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Summary of Contents for NexStar HX2R

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Page 3: ...er s Manual 6 Installation Screws 7 Foam Spacer 1 3 5 4 2 TRADEMARKS MS DOS Microsoft Windows NT 2000 XP Vista 7 8 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Apple Macintosh and Mac are trademarks of App...

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Page 5: ...on 2 Specifications Features 3 System Requirements 4 Parts Layout 5 LED Indicator 6 Installation 7 RAID Mode Guide 8 RAID Rebuild 9 Hardware Formatting Guide 10 Disconnecting the NexStar HX2R 11 Warra...

Page 6: ...hat effec tively draws away the heat while an active controlled 80mm fan on top exhausts the hot air from the enclosure ensuring your hard drive is protected and cooled Inte grated with USB 3 0 eSATA...

Page 7: ...ly Add Storage to Any System with USB 2 0 3 0 or eSATA Backwards Compatible with USB 2 0 or 1 1 Hot Swappable Plug Play Without Rebooting Attractive LED Indicates Power HDD Activity Supports Individua...

Page 8: ...USB 3 0 specifications 3 For eSATA Speeds the System Must Support eSATA Specifications 4 Port Multiplier Is Required For eSATA Mac OS 10 6 greater 1 For USB 2 0 speeds the system must support USB 2 0...

Page 9: ...Parts Layout 5 4 Parts Layout Power LED HDD1 LED HDD2 LED 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 7 6...

Page 10: ...LED Green Blue Blue ON Power on OFF Power off ON HDD inserted Flash Randomly Accessing Read Write Rebuild Flash Consistently 3 flashes per second HDD error OFF HDD not installed Removed sleep mode ON...

Page 11: ...re 6 1 B figure 6 1 A figure 6 1 B WARNING All data will be deleted on each hard drive during Hard Drive Mode change Please back up your hard drive s before adjust ing RAID mode New hard drives must b...

Page 12: ...o image for foam spacer placement Installation 8 3 Carefully install the hard drive into the tray Be sure to fasten the screws firmly to the tray 4 Reinsert the HDD tray into the case 5 Push lock to t...

Page 13: ...erating system should detect the NexStar and automatically install the necessary drivers Once your operating system finishes setting up the NexStar it will mount your hard drive On Mac OS systems the...

Page 14: ...hard drive simultaneously Capacity equals to the smaller of the two HDD Pg 11 Pg 12 Pg 13 Pg 14 RAID Switch Settings Power on the NexStar HX2R Check and make sure all HDDs are installed and all LEDs...

Page 15: ...Normal Drive Mode This mode enables each Hard Drive to be seen as separate single drives with separate Hard Drive capacities figure 7 A figure 7 A figure 7 B figure 7 B RAID Mode Configuration NOTE O...

Page 16: ...ual to the sum of each of the physical hard drives Switching to this mode will prompt to initialize and format the hard disks If you choose to add a second hard disk at a later time you will need to f...

Page 17: ...ess speed is increased however at the cost of no data redundancy Two equal hard drives The capacity is equal to the sum of 2 hard drives Switching to this mode will prompt to initialize and format the...

Page 18: ...from existing hard drives If one drive fails the SAFE volume is still usable but it is in a vulnerable state because its mirrored hard drive is inaccessible When the offline drive comes back online t...

Page 19: ...ice RAID rebuild can only be performed under RAID 1 configuration Please follow the following steps to start rebuilding 1 Power off the NexStar HX2R 2 Remove failed hard drive 3 Install a functional h...

Page 20: ...ive In order to use a disk volume larger than 2 TB s you will need an operating system that supports GUID Partitioning Table Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP 64bit Mac 10 4 and Mac 10 5 all have thi...

Page 21: ...Right click on the Unallocated box and select New Partition Disk number may vary STEP4 The New Partition Wizard will appear Please follow the New Partition Wizard step by step instructions to complete...

Page 22: ...is completed the Hard Drive will be recognized as a New Volume New Volume drive letter may vary i e New Volume Z STEP6 Double click My Computer You will see New Volume appear on your PC Drive letter...

Page 23: ...or Mac Users STEP1 When you connect the NexStar HX2R to a Mac with a new hard drive the dialog Disk Insertion will appear Please select Initialize A formatted HDD will not display this dialog STEP2 Se...

Page 24: ...me Format Please input the name you wish to name your new Volume Click Erase at lower right side STEP4 After you hit Enter the dialog Erase Disk will appear Please click Erase to begin formatting your...

Page 25: ...ing to the NexStar Double click the green Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray and select Safely Remove USB Mass Storage Device Select the device you wish to remove and click on Stop The sys...

Page 26: ...issing parts are not covered under this warranty Please check the contents of the unit to make sure you received all parts Also check for any cosmetic flaws If any parts are missing or if there are co...

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