Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Rocport ID 5 del fabbricante Rocstor
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1 store your future ROCPORT ID5 User Manual.
Page | 2 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTICES 4 • Safety Notices ________________________________________________________ 4 • General Notices • Capacity Disclai.
Page | 3 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual TROUBLESHOOTING 31 • Troubleshooting for Macintosh computers _________________________________ 31 • Troubleshooting for PC Windows based computers 33 KN.
Page | 4 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Safety Notices • The warranty is void if an unauthorized person attempts and/or repairs the hard d isk drive. • Read all Manuals and instructions carefully before u sing the device. • Do not spill any liquid or insert any object into the device.
Page | 5 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual • Do not attempt to disassemble and service the Rocport drive during the warranty period. • Please read the Safety Notices and Limited Warranty information in this Manual and on the Rocstor website ( www.
Page | 6 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Introduction ROCPORT ID5 – FireWire 400 and USB (1.1/2.0) Rocport ID pocket drives deliver outstanding performance and reliability in multiple colors. Designed and engineered in the U.S.A. to meet the needs of the demanding mobile data storage market, the ROCPORT ID 2.
Page | 7 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Minimum System Re quirements: Mac Users: Window Users: * Many computers do not come with factory installed FireWire 800 ports. Therefore, you may need to purchase a PCI, PCI-X or PCI-Express card to use these ports.
Page | 8 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual QUICK INSTALL ATION How to Connect the Interface Cables - Co nnecting the Dr ive 1. Turn ON your computer and wait until it fully boots up to load all programs. 2. Using only o ne interface c able at a t ime, select the interface port you wi sh to use on your computer.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual Cable Types: FireWire 400 (IEEE 1394a) 6- Pin FireWire 400 connector • Fire Wire 400 can transfer data bet ween devices at 400 USB supports three data transfer rates: • USB 2.0: A Hi-Speed (USB 2.0) rate of 480 • USB 1.
Page | 10 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Installing Your D rive All Rocstor hard drives are formatted as blank FAT32 (32-bit file allocation table) volumes {unless otherwise stated on the box} that are compatible with most modern Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
Page | 11 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Mac : The easiest way to safely unmount an external hard drive is to drag its Finder icon to the Trash. An alert will notify you if the drive is in use by an application. Close any open documents or applications on the drive and try again.
Page | 12 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual How to Daisy-Ch ain through FireWire por ts to your Rocpo rt ID5 Drive at one time Daisy-Chain (Connecting Mu ltiple Devices) mean s that device A is connected to device B and device B is connected to device C and so forth.
Page | 13 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual PARTITIONING AND F ORMATTING T HE ROCPORT ID5 DRIVE ON A M AC OS All Rocstor drives are factory formatted with FAT32, unless otherwise stated on the retail box. WARNING: Formatting and Partitioning the Rocport Drive will destroy all of its data.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual INSTRUCTIO NS FOR PARTITIONING AND 1. Connect the Rocstor drive to the computer via a port. 2. The drive will appear as an icon on the De sktop on the middle ri ght side.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual 3. Once the icon appears on the 4. In the “Macinto sh HD” menu, click on the “App lications” icon. user manual Once the icon appears on the “Desktop” click on the “Macintosh HD” icon. In the “Macinto sh HD” menu, click on the “App lications” icon.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual 5. If you are using Tiger, click on Op tions on the lower cente r of the window. Se lect the Partition Sche me for your Rocstor drive. Su ggest you select “Apple P artition Map” then click OK. user manual Tiger, click on Op tions on the lower cente r of the window.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual 6. Volume Inform ation: select a name for you r drive. 7. Format: Click o n either the “Format” area or the Blue up/ down arrows. Select Mac OS extended (jou rnal). user manual Volume Inform ation: select a name for you r drive.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual 8. After selectin g the type of format, click the “Partition screen. On the next screen, user manual After selectin g the type of format, click the “Partition ” tab in the lower right of the screen. On the next screen, “Partition Disk” , click “Partition” again .
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual 9. The drive will begin to format and upon com pletion; the sam e icon that first appea red on the Desktop will reappear with your de signed name on the De sktop.
Page | 20 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING THE ROCPORT ID5 DRIVE ON WINDOWS 2000, XP AND VISTA All Rocstor drives are factory formatted with FAT32, unless otherwise stated on the retail box. WARNING: Formatting and Partitioning the Rocport Drive will destroy all of its data.
Page | 21 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET TO THE CONTROL PANEL: (You may use any one of the following methods) 1. If the icon “My Computer” shows on your desktop, click or double click on the icon. Under “Other Places” click on “Control Panel.
Page | 22 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 3. If the icon “My Computer” does not show on your desktop, click on the Start icon on the lower left of your screen. If the Control Panel link is not displayed, click on the Settings link and then click on the Control Panel link.
Page | 23 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual INSTRUCTIONS U PON REACHING CONTR OL PANEL: a. A fter reaching the Control Panel, click on Administrative Tools. b. After reaching Administrative Tools, click on Computer Management. c. After reaching Computer Management, click on Disk Management .
Page | 24 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTITIONING AND FORMATTING FROM FAT32 to NTFS : 1. In the “Disk Management” window, right click the Rocstor drive in the upper portion of the menu to highlight it. In the drop down menu, select “Delete Partition.
Page | 25 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 4. Th e Rocstor drive will show up in the lower menu as an “Unallocated” disk. 5. Right click anywhere in the “Unallocated” disk area in the lower menu. 6. Click on “New Partition.” 7. Yo u are taken to “Welcome to the New Partition Wizard.
Page | 26 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 8. Click on “Primary partition” (it should be selected as the default partition). Click “Next”..
Page | 27 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 9. Un der “Specify Partition Size,” click Next to accept the default setting, which is the maximum size allowed.
Page | 28 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 10. Under “Assign Drive Letter or Path,” accept the default letter and click “Next”. 11. In the “Format Partition,” accept the default setting.
Page | 29 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 12. The “Volume label” can be ch anged to any name up to 11 characters. 13. Suggest that “Quick Format” be selected and then click “N ext”. 14. You now reached the “Completing the New Partition Wizard” screen.
Page | 30 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual 15. You will return automatically to the “Disk Management” window and will see the newly formatted Rocstor disk on the screen with the name you selected. If no new name was entered in the “Volume label,” the Rocstor drive will show up as “New Volume.
Page | 31 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Troubleshooting Rocstor data storage products are subjected to several quality control tests before leaving our factory. However, from time to time, the product may not work after shipment or would experience intermittent problems under certain criteria and/or situations.
Page | 32 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual • Have you checked to confirm that the computer’s operating system works with the file system? • Review the manual that came with your computer to ensure that the file system is compatible with the operating system.
Page | 33 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Troubleshooting for PC WINDOWS based computers Problem: The computer does not appear to recognize the drive Solutions: • A window should appear, notifying you that a device is connected and/or the Rocport HD icon should appear on the “My Computer” folder.
Page | 34 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Solution: • USB ports come in different speeds from 12Mbits/ s to 480Mbits/s. USB 2.0 is a High-Speed connection. If the Rocport HD is connected to a USB 1.1 port (low speed) or hub, the drive will work slower than if connected to a USB 2.
Page | 35 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual K K N N O O W W L L E E D D G G E E B B A A S S E E Rocport ID5 Unique Features Special Features: • Pocket size external storage drive • Incorporates SATA Hard Drive • Contains USB 2.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual Int roductions: Interfaces (ports) and FireWire is Apple Inc.’s brand nam e interface (alth ough the 1394 standa rd also defines a backplane inter face). FireWire is also known as (Sony’s nam e) and DV ( Panasonic’s confused with DV camcorder tapes).
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual FireWire 800 (IEEE 1394b) 9- pin FireWire 800/3200 (IEEE 1394b) conne ctor was introduced commercially by Apple in 2003. This newer 1394 specification (1394 b ) and correspondin g 786.432 Mbit/s fu ll-duplex via a new en coding scheme termed beta mode.
ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID5 user manual U niversal S eri al B us ( USB ) is a serial bus st andard to interface designed to allow peripherals to be connected using a single standardized interface so cket an.
Page | 39 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Compassion Chart: Raw Bandwidth Transfer Speed (Mbits/s) (Mbits/s) Max. Cable Length Feet (meters) Power Provided Device per channel SAS 3000 375 26 Ft (8 m) No 4 eSATA 3000 375 6.5 Ft (2 m) No 1 (15 W/ port mult iplier) SATA 300 3000 375 3.
Page | 40 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Introductions: Form atting File Allocation Table ( FAT ) FAT is a file system developed by Microsoft for MS-D OS and is the primary file system for consumer versions of Microsoft Windows.
Page | 41 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual HFS Plus or HFS+ This is a file system developed by Apple Inc. to replace their Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system used in Macintosh computers (or other systems running Mac OS). It is also one of the formats used by the iPod digital music pla yer.
Page | 42 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual LIMITED WARRANTY This Limited Warrant y is provided by Rocs torage, Inc. (hereinafter : Rocstor) for al l lines of products.
Page | 43 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual YOU SHOULD M AKE PERIODIC BACKUP COPIE S OF THE DATA ST ORED ON YOUR HARD DRIV E OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES A S A PREC AUTION AGAINST POSSIBLE F AILURES, ALTER ATION, OR LOSS O F THE DATA.
Page | 44 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual MALFUNCTION IN CON DITION S OF NORMAL USE . ROCSTOR IS NOT LIABIL E FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PRODUCT CONN ECTED TO A ROCST OR PRODUCT.
Page | 45 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Where available, t he Rocstor Replaceab le Parts pro gram ship s approved replac ement part s directly to yo u to fulfill your warrant y. This will save c onsiderable repair t ime. After you call t he Rocstor Technical Suppo rt Center at 888.
Page | 46 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual WARNING: The ind ividual user shou ld take care to determine prio r to use whether thi s device is suitab le, adequat e or safe for the use inten ded.
Page | 47 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Contact Information Corporate Headq uarters 8130 Remmet Avenu e Canoga Park, CA 9 1304-4129 Office: +1 (818) 44 9-2000 Fax: +1 (818) 884- 8777 Email: info@Rocstor .
Page | 48 ROCSTOR | ROCPORT ID 5 user manual Rocport ID 5 is available in Silver only Thank you for purchasing Rocport ID5. Rocstor Ver .0426I.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Rocstor Rocport ID 5 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Rocstor Rocport ID 5 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Rocstor Rocport ID 5 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Rocstor Rocport ID 5 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Rocstor Rocport ID 5, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Rocstor Rocport ID 5.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Rocstor Rocport ID 5. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Rocstor Rocport ID 5 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
