchase. This warranty excludes batteries. If this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, it will be replaced
at no cost to you. You may return it with your original cash register receipt to the place o
f
purchase or contact Verbatim.
In the
f
ollowing European countries, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg,
Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic o
f
Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom call
0
0 800 3883 2222. All other Euro
p
ean countries call +353 61 226586. You can email drivesu
pp
ort@verbatim-euro
p
e.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
from abnormal use, misuse, abuse, ne
g
lect or accident, or to an
y
incom
p
atibilit
y
or
p
oor
p
erformance due to the
sp
eci
fi
c com
p
uter so
f
tware or hardware used. VERBATIM WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR DATA LOSS OR ANY INCIDENTAL,
C
ONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES
,
HOWEVER CAUSED
,
FOR BREACH OF WARRANTIES OR OTHERWISE. T
h
is
warranty gives you speci
fi
c legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary
f
rom state to state or country to country
.
9
W
EEE N
o
ti
ce
T
he Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which entered into
f
orce as European
l
aw 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 its box indicates that this
p
roduct must not
b
e dis
p
osed of or dum
p
ed with
y
our other household waste. For more information about
e
lectronic and electrical waste e
q
ui
p
ment dis
p
osal, recover
y
, and collection
p
oints,
p
lease contact
your local municipal household waste disposal service or shop from where you purchased the
e
qu
i
pment.
F
CC Comp
l
iance
T
his e
q
ui
p
ment has been tested and found to com
p
l
y
with the limits for 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
i
nterference in a residential installation. This e
q
ui
p
ment
g
enerates, uses and can radiate radio fre
q
uenc
y
e
nergy 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
i
nstallation. I
f
this equipment does cause harm
f
ul inter
f
erence to radio or television reception, which can be
d
etermined by turning the equipment o
ff
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter
f
erence by
o
ne or more o
f
the
f
ollowing measures
:
Reorient or relocate the receivin
g
antenna.
Increase the se
p
aration between the e
q
ui
p
ment and receiver
.
C
onnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit di
ff
erent
f
rom that to which the receiver is connected.
C
onsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician
f
or help
.
10
C
E Declaration
EC
DE
C
LARATI
O
N
O
F
CO
NF
O
RMIT
Y
I
t is hereb
y
declared that this
p
roduct com
p
lied with the essential
p
rotection re
q
uirements of Council
D
irective 89/336/EEC and its amendments on the a
pp
roximation of the laws of the Member States relatin
g
t
o electroma
g
netic com
p
atibilit
y
.
This declaration applies to all specimens manufactured identical to the model submitted for testing
/
eva
l
uation.
E
N 55
022
: 1
998
+ A1:
2000
+A
2
:
2003
E
N 61
000
-
3
-
3
:1
99
5 + A1:
2001
E
N
550
24: 199
8
+ A1: 2
00
1 + A2: 2
003
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-2: 199
5
+ A1: 199
8
+ A2: 2
000
I
E
C
61
000
-4-
3
:
2002
+ A1:
2002
I
E
C
61
000
-4-4: 1
99
5 + A1:
2000
+ A
2
:
2001
I
E
C
61
000
-4-5: 1
99
5 + A1:
2000
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-
6
: 199
6
+ A1: 2
000
I
E
C
6
1
000
-4-
8
: 199
3
+ A1: 2
000
I
E
C
61
000
-4-11: 1
99
4 + A1:
2000
11
R
oHS Complianc
e
T
his product is in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC o
f
the European Parliament and o
f
the Council o
f
2
7 January 2003, on the restriction o
f
the use o
f
certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic
eq
ui
p
ment (RoHS) and its amendments
.
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