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Introduction
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LaCie d2 FireWire CD-RW Drive
Warranty
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. As a precaution, it is recommended that the CD-R and CD-RW media be tested after they have been written to.
Under no circumstances do LaCie or its suppliers guarantee the reliability of the CD media used in this drive.
Manual Updates
LaCie is constantly striving to give you the most up-to-date, comprehensive User’s Manuals available on the market. It is our
goal to provide you with a friendly, easy-to-use format that will help you quickly install and utilize the many functions of your
new device.
If your manual does not reflect the exact configurations of the product that you purchased, please check our Web site for the
most current version available. You can access our manuals at:
www.lacie.com/support/manuals
1.2 What is FireWire/IEEE 1394?
FireWire is Apple's implementation of IEEE 1394, and is capable of transferring large amounts of data between computers
and peripherals at a high rate of speed. The FireWire standard defines 100, 200 and 400Mb/s devices and can support
multiple speeds on a single bus.
With FireWire, there is no need for terminators, device IDs, screws, or complex setup, and the standard supports free-form
daisy chaining for peer-to-peer implementations. A fast, cross-platform serial bus, FireWire is ideal for use with multimedia
peripherals and high-speed devices such as digital video cameras and hard drives.
FireWire Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the FireWire interface. They appear on FireWire cables and next to the FireWire port
connectors on certain computers.
FireWire (Apple IEEE 1394) icon
iLink (Sony IEEE 1394) icon
DV icon (IEEE 1394 logo
mainly used on digital
cameras)
1.3 LaCie CD Utilities
The LaCie CD Utilities software enables Windows and Mac users to write to CD media for backup, storage or audio and
video applications. Users need to install this software on their computer before using their LaCie drive to record to CD-R/RW
media.