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7. Warranty

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LaCie blue eye 2

User’s Manual

7. Warranty

LaCie warrants your device against any defect in material and workmanship, under normal use, for the period designated
on your warranty certificate. In the event this product is found to be defective within the warranty period, LaCie will, at its
option, repair or replace the defective device.

This warranty is void if:
• The device was operated/stored in abnormal use or maintenance conditions;
• The device is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification or alteration is expressly authorized in writ-
ing by LaCie;
• The device was subjected to abuse, neglect, lightning strike, electrical fault, improper packaging or accident;
• The device was installed improperly;
• The serial number of the device is defaced or missing;
• The broken part is a replacement part such as a pickup tray, etc.
• The tamper seal on the device casing is broken.

LaCie and its suppliers accept no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device, or for any of the problems
caused as a result. 

LaCie will not, under any circumstances, be liable for direct, special or consequential damages such as, but not limited to,
damage or loss of property or equipment, loss of profits or revenues, cost of replacement goods, or expense or inconven-
ience caused by service interruptions.

Any loss, corruption or destruction of data while using a LaCie device is the sole responsibility of the user, and under no
circumstances will LaCie be held liable for the recovery or restoration of this data.

Under no circumstances will any person be entitled to any sum greater than the purchase price paid for the device.

To obtain warranty service, call LaCie Technical Support. You will be asked to provide your LaCie product’s serial number,
and you may be asked to furnish proof of purchase to confirm that the drive is still under warranty.

All drives returned to LaCie must be securely packaged in their original box and shipped with postage prepaid.

Important Info:

Register online for free technical support:  

www.lacie.com/register

Summary of Contents for blue eye 2

Page 1: ...per giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section To Exit From the Menu bar at the top of your screen select File Quit Icons Used In This Manual Italicized paragr...

Page 2: ...Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles 9 3 2 1 Monitor Calibration 10 3 2 2 Device Profiles 11 4 Installing The LaCie blue eye 2 12 4 1 Installing The LaCie blue eye 2 Software 12 4 1 1 Mac Users 12...

Page 3: ...e by one or more of the following measures 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and the antenna 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circ...

Page 4: ...eil numerique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada For European Users This product conforms to the requirements of EC Directives 73 23 EEC and 89 336 EEC Declaration of Conformity...

Page 5: ...lue eye 2 are more accurate and help programs like Adobe PhotoShop display images properly Graphic professionals working in color managed environments will be able to adjust every monitor in their ima...

Page 6: ...10 2 x or greater Power PC processor 128MB RAM 24 bit color display USB port Windows Users Windows 98SE Me 2000 or XP Intel Pentium III or higher compatible processor 128MB RAM 24 bit color display US...

Page 7: ...management it is essential to properly calibrate and create custom individual profiles for all your monitors Once a monitor has been calibrated and a profile has been created the profile then communi...

Page 8: ...t choices as to the components that are used in their monitors This leads to very strong differences between the color produced by any given RGB settings on separate monitors Besides the different com...

Page 9: ...tomer site 3 2 Monitor Calibration And Device Profiles The LaCie blue eye 2 implements a convenient solution to these problems It entails two steps Step 1 The monitor is set to a calibrated state that...

Page 10: ...ular determines the level of detail and contrast that are displayed on the monitor A practical way of describing this curve is through the use of a numerical value that describes its slope The White P...

Page 11: ...values actually represent They relate device dependent RGB values to device independent CIELAB Yxy values They contain data to convert between the RGB value that each device produces and the CIELAB Yx...

Page 12: ...on screen instructions to begin the installation process If you don t have administrator privileges click on the User Install button and if you have administrator privileges click on the Admin Instal...

Page 13: ...t the USB end of the LaCie blue eye vision colorimeter to an available USB port on your computer Tech Note You may attach the LaCie blue eye vision colorimeter to powered USB hubs The LaCie blue eye v...

Page 14: ...utility that is used at your computer s boot time this program will need to be deleted Setup your work area in the way that you will use it after calibrating and profiling Room lighting has an affect...

Page 15: ...portion of the maximum luminance offered by the monitor Important Info Depending on the White Point Temperature target you choose the software may lead you to diminish the gain associated with one or...

Page 16: ...ick Start 3 You will now slowly increase the Brightness control in your monitor s OSD a few increments at a time While you do this the colorimeter constantly measures the actual luminosity of the moni...

Page 17: ...ite Point Adjustment by clicking on the Next button 1 Using your monitor s OSD set your monitor to its highest contrast value 2 Press Start 3 Using the OSD decrease your monitor s contrast value a few...

Page 18: ...ature you will adjust the relative quantities of Red Green and Blue used by your monitor to create white To do this you will sequentially increase or decrease the R G and B gain settings of your monit...

Page 19: ...e vision colorimeter should remain aligned on the measurement area at all times and no other window should appear on the monitor After completing Steps 1 2 3 and 4 the LaCie blue eye 2 program will fi...

Page 20: ...ttings were Once you have chosen the profile s filename click on the Save Profile button In Mac OS X this file is stored in the Home Library ColorSync profile folder In Mac OS 9 x this file is stored...

Page 21: ...lues for gamma white point temperature and luminance are displayed There should only be a small difference between your target values and those actually displayed Left Diagram Chromaticity Diagram The...

Page 22: ...nformation By clicking on the Test Report button you will be directed to place the LaCie blue eye vision Colorimeter onto your monitor The blue eye 2 software will display a sampling of colors to dete...

Page 23: ...ched If you still can t get your LaCie device to work properly contact us via the provided Web link Before contacting us make sure that you are in front of your computer and that you have the followin...

Page 24: ...e com se contact LaCie United Kingdom Ireland Contact Us At http www lacie com uk support request LaCie Grand Export Contact Us At http www lacie com intl contact LaCie Belgium Contact Us At http www...

Page 25: ...t no liability for any loss of data during the use of this device or for any of the problems caused as a result LaCie will not under any circumstances be liable for direct special or consequential dam...

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