Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product IEEE 1394 Freecom Technologies
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Rev. 112 www.freecom.com CABLE I I USB / IEEE 1394.
2 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB Cable II Change Adapter (only Cable II IEEE 1394).
3 GB U SERS MANUAL G ENERAL I NFORMATION : Hardware requirements ..................................................................... Page 5 Software requirements ...................................................................... Page 5 Precautionary measures and operating instructions .
4 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB GB Dear User, welcome to the installation of your FREECOM Cable II . Before installing the drive, please read through the following points regarding its compatibility with your system. FREECOM Technologies GmbH Berlin, Germany www.
5 GB General Information Reliable performance of the FREECOM Cable II cannot be guaranteed for configurations that do not meet the following requirements: Hardware requirements PC : min. Pentium 166 or higher min. 32 MB RAM one disk drive and one hard drive a USB interface or 1394 (FireWire / i.
6 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 1 C HAPTER 1: Initial operation - hardware installation for PC & Mac 1. Connect the drive connector of the FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE1394 to the FREECOM device. 2. Connect the power connection to the FREECOM drive.
7 GB 1 3. The "Hardware assistant" window appears on the screen. Click on " Next". 4. Select the item "Search for the best driver for the device" (Recommended) and confirm with " Next ". 5. Select your drive for driver installation from the FREECOM floppy disk/CD in the next window.
8 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 2 8. Click on "Finish " in the next window. 9. To install further drivers for the "FREECOM USB Cable II", you will have to repeat the installation procedure. Follow the instructions of the "Hardware Wizard".
9 GB 2 2.3 Allocation of the drive letter to the FREECOM drive under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME (USB) After successful installation, Windows assigns the FREECOM drive a new drive letter automatically in most cases. This can shift the drive letter of an already present drive (for example, from 'D' to 'E').
10 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 2 4. In the next window, select the recommended option Find the best driver for the device and confirm by clicking Next . 5. Select your drive for driver installation from the FREECOM disk in the next window, if it is not selected already.
11 GB 2 8. To complete the installation click on Finish. 9. At the end, Windows 2000 installs the floppy driver(s) and asks to restart the computer. Confirm with Yes . 2.5 FREECOM Cable II IEEE 1394 installation under Windows 98 SE / Windows ME Note: IEEE 1394 is only supported by Windows 98 SECOND EDITION (and above).
12 FREECOM Cable II USB / Cable II IEEE 1394 GB 4 C HAPTER 3: Software Installation for Macintosh (CD-RW) 3.1 Installing "Toast" Software for Cable II USB/Cable II IEEE 1394 (FireWire) To install the "Toast" software application: 1.
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