Verbatim PowerBay - Introduction; Pack Contents; Controls, Connectors and Indicators

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I
ntr
o
du
c
ti
on
Thank you
f
or purchasing this Verbatim PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System. Be
f
ore you begin to use the drive there are a
f
ew important
t
hings to learn about your new product.
P
ac
k
C
ontent
s
• PowerBa
y
sin
gl
e
b
a
y
h
ar
d
d
riv
e
• Front Pane
l
Loc
k
Key (2 eac
h)
• AC Power A
d
apter wit
h
power cor
d
• USB 2.0 Ca
ble
• eSATA Ca
bl
es
(
one 30cm ca
bl
e an
d
one 100cm ca
bl
e
)
• CD-ROM containin
g
softwar
e
• User Gui
de
• Foot
p
a
d
s (4 eac
h)
Controls
,
Connectors and Indicators
F
irst
f
amiliarize yoursel
f
with the
f
eatures o
f
the unit.
1
. Hard Disk Cartridge. The hard disk cartridge is designed to be easily removed
f
rom the enclosure
f
or storage or replacement. To remove
t
he cartrid
g
e, slide the lock button to the ri
g
ht and then slide the cartrid
g
e out of the enclosure.
2
. Cartrid
g
e Slide Lock and LED. After insertin
g
the cartrid
g
e into the enclosure, slide the lock button to the left to lock the cartrid
g
e in
p
lace. The lock button also shows the activit
y
LED. The LED will come on blue to indicate the
p
ower-on state. The LED will fl ash
p
ur
p
le
d
uring data access.
3
. Key Lock. Use the included key to lock the cartridge in the enclosure in order to sa
f
eguard
f
rom unauthorized removal
.
4
. Kensin
g
ton S
l
ot. Use t
h
is s
l
ot wit
h
a com
p
ati
bl
e Kensin
g
ton
l
oc
k
.
5. Auto Power Switch. This
p
roduct su
pp
orts an Auto Power feature that allows the drive to
p
ower on and
p
ower off automaticall
y
d
e
p
endin
g
on the
p
ower condition of the attached host com
p
uter. To enable the Auto Power feature, move this switch to the “Auto”
position. To disable the Auto Power
f
eature, move this switch to the “ON” position
.
6
. eSATA Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to your computer via eSATA
.
7
. USB Connector. Use t
h
is connector to attac
h
t
h
e
d
rive to
y
our com
p
uter via USB
.
8. DC In
p
ut Connector. Use this connector to attach the DC
p
lu
g
of
y
our included AC Power Ada
p
ter (10)
.
9
. Power Switch. Once the AC Power Ada
p
ter (10) has been
p
ro
p
erl
y
connected to the drive and an AC outlet,
y
ou can
p
ress the Power
S
witch to the ON position to power on the drive
.
Ab
out t
h
e Har
d
Drive
The hard drive comes
p
re-formatted in FAT32 format. This format allows for o
p
eration with either Windows or Mac OS.
Note: Capacity dependent on model. 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes/1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes/1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Some capacity used
f
or pre-loaded so
f
tware,
f
ormatting
and other
f
unctions, and thus is not available
f
or data storage. As a result, and due to di
ff
ering calculation methods, your operating systems may report as
f
ewer megabytes/gigabytes/
tera
b
ytes
.