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 configurations of the product that you purchased, please check our Web site for the most
current version available.
1.2 What is USB 2.0?
The new USB 2.0 standard provides higher bandwidth for high-speed peripherals such as external hard drives, high-speed
scanners and CD-RW drives. USB 2.0 delivers transfer rates up to 480Mb/s, while conveniently maintaining backward com-
patibility with USB 1.1 devices.
USB 2.0 can still be used to connect lower-speed USB 1.1 ports and devices like digital cameras, scanners, modems, key-
boards, mice, joysticks and printers. In the USB 2.0 system, existing USB peripherals do not have to be upgraded, and lower-
speed devices will not require additional performance, instead operating as USB 1.1 devices.
1.2.1 USB Icons
These icons will help you easily identify the USB interfaces. They appear on USB cables and next to the USB port connectors
on certain computers.
USB 1.1 icon
USB 2.0 icon
1.3 LaCie CD Utilities
The LaCie CD Utilities software enables 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. For informa-
tion about these programs, please refer to the LaCie CD Utilities CD-ROM included with your drive.
Introduction
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