Buffalo HDW-PU3, Reference Manual

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The following restrictions apply to this product. Please check these points before use.
While the MiniStation Air is connected to a computer with the USB data cable, Wi-Fi is disabled.
Unplug the USB data cable before connecting wirelessly.
To charge this unit, it is recommended that you use the supplied USB power cable together with an AC adapter with
USB port provided with a smartphone or other device to connect this unit to an outlet.
If the USB power cable is used to connect to a computer, the supplied power varies depending on the computer. This
means that the charging time will also vary depending on your com-puter. Although the battery LED turns on when
the unit is connected to a computer by the USB data cable, the power is also being used to run the unit, and so the
charging time will be longer than when the unit is idle (in certain cases, the unit may hardly be charged at all).
If this unit is charged while connected wirelessly, the battery LED may turn off and charging may not be performed
in certain cases.
If this unit is charged while connected wirelessly, the internal temperature of the unit can be-come hot. If this
happens, to prevent unit damage due to overheating, the battery LED turns off, and charging is stopped. Once the
internal temperature of the unit drops, charging is restarted automatically.
The battery in this unit cannot be removed.
After the power is turned on, it takes about 1 minute for the unit to boot. During startup, the power can’t be turned
off.
After the unit is booted normally, hold down the power button for 3 seconds to turn off the power.
Do not shake or drop the MiniStation Air during boot. This could damage the hard drive.
Do not lean any object against MiniStation Air. It may cause the unit to malfunction.
To use files that are 4 GB or larger, reformat with NTFS.
To use the MiniStation Air with Mac OS, leave it in FAT32. The MiniStation Air does not support HFS+.
A maximum of three devices can be connected wirelessly at the same time.
The MiniStation Air selects wireless channels automatically. There is no provision for locking communication to a
single fixed channel.
When the MiniStation Air is connected to the Internet through a wireless router, the wireless throughput to and
from your portable device drops to half.
With this configuration, only a single connected wireless device is recommended.